Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-03-08
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing Of the Repaoh
can State Conventio. unanimous
ly adopted the Dill owing plAtform:
The CO.. oeGtion enduf5es ana
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
, cas- State Convention, held at Va
citv on the 80 Of April last, us fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the &-mini cation OK
/ President Harrison. insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
rlete reconciliation of silver, aDa
to enact laws providing for tie
free and unrestricted Coinage OK
that metal.
Resolved. That the testor 4tloK
OF silver 10 the place 1t o'e'-pied
previous to the passage oi the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity Of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The legislation
wnich 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 ofgoId.
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 in favor of the coin
age Of silver upon the same con-
ditions which apply to the coinage
of gold, and they are opposed tc
elevating any person 20 oihee VINO
is not known to be uacQutvocaliy
in favor Of opening the MILts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
In view of thA unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue Of the romoneti.
Zation of silver, this convention
will make no nominations foE Pres
idential electors and the state Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au.
thority to put in nomination elec-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts of our
Senators and Representatives t@
secure the free and unlimited coin
age OF silver, and the educational
worG that they nave done in pre-
senting the true issue between the
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 unlmited coinage OF su-
yer at the present ratio OF l6 to !,
for their own benefit and for the
peaeet of the people at large :
miners, farmers. labor ors and me
,chanicS.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the vari0us silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
affiliations n convention ASSEMBLE
!. ed, do set forth the following dec
laratiop of principles:
Fl st. We demand tt full re-
q mon tizatian Of silver and The free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio OF l6 to
/. Second. We are raflcalIy ana
unalterably opposed tC the Natlo'-
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 inimi3aI 10 the ma
. terial interests of the people Il the
!. United States, and especially to
those of Nevada and al the Other
;. mining states and territ rie7, and
s we therefore repu 1iate the nom'-
nees Of their convention.
Thirc, We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. 'upport no va 1 lot
President or Vice-PresilehJ of the
United States who is not uneqHiv-
ocally in favor of free coinage as
. defined by this con, ~ntIon. we
reseave to the silver leagde5 OF
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
1 the right of directing sad P'esi-
Dental electors for whom 10 cas-
i their votes, should contingencies
] require. GEO. > NlAoN, !, ;,
Chairman State Committee OF Sl''
Il yer petty.
FL. p. FLANNEEY, Secretary.