Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-10-31
Silver Party Platform

We, the representatives of the Silver
party of Nevada, hereby reaffrm the
principles upon which the party was
founded as enunciated in our last
State platform and declare our un-
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 uneQu!vocal-
ly condemn the Republican party for
its attitude upon the money question.
The improved business conditions
which have followed the increased
supplies OF gold fully support the great
bi-metallic Goa -ention that the country
was susf ring from a contracted mon
ey volume.
Many of those who arc now acting
! with the Republican party admit that
what is called Republican prosperity.
| is, in reality the result of more money
in circulatios. the very thing which
the leaders Of the party declared to
| be unnecessary.
! We deny that silver is cead issue
The question of silver coinage is mere
ly a 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 Ct
silver would add largely to the meas
ure of the existing prosperity and es-
pecially here in Nevada. a State SO
deeply interested in silver mining.
Bank Currenccy-We are opposed
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 plani
enunciated in the platform Of 1900
| and calls the attention of taxpayers t.
the fact that since that time the rev
G erue law enacted by the Silver an
r | Democratic legislature in accordanc
! with such pledge that four million
: of property valuation has been adde
to the assessment roll and the Stat
tax thereby reduced twenty per cen
Taxation-We are in favor OF ia,
ing patented mines and mortgages.
Trusts-We are opposed to trust
and monopolies in every form. W
9 favor appropriate legislation in tn
a line, and to whatever extent the pre-
is ent tariff fosters and encourages tt
n growth Of these great industrial cor
= binations, we insist that it should
- modified and reduced so as to relic,
e the American consumer from the e
& tortion of trusts and monopOlies.
of For an Eight-Hour Law-We fav
the protection OF labor unions in eve
- Just right and such legislation as W
Id make eight hours lawful days wor
i'd We favor a constitutional amen
NJ ment providing for the Initiative al
referendum.
Election Of Senators-We adhere
the view expressed in our last Sta
platform that United States Senate
should be elected by direct vote OF t
people. -.
Education-Being proud of the &c
ST. cational institutions of our Sta
.u- which are equal to. and in many
:, stances superior, to like Institute
- in other States, we cordially lndoi
5a- the administration Of our education
he institutions and pledge our party
,ss representatives to support the Sal
)m in all proper ways.
be Railroads-We recognize and app
nd, ciate the commercial improvement
AN and concessions of the southern
cite railroad in this State In the !