Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-09-26
THE SILVER CONVENTION
HI MEETS AND PUTS UPA WIN
MING TICKET.
summary of the Proceedings.

, / Cu'AiJ SOhNSlIiOl Was Chll6A
to order yesterday at 2 O'Clock by
Chairman of the Silver Central Com
mlttee. Mr.. Davis in calling the
meeting to order stated that the time
had arrived to close up all difference,
In the party aud pull together for the
common good of silver, placing the
party before everything in order to
repeat the victory of two years ago.
The Silver party of Ormsby had been
tried by the people of Orms5y and in
the two years of the Silver reign, the
county had been saved nearly 500,
600 year. Applause
The speaker had just learned that
at the caucus held the evening before
he had been CHOSEN to 60 on the As
sembly ticket.
He had only allowed his name to
go before the convention with the
understanding that no one else was
solicitious of the honor.
The names of four candidates had
been before the caucus and one had
to fall. He wished to withdraw from
| the ticket in favor of the beaten man
that all elements in the party
might be represented on the ticket.
The speaker was satisfied though
tho caDnaipp 70 he 4ba tarra+ g.,
the enemy as in times past and he
felt that he could make a better
newspaper fight for the ticket if he
was not an interested party.
In conclusion he read the following
dispatch from Virginia City:
CHAIRMAN OF THE SILVER Com
MITTEE.
If the unanimous choice of the
convention for State Senator | VII. !
accept the nomination.
r. Ii. LOGAN.
The dispatch was read with loud
applause,
VIM. Taylor was elected temporary
chairman, Ell Winnie Secretary viii
Davis assistant Secretary and
Lewis Epstine Seargent at Arms
The following was the report of
the Committee on Platform and reso-
lutions.
AM PESnT I-Tr0NS
OF the Silver Party of Ormsby
County, adopted in convention
held at Carson City, New. Septem-
Der 25, 1894.
Resolved, That the Silver
Party Of Ormsby County endorse
each and every plank of the plat
form accepted by the Silver Party
OF Nevada in the State Convention
held at Carson Sep. 4, 1894.
That it congratulates the voters
and taxpayers Of Ormsby county
upon the faithful and efficient
manner in which the nominees OF
1892 have performed the duties Of ,
their respective offices. thereby ,
the Silver Party Of Orm-
shy to keep every pledge made to ,
the people Of the county in it's
party platform prior to election.
Since the accession of the party
20 the management of county
affairs there have been no official
scandals and no Investigations by
Irand Juries, while the letting Of t
contracts in the inter- q
est Of county officials has been d
wholly done away with.
Each department of the County a
has been honestly g
md economically managed, with t
In actual saving to the taxpayers
If nearly $40, 900 per annum for a
he past two years. n
Under these circumstances the I,
Silver Party OF Ormsby feel justi- Il
led in again demanding the sup F
,ort Of tho voters and taxpayers d
# the county at the forthcoming CT
lection. .
Resolved, That this Party IN. A
IualIfiedly indorses he action Of
Ion. John p. Jones in Withdrawing
rom party who, while profess
ng to be the friend Of Silver in it's
'tate platforms, has persistently
aused its Representative in 7
congress to bow to the mandates
I Wall Street.
This Convention denounces as
1. timed, insulting and inconsist-
Mt, the demand for his resig.