The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-06-18
rnE cEsExEAcK CANDIDATE.


rescnts the Sixth Iowa District Is, Con-
gress, is she nominee Of the GreenLack
party for President of the United
States. He served with distinction in
tie Union army, in which he enlisted
asa private, aud was promoted for gal
ls1:ry in tbs field TO Brigadier Gen
e-alship Early in the session of tie
Congress- Just closed be introduced a
b.I 80 pay Union soldiers the differ
CAGE between tie Deprecated currency
IN which they were paid and coin a:
tie time the payments were made.
= TIE object Of this bill was to place the
taen wke fought for the Union On equal
terms with tie bond holders. Accord
ing 10 the original contract with the
latter. the bonds were to be paid in
g-eenbacks, but by tue lessrdenain OF
tie majority in Congress they were
made payable in coin by the Act of
1863, and in gold coin By the Act Of
1873 which demonetizei silver. Ee
Asso made speeeh ON a bill introduced
II Congress to provide for the refund
rig OF some $50, ZOO, 600 OF fv,. AID
ak per cent. bonds that will become
ese this year and next. This bill Gen
ersl Weaver denounced as an zrIsto-
cratic scheme IN favor OF the creditor
r.4se, sho do not want the bonds , aid
or the interest on them stopped He
e.cted the language OF Thomas Jeffer-
y,n AGAINST tie danger 0. incurnng a
5savy pablo debt and han ling it down
- eosterity. and deprecating banking
establishments as being more Danger
-o1s than standing armies, He sad the
Rational Greeuback party demands
that these bonds Be paid now, and that
t:.ers is more than one way open 70
ply them. and pay them in coin. teo:
E.irst-The-e are abou. $50, 000, 90
eaFflss revenue lef. every year after
defraying Government expenses APP
p.y that 70 the payment OF the debt.
Second There Is SO, 100000 in
silver noS IN the Treasury. Apply
taat, too.
.rh;rd-sSet ear m;n.s gong al their
fell capacity.
Eoarth-Levy iuiicious tax on tie
INCOMES OF the wealthy, who now bear
zane OF TIE burdens OF taxa ton. Il
vrH produce an immense revenue, and
The rich will hardly feel il.
rifth-Substitute greenbacas for Ma
tsonal bank no.es, and cancel the bonds
held by the Treasury as security Tor
the bank notes
Weaver says there u no lack OF abih
~ TO pay the bonds, but the trouble IS
tire bond holders have centrel-of tie
Goyernmen. ard do not intend their
well paying investments shall be dis
.tssbei-
This speech gave Weaver the nor :
ration :or President, and it shows that
lie understands the situation. TIE
Government pays interest on the bonds
held as security for the redemption Of
National bank notes. This interest
1nald be saved by issuing gresnhacks
~ the .amoaEt OF the National bank
ejaculation, to redeem the security
,l-eads. ~. thoct Initiating the currency
ere dollar, Int the Government, which
4 controlled by tile banks and the
road l.o,ders. viii not 20 it. That
G.neral weaver will receive large
voss On this platform there is no doubt,
AID three Presidential tickets will De
rpm in nearly every STATE in the Union.
pr Hogan, Of Washoe county, in this
,s3tate, is heart and soul with Weaver,
.ani he and others intend to place Pres
.iicntiai Electors in tie ield in Ne
..sia.