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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-07
STOCK PRIVILEGES
N "cALLs."

CTocK Partnerships AND CALLS
ARE contracts sold By opsraiors for . pre-
MUM. and sisnsd 1t . distance from the maj.
ks. price, giving the holder Of the Privilege the
right to Gloss the contract 81 any time within
the time named In the Privilege.
Specializing In stocks By means Of Puts and
Calls has been In practice for years At the Stock
Exchanges Of London. Vienna. Berlin. and the
Paris Bourse. and 10 New York II 10 the most
popular way Of Operating In stocks ; such opera.
tors a. Daniel Drew. Russell Sage. jay Gould,
q. o. Chaplin, q. II. Osborne. and Others. deal.
Ing In them largely.
10 the stsch public Of the Paeihc Coast this
system was populariIed by us. although the
buying and selling Of Privileges has been In
practice among brokers for years past. such
OPERATOR and capitalists ~ Jas. \. Keene, Jas.
ID. Latham D Co., 0reenebaum. Helbing d Co.
3. D. Boswell 4 Co.. ]. MeKenty, aod others.
sail Privileges on this marhet. We have yet 10
hear OF the ara complaint In the settlement OF
our Privileges. All our contracts have been
honored 81 the time notice Was given for ssttle-
ment.
tho business has assumed such proportions
that We ae compelled 10 incrsass our ONE 80
commodations.
EIpisnsiory Psuphiets sent free to any I'D.
dress.
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DIED.

GUMMO-ln Virginia. January, 9th. Louis
0ummo. aged shout ~ yssrs.
LAIRD-In Virginia, January 9th. hiss Il =.
Lsiri, aged II year.,
LANDERs-ln Silver City. January ID. John
Landers, Of AIN Francisco. aged II years..
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BORN.
MARRIED.

DuNy-IuGHEs-In Virginia, January sth.
By the Rev. A. O. oiiiies, william Dunn 10
Miss Mary J. Hughss.
EvASs-HvANS-In virginia, January 9Th. By
ne Rev. A. Q. ailliea. RoAerick Evans 10
Mics Jennie Evans.
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Railroad pepe. Burned.

HoLLIsrER, Jan. G.--The passenger
and freight depot Of the Southern Pa
ciAc Railroad at this place WA sntirsly
destroyed by FRO last night. II Is sup
posed TO be the work Of an incsndiary.
as the ere was hrst seen coming from the
freight depot poar the office. About
ST. 900 worth Of wool was destroyed,
together with the books. Office fixtures
and the entire contents OF the depot.
The loss Is about $4,000. A strong
wind from the south was blowing at tho
time, and It was with difficulty that the
surrounding buildings were saved. = =
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or ths Southera Paeine
Railroad.

Los AxoELEs, Jan. 6.-Ths Southern
Pacific Railroad Ia now finished and In
running order fifteen miles out OF San
Gorgonio Pass and well on to the Col
orado Desert, while the tunnel work at
Tehachipi Pass is being pushed to COM
pleton. and by the LIST OF March will DO
finished. When tho road Is joined from
Tehachipi to Fan Fernando. but an
hours staging will intervene bstwesn
our city and San francisco.
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Ii.au wind ss.rm.

MoKELuMsK. Jan. ca heavy wind
storm passed owe this place this after
noon, doing considerable damage 10
buildings. unrooang several and destroy
ing one. Fences and other light mate
rial suffered badly In the vicinity. 1t Is
calm now, with the indications OF a
heavy rain tonight.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19

as we'll as anyone. Stand by your flag
and let the debtor class howl. Let us
resume, or if initiate; let the imitation
come through the time>honorcd channels
the bangs. In fact we don't object so
much to initiation, as to the manner of
doing it. Let the banks initiate: and
we will stand it until blown up like an
OK in new clover Let the banks mans
age the contraction when they think it
profitable to prick the bubble, and we
are content. Our theory provides Tor
both schemes, so letus stand by our old
principles. Only let the bankers draw
their gold interest on the two billions OF
bonds, FROM the government, and their
double or treble interest on sixteen or
eighteen hundred millions from the
people with absolute power over infla>
ton and contraction, and iwont we be
happy9 If we wont, somebody else
will. and why not the bankers?"
Now if all the people OF the End Dis
trict could think AS clearly as that old
farmer neither Strait nor Wilder would
get one hundred votes in the entire dis
trict.
But the trouble is they can't or won't
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
NOZZLE TTTERANCES.

Peter Cooper. in his brief speech at the
Cooper Institute meeting, struck the Key
note of the platform on when the inae>
pendent party makes this campaign,
when he said:
OF one tact YOU may rest assured. IL
is this: There is but one great remedy
for the financial troubles and the distress
now prevailing in this country anu the
remedy lies in the just and proper action
of the government IN reference TO the
important question OF money.
And In another equally eloquent pass
age he expressed the true aspiration OF
every loyal heart in the Union:
long to see the day when 9 govern
mental policy shall be adopted that Will
secure the rewards OF labor to the heads
and hands that earn them; when the
establishment of Justice shall be made to
promote the general welfare OF this great
audl glorious country, ana when the
people themselves shall become cons
scipus OF the truth that 4 government
will be Just what the people make It
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
IN ANSWER

"Ihere isn't nation III Europe that
wouldn't look with scorn upon L country
which would deliberately 90 to work to
repudiate 20 per cent. OF Its obligations
by authorizing the payment OF It's debts
in q currency that Is that much cheaper
than the contract called for. r.'-fioHeer-
Press IribnHc
What abominable lying! The bonds
were made payable in gold and SILVER
coin. Isl any re pudiation 10 pay them
in gold and silver? And It silver IS
worth 20 per ct. less than It was i've
years ago is it not because the bondhold-
trs themselves bought an act through
Congress 20 dcmonetze II.
Moreover, silver Is still money III
every nation in Europe1 except ling
land and Prussia.
Moreover, ii silver is worth less now
than it was when the bonds were issued
the remedy is plain, add So many more
grains OF silver To each com anu thua
caualze the difference Why demcne-
tie silver altogether Simply TO make
rold more valuable, and thus increase
the wealth OF the creditor and the ia
bilities OF the debtor. and make the rich
richer and the poor poorer
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
now PROF. SUMNER UNDER
STANDS IT.

Prof. Sumner, OF Yale College, has
declared himself in favor OF Tilden and
Hendricks and in very able and candid
letter published in all the eastern papers,
ne gives the reasons which lead him to
that conclusion. Among them he shows
that Ii den really is contractionlst, a
hard money man ofthe hardest kind ,and,
for that reason Prof. Sumner supports
him. r. says:
Il am. of course, utterly opposed to
the repeal OF the resumption act or any
part OF it. and disapprove of any con>
cession on that point, IN form. or sub
stance. by Mr.. Tilden or anybody else
| know that the soit-money democrats
have claimed that Mr. .sTilden has SUR
rendered on the currency question. and
the republicans have fastened to accept
their authority rs conclusive on that
point. Mr. Tilden's opinions on this
point are not new, nor were they hrst
placed before the puollc in his letter,
but it he does not In that document lay
down hard-monev doctrines. then Ian
qsaqe has no meaning. and could not
express hard-money doctrines myself.
The soit-money men have, within year
or two. begun TO use some hard-money
phrases in forced. artificial and impos-
sible applications They find those
phrases 10 Mr.. Tildens letter. and that
IS the ground on which they claim his
surrender.
Mr.. Haves has made \ very distinct
avowal that he will resist the repeal OF
the resumption act unless something bet
ter is put in his place. and ii he is elects
ed shall certainly await with generous
confidence futillment OF that pledge.
The difficulty is Just the one which seems
to me radical in his candidaiure. Be-
tween two candidates, one OF whom Is
recommended to me on the opinion oi
his friends. the other OF WHOM, has 8
record OF action and achievement under
nv know ledge and inspection. my most
rational expectation. oil such 4 perform
auce as | desire attaches 10 the latter
Which means that Tilden having urget
and signed IN act to make the people
OF New York pay their debts and take:
In gold. he. Sumner. has more faith i,
his carrying out the resumption act thar
be has in Hayes: VINO has not perform
ances but simply promises wnerewitl
10 win the bullionists.
So.-soft money Democrats. you cal
see the feast prepared for YOU.
Ii Tilden wln> he will Guido Have
himselfin blird obedience TO the de
mauds OF the moneyed oligarchy OF New
York and Europe.
There is no remedy but TO move owe
, IN r,sasse on the side of PETE. COOPER
i Tha, will smash the entire conspiracy
"A plague on both their houses
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
THE PRESTRE INCREA,SING.

Among the troubles OF the hour is
what to do with ones money. 1t is not
safe in the bank. The trust companies
turn out to be vain things for safety. The
more real estate man has the worse he
is off. There have been u great many
times in the last fifty years when people
could not make money with money to
make it with The popularity OF this
panic is that you can do nothing with the
money. No investment is safe, and mill
lions are now lying idle. The recent
furry in Wall street show this. Every>
body who could, have taken out their
money from real estate and put it into
stocks. Accrtain line OF stocks was con-
sidered as good as gold. This was es-
pecially true OF coal stocks. All along
the line of the Lackawana and kindred
roads stock was held by well to do fam
iies with incomes from $4,000 to S20.-
900 year were made penniless. 1t IS
said that if the great railroad men were
obliged to realize at once. larger part
OF the so.called millionaires would be as
poor rs their neighbors. Nearl y all our
heavy companies, if obliged to throw their
real estate on to the market, would find
themselves in bad way.-New York
Letter 10 The Boston journal.
son with the dance, let JOY be uncon-
fined Keep up the pressure; turn
down the screw.
When England commenced to resume
specie payments her bank paper was
worth only five per cent. less than gold,
yet to overcome that tive per cent. and
reach specie basis, She decreased the
value of all property in the kingdom fifty
per cent and produced such suffering
that standing army Of 1900 men had
TO be raised to keep the starving people
in subsection.
Go ahead with the funeral gentlemen.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
GETTING THEIR EYES OPEN.

1t is wonderful how rapidly "thc plain
people. as Mr.. Lincoln used to call them,
are getting their eyes open to . clear un-
de-standirg OF the financial question.
In every direction clear-headed speakers
and writers are sprinying up. The
people are trying to save the people
The multitude are ahead the politicians.
The movement does not descend onto
the people. il rises from their midst.
As an illustration Of this take q few
sarcastic extracts from letter. probably
written by some obscure farmer Of
Meeker county. TO the Litchtield Indepsn-
dent
Speaking Of the loans made 10 the
government during the war he says
The patriotic banker. who rushed
to the rescue. with forty cents on the
dollar. must be placed in = situation TO
insure him against future want. The
new theory proposes 10 let any
citizens. the granger as we'll the banker.
invest in government bonds il ne
chooses. and sit quietly down and draw
the interest and eat and drink and be
merry or. on the other hand. draw the
currency for his bonds. and make all
the profit he can on MS money blt
sir, that will never do.
II reduces the banker to the level Of the
common citizen They would have Smith,
Jones & Co. resign the title to their bonds,
aud forego the collection Of the interest,
while they are enjoying the profit on
their equivalent ia currency. the same
as plain Bill Smith and Sam Jones
No sir. that won't do. Stand by the told
| flag Stand by your principles, Let the
debtor class howl If they will. We diant
! run 'em in debt. and We don't propose te
run EN- out. What's the difference so:
we gain glorious Republican victory
Stand by tn. old flag. Let US resume
Specie payments. Here goes the mar
who mortgaged his iarm last year tor I
thousand dollars. expecting to pay it Of
with ten 10 twelve hundred bushels o
wheat. Let rs raise the value OF none,
on him and compel him TO market TIVE
or three thousand bushels next year 4
paw off the same mortgage. What b.
loses. somebody else will gain, and wh,
shouldn't the money lender have it .
we'll as any one. Then the old maj
may tail to raise the funds. toll as b.
NAV. Somebody will be the richer 70
that too, and why not the money lende
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
TRAMP, TRAMP TRAMP

Grave, grim men. with steady lips
and the solid eyebrows that betokens
the good workman. Gentle, kindly men.
with the soft blue eyes and sudden smile
that bespeaks home-loving natures.
They stand before me. deterrent. hat in
hand but stern, with a fierce. repressed
kind OF sell-respect.
The above is an extract from an artl-
Gle in another column. called My
Tramp by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, OF
Massachusetts. in which she gives her
experience with the better sort of
..Journevmen" who come to her door.
such tales tand they but family repre-
sent the horrible truth) are enough ITO
stir \ fever in the blood OF age, and
make infants sinews strong rs steel.
oh, Won perpetually infamous Americans
who are responsible Tor this state of
thiccs. You tools and knaves who have
rushed to the head OF affairs in this
country-to YOU it was given, lin behalf
of Christ" to build up the model nation
of the world, when the curse OF black
slavery was taken from US. But how
did Your fine gold Of patriotism become
dim and .arnished. You cheated the
soldiers during the war with shoddy.
and mold and tnsel-with paper shoes
and measly PORK. With one accord you
filled Your pocket with unlawful gain,
and in imitation OF Grant. filled all pubic
offices with your dependents. You sent
vultures, cormorants and jackals to that
most delicate work the reconSlructlon
and control OF the Sou,herners. You
| allowed them to be goaded to desperation
/ by kuaves as YOU have the equally
high tempered Indians; and then forced
them into acauiesence (as John Sherman
calls it lust as YOU do the Indians. al
the point Of the hayonet.
And now YOU want -four years more
only tour wears more 10 make every
thing lovely What the history OF those
years will be. if your control continues
is we'll ioreshadowed in the following
from the Anti-Monopolist This is /:
pretty pass: the capitalists own the
the ballot boxes of the great cities; ths
railroads own the coal aud iron mines
the mill corporations own their work
men the Rings own the two great par
ties tine money-lenders are rapidly get
ting control OF the farmers OF the West
and now foreign nabobs are comblnln!
together 10 buy up the deprecated prop
erty OF the people. ."-Hoosier Patron.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
IN .iBLE LF TIER.

o. ii. Page ot Pleasant Grove .Olm-
stead county. writes very able letter 10
the Record and Union OF Rochester from
which we make some extracts. We re-
yret that the pressure upon our columns
prevents Us from publishing the whole
letter. He says:
The issue now between political
parts. / G.. Republicans and Democrats
on one side. the Independent party with
Cooper and Cary rs standard bearers on
the other side.
First-it is not whether we snail nave
All the gold. and silver we can get. ior
both admit that however desirable II
may pe 10 have gold and silver money.
il is 4 physical impossihility 10 get
enough NJ this time or IN the immediate
future to supply the business demands
ofthis country necessity follows then
that paper money must he employed.
Second-rhen the Issue is. who shall
ENJOY the emouments ot the privilege
ol issuing the paper money needed Tor
business. Shall It be the national bank
ers or shall il he the government. re-
sultiug In saving in taNes II the people
ot from forty to sixty millions OF dollars
annually.
Third Whether or not money shall
be contracted To a gold basis. thereby
increasing the purchasing power OF mon.
ey because OF its scarcity. and the value
OF all bonds. notes and mortgages helt
against the debtor class and thereby IN
creasinw their burdens aud cerreSpon
ping depreciation OF all forms ot othe
property. This is the cause OF the uu
certainty 10 which the general stagrat'o'
of business is due. as alluded to IN Gov
HAYES letter OF acceptance. lie SAY
there is but one way out of this trouoi
and that is specie payments. admit tha
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
.te a complete cessation of work.

rate complete cessation of work. The
first company to announce a suspension
was the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre coal
iron company, \ corporation that has, in
in CONJUNCTION with the Central railroad
OF New Jersey, carried on lively and
prosperous business. tits reported the
company is financially embarrassed. but
the report needs confirmation. The o.
900 miners and laborers of the company
in the Summit Hill region are thrown out
of employment. and the other $4,000
operatives in the Wyoming and Lacka-
wana districts will be fourloughed by
the close of tae week. The other heavy
mining and transportation companies
will adopt similar line OF policy rs soon
as all arrangements are completed IN
that direction.
At this time there are some 80 900 col
liers unemployed, and good prospect
Of the army being increased at least lo,-
600 before long. In many OF the more
isolated districts there is more or less
Molly Maguirisnl, and outbreaks may
occur at any moment as the feeling IS
very bitter against the section of the
companies throughout the Summit Hill
region.
IS it any wonder that there are Molly
Maguires, arson and MURDER Think of
those As 900 men, with their wives and
children dependent upon them. looking
into the black face OF the coming winter,
with the pangs OF starvation gnawing at
their vitals.
1t is simply awful. Such conspiracies
against labor and human life ought to be
punished with death. What is it tor 4 few
murderers and robbers to ride into yil-
lage like Northtield and fight a duel with
the whole population? suppose they slew
a dozen men in their desperate raid WHAT
is that dreadful rs it is. compared with
the cold d-blooded conspiracy which turns
over $1,000 workmen. Yes. perhaps
200 900 men, women and children, to
cold and wet and hunger and nakedness
and starvation for six long dreadful
months? Cole Younger is chivalric
knight OF the heroic age compared with
such lilly-liycred assassins.
And ''in the peoples country there is
no remedy tor such outrages..
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
/ EORTHCOMING IUDkES.S.

Hon. Ebenezer Ayres has been ap'
pointed by the State Central Committee,
of the Independent party, to prepare an
address to the voters of the State.
The Independent party is made up OF
moor men. and the committee have no
iunds to draw on, and no oifice-holders
to assess. We would therefore suggest
that all VINO feel able to contribute any
sums large OF small towards deirayng
the cost of printing and distributing this
address. should send them directly to
Mr.. Ayres at Cottage Grove. Every ut
tie will help. Money cannot be better
spent than in enlightening the voters on
the crave issues Of the hour.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19

ness which it is proposed to remedy by
new issue OF currency have originated
and gone on to their maturity while the
currency was being distended to its
greatest volume. An excess beyond
what is capable of being used for the
business ofsocietv is now for the first
time distinctly indicated. In such a con-
ditlon of business, OF credit and Of the
public temper. new issue OF currency
wuold not cause rise in prices, unless
it were SO excessive as to occasion spec
ulative depreciation or distrust OF ulti-
mate redemption It could not reanimate
the dead corpse of speculation.
Many are tempted to desire
or acquiesce in the demand Of the Fed
eral Government to put out new prom
ises to pay. The hope of benefits to any
class from such an unsound policy would
prove to be completely fallacious."
And not satisfied with the gold re-
sumption act passed by Congress he.
Tilden, procured and signed an act OF
the Legislature OF New York still more
emphatic. Here it is:
During the session Of the New York
Legis islature in 1875, Senator William
Johnson, Democrat introduced a bill
for resumption OF specie payment in
New York. The bill was passed and
was approved by Gov. Tilden. It is as
follows:
Chapter IS. An act to establish specie
payments on all contracts or obligations
in this State, and made alter January |,
1879.
Sec. l. All taxes levied and confirmed
in this State on and after January !,
1879, shall be collected in gold. United
States gold certificates or national bank
notes which are redeemable in gold on
demand.
Sec . Every contract or obligation
made or implieo land payable within this
STATE, and made or implied after Janu
ary /, 1879, and payable in dollars but
not specified kind OF dollars, shall b,
payable in United States coin Of the
! standard of weight and fineness estab
lished by the laws OF the United States
at the time the currency or obligation
shall have been made or implied"
What Western man can vote for Til
den on any such basis?
Have we not trouble enough to pa,
our taxes now, in greenbacks. wlthou
being compelled to pay them N gold
Where would we get the gold? Or VIII,
should we pay 10 or l. per cent. more u
the increased value OF paper money,
we cannot get the gold?
And why should we be obliged to pa.
our debts, contracted many OF them II
greenbacks twenty, thirty or forty pc
Ct. below par, in coin; and that col
gold for silver is no longer money TO
any amount over five dollars.
This is the feast Gov. Tilden invite
his Democratic bretheren to. Wherei
is he any better than the Republicans.
The Democracy were sold out at st
Louis to the bond- d-holders and gold
brokers.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
4 IILLiiN0lTS SCHEME.

To raise the price OF coal. and thus
add to the cost of iuel Tor the tigeside and
the mills. the coal miners OF Pennsyl-
vania have resolved to pu, \ stop to the
production of that article. and thereby
deprive many thousands of workmen of
the means OF life. We quote telegram
TO the Chicago Tribune from Readiag.
Pa dated Sept. 18th:
AT that time . number Of prominent
coal producers had 3 conference. aud.
after discussing the situation IN the re-
gious and seaboard. resolved to inaugu-
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19

it is one way. Genuine specie payment
would result in contraction to nearly the
amount OF gold available in the country
for business, as nothiug less would be a
legal tender beyond 1925. His taxes
would probably have to be paid in gold.
as indicated in the proposed York State
law recommended by Tilden."
Mr.. Page then proceeds to show the
superior advantages OF the plan proposed
by the Independent party.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
EDITORIAL coRREsPOyDENcE.

The Campaign in Swift Co.-Ihe Crasshop-
pers, etc.-s Beautiful Country.
APPLETON, MINy. Get. 18th. 1876.
Dear Anti-M Monorolist:
Iwrite from one Of the handsomest
little villages in Southwestern Minneso-
u, the heart Of charming and fertile
country. now alas. dark with the shade
OF the grasshopPers. l never travelled
over finer natural roads than those which
lie between Benson and this place. The
The anti-monopolist., 1876-10-19
PAYING T4yES IN GOLD.

So super-serviceable was Tilden in
his devotion TO the interests of the bnll-
ionists, that in his message to the legis-
lsture of New York January 5ih. 1878,
only twenty months ago. be used this
language:
The present inconvenience in bust