Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-05-09
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing 0f the Rep ool
can State Convention unanimous
" adopted the foli1Wing platform:
The convention endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
,-cas State Convention. held a5 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 Q.
President Harrison. insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
Ilete remonetization Of silver, aDd
to enact laws providing for tha
free and unrestricted coinage OF
that metal.
Resolved, That tie restoration
of silver to the place 1t cnpied
previous to the passage Oh the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity Of the country and
paramount to all other politicaS
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 in
money to monopolize tho coin OF
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people OF
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 unequiTocally
in favor Of opening the MiLts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
n view Of tho unsatisfactory at
titude Of President Harrison to the
paramount issue Of the remoneti-
zation Of silver, this convention
will make no nominations fo1 Pres
| idential electors and the State Cen
tral Committee to be appointed by
| this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination cleo
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts 9f our
Senators and Representatives tss
secure the free and unlimited COIN
age Of silver, and the educational
work tha they have done IN pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the hCndhold'
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth.
And we favor tha confirmation
Of agitation and contention ior the
free and unlimited coinage Of sill
yer et the present ratio OF l6 to /,
for their own benefit and for the
3..1eiit Of the people at large =
miners, farmers. labOIo"s and ne
chanics.
The citizens Of Eeva3a. repre-
santatives Of the various silver
| leagues, irrespective u p&51 party
afliIiauons,i n convention assambl,
ed, do set forth h. following dee"
laratj0D OF principles;
Fl st. We demand t. luIi re-
mon tizatiap OF silver md he free
and unlimited cJiuag. laarr3f, at
tne present ratio Of lis ID
Second. We arc 1a ...a..v aud
unalterabIy opposa4 lc the i alto"
a Republican an! Democratic par-
ties on the question Of the ffee
coinage OF silver and We denounce
the action Of their recent national
conventions as inimioal 10 The ma
terial interests Of the people ofthe
United States, and especially to
those OF Nevada ana &iI tAo other
mining states and t8gGGvrl35, and
we therefore repudiata the noni-
nees Of their convention.
Thir1, We rleiGe the n2mInees
OF this convention tor Presidential
electors t. -upport no '2aa for
President or yice-Presideh # the
United States who is not unuquiv-
ocally in favor of free coi3age as
defined by this con, ~ntien. We
reseave to the silver iea1ues Of
Nevada, il Convention as>euhlea,
the right of directing said Fresl-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. ) NIXON,
Cha rmtu State COMMITTEES Of Sill
ycT p.,;ty.
L. +. FLAz.AKF, Secretary.