Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-14
THE SILVER platform.

The silver wing of the Repuoii
can State Convention unanimous
ly adopted the clowlng platform:
The ccnVeEtion endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
Iicas State Convention, held p. Va
city on the 80 of April last, as FOL
lows;
Resolved. That we condemn Tie
Republican party of the Eastern
states and the administration *
President Harrison, insofar Is hey
have failed to accomplish the cJns
rlete remoneliZation OF silver, and
to enaat laws providing lor the
free and unrestricted Coinage OK
that metal.
Resolved. That the cestor ton
of silver to the place 1t a-nLpied
previous TO the passage O the
Mint Act OF 1873, is essential to
the prosperity Of the country and
paramount to all other politi:ai
considerations The leglsla'iJp
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 ply to the Coinage of goid.
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
demption or ayment, about one
half, and enabled the owners Of
money and obligations payable In
money to monopoiize,tLa coin Of
the commercial World.
Resolved, That the people OF
Nevada are in favor of the com.
age of silver upon the same con-
ditions which apply to the coinage
of gold, and they are opposed to
elevating any person 10 office VINO
is not known to be uneqnlvoca'.y
in favor Of opening the MiLls OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
| In view of tn" unsatisfactory at-
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue Of the remoneu-
zation of silver, t is convention
will make no nominations TO Pres
idential electors and the State &c n
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination elee~
| tors
The Convention cordially ea-
dorses the vigo, GUS efforts of oW
Senators and Representatives tS
secure the free and unlimited coin
age of silver, and the educatlona
work that they have done in pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the bCndhoid-
ers and laborers and producers Of
wealth
And we favar tht continuation
Of agitation and contention for the
free and uu,,mited coinage OF su-
yer at the preseht ratio Of l6 TO l,
for their own benefit and Tor the
benefit of the people a, large
miners, farmers. labo1ers and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the various silver
leagues, irrespective Of pas party
affiiiatlons,i n convention ASSEMBLE
ed. do set firth rhe following dec-
laration Of principles:
Fl st. We demand t. full re-
mon tizatian of silver and the free
and Unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio OF Is to |
Second. We are radically ana
unalterably opposed to the Nation
al Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question of the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the action of their recent uadonal
conventions as inimiaal to the ma-
terial interests of the people 2. me
United States, and especially to
those of Nevada and all the othcr
mining st 4tes and territorie, AID
we therefore repuiiate the nonl-
/ pees of their convention.
Third. We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t, support no "la1 LOT
President or Vice-President of the
United States who is not unequlT-
ocally in fYvor Of free coinage as
defined by this convention, We
reseave to the silver leae ues OF
Nevada, il Convention ass emOled,
the right of directing said P'esi-
Dental electors for whom TO cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. . NlAON,
Chairman State Committee OF Sh"
yer p,sfty.