Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-04-26
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing Of the Repuoli
can State Conventiog unanimous-
ly adopted the blowing platform:
/ The cor veEtion endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
II cas- State Convention. held ut Va
city on the 80 Of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the G-miniatration 0:
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
Ilete RECOMMENDATION Of silver, and
to enact laws providing for tha
free and unrestricted Coinage OF
that metal.
Resolved. That the restoration
of silver to the place II , o'cApied
previous to the passage os 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 m0ney
functions and denied to the owner
Of silver bullion the right 30 have
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which apply to the Coinage OF gold.
reduced the money of ultip9 ate re-
demption or rayment, abo5t one
| half. and enabled the owners of
money and obligations payable In
money to monopoiize th3 coin OF
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people OF
Nevada are ia 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 unequlvccally
in favor of opening the NiLts 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 remonett-
zation Of silver, this convention
will make no nominations foi Pres
idential electors and the State Gen.
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination cleo
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
derses the vigorous efforts of ouJ
Senators and Representatives t0
secure the free and unlimited coin
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done il pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhold-
ers end laborers and producers Of
wealth.
And we favor the cOnt1e cation
of agitation and contention for the
free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer at the present ratio Of IL to l,
for their own benefit and for the
osneft of the people at large
miners, farmers. laboLcr5 and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the var.Oue silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
affi,iat1ons,i convention assemble
ed, do set forth The following dec~
laration Of principles:
Fl st. We demand t. } full re-
mon tizatian of silver t.nd The free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio Of l6 to !
Second. We are rail- = and
unalterably opposed Il IT, > ltio~'
al Republican and Drhocra Cic par
ties on the question of the iree
coinage Of silver and We de1ounce
the action of their recent national
conventions as inimi3ai 10 the ma
teral interests of the people II the
United States, and especially TO
those of Nevada ana all the other
mining states and ferrLtorte5, and
we therefore repudiate the noml-
nees Of their convention.
( ThirG. We rleige tie nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. 'uUpOrt I'D ~'an for
President or Vice-PresIJen. Of the
United States who is not unequiv-
ocally in favor of free coinage as
deiaed by this con, ~ntion- We
reseave to the silver leagdes OF
Nevada, il Convention ass erbleh,
the right of directing said Pfeoi-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. ) NiAON.
Chairman State Committee Of Sill
yer pafty.
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