Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-11
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing Of the Republi
can State Convention unanimous
Iy adopted the 13I3wIng platform:
The convention endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
licas 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 administration 0:
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the cofu-
Elete remonetization Of silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coinage Ok
that metal.
Resolved. That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t o'cnDied
! previous TO the passage oi cne
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential TO
! the prosperity Of the country and
paramount to al other political
considerations. The leglslari,a
, which robbed silver Of its money
functions and denied to the owuec
Of silver bullion the right to lave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which apply to the c, image of gold.
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
demption or payment, about one
half. and enabled the owners Of
money and obligations payable Ia
money to monopoize tn coin Of
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people Al
Nevada are 10 favor Of the coin.
age Of silver upon tue same con-
ditions which apply to the coinage
of gold, and they are opposeo tc
elevating any person 70 office wi.o
is not known to be uneqnIvoca =
ia favor of opening the MiLr> u
the United States to the free a4u
unlimited coinage OF silver.
In view of tn unsatisfactory at
titade of President Harrison to tao
paramount issue Of the remoneLi-
Zation OF silver, t. is convention
will make no nominations 70 Pres
idential electors and the State t.+l a.
trail Committee to be appointed bT
this convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination eIao-
tors
The Convention cordially ca
derses the vige GUS efforts If ow
Senators and Representatives tn
secure the free and Unlimited coiR.
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhuid-
ers and laborers asd producers H
wealth
And we favnr tn cont1nC alton
Of agitation and contention for the
free and uur.mited coinage of sn-
yer at the present ratln of Ii to
for their own benefit aud foI the
benefit Of the peorle At large
farmers. lahoIcrs and me
:hanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
of the varIous silver
leagues irrespective Of pas party
in convention assembl-
I'd, do set rth the folio wing iec--
aration Of principles:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
non tiZati9n Of silver and the tree
md unlimiUed coinage thereof, at
.he present ratio of lG to |
Second. We are Ia dirally and
opposed tt the Nation
/ Republican and D. mocratic par
les on the question OF the rec
oinage of silver and we deDuunce
he action Of their recent national
as inini3al TO the ma-
erlal interests Of the people .; tho
United states, and especially to
hose of Nevada and all the ether
mining st ties and territrrIe aud
,e therefore repudiate the fai~
lees Of their convention.
Third. We pledge the nominees
u this convention for Presidential
IectOrs t. support no "oal for
PRESIDENT or Vice-Presiden If the
Aited States who is not uneq uiv-
cally in favor of free coinage as
elined by this convention. te
eseave to the silver leag de., OF
.evada, L. Convention embed,
be right Of directing said Presi-
ential electors for whom to cast
heir votes, should contingencies
equire. GEO. S NIXON,
hartman State Committee Of Sit
yer patty.