Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-06-10
THE SILVER PLATFORM .

The silver wing Of the Rep -oH
can State Convention luminous
ly adopted the foilowin5 platform:
The convention eldof5es aud
adopts the platform Of the Repub.
,.cas State Convention. held a5 Va
city on the 80 Of April la55, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That We condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the a-ninistration 0!
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 coinaga OF
that metal.
Resolved, That the restoratioE
of silver to the place it , s'aupied
previous to the passage o. 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 it's 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 ofgold,
reduced the money Of ultimate ros
demption or payment, about one
half. and enabled the owners of
money and obligations payable Ia
money to monopolize tn, coin OF
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people oi
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 to office who
is not known to be luivocalIy
in favor Of opening the MiEts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In view of the unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue Of the remoneu-
zation Of silver, this convention
will make no nominations for Pres
idential electors and the State Gen.
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination elee-
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 continuation
Of agitation and contention for tha
free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer at the present. ratio Of Ii to /,
for their own benefit aui for the
naneit Of the people al large :
miners, farmers, labor ers and me
chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the various silver
leagues, irrespective OF past party
affiiiations,i n convention ASSEMBLE
ed, do set forth the following dec.
laration Of principles:
Fl st. We demand t. , full re-
mon tizatian Of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of l6 to |
Second. We are radically ana
unalterably opposed tc the Natio''
al Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question Of the REQ
coinage Of silver and we denounce
the action Of their recent national
conventions as inimical 80 the ma
teriaI interests OF the people Of the
United States, and especially to
those Of Nevada and all the other
mining states and territories, and
we therefore repudiate the noml-
nees Of their convention.
Thirc. We pledge the nominees
OF this con~ention for Presidential
electors t. import no va for
President or Vice-Presideay + the
United States who is not uncHuiv-
ocally in favor of free coinage as
defined by this con, ~ntlcn. we
reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
the right of directing said ffesi-
Dental electors for whom 10 cast
their 9y;es, should contingencies
require. GEO. ) NiAON.
Chairman State Committee Q! Sll-
Yer p..ty