Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-02-15
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wig Of the RepubH
can State CoavenJiou unanimous
ly adopted the GLOWING PLATFORM:
The convention endorses and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
,-cas State Convention. held 1T Va
citv on the 80 of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the administration o.
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
rlete reconciliation Of silver, and
to enact laws providing fer the
! free and unrestricted coinage OF
, that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver TO the place it 2'enpied
previous to the passage OF the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity Of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations. The legislation
: which robbed silver Of its mcney
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 ofgold.
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 the 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 10 office who
/ is not known to be unequivocally
in favor Of opening the NLiEts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In view Of thu unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue Of the remoneti-
zation Of silver, tits convention
will make no nominations foI 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 tso
secure the free and unlimited coin.
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the bCndhold-
ers and laborers ard producers OF
wealth.
And we favor tn continuation
of agitation and contention for the
free and uulimited coinage of sill
yer at the present ratio Of Is to J.,
for their own benefit and for the
! ae-cilt Of the people at large =
i miners, farmers. laboIers and me
! chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the various silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
affiIiatlons,i Convention assembl-
ed, do set forth the following dec,
laration of principles:
Fl st. We demand tt fVlI re-
mon tizatian OF silver aud the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
! the present ratio Of l6 to I
; Second. We are "a irally and
unaIterabIy opposed Il the Natio'-
al Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question Of the rec
coinage of silver and We denounce
the action OF their recent national
conventions as inimical 10 the ma
terial interests Of the people # the
, United states, and especially to
! those Of Nevada and all the other
mining states and territories, and
we therefore repuliate the nomI-
nees of their convention.
, Third. We Pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no "oa1 fer
President or Vice-Presidens f the
United States who is not un qaiv-
ocally in favor OF free coinage as
defined by this convention, We
reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada, il Convention 2ss embed,
the right of directing said Plesl-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require, GEO. > NIXON,
Cha raan State Committee or Sill
Yer p,'rty.