Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-12-20
LAST NIGHT S Meeting.
A Memorial to be Sent to the
President.
LETTERS FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Strong Speeches by Bartine and
Beck.

The blazing bonfire in front of the
Opera House and the street parade of
the drum corys, drew large audience
at the Opera House last evening
II. S. Mason called the meeting to
order and the report of the Memorial
Committee was called for from Gen.
Clarke, the Chairman of the Com
mittee.
The memorial was identical in sub
stance to the paper read by Gen. Clarke
at the Court House meeting and pub
lished in the APPEAL at the time. 1t
contained additional information re-
garding the mineral wealth of the
country and memorialized the Presi
dent to open the Mint; backing the
prayer of the people with the legal ar
gument in the case.
1t was adopted by the meeting with
out change,
The reading of the Memorial by
Gen. Clarke was interrupted with fire.
quent applause and adopted unani.
| mouslY.
VIEWS OF PROMINENT MEM.
Wells Drury, the Secretary of the
meeting then read the following letters
from prominent men throughout the
State
SAN FRANCISCO Dec. Is, 1885.
FL. S. MASON: Dear Sir regret
very much that it is impossible for
me to attend the Citizens meeting
at the Carson Opera House on Sat
urday evening next, to which you
so kindly invited me. It is hardly
necessary for me to say that l am
in full sympathy with the object of
the meeting, and shall do all in my
power, in and out of Congress-, to
procure the re-establishment of the
Carson Mint on working basis, and
to protect the silver interests of the
State Of Nevada, which has contrib
uted so largely to the "haro-money"
wealth Of the Union.
Very respectfully,
JAMES G.. FAIR.
AUSTIN, Dec. Is, 1885
TO CITIZENS COMMITTEE: Gen.
tlesssen-Owing 20 business matters
[ am unable to be present, but with
you in spirit. [ hope President
Cleveland will not cripple the grow
ing and vital interests of the State
Of Nevada, Closing up her mines
and mills by stopping the Mint at
Carson. Such a procedure will
ruin the miners and millmen, and
bankrupt business generally, and
cause the abandonment of home
steads of many families now com
fortably settled in the State of %
years residence in Nevada. [ am
satisfied our Mint facilities are
needed now more than ever to as
sist in developing oar mining inter-
ests throughout the State. | ear
nestly hope the Chief Executive of
our country will conform to the
wishesand expressed views of the
people of Nevada upon the question
of re-opening the Mint at Carson,
Very Respectfully,
J. r. WILLIAMSON.
H. S. Mason - Your letter
reached me to late to be present or
answer by mail.
VIRGINIA CITY. Dee. 16, 1885.
DEAR SIRs-I acknowledge your
kind invitation, and until today,
hoped to have been able to kaye met
with the citizens at Carson on next
Saturday evening. Especial duties
of my office Will prevent me-
Please consider me, however, as
heart and soui in the cause Sc vital
to the people Of Nevada. | ana not
| only in favor 81 maintaining the
present status of silver. but an in
favor of removing the shackles and
giving it an equal chance with its
present rival, gold,
I am especially opposed to the
policy of closing the Mint at Carson
not on the ground that there are
not ample means Of coming the cur
rency in other parts Of the country,
but for the reason, that in my opin-
ion, it is the duty of great, rich
and generous government to foster
and promote the interests of every
section of our common country.
Millions of acres of land have been
donated by the general government