Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-04-25
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing oi the EopuDll
can State Conventioa unanimous
ly adopted the JD1wino platform:
/ The cor VoEtion endor3e3 and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
rl-cas State Convention. held at Va
city on the 80 OF April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of he Eastern
states and the -ministrattOn OK
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to &C c3omplish the COM
Ilete RECOMMENDATION of silver, and
to enact laws providing for tha
free and unrestricted coinage or
that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t , 'cnpied
! previous TO the passage Ca the
Mint Act OF 1878. is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The legis ltiop
] which 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 OF gold.
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 tA3 coin Of
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people OF
Nevada are in favor = u g coin
age of silver upon '',e sane con-
ditions which apply . Ii eoipage
Of gold, and they art o.posed tc
elevating any person to Office who
is not known to be unequivocally
in favor Of opening the MiLts OF
the United States 10 the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In view Of tho unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue OF the relnoneti-
zation Of silver, this convention
will make no Nominations feI Pres
idential electors and theSrate Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have 40 au-
thority to put in nomination elec-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts Of our
Senators and Representatives ts'
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 bondhold-
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth.
And we favor the confirmation
of agitation and contention for the
free and unlimited coinage OF sil-
yer ct the present ratio Of 16 to !,
for their own benefit aud for the
peuaft Of the people at large
miners, farmers. laboIers and me
chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the varjOus silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
n convention assembl.
ed, do set forth he following dec
laration of nri1Cipies;
Fl st. We demand t ! full re-
mon tizatian Of silver aud tie free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio oi Is to
Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tc the Natior
a Republican ana Democratic par
ties on the question Of the tree
coinage of silver and We denounce
the action Of their recent national
as inini1al lo tie ma
-erial Interests Of the people # the
United States, ana especially to
hose Of Nevada and all the othor
mining st,tes AMI rsErj--llo-, and
ue therefore repJ 1i&ta the nomi-
Iees Of their convention.
Thir,''. We E@3uEe the nominees
)f this conver1ion tor Presidential
electors t. Ii port no '2a1 Tor
President or VI~e- -tEesident If the
United States who Is not unequiv-
,cally in favor OF free coinage as
letined by this con, ~nti"n- We
'eseave to the silver lea9des Of
Nevada, il Convention AS embed,
he right of directing slid Presl-
lential electors for whom to cast
heir votes, should Contingencies
'equire, GEO. s NIXON,
chairman State Committee of Sii-
yer p,@ty.