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

fhe Silver Party % Eev8da pledges is MI
Ssvartng devotion TO the prime pie. Of govern.
D1eEG laid down by jefferson and Lincoln:
mat the highest duty Of g0vr. nulent Ia 10 so
peseulare its laws that the spi~it II equality
shall follow men through lf". giving each amp
3s.G opportunity t. work out - the fullest
" s1ure his po,sib titles. la.astriCted by laT,
=nd unaffected by the conquest Of his donia-
Ssa Of opportun ~ 10y o+h.r mon. We iudora,,
rs expressing the demands If the American
people in cou4Onance with tie foregoing. the
ElsttOrm of the National silver party formu-
aas@d al St. Louis, July p. Is q, and the ftnau-
oal plsnk of the National Democratic party
adopted at Chicago, July :, sos.
The history OF the movement for the resto a.
SAon Of biInetallism is the glorious story of No.
vada's leadership. The educational work so
patrlOtically undertaken six yrars ago has
spread throughout the entire country. On the
sssue that the value of money is QuantItativo
and not Qualita i've, the intellectual and politi-
es3 forces of nations are now battling. Mind
tua of her glorious record Nevada will take her
r4sfs again In the CO.. fict, not as the ally Of
cold, but on the side of those who struggle in
the helds Of adversely.
We reaf1rm our devotion to the free and uu-
Hlnfted coinage Of silver at the ratio Of l6 70 l
by the independent action Of the United States,
ind we are unalterably opposed to the Repub-
Hcsa policy of increasing the bon 1ed debt, Of
Transferring the sovereign power of the gov
Eynnnent to issue money to banking institu-
da1fst Oh contracting G6 circulating "eulIW
30 the single gold standard, and of increasing
taxation while contraction II diminishing the
means of payment
Our faith In the loyalty. ability, and wise lead.
srship of William j. Bryan is undiminished
aud we predict for the silver forces Of the Uni
FED States, with Is to l as their motto, and
William J. Bryan as their standard bearer. an
overwhelming victory in 1870.
We invite the cooperation Of the Republican
sarty Of Nevada who declared in their plat
sorm Of May 20. ie 0. as follows:
"REsoLvED. That the Republican party o.
mis- state is in favor of free and unlimited coin
sge Of both gold and silver; that it holds to this
principle as a tenet Of party faith and q test O;
party allegiance; that it. will permit Of nc
abandonment or modification of this doctrine
shat let whatsoever prove recreant to tho prin
>eaple of bimetallism it will remain steadfasa
thereto"
And who on May Q. lse6. at Virginia City. do
resared az follows:
I'VE again reiterate our steadfast devotion
80 the cause of the free and unlimited coinage
a silver. and declare that in our Judgment tn
restoration Of the true bimetallio standard o
value as 1t existed previous to 1879, namely, q
abe ratio of toto l. Is an absolute and indispen
sable requirement before the financial system
<mf our government will afford the people
value of stable circulating money sufficient t.
place the business Of the country ON q perma
lasntly prosperous basis"
We indorss the acton Of Eevada's represen
tatives with respect to tariff and financial leg
2Slation; commencing their ratriotic supper
Of the administration in time of war, willis
nsing all efforts to prevent the issuance q
6onds.
We say to the Republican party Of Nevada
DO not the benifcent results Of tho tariff schet
9ies of the Dingley bill which affect Nevads
and which Nevada's Silver Representatives 81
cured, namely: wool, cattle. hides, cyanide. an
Ssorax, fall upon you as the rain falls upon til
Just and the unjust? And II %. in what mai
zner could Republican Representatives has
any moro.