The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-05-08

paper. the Salt Lake Tribune, Judge g.
G.. Goodwin says: The world is full of
mean things. The conspiracy to deny
silver its place as money is one of the
meanest. 1t was simply deliberate
purpose on the part of few thousand
capitalists to numerically rob the
masses If the worlds workers. In the
conspiracy Presidents aud Cabinet
Ministers have openly taken part. For
years We have been told of the terrible
expense of storing the unused silver.
Now | do not remember the specific
gravity of silver, but surprising it not
% he greater than Minnie Moore ore.
4 room forty feet each way in size
would store every dollar that has been
coined. Think OF nation of 90. 900, 900
people and possessing more wealth
than any other nation of the earth,
csyiag its eyes out over the necessity
of'rroviding a space of some 10000
cubic feet in which to store lis treasure,
Again, there was IF silver coin in the
mint at New Orleans last Summer me
$4,000, 900 in silver. Every dollar
was needed in the South to pay
negroes and poor whites who we're
small planters. for their crops. There
WAS no other form of money half A.
appropriate for the purpose. But
Secretary Manning determined to
femeve 1t. Adams s Co. had the
contract for doing that kind of work,
aud can 10 it cheaper than the Govern
ment can. But that did not suit the
Secretary of the Treasury. He deter
mined to make an impression on the
country. So it was given cut that "a
feet would be sent after the money.
This was advertised for several days.
and finally. two war ships were dis
patched from the Navy Yari here. to
80 aud bring up the silver. Their AZ
rival At New Orleans. their loading
aud their sailing were duly chrociclei
Aad wired 10 the country. At last
they returned and then the main dis
play hegan. OF course there Was less
than 400 sons az the money. bur the
business was to be worked for al there
was in il. So every day about II A.
u. al the Treasury vans, some twenty
II number, were farmed in procession
and moved down Pennsylvania avenue
and OF, 70 tue Navy Yard little silver
VAS placed in each van. and under a
strong guard Of marines the PROCESSION
returned. This farce Was kept up for
twenty seven days. the Only ol9ee;
being N convince the people that the
world VAS Just fall Of silver and that
Il had ceased to he a precious metal
81 for money. These vans are long.
ssreag wagons. and look like the sequel
Of case af Unlawful rehabilitation
bss~een heArse and q canal boat.
and q procession Of them reminds Que
iavolun;Srils Of the funeral procession
81 cyelors9 l. il strange that even
M IN ittle country village IN New
York petitios w&s seat the other day.
sigaed hy farsy 6ve people. asking for
The Impeachment of NAnningi Evea
II this city i IS hard 10 gel I've dollars
II change n silver. and = national
banker here net long ago said be dare
Dot keep heavy reserve n silver in
kn hAak, less the Bank Commissioners
So1id dec,&re his securities hsd. Bn;
there $ jassioe in the world after all.
These ysuslemen have over pl2vea
themselves, ard TIE result WSll he a law
tAis term 81 aext. ~AscA vii he passed
over the Presidents veto Il neccSs4rv.
plsciag silver - Al exact sanality with
gcld.