The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-29


\ Observation-Disclosures "os1D.
Aaecisl lhpatq nom Warrington
!! tis Dssvss R>''oa" q the ssnd
% tn. 1stl of,xBri1 ! bill Va. in
troduced BY Senator Davis, Of Wet
VirEiniA, and smueg1sd through the
Senate under the Spec3ous title Of = bill
70 repeal Oe1tath NV RENTING tWpe11Du.
pent and inde0nite appropriations
Yesterday Senator Hill discovegD9 that
the erect Of the bill would b to de-
monetise silver by repeating the law
which makes pefmaneat'appropriations
for the purchase Of silver bullion to b
coined iuto dollars under the provisions
Of the Bland bill.' The bill was lying
On the Speakers table ready to be taken
M and pasDed Whenever . hitting opp0r-
tupisy We presented and senator Hill
1t once called the attention Of the vari-
oue ConGressmeo to the 1sct, and ar.
ranged to have the true inWardne1s ex-
posed and the bill antagonised. II -
net denied that this oil Was prepared
In the Treasury Department under
Secretary 6herman's incumbency, and
there h no doubt that it, ultra purpose
NJ to elIect the Demonstration Of sil-
vef BY an indirect mode"
That United States 6enatoss and men
occupying high and responsible Official
positions should stoop to such baee and
unworthy means to acoon,plish their
ends can Be accounted for only on the
hypothesis that their greed for gain isso
great - - outweigh and override every
sentiment Of honor they pesseas. 6enar
.tor Davis h President Of the Piedmont
National Bank, in West Virginia, and
b largely engaged in mining and ship
ping coal and manufacturing lumber.
He may possibly make few dollars By
demonetizing silver. Money would BE-
come dearer and his vast number Of
workmen could be hired for less wages.
And Mr.. john Sherman could serve his
gods on Wall street and 1t the same
time oil ~ aching void in his hank 10
count by lending his aid to the dirty
fraud. The attempt Is most humiliat-
ing to the American people and will
cause the blush Of shame to mantle the
cheeks Of their representatives 1t for
eign courts.
Aonometallists we'll know hey can
not de,nonetize silver by . fair and open
vote in Congrrss upon the merits Of the
question. The sentiment Of the country
Is opposed to RELOCATING the metal to .
more inferior position than 1t now occu-
pies, hence its enemies are reduced to
the straits Of resorting to foul means to
accomplish that which they cannot by
fair means. They demonetized s,lverin
1873 by most contemplate trick, and
thought they could do It again
another. In the year named it
was done by passing bill entitled IAN
Act Relative to Assays and Mints," an
innocent appearing bin but ftasght with
diaaster to the country. It was remon-
etized in measure, under the 'Bland
Bill" Of 1873, but the m: til has since
been attacked - vigorously and, - it
now appears, - insiduol,sly - It was In
70. 1t was . neatly concocted trick.
How inrocently 1t reads. "A bill to 70
peal cer.ain laws relating to permanent
and indefinite appropriations" But 1t
seems it would prevent the Government
from purchasing silver bullion to be
coined into dollars. That Is enough.
The decentralization Of silver can be ef-
lected that way Is we'll ~ by any other.
It would answer the purposes Of the
10 we'll a. though the
bill were entitled "A bill to denlonetize
silver" 1t was smuggled through the
and had been sent to the House
and was lying upon the Speakers table
ready to be called up and passed, when
Hill, who had been absent from
Washington for some time on account
Of sickness, discovered its true import
and purpose. 1t has escaped the Sen
ate where had ito real meaning been
known It would have been torn to pieces
by the able champions Of silver in that
Lody. It Is now hard to tell whether It
10 in the honse Of the friends or enemies
Of silver. Debates IL the House do not
take that wide latitude they do In the
senate and It h impossible to gather
from what has been said the feeling in
that branch Of Congress upon the silver
question. The bill may pass the House.
If It does President Arthur will sign It
quicker than hr vetoed the Chinese bill.
It II in the interest Of National banks
and bOndholders, and Mr.: Arthur il
their creature. Should 1t become law
the result \ III be most disastrous to the
silver mining camps Of the West. Many
of them will he compelled to bid fare
we'll to their hopes Of future prosperity
md will dwindle into insignificance
and hopeless poverty. Miners and busi-
ness men Of Butte, how do you like the