Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-20
SWINDLED NEVADA.

pressed in this State as they have
been since the election of a Demo
cratic President. It would seem
as if it were the policy Of the Ad-
ministration to abolish commercial
prosperity upon the Pacific Coast
If this is not true how can the
present relentless war upon the sill
yer interest of this State be ex-
planned. During the campaign
there was a disposition among
many Nevada Democrats to STAN
pede to Blaine and this was check
ed by the continued and loudly 70
ciferated promise that Cleveland, if
elected, would be the steadfast
friend of the silver mines of Ne
vada. The speakers who detained
this from the stump, and the edi-
tors. who wrote it during the cam
paign, must have known how little
authority they had for making this
statement. Thousands of hard
working miners cast their votes
for Cleveland thinking that his
election would result in a grand re-
vival of business.
Every one knows now how bitter
are the dregs Of the cup which was
forced down their Threats by false
pretences and downright lying.
Among the first official acts Of the
new Administrator was the clos
ing of the Mint in this city, and an
attempt to forever wipe silver from
any commercial recognition.
The result of this ripening con-
spiracy between the gold Shylocks
of Wall street and the new Secre-
tary of the Treasury, has been to
cause discount on silver which is
a direct tax upon the leading in
dustry Of this State.
In the local columns the story is
told of H. H. McColley's exper-
fence with the new order of affairs.
He shipped two bars of bullion
from the Wild Deer mine at Will
low Greek to San Francisco. They
were valued at 81, 132 II. The dis
count was $500 IA the assayer's
charges $40 16, and he got back
only $1,4s1 81. With this state Of
affairs continuing there. can be
nothing but high-grade ores re-
duced in this State, or else the
; wages of miners must be reduced
lust as fast as the discount on sill
yer increases. This is the actual
state of affairs which the working
men of this State must be COM
pelled to confront. This war of
the Administration on silver means
destitution and distress in Nevada,
thousands of men out of employ
ment, low wages or no work. Again
let us look at the Mint, the coils
are tightening about this doomed
institution, and it will soon be
place for owls to nest in. Jones
kept the Mint running under Re
publican Administration, although
Fair had it given out that it was
partly his influence that backed up
the Mint. How hollow this asser-
ton was, is shown by his influence
with the Administration now. The
Mint is running with a few watch
men, and these Democratic Ad-
ministration attempted to work for
So a day. It reduced wages at
Mare Island and the San Francisco
Mint, but the labor organizations
thundered their protest: and the
officials at Washington were fright
ened into re-establishing the old
rates. Will the labor organizations
of this State stand idle while the
war against their interests goes on
1t is time already to call mass
meetings in this State, and send
loud protests against the penurious
Administration. A penny wise
and pound foolish economy has
been adopted, and the result is a
tight money market, and hard times,
with a prospect Of harder times to
come, and the purse string OF the
nation tied up.
The workingmen Of this Coast
are the sufferers by this. The Cal
ifornia labor unions protested
against the Mint and Mare Island
reduction of wages, and frightened
the Washington officials into re-
scinding their action, they also re-
stored wages at this Mint, but the
war on silver still roes on. 1t is |