Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-08-24
r >IR. THE ARCH DEMONE-
T[ZER

m go at (aHueIiFI1 Wds cIOSeu
So because Of the rdInous dis
G sat ou silver. During the past
yrar scores of good mining proper
: have been compelled to sue
can, % the iisht made upon the
il ,~rries If the West BY the gold
r .f New York and Europe
aud abetred by the Demo-
c.s. President Of TIE United
States.
racing back the history OF
v.r decentralization 10 its t0un-
head. We nAd that Senator
j mes e.. Far was the original arch
>piratur who gave the demone
tz,r> tr"ir first ammunition and
painted ruin aud financial disaster
! "ver the West.
When The Big Bonanza was
struck in Virginia City, Fair.
against The protest Of his associates
in business, hired Phillip Dides-
hrIner. /: mining expert. and that
no less phaat tool. Linderman, Di-
rector OF the MINIS and tie two
made al exhaustive report upon
the extent af the biz bonanza. The
report was ius,igated by Fair and
helped Aim float Il gigantic stock
sche.ao. That report made cut and
Slgned hy FAIRS co-consplrators
repre- scented 50 vast Il mountain OF
wealth that the financial world
plusad IN iStou.Sh ment 10 c0ntem
pate the figures. After readln.
this report an old ComstocG miner
remarked Let sell out our claims
for in six months silver will be
cheaper'n tin" The prediction Of
the miner caused laugh, bat If
silver keeps declining 1t vii! III
time verify the truth OF his jocu-
10 utteiauce.
The San Francisco Chronicle
puJushed an exaggerated map of
this buaanza silver DEPOSIT aud it
was copied INTO the New York pa
pers. The report reached Ger
many and The German government
becoming alarmed at the prospcc-
tive chearne>s Of sllver fastened
to dengoue:ize It's SILVER coins. I'm
Inediatoly the gold ring which in
cludes the heavy boudholderS took
Advantage Of the situation and all
ove- the world a war was proclaimed
against silver. Even the United
States fell victim to the wiies aud
moneyed influence of this graphing
ring and dcmouetizing clause was
sneaSed through Congress.
Now it Is claimed that Fair did |
not forsee the result Of the Dides- |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT report. Let us
see how his subsequent actions
tally with this theory He vas
careful to secure the cooperation
Of the no less high Government of
fetal than the Director of the MINIS
SO that his official Endorsement of
the report would at once attract
the attention Of the money powers
of the world 1t was for sone
other purpose than selling the
stock for if the mine was of such
unprecedented richness why should !
he desire to sell the stock?
After the success of his con
>piracy he invested millions Of dol |
lars in Government boads and now
demands, in common with the bls
bondholders. that he be paid inter
est in gold com. which advances in
value as silver declines. Has he
ever been friend Of the silver
dollar! During the days Of the sill |
yer output, and when the L. :.
Mint in this city was frequently
closed for want Of silver. James G..
Fair shipped day after day tons Of
silver within two hundred yards Of
the U. s Mint in this city and sotd
q to the Chinese, because he got "a
tribe more for it. Frequently the
Mint was closed for months and =
lew tons Of Fairs silver would have
opened 1t, but he continued to ship
past the Mint. pr.terrias to deal
r'M the Chinese than to see citizens If
-Nerdda ptoced IN position to earn
needed cages. Yet today this oric,-
ral demonetizer of silver poses As
a friend Of the laboring classes and
a representative of the people Of
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