Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-10-01
Silver Party Platform

We, the representatives of the Silver
party of Nevada. hereby reaffirm the
principles upon which the party was
founded as enunciated in our last
State platform and declare our I'M
yielding fidelity TO those principles.
We deplore the untimely death Of
our late President William Mckinley,
and express our horror at the crime
of his assassination.
Money Question-We unequivocal-
ly condemn the Republican party for
It's attitude upon the money question.
The improved business conditions
which have followed the increased
supplies OF gold fully support the great
bi-metallic con .enticn that the country
was suff ,ring from q contracted mon
ey volume.
Many of those who arc row acting
with the Republican party admit tina:
what is called Republican prosperity,
is, in reality the result Of more money
in circulation, the very thing which
the leaders Of the party declared to
be unnecessary.
We deny that silver IS dead issue
TIE question of silver coinage is mere
ly part Of the larger question of
money in general and this question is
! ever with us, presenting itself in var
! led forms and WAYS
We believe that the free coinage OF
! silver would add largely to the meas
ure of the existing prosperity and es.
! pecially here in Nevada, State sc
deeply Interested in silver mining.
| Bank Curre1ccy-Nfe are opposed
i to every scheme for the imitation OF
! our currency by means Of bank notes
! which are not and can not be full lie
gal tender. and the volume Of which
! depends upon the caprice or interests
of banks.
Revenue--The Silver party OF Ne
| vada reaffirms the revenue plank
enunc;ated in the platform of 1900
and calls the attention Of taxpayers tC
the fact that since that time the rev
, enue law enacted by the Silver ant
Democratic legislature in accordance
! with such pledge that four million:
of property valuation has been added
to the assessment roll and the State
tax thereby reduced twenty per cent
Taxation-We are in favor of tax
ing patented mines and mortgages.
Trusts-We are opposed to trusts
and monopolies in every form. W.
favor appropriate legislation in thi
line, and to whatever extent the pres
ent tariff fosters and encourages tn
growth Of these great Industrial CON
: binations. we insist that it should b
modified and reduced Sc as to re,iev
: the American consumer from the G,
tortion OF trusts and monopolies.
For an Eiqht-tiour Iaw-We favo
the protection Of labor unions iii ever
just right and such legislation as wi
| make eight hours lawful days worl
, We favor constitutional ament
. ment prov ding for the initiative an
I referendum.
Election c: Ser stors-t.Ve adhere
the view expressed in our last Stat
platform that United States Senator
| should be elected by direct vote of til
people.
Educatior-Pe:ng proud Of the ed
: cational institutions of our Stat
: which are equal to. and in many il
/. stances superior, 10 like institution
in other States, we cordially indorE
the administration OF our education
e institutions end pledge our party ar
s representatives to support the san
n in all proper ways.
e RaitroaGs-We recognize and Apr
|, ciate the commercial improvement
q and concessions of the southern +
cific railroad in this State in the la