The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-25
SILVER MEN HOLD
CONVENTION
Endorse Watson and Trib-
bIes aid Adopt Party
Platform

party state convention held in Winnie
mucca, Nevada. this 23d day of August,
A. d. 1904 Judge c. E. Mack was elected
temporary chairman and w. T. Virgin
temporary secretary. The temporary
secretary called the roll Of counties and
the following counties were represented
by forty-three delegates: Douglas. Elko
! Eureka, Humboldt Lander. Washoe and
White Pine.
A motion was duly made by H. Harris
of Douglas county and seconded by Sen
ator Commins of White Fsne county tnat
! Judge M. s. Bonnifield of Humboldt
county be elected as permanent chair
man and Eugene Howell of White Pine
county as permanent secretary Of the
Silver party state convention. Motion
carried.
A motion was made bby C. e. Mack
seconded by w. T. Virgin, that the dele
gates present be declared duly elected
members of the Silver Party state CEN
trail committee. and the chairman ana
secretary of this convention be chairman
and secretary of the Silver party state
central committee. Motion carried.
Motion duly made by c. e. Mack ana
seconaed by Frank Folsom that the
chairman and secretary be named a com
mittee to fill vacancies In the state CEN
tral committee in counties not present.
Motion carried.
On motion redess was taken until I
p. m.
Convention assembled at p. M. Judgs
NJ. s. Bonnileld in the chair Motion
duly made by Frank Folsom and sec
onded by John Evans that the convention
proceed to nominate three candidates
for presidential electors. Motion carried
and the three following named gentlemen
were nominated unanimously, to-wit: II.
s. Beck OF Story county. ]. b. Collough
and j. NJ. Mccormack of washoe county.
who. on motion of r. Kirman. seconded
by III. ]. Lorentzen. were instructed that
in case of their election 10 cast the cleo
toral vote of Nevada for Thomas E.
Watson of Georgia for president of the
United States and Thomas Tribbles o;
Nebraska for vice president.
On motion of Mr.. Cafrrey. seconded by
j. NJ. Short. the following committee was
duly elected on platform and resolution,
viz: The chairman of the convention. W.
T. Virgin. r. SaIdler. II. A. Commins
and r. Kirman.
on motion of Eugene Howell. seconded
! by Enus Gerber the said committee on
committee and empowered to complete
the nominations of candidates for the
respective state officers to be voted for
at the ensuing election. and TO fill all
vacancies that may occur on the ticket.
The committee on platform made the
following report. which was unanimously
adopted by the convention:
THE PLATFORM.
We. duly accredited delegates OF the
Silver party of the state of Nevada. in
delegate convention assembled. at an
adjourned meeting thereof. held on this
23d day of August, 1904, In Silver State
hall at Winnemucca. declare that a cen
strated the wisdom of the policy of the
Fathers of the Republic In their adopting
silver and gold coin-the twin handmaids
of civilization. of commercial prosperity
and of the common veal of the common
people, as the money of the country.
We denounce the political assassins
twins. and we anathematize the political
action of the political towards who say
that its restoration to life and activity
in the business relations of the people
shall rest In abeyance.'
In the last TWO elections for president
of the United States the Silver party. on
principle and not for pelf, voted for the
gallant leader of the then reconstructed
Democratic party. William J. Bryan
who favored lne free coinage of silver
and gold at the ratio of l6 to /. and who
stood upon a free coinage platform; bul
the party cannot vote for Alton h.
Parker. who declared to the st. Louis
convention that he regarded 1.-THE gold
sta ndard as firmly and irrevocabiy es-
tablished," and Ii cannot train longer
with the Democratic party. which ac-
qriesced In that declaration and has gone
back to its vomit and its wallow in the
Cleveland Wall street mire.
On principle the Silver party can not