Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-04-28
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing Of the Bep~on
can State Conventio. U44uln3us-
ly adopted the '1Aow,ng platform:
The QeEtion endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
l-cas State Convention. held ut Va
citv on the 80 of April last. as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the &-mini -Jration os
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
Ilete reconciliation OF silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage OK
that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t o'.aLpied
previous to the passage o. the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity Of the country and
paramount to all other political
consid 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 ceinage 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 ia favor CT the COIN
age of silver upon the same con-
ditions which apply to tse coinage
Of gold, and they are opposed to
elevating any person 10 Office who
is not known to be unsqaivOcally
in favor Of opening the MILts OF
the United States to The free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In view Of tho unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue of the remoneu-
"a ation Of silver, this convention
will make no nominations foi Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thorlty to put in nomination eles-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts 0f ouI
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 OF
wealth
And we favor tn CONTINUATION
of agitation and contention for tha
free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer at the present ratio Of 16 to /,
for their own benefit and for the
uvl1it Of the peonle a. large
miners, farmers. lahotorS and me
chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada. repre-
sentatives Of the ya.toug silver
leagues irrespective Of p@5' party
affiliations, n conveudcD ass2mbl.
ed, do set forth the following dec
laration OF principles:
F. st. We demand {. ; fuIl re-
mon tizatian OF silver and the free
and unlimited coiDag- thereof, at
the present ratio Of id IT,
Second. We are II. liaally and
unalferably opposed I, tle Natio"
Z Republican and D mocratio par
ties on the question OF the Tree
coinage Of silver ana We d"aoInce
the action Of Their recent national
conventions as inimi.uI 20 the ma
ter,al interests Of the people "fthe
United STATES, and especially to
those Of Nevada anu I'll me other
mining sites and tv-,-1 RE, and
we therefore repu1iate the lomi>
nees Of their convention.
Tnlr,' We pledge the nommees
o. this convention for Presidential
eIec5ors t. -uppo0 M ''a1 for
President or Vice-Freatdenr Il the
United States who is not nae Iuiy-
ocally in favor Of free coinage as
def ed by this con, ~nti"n. We
re7eave to the silver lean des OF
Nevada, H. Convention ass emhlea,
the right Of directing said PIesl-
dentiai electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingenoiea
require GEO. $ NlAON.
Cha rnlan State Committee Of Sill
Yer p.s'ty.