The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-01-17

ASarior. Ls SulUSs 20 ErpiIsn,ant to the
moral sense OF msnk nj. til It il always
sought to iisgais its ugiinrss by assume
ing the Hirb OF ,irtne. 81 tue BANKERS
aud D,nlh9iJ T. told n. they wanted
oliver coinage stopped. not for their
q n alvauthge-Jb. no! but Tor The
SAKE oi the poor woTAin#nan. whom
they preferred u their oSn rbiefest
JOY.
vanrs riiirulei this pr~etsnsion. and
said the war on silver VA, Ia he interest
MT u. those Who ,alor, but Of those Who
speculn,s III money. IN r ply Ia the
statement that iii p.oi e wo.li not take
the silver doll Z aud that whei. issucd
II Always cru.e hack To the T~lelsury,
Vance @ intended hat he law lie III ed
our O4iccrs 10 pay j, out. aud il j cam
back again, pay 1t oGt. II the Officers
al the iioNeTImtut had lone her duty
and cuInpii, @I,h tue Laws. tau lie wound
l. we b rn nO difficulty with the silver
dul.rn. III y hal refused IA pay ii
out. There had never been another IN
s.nncr la ou' histury iii wnlch oar Off
crrs hil u lily taken "n ;hermse We, the
absolute di~crelion as to whether they
wou,d exec tie or not EXECUTE TIE law
The none ipriS of the uiie were com
tr ; lrrS u! uur uunrtary HH.r. The
W re- The feuIli uIdS ri the middle ages
bat they did not ha,e the stn.e class u!
person, to deal with. ''OIe thing | ga.
.s.urr tlem,'''S-uce si,din cunclu-I"n,
''Ih.I is that in tn Il country. where the
people ri t. slI,ec is not 6 IN; t. be de-
uIonetizrd."
IL u c House, Reagan tex tn q 'or
with II long and arfu,ly PREPARED
spe. ch up III the financial question, AL
vucatiuS the double stnud rrd "f value.
,opdemning the national banking sys
TEN ana ar. uirg in favor of applying IA
p r'inu Of Tie sun lus III the Treasury
o The gradual payment of the pubic
de.t. IL earnestly comhatteI the pep
"si:i"n to ~u>pend Ia coinage of the
silver dollar, maintaining that sIch II
course would only lave tie effect of
making IL few more mill 'na,res and o!
adding largely tn the nrmy of trampS
aud paupcrs. He profoundly eyre t"
al Il there should be din rCuccs within
tue Dcihocmlic party on The SILVER qurs-
aa I'll. De-. ,I.,0 - a =. 49,,
tle Secretary Of the Treasury in his re.
pot bad taken n stnteSlnan!ike view uf
many qu, srIons. but Oh thi, question lac
cuuld o ngrse with IhsIn. lie must
follow the traditions md principles Of
the Democratic party and upFoid thr
interests Of the peo. IT,.
Tue Democratic party W s now oE
triNl. The Erpublican party had beef,
turned L al power because It ha"
alb .nGOned the people on nl til, great
questions, sucn rs tulih, Interstate,
comm rec mud the coinage OF silver, aud
nai betrayed its trust 10 the money
puNrr-. The ID. iuucrntic party had
- into power because II bad resistes.
and a. nuuuced this cuur1". Now the
| al NJ Democrats we're f"uDd usk.n'
at his d. mocr"ts ns II patty, take
u."n hi, q,c.t,on the very potion
that led to tie dDwuin,l at ,hc Rrpunli-
c.n party al y party. Would 1t Il"
this? L it did, the Democratic party
"neht 10 Cease 10 exist. II had been
the arIy Il. the people, resisting mo-
nop.Iy all thr,ush its history and de-
ending and pr tcctiug the riEh,s OF the
. Ople. il it shouiI ever Uccone the
defender Of monopoly and corporation
ana money kings a. Gguinst the rights
Il! the people, il ~ouli cease to be the
Dem"cnt,c party and ia" people would
have to lock clscwh re- Ter the Guardian
ship aud protection Of iheIr rSh.s.