The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-06-02

step toward procuring the proper vol
ume of legal tender money to be issued
directly by the Government: The
advanced position assumed by Nevada
has been an invaluable aid in direct
ing the attention of the country TO
this paramount issue.
JOHN P. JONES,
VIM. M. STEWART,
The propriety of issuing an address
to the people of Nevada on the politl-
cal situation was discussed, and on
motion of M. S. Bonni6eld commit
tee, consisting of one from each coun-
ty, was appointed to prepare such ad-
dress.
Resolutions relative to the manner
of distributing counties and supervis-
ing the election of delegates to the
State Convention were introduced,
and ON motion committee of one from
each county was appointed to consider
the matter and report.
On motion of DR.. Bergstein, it was
decided to hold the State Convention
on Tuesday, September 4th, and the
primaries for the election of delegates
to said Convention, August 10Th.
APPoRT1oNMENT OF DELEGATES.
On motion, the basis of representa-
ton in the State Convention was fixed
as follows: One delegate for each
county and one delegate for each and
every 40 votes or fraction thereof cast
for the Weaver and Field Presidential
electors in 1892.
On this basis the representation will
be as follows:
Churchill, 5 delegates; Douglas, B;
Elko, "a; Esmeralda, IL, Eureka, 10;
Humboldt, 10; Lander, IL; Lincoln,
IL; Lyon, IL; Nye, 7; Ormsby, IL;
Storey, 81; Washoe, %; White Pine,
10. Total, 2O1.
THE TEST.
Resolved, That the following test
be used at the primary election:
81 am in favor of the free coinage
of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to
1 by the United States of America,
and will support the nominees of the
Silver party"
ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
To George S. Nixon, Chairman
Your committee appointed to deter
mine the authority for supervising the
election of delegates to the State Con-
vention of the Silver party of Nevada
beg leave to report as follows:
Your committee are of the opinion
that local committees should control
the local affairs of the party in. SO far
as possible, and recommend the adop-
ton of the following resolution:
Resolved, That this committee di-
rect the County Central Committees
of the Silver party in the several coun-
ties of the State to call primary cleo
tions at the time designated by this
committee and to district counties,
apportion delegates to the State Con-
vention among the districts of their
respective counties, and supervise the
election of such delegates. And that
in counties having no regularly or
ganized County Central Committees
we recommend that members of the
Silver party Immediately take steps
to organize County Central Commit
tees in their respective counties, and
that when from any cause no such
committees shall be organized that
members of the State Central Com
mittee in such counties be and are
hereby authorized to call primary cleo
tions and supervise the election of
such delegates.
BENZ. CURLER, Chairman.
T. V. JULIEN, Secretary.
Reno, Virginia City, Winnemucca
and Carson were respectively nomi-
mated as the place for holding the
State Convention. On the first bal
lot Virginia received 10 votes, Win
nemucca II, Reno Is and Carson ID.
-Four more ballots were taken without
resultant on the 9th ballot Storey
and Lyon stampeded to Carson, which
was chosen as the place for holding
the Convention.
1t was resolved that the delegations
to the State Convention from the
counties comprising the respective
Judicial Districts he recommended tn