Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-10-01
SILVER PARTY PLATFORM

70 The Silver Pa " of Nevada pledges its IN
wavcring devotion to tie prin" plaS Of govern
meut laid down by jefferson aud Lincoln:
That tn highest duty Of 4ove.Irhcnt Is 10 50
regulate its laws thar the ~l-"it If c~QU%itF
shall follow men through life. ewing each emp
lest opportuIitl t. work n9- to- the fullest
measure his lu-~ibi .t'~. u.,s ,rrict"l ly laz..
and unaffected ly TIN C,l"#'~r of his donI...-
ion of opportUu y by other m.'i We jndurs',
as expressing the d.g"nl~ 't IL" American
people in co1-onancc u.:.a rhn Tor, going, the
platform Of the Natiu4 nj Silver party formu-
lated at St. Louis. july =. 1896. and the fGan
ci2l plank Of the Nat5rnat Democratic parry
adopted at Chicago. Js'r1, 500.
The history nt the m.Femant Cor the resto' 4
lion of bimetalliSln is IL gt-riors story of Ne
vada's leadership. TIL ttu"ational work 50
periodically undertaken six vars ago has
spread throughout the entire country. On the
issue that the value of money is quantltativo
and not qualita i've, the intellectual and politi-
cal forces of nations are now battling. Mind
full of her glorious record Nevada will take her
place again in the COZ fict. not as the ally Of
Gold, but on the side Of those who struggle in
the fields Of adversely.
We reaflirm our devotion to the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio of Is to l
by the Independent action of the United States,
and we are unaIterably opposed to the Repub-
lean policy of increasing the bonded debt: of
transferring the sovereign power of the gov
eminent to issue money to banking institu-
tons: of contracting the circulating medium
TO the single gold standard, and of increasing
taxation while contraction is diminishing the
means of payment.
Our faith in the loyalty, ability, and wise lead.
ership of William ]. Bryan is undiminished
and we predict for the silver forces of the Uni
ted States. with 16 to l as their motto, and
William J. Bryan as their standard bearer, al
overwhelming victory in 1910.
We invite the cooperation of the Republican
party Of Nevada who declared in their plat
form of May 20, IS o. as follows:
"REsOLvED. That the Republican party Of
this state is in favor of free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver; that it holds to this
principle as a tenet Of party faith and a test o.
party allegiance; that it will permit of IL
abandonment or modification OF this doctrine
that let whatsoever prove recreant to the prin
ciple of bimetallisln it will remain steadfas
thereto"
And who on May 9. 1896, at Virginia City, de
clared as follows:
I'VE again reiterate our steadfast devotion
TO the cause of the free and unlimited coinag
of silver, and declare that in our Judgment tn
restoration of the true bimetallic standard o
value as it existed previous to 1873, namely. a
the ratio OF l6to l, is an absolute and indispen
sable requirement before the financial syster
of our government will afford the people
value of S able circulating money sufficient t
place the business of the country on a perma
nently prosperous basis"
We indorse the action of Nevada's represnu
tatives with respect to tariff and financial les
~islation; commencing their patriotic supper
of the administration in time of war, Will,
using all efforts to prevent the issuance {
bonds.
We say to the Republican party Of Nevada
Do not the benificent results of the tariff schet
ules of the Dingley bill which affect Nevadt
and which Nevada's Silver representatives 4,
cured, namely: wool, cattle. hides, cyanide, al
borax, fall upon you as the rain falls upon Il
just and the unjust? And if So, in what ma,
ner could Republican Representatives ha
any more.