The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-12-14
TN VAR AGAINST suvxs.

The fact that = large majority OF the
leaders Of the Republican party. outside
the silver producing States, have for
years past been in warm sympathy with
the mionopoiists and ~gold-bu9s of the
East. in their unconpromisinS hostility
to SILVER as coin. has been sufficiently
proven by thr action of the party's rep
resentatiyes, in the characterization of
that metal in 'T3; in its determined
opposition to its reinstatement in rs,
and in Persistently advocating every
species of adverse legislation tonchin:
"A just recognition Of its standing ever
since. And now cumes President Ar
thur with o Recommendation to Congress
to repeal the law secured by persistent
II united efforts of an Overwhelmingly
Democratic House, by which silver Was
raised from its degraded estate as a mere
commercial commodity and placed where
1t Iesiiimately belongs. lmbaed with the
same antagonizing spirit which nc;uated
John Sherman, when he dared refuse to
comply with a provision of the law re-
quiring n c, rtain monthly coinage of sill
yer, the Rlpublicau Secretary of the
Treasury also vi nly indorses the views
Of the President; and these two high
officials merely voice the sentiment of
their political following upon the subject
OF Silver. 1t is somewhat refreshing,
however, to discover that at least some
of the wUrshiPers of the Golden Calf,
IN the silver States and Territories, are
beginning TO squirm under the remorsr-
less heel of nm arrogant autocn,cy they
50 diligently labored to maintain in
power.
The Salt Lake Tribune. after summing
up the case in o clear and mastery man
ner, utterly breaks down, losing ali pa
thence and exclRims. The reasoning
Of McCulloch On the question is mos,
exasperating!' and the Tribune is quit.
correct. 1t is extremely exGspem;inE,
but not more so tan the stupid reason
ing with which this peopls have been
tortured and insulted by Republican Adj
ministrdtiOn for 10! these many years.
The Tribune has probably not yet for
gotten the WISE predictions OF Wush-
inG;on statesmen AZ TO what must inc
vitality follow the Icmouitization Of sill
YER. nor what u precious set of asses the
sequel proved the would-be prophets To
be. The Virginia City Enterprise; the
leading Republican journal of the State,
also manifests its appreciation OF the
situation and its contempt for the purrile
arguments advanced 10y the enemies OF
the silver interest in the following Ian
guage.
The Eastern war against silver has
been renewed and with "a more ieTvid hos
tiiity hnn ever. Mr. Arthur's admins
tratlon Is, We regret to say, lending itself
To the ubiquitous designs of his conspi-
rators against Di-metallism. But il the
President and his Secretary Of the Treas
ury u offer no better argument for the
decentralization Of silver than they have
already submitted, the conspiracy VIII
certainly fall. Read carefully il will he
found that their arguments really
strengthen instead Of wenkcuing the
cause of silver. The confession that
there are natural laws in operation which
must ultimately restore silver 10 its full
dignity rs II money metal, ought to en-
courage the friends of silver Il resist Its
reconciliation to the end"
But who nre these friends the Enter
prise would counsel2 They are certain.
ly not to be found amo=g the Kepuhli-
cans of the East, and notwithstanding
the yeoman service Of Nevada Tepubli-
cans, in the grand effort to perpetuatc
the party's power, their most vital inter.
est receives no more consideration ut tine
hands Of their political allies than il they
were n band of old buns sparring for
charity drinks.