The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-08-07
A REPURLICAN ON THE SILVER
QUESTION.

newspaper, edited by Judge Goodwin,
sate Of the Virginia Enterprise, is, pub
lished in a coaanaanity which does not
have opportunity to- vote for President.
IN consequence of this circumstance it
does not hesitate to, express, its, opinr
sons freely On the silver question, some
thing the hide bound press of Nevada,
will not do at present, lest they should
IMPURE General Garfield, whose views on
she silver question are exactly in accord
with John Sherman's, and the Eastern
money lenders
The Tribune says: "Anothers wall
oeres by wire from the Treasury
ArsR0rities over the accumulation of
ssavsr in the Treasury. At the same
SINE there is not half silver enough for
the ordinary demands of business in.
this city, and. generally all over this
coast, there is o. dearth of silver coin.
Il the Treasury Department, to. break
down tho 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 g complaint might
be made against it, no improvement
could be made over the present plan.
There is. evidently g. well-eonsidereds
plan, to prevent, so. fear as possible, the
circulation. Of silver coins, and to im-
press upon, the people the need of re-
realing the silver legislation. of 1878.
When the plan is well. understood it
will not. be surprising if Congress
passes a new. law placing silver on pre-
cisely suca, "a basis as gold now occupies.
The silver war is one between the great
masses, the small farmers, traders and
miners of tha country on one hand, and
those who, from creditor stand
point would exact return in gold for
all that is due. them. It is short
sighted and narrow policy on, their
pie to submit TO their claims, or to lose
the advantages already. gained.
As yet there are not In the Treasury
silver dollars, enough to distribute one
apiece to our people. There rs not one
Of US who. could not use FIVE or ten of
those, rauch-abused evidences of value.
There is no possible occasion.for alarm.
Let the government hire or buy. D fire.
proof building to store it's money. Let
it further receive all the silver bulieon
il can buy for silver. dollars; let that
bullion be- stored and certificates paya-
BILE in coin. be issued ON the amount
stored. Let it4proceed until it will be
deemed more lucrative by men who own
money to invests itsin, property than,to
loan it, then interest will drop, and the
POOR. and those with little property will
have a.chance. Let the Treasury lords
squeal, but in. the meantime let the
coinage of silver dollars 60 on"
The writer of that. extract, C. C.
Goodwin, is as good, anGs stanch ARE
publican as Nevada. can beast of, yet
there is. not, Republican in the State
who, has,the manIness or independence
10 condemn,the course of the Admins
tratioa. and tina majority of the Rapub-
l,cans, in Congress- on. the silver aues-
ton. The cause of this silence at this
time ON question ofasuchvital impor->
lance to. the interests of Nevada, is
found in. the fact. that General. Garfield.
voteds against the Silver bill, and also,
to sustain, Hayes veto. of the same.
This silver question, as the Tribune in
d.cates, is yet an, issue, and, irA~fact,
with the exception of> the Chinese
question, the only,one involved in. the
Presidential campaign that materially
oencerns~the people OF Nevada, outside
of the Federal office-holders, who, of
course. are interested to the extent of
their salaries. yet the Republican press
ef the State wholly and utterly ignore
ii, and devote their columns to ridicu-
,ous attempts to prove General Hancock
srebeli.
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