Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-02-17
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing of the Republi
can State Convention unanimous
ly adopted the Glowing platform:
The cor gCGtion endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
,.cas 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 o.
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
rlete RECOMMENDATION OF silver, ana
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coinage OK
, that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
! of silver to the place 1t 1'cnpied
previous TO the passage Oh the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity Of the country anc
paramount. to all other pollticai
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 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 tc
elevating any person to office VINO
is not known to be unequivocally
in favor Of opening the MiLts OF
| the United States to the free ana
unlimited coinage OF silver.
In view Of the unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue of the remonetl-
zation of silver, this convention
will make no nominations foE Pres
idential electors and the State Gen.
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination elee-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts Of our
Senators and Representatives t"
secure the free and Unlimited coin
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and -the bondhold-
ers and laborers and producers OK
wealth 8
And we favor the continuation
of agitation and contention for the
free and uu4.mited coinage OF Sill
yer at the preseht ratio Uf 10 to /,
for their own benefit aud tor the
u+.aett of the people at large :
miners, farmers. laboIer5 and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the varioue silver
leagues, irrespective of past party
af1i,iatlons.i convention ASSEMBLE
!. ed. do set forth the following dec-'
laration of principles:
Fl st. We demand t. } full re-
d mon tizatian Of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio OF l6 to l
l. Second. We are radically ana
unalterably opposed tc the Natlo'-
al Republican and Democratic par
. ties on the question OF the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the action of their recent natlonal
conventions as inimicai TO the ma
terial interests Of the people II the
|. United States, and especially te
those OF Nevada and all the othcl
}. mining states and territories, ahd
= we therefore repudiate the nom~
nees of their convention.
Thirl... We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no "Vtl lol
President or Vice-Presideilt i the
United States who is not une4uiV'
ocally in favor OF free coinage a.
. defined by this convention W.
re5eave to the silver leag de5 O
Nevada, il. Convention s.s-enlh.eh
81 the right of directing said Fresl
dential electors for whom to cas-
81 their votes, should contingencle
81 require. GEO. > NiAON; a.,
Cha rnan State Committee Oh oi'
Il yer p.Nty.