Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-04-14
THE SILVER PLATFORM .

The silver wing of the Req ooli
can State Convention unanimous
ly adopted the )A)wtng platform:
The cor VoEtion endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
,-cas State Convention. held at Va
city on the 80 of April last. az fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the, -ministratiOn o:
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
rlete reconciliation of silver, aDd
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage o:
that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver to the place it , 'cnpied
previous TO the passage o. the
Mint Act OF 1873, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
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 rayment, 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 to
elevating any person to office who
is not known to be unequivocally
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 remoneti-
zation of silver, this convention
will make no nominations for Pres
identiaI electors and the State Cen.
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination eleo-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts of our
Senators and Representatives ts'
secure the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
senting the true issue between tho
money powers and the bondhold.
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth.
And we favor the continuation
of agitation and contention for the
free and UNI mited coinage OF sill
yer at the present ratio Of 16 to /,
for their own benefit and for tho
uruedt of the people at large
miners, farmers, laboIerS and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada. repre-
santatives of the various silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
affiliations n convention ASSEMBLE
ed, do set forth he following dec,
laration Of principles:
F. st. We demand t, } full re-
mon tizatiap OF silver aid the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio OF l6 to
Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tc the Natio"
al Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question OF the tree
coinage of silver and we denounce
the action Of their recent national
conventions as inimical 10 the ma
terial interests of the people Il the
United States, and especially to
those of Nevada and all the Other
mining states and territories, aLo
we therefore repudiate the nomI
nees Of their convention.
( Thire,, We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. 'upport no '''a1 for
President or Vlce-Presiden # the
United States who is not uncquiv-
ocally in favor OF free coinage as
defined by this con, ~nticn. We
reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada, i. Convention assemblies, /,
tie right Of directing said Piesi-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require GEO. ) NlAoN,
Cha ruau State Committee OF SH-
], Yer p.%ty.
II. ?. FLANNERY, Secretary.