Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-08

John Sherman's hostility to silver il
well understood on this Coast, and par
ticularly IN this State. Sherman is the
Gloss personal and political friend Of Des-
con Garfield. and in the event of the
election Of the latter, viii in all human
probability BE- continued in the cabinet ~
Secretary Of the Treasury. II has already
been minated by the Eastern press that
Garfield has promised to give him his old
billet. This means another four years Of
war on the leading industry Of Nevada
IN industry without the prosperity Of
which none Of us can long remain in the
State. II means in fact tho destruction
Of AL property values in this State, and
the ultimate abandonment Of u homes
10 the Indians and owls. Garfield him
self il ON record ct every stage against
silver. Sherman, therefore, is just his
man for Secretary Of the Treasury. Sher-
man fills the bill with Garfield, and at
the same time meets the demands Of the
gold bugs Of Wall street. Under the
circumstances, no mar in Nevada, be he
Republican or Democrat, can conscien-
tiously cast . vote for Garfield and Ar
thur. To do 10 il to aim . direct blow
st the best interests Of our State. The
Salt Lake Tribune, edited by as trne q
Republican a. ever had an existence, thus
arraigns John Sherman on his course in
connection with silver
Another vail comes by wire from the
Treasury authorities over the accumulation
Of silver In the Treasury. At the same
time there il mot half silver enough for the
ordinary demands OF business in this city,
and, generally all over this Coast, there il
: dearth Of silver coin. II the Treasury
Department. TO break down the coinage Of
the silver dollar, was trying to limit the
circulation Of silver in business in order to
pile it up in the Treasury, that . complaint
might be made against it, no Improvement
could be made over the present plan.
There 10 evidently . we'll considered
plan to prevent, 30 far Is pos
sible, the circulation Of silver coins,
and to impress upon the people the
nesd Of repsalips- the silver legislation OF
1875. When tie plan il we'll understood il
will notbe surprising If Congress passes Z
new law, placing silver on precisely such q
basis q gold now occupies. The silver
war ID one between the great masses, tia
small farmers, traders and miners Of the
country on the one hand, and those who,
from . creditors standpoint, would exact q
return In gold for all that 10 due them. II
i short-sighted and narrow policy on their
part. It would be suicide Tor the people
to submit to their claims, or to lose the
advantages already gained. = As yet
there are not in the Treasury silver dollars
enough 10 distribute one apiece to our peo-
pie. There il not one Of Us who could not
use 1--WE or ten Of those much-abused EVIL
dences Of value. There ID no possible 90
casion for alarm. Let the government
hire or buy : hre-proof building to store
IT. money. Let II further receive all the
silver bullion it can buy for silver dollars;
let that bullion be stored and certificates
payable in coin be issued on the amount
stored. Let It proceed until it will be
deemed mora lucrative by men who own
money to invest It In property than 10 loan
it, then interest will drop, and the poor
and those with . little property will have :
chance. Let the Treasury lords squeal,
but In Tia meantime let the coinage Of sill
Yer dollars 60 on."