Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-12
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

( can State convention unanimous
ly adopted the Glowing platform:
/ The convention ENDORSES and
adopts the platform Of the RepuD-
licas State Convention. held a. Va
citv on the 80 of April last, as fol-
lows:
! Resolved, That we condemn ne
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the administration Ok
President Harrison. Insofar - they
have failed to accomplish the cun-
Ilete remone.ization Of silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage II
that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t a'cupl d
previous 10 the passage "a the
Mint Act OF 1873, is essential to
the prosperity OF the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The leglslari u
wuich 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 c. image OF gold.
reduced the money Of ultimate rec
demption or layment, abont one
half. and enabled the owners Of
money and oblig ations payable ia
money TO monopoiiZe til, coin Of
the commercial World
Resolved, That the people Of
Nevada are in favor OF the coin.
age of silver upon the same enn-
ditions which apply to the coinage
Of gold, and they are opposed to
eleyating any person 10 office WHO
is not known TO be unequIvocs.lty
in favor Cf opening the MiL,a 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 remoneti-
Zation OF silver, t is convention
will make no nominations TO Pres
idential electors and the State CEN
trail Committee to be appointed hg
this Convention shall have no au-
therity to put in nomination elec-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vige' GUS efforts of ous
Senators and Representatives rs
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 bCndhold.
ers and laborers and producers oi
wealth
And we fav the cont1nr atioR
Of agitation and contention tor the
free and uu,mited coinage OF sill
yer at the present ratio Of l6 to /,
for their own benefit aud TOR tuS
oeneht of the people al large
farmers. labolers and me
;hanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
,entatives of the varlous silver
eagues, irrespective Of pas party
in convention asse Nbl-
ID, do set ,rth the following dec-
aration of principles:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
non tiLati9n OF silver and the free
md unlimited coinage thereof, at
lie present ratio of Is to
Second. We are radically and
opposed tC the Nation
u Republican and De mocratic par
les on the question of the rec
oinage of silver and we denounee
he action of their recent nafioual
as inimioai TO the ma
eral interests OF the people -. the
United states. and especially to
hose % Nevada and all the other
mining st tes and territorie, and
We therefore repudiate the II nj
ees of their convention.
Third. We plodge the nominees
II this convention for Presidential
lectors t. support no '@a1 for
or Vice-Presiden of the
Jnited States who is not unequiy
cally in favor of free coinage as
etiued by this convention, Ve
eseave to the silver leae de5 Of
Ievada, il Convention ass eemUled,
he right of directing said Ple lesi-
entail electors for whom to cast
heir votes, should contingencies
equire. GEO. S NIXON.
,harman State Committee of Sil
yer p,srty.
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