The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-16

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GoLD HILI, June 7ih 1879.


price Aays thai ! Am mi taken about IL
bring biased against Congressman
Hand. The writer's a tire En.rprIe
are nnt class genial fellows. I wish 1
knew I vR mistaken and that thay have
nm bias against Mr.. Biana b-causa he IL
. Democrat aud . euidvator Of the
~slifars- Of ne people. and not of
che Welfare Of special rings. Still II
continues 60 say that Mr.. Bland is a
-afh use" man and asks me 10 go
hack us-r the rrcurd to nnd . Sorl said
nv Mr. Bland calculated to support
the Silver hill. 1t requires no back
track npon the record. The Enferpr;s.
people know as do many others that
Nr. Bland never did says n word for
the purpose, or with the wish that it
would influence the passage of the Sill.
V,r bill as IL is. When a Silver bill
passed from tue House to the Senate
ahd its surrounding influences it passed
beyond his or most any Other faithful
legislators influences and there in the
Senate II was 30 mntilated and scarihed
chat when returned to Mr. Bland its
trightfnl appearance staggered any hon
~-t Legislator who lad seen it a. 6rst in
tr"dnced. And Mr. Bland. the fifth
Fate" man, had intelligence and hon.
eSty sufficient TO cast his vote for the
huge deformity under protest. Proba-
bly, there are two hundred men in Sto.
r'y county who can make more top lof-
~ speeches-gushing over with sense
less platituies than Mr.. Bland would
attempt to make-bnt the question is
drawing near to n settlem ent in the
minds Of the thoughtful citizens OF
she State that it would be better to keep
those bright men in the rear Just nov
and send fifth rate" men like Mr..
Bland AS assistants for the State aud its
silver. which would give sons warrant
for the hope that the dollar Of our
''Daddies" or the dollar for the people
wonld come into circulation. The En-
isrprise says the Silver bill is not what
wa hoped for but its passage has set
tad the silver business. 1 wish the En-
terpriie would give the reasons why the
bill did not pass rs hoped for. 1t can
do so il it would candidly try. The cit
liens Of the State generally Republicans
and Democrats. farmers, miners and
merchants wcuid like to know Of their
writing a little more upon this subject
than Of late. / think the EaferpriIe is
mistaken when il says tina the present
bill settles the silver business. There will
be more Blands In the Senate soon who
will assist in picking up this silver job
and bring about snch a settlement rs suit
prompt Nevadans to consistently and
wisely send their card Of congrntula-
tiou to Washington. Oregon with CAL
iiornia Will send in helping hands.
Who knows that Nevada will refuse 10
do likewise? She ought not refuse. |
She has a Seawell in her west and a
Mccoy in her east. Will tho EaisrpriIs
call either OF these gentlemen a fifth
rate man, or will 10 have the uublush-
ing audacity to say that either one is
not the peer Of any person to whom
Nevada has ever gave her Senatorial
houora? Or will j, wait until j, knows
that one or both are hand in hand With
NJ Bland lnbonng TO clear away the
evil 50 nearly seated in Nevada conse-
i
quent Of false legislation at Washing
ton and then call them "ffth rate"
men? The Eaterprne thinks now. Oh
''shucks," and where are the purses of
Srawell and McCoy. But 1t may
change Its thinking when II Is found
that long purses will fail to any longer
dazzle tue voters Of Nevada to blind.
ness and close thei, ears 10 the muir.
muring OF the people rs it grows
louder over the evil thrust upon them
10y the trenchery Of those who have in
Che last thirteen years filled the coun
try with AN nrmy Of idlers and whom now
sneerin-ly calls II cramps"
"Bnt ii is duo to Senator Jones that
che bill wa frst introduced" snys the
E"trp'''e. The Bntrprhs may posi-
bly, do mn injustice to Senator Jones by
saying that he had much 10 do with the
present Silver bill. as tho Senator was
f"r a loug time an opponent to every.
thing except gold for money. His
stand WAS that silver was n commodity
which might be used as a pledge to Sc.
cure the payment Of money, az paper
could be made a promise TO pay money.
But gold WAS the only money and was
the standard which controlled and set.
ded ell values. Yours. LABOR.
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THs attack Of tile Bannocks on The
Winnomncca and Silver City stage
D'ute shows that they havo sound mill
tary ideas about carrying on the war.
The hrst point Of attack was the stage
route to Relion. After that channel Of
communication was cut of, and when