Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-11-15
SILVER PARTY PLATFORM

The Silver Party o. Nevada pledges It's IN
waverirg devotion TO the principle Of govern
r4sat laid down by J~effarzca and Lincoln;
That the highest duty Of government La to so
Regulate its laws that the spirit VI equality
s1au follow men through lie. giving each amp
lest opportunity 70 work out t" tho fullest
measure his possjbiliti" ~. unrestricted by law
and unaffected 10y the conquest Of his don'n-
IGN Of o~pDortun ty by other men We indhrSe'
- expressing the demands Vt the American
PEOPLE in consonance with the foregoing, the
1~latfO-7n of the National Silver party forlnu-
lated at st. Louis. July - iS@, and the hnan-
cal plank of the National Democratic party
adopted at Chicago, July :, 6Mi.
The history of the movement for the resto"a-
son Of bimetallism is The glorious story OF Ne
yada's leadership. The tiucatlnnai work so
pa ALPHABETICALLY undertaken six years ago mas
spread throughout the entire country. On the
tssue that thu value of money Is QuantltatlVa
and not uualita i've, the intellectual and polltl-
cal forces of nations are now batting MIMI
f,i of her glorious record Nevada will take her
c,soe again in the conflict, not as the ally OF
sold. but on the side of those who struggle III
sae fields of adversely.
We reafnrm our devotion to the free anu uu-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio OF Id 20 1
BY the independent action of the United States
.nd we are unalterably opposed to the Repub
loan policy of increasing the bonded debt; OF
transferring the sovereign power or the gov
.ruuant to issue money to banking inst1tu
SOLS. u CpLII VII sho
% the single gold standard, and OF increasing
taxation while contraction il diminishing tn
means OF payment
Our faith in the loyalty. ability, and wise lead
sr,hip OF William j. Bryan Is undiminished
and we predict for the silver forces Of the Uni
ed States, with Is to l a. their motto, an
William J. Bryan IS their standard bearer, q
overwhelming victory in 1870.
We invite the cooperation OF the Republica
party of Nevada who declared in their pla'
form Of May ~. IS q. a. follows:
"REsoLyED. That the Republican party {
this state is in fayor of free and Unlimited coli
age OF both gold and silver; that it holds to tn
principle As a tenet OF party faith and q test
party allegiance; that it will permit OF n
abandonment or modification OF this DOCTRINE
that let whatsoever prove recreant TO the pr
cipls OF bimetallism it will remain sseadfa
thereto"
And who on May 9. 500, At Virginia City. d
aared as follows:
I'VE again reiterate our stesdfast DEVOTE
10 the cause of the free and Unlimited connsl
Of silver, and declare that in our Judgment t
restoration Of the true bimetallic standard
value as it existed previous to 1878. namely,
the ratio Of 10 to 1. is an absolute and indispe
xabie requirement before the financial systf
Of our government will afford the people
value Of stable circulating money sufficient
place the business Of the country on a perm
nently prosperous basis"
We indorse the action Of Nevada's repres'
tatiyes with respect to tariff and financial Il
~isla.ion: commanding their patriotic SUPP"
OF the administration in time of war. VIII
using all efforts to prevent the issuance
bonds.
We say to tho Republican party Of Neva
Do not the benifioent results OF the tariff sch
ules Of the Dingley bill which affect Neva
and which Nevada's Silver representative
cured, namely: wool, cattle. hides, cyanide,
borax, fall upon you a. the rain falls upon
Just and thu UNJUST And il 20. in what III
per could Republican Representatives IA
aay more.