Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-05-25
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing OF the Ropuoli
! can State Convention unanimous
ly adopted the foH0DIng platform:
| The convention endorses and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
II l,cas State Convention, held at Va
city on the 80 Of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the ministration o;
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
rlete reconciliation of silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coinage OF
! that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver to the place It :. .aApied
previous to the passage Oh 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 mcne7
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 gold,
reduced the money Of ultima to re-
demption or payment, about one
half, and enabled the owners of
money and obligations payable In
money to monopolize tao 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
eleyating any person to Office who
is not known to be UnequiVocalIy
in favor cf opening the bIiLts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In view Of tho unsatisfactory at.
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue of the remoneti-
zatioa Of silver, t1i5 convention
will make no nominations for Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thofity to put in nomination elec-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts 9f ouI
Senators and Representatives to
secure the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
sentipg the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhold,
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth.
And we favor tha continuation
Of agitation and contention for the
fee and UNI mited coinage Of sill
yer 1t the present ratio Of Is to l,
for their own benefit ana for the
pc--dt Of the people al l&rge
miners, farmers. laboIor8 and me
chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the various silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
affiliations L convention assembl.
ed, do set forth tho following dec.
laratioD Of ID iinoiples:
Fl st. We dema2d t. full re-
mon tizati8n Of silver and the free
and uDlimiced coinage thereof, at
the present ratio ol La to l
Second. We are lss'3icalIy and
unalterably opposed t the Natio~
al Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question Of the free
coinage Of silver and we d-lounce
the action Of their recent national
conventions as ininital 10 the ma
terial interests Of tie people cfthe
United States, ana especially to
those 0" Nevada and all the other
mining states and territories, AID
we therefore repudiate the nom-
nees Of their convention.
ThirC. We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors te import no '7a1 for
President or Vice-PEesideay q tie
United States who is not uneqaiv-
ocaIly in f9vor Of free coinage aa
defined by this con, vntion. We
reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
the right of directing said Fresr,
Dental electors for whom 10 cast
their votes, should contingencies
require GEO. 5 NIXON,
Cha rnlaa State Committee Of SH,
ycr g.. y.
Il. Z. ILANHERY, Secretary.