Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-10-13
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.

The Silver Party of Nevada, in convention
assembled. at Carson City. on the 4th day of
september, 1894, declare that platforms should
assert cardinal principles of political faith con
eernug questions of political interest and pres
We hold that history has demonstrated that
these principles are right and equitable, and
their observance necessary TO secure the wei
fare and individual happiness for which this
Government was established.
SILVER.
We deny the right or authority of the Govern.
ment of the United States To pass any law re-
stricting or abridging the privilege of any citi-
zen 10 the free coinage of silver into standard
money at the legal ratio Of 10 to independent
| of any other nation, and we demand the repeal
OF all laws denying or abridging that right.
| We assert that any law denying or abridging
the right of free coinage of gold and silver into
standard money at the legal ratio OF ID to /, in.
dependent of any other nation, is denial of
the sovereignty of the people OF the United
States Il nation and independent state, and
law in restraint and abridgment of production
and commerce.
We assert that from 1861 to 1894 inclusive a
period OF "a years last past the Democratic par
ty and the Republican party have made and
administered the law of this nation: that that
period has been characterized as of uninter-
rupted bountiful harveSts and bountiful pro
duetons from all our great natural resources
and that our people have made unparalleled
advances IN skill, in every branch OF manu-.
facture and artisanship; that the period has
been one Of general health and noiwithstand-
ing the civil war, period of unparalleled pros
perity from 1861 TO 1873. III lSI3th RepuDncAn
party passed laws in restraint of the coinage of
money, denying mintage to silver, the money
we need in the pocket of every citizen and till
of every store The decadence of silver has
been steady, gradual and unTelenting as the
grip of the gold standard of money has closed
around our industries and labor. and the price
of every production of labor. by forest field
mine and manufacture, have fallen parallel
with the decadence of silver which to-day is
worth less than 80 per cent. of its standard
coinage value at the legal ratio of III TO l.
Three millions of our people are without the
comforts and deeencies of life, every industry
in our nation Is restrained dinched and dwarf
ed by the decentralization of silver to the great
injury of every laborer producer and trades
man in the nation.
The volume of money in circulation should
be speedily increased and always be fully ad
equate for the requirements of business. That
all money should be legal tender for debts
both public and private, That no nancy should
exist except such rs issued directly by the Ma
tionHl Government, and nothing should be mon
ey except gold. silver ard Government paper
We favor the redemption of Government
bonds and the prohibition of any further issue
thereof in time of peace.
We demand the abolition of National banks
We demand the collection of the tndebtness
of the PacNc railway companies to the United
States as il natures without any extension oil
time or change OF terms or conditions.
public office is public trust. No person
or party should be trusted who has once Niolat