Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-04
No 81
THE SILVER PLATf02l.

/ The silver wing Of the ReIobil
can State Conven tioI Unanimous
ly adopted 'ne lowing plssIurm:
The co" FeEtion enJvr-Cs AID
adopts the platform Of the Repun-
licas State Convention. held n Va
city on the 50 OF April lasJ, 47 toI-
lows;
! Resolved, That we condaTnn he
Republican party Of the EasJern
states and tho a1ministratiyD os
President Harrison. insofar aa they
have fail4d to ac ompiish the cutu-
Llete remone lzation of silver, and
to eat laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coinaya os
that metal.
Reso we'd, That the testor .Clou
OF silver to the place IL 9'ctpl-d
previous 10 TIE passage Ul Che
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential TO
/ the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other pul,uoaI
considerations The leglslari o
W ich rohbed silver Of its money
fun ions and denied to the owner
Of 81 ret bullion the right to ave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which ply to the c.'inage OF eoii.
reduced he money of ult,rl "a ra-
dem don or ayment, aboug yue-
half. ana enabled the owne.s Of
money and OBLIGATIONS payanie n
money TO monopoiize tha coin OF
the CONNIE cal world.
Resoive5, That the people Ok
Nevada are 10 favor Of the colu-
age of silver upon the same = Il
ditions which apply TO the cor age
Of gold, and they are oppose &c
elevat ing any person 10 office Wno
is not known 20 be uneQuivvcal
in f. vor of oueDlng the hirs II
the United 5 a-es 10 the free @nd
unll lm, ed coinaoe Of silveT.
IN view CT =" u al lactoay at
tiluGe O. D-e.-a1n- Harrison to the
pa-amoUpt issue o. the remoneti-
"a on OF silver, tl:is convention
will N &c no nemips lions 70 Pes
idan .,i .ec5Crs nd ne .,tate n
tr8! om IL. ee to be apaoined by
tais owen ion shall have Ho au-
thority to puc in nomination cleo
tors
The Convention cordially en.
do-ses the vigorous efforts of ou1
Senators and Representatives to
secure the rree and unlimited COIN
age of silvef, and the educational
WORK that they have done in pre-
SentiDg the true issue between the
money powers and the bCndhoid-
ers and laborers and producers Of
wealth
And we favor ths. continuation
of agitation and contention for the
free and uunmited coinage Of sill
yer at the preseLt ratio OF 16 to J.,
for their own benefit ami for the
ueue';t Of the people AT large
farmers. labo1ors and me
cnanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the various silver
leagues. irrespective of past party
affiliations. in convention Gssemol-
ed, do set firth the following dec
laration Of principles:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
mon tizati9n of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
Ihe present ratio of l6 to
Second. We are rafirally and
unalterably opposed tc the Nation
1 Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question o. the zee
coinage Of silver and We denounce
he action Of their reoenf o al
as inilai4ai q '-= Ia
,erlaI interests OF the peo"-' 4 ne
United states. and e-pe"a'y TO
hose Of Nevada and all tl.- rthof
mining st tes and ter,ltr.la I'D
We therefore repu3iate tav II nj
lees OF their convention.
Third. We rl2Gge the uulr3es
y this convention for Prga.s-4Jtal
electors t. support No 'Ha1 Tor
President or Vice-Pcesidea u1 tie
United States who is not unequiv-
)cally in favor Of free coinage as
ieti ed by this convention. We
'eseave to the silver leaz ues OF
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
he right of directing sad Ptesi-
lential electors for whom TO cast
heir votes, should contingencies
'equire. GEO. S NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF Sh
yer p,4rty.