Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-08-16
THE SILVER PLATFORM

ne silver wing or the hepuDu
can State Convention unanimous
ly adopted the Glowing platform:
The cor vcEtion endorses and
adopts the platform of the Repub-
licas State Convention, held at Va
city on the 80 of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the administration os
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
Elete remonetf tfzation of silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage or
that metal.
Resolved. That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t . o'cnpied
previous 60 the passage oI the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The Legislation
which robbed silver Of its money
functions and denied TO the owner
of silver bullion the right to have
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which apply to the coinage OF gold.
reduced the money of ultimate re-
demption or payment, about one
half, and enabled the owners Of
money and obligations payable La
money to monopolize tho coin of
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people Oh
Nevada are in favor Of the coin.
age of silver upon the same con-
ditions which apply to the coinage
Of gold, and they are opposed to
elevating any person to Office who
is not known to be unequivocally
in favor of opening the MiLts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
In view Of tn" unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to ths
paramount issue Of the remoneti-
"a ation Of silver, this convention
will make no nominations foI Pres
iden tial electors and the State Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
therity to put in nomination ele0-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts If our
Senators and Representatives to
secure the free and unlimited ceiA-
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done ia pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhold.
ers and laborers aad producers Of
wealth.
And we favor the continC alton
Of agitation and contention for tho
free and unlimited coinage Of all
yer at the preseht ratio of Is to /,
for their own benefit and for the
hereft of the people al large
miners, farmers. laboIors and me-
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
septatives of the various silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
affiliations, in convention assembi-
ed, do set forth the following dec
laration of principles:
First. We demand the full re-
monetizatian of silver and the frea
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of l6 to l
Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tC the Nation
al Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question Of the FREQ
coinage Of silver and we denouRee
the action Of their recent national
conventions as inimical to the ma
terial interests of the people Of the
United States, and especially te
those of Nevada and all the other
mining states and territories, and
we therefore repuiiate the nomi-
nees of their convention.
Third. We rlcdge the nominees
of this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no -ea1 for
President or Vice-Presideng of the
United States who is not uneG aiV-
ocally in favor of free coinage as
defiued by this convention. We
reseave to the silver leagues Of
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
the right Of directing said Piesi-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, shoula contingencies
require. GEO. s NIXON.
Chairman State Committee Of Sill
yer pssrty.
III. Z. FLASNEEY. 5 ,cretarV.