Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-12-10
THE LESSON or THE MESSAGE.

THE LESSON or THE MESSAGE.
The, reception met with by President
Arthur's annual message demonstrates
more than anything else the perma-
nsncy of Republican institutions.
Hero we have Republic SO. vast that
q man born in the crowded, arrogant
countries of Europe can hardly form
speculative idea as to its extent. There
are probably very few men in Nevada
who realize that our State alone occu-
pies about six degrees Of longitude
nearly as much as Venezuela, Colum.
bia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia or Pata-
gonia about as much as England or
), Scotland, spd more than Paraguay,
Uruguay, Chile, either of the Giuanas,
Ireland, Port ugal, Holland, Belgium,
Denmark, Greece or Switzerland.
Take thirty-eight suoh States, and pop
ulate them with 100000 of people,
al engaged in different vocations and
pur.uits, and try and think how hard
it must be for one man, to recommend
legislation calculated to suit every
settler in this territory of nearly sixty
degrees of longitude.
Investigate the, single question of
monetary standard and see the different
Influences that are brought to bear
against the writer of the annual mes
sage to Congress. Every State or
Territory producing silver favors
the double standard, while the great
csaters of commercial wealth are loud
in their advocacy Of the single, gold
standard. The reason Is plain enough.
There are very few men in this country
10 poor that they cannot always obtain
somewhere silver dollar, but there
are thousands who neyer possess S.,
$40 or $40 gold pieces. Take the
legal tender value off silver, and the
result Is so obvious that he who is
blind can see it. The poor man, who
can, only command silver currency,
loses from ten to twenty per cent on
every dollar he earns and pays out,
while the rich rAap receives just that
much premium on every gold piece
that he owns. President Arthur has
lived the greater portion of his life
among the socalled "gold bugs" of
New York. and it is but natural that
he should have adopted their monetary
views. Should Queen Victoria or
Emperor William recommend tho
striking off of twenty per cent from
the earnings Of every man who works
for living in their respective coun-
tries we would see one of the most
gigantic revolutions Of modern times.
But in this country, instead of going to
arms to settle the difficulty, every man
realizes that in four short years he can
look to the ballot box to right his
wrongs.
Had the Coolie immigration to
Canada ever reachedi the alarming
proportions that it has in this Repub-
lie, Canada would have stopped it, or
died in the struggle for independence;
even rs it is, we hear loud mutterings
OF discomfort. Here, on the contrary,
we again look forward to the vindica.
zion of our ideas by the ballot box.
Now, while the President is virtually
recommending the decentralization of
silver and revision Of the Chinese
immigration Act our people, instead
of seeding, still look ahead with hope
TO the possibility of someone in the
future filling the Executive Chair who
will see these vital questions through
our eyes.
All this goes to prove that Repub-
lie founded upon and carr,eN out under
the principles set forth in the Consti-
tuition Of the United States is more
enduring than all Of The gilt-edged
monsrchies in Europe.
TOO MANY PEOPLE.