Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-01-05
THE FIGHT WON.

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houses of Congress gives the silver
men an admitted majority of 65.
Up to the converting of Con-
gress, the friends Of the silver In
terests were uneasy under the idea
that considerable adverse legisla-
ton would be INDUCED in by the
friends of gold in Congress.
President Cleveland must have
been impressed with the same idea
when he placed such gross mis-
statements in his message regard
ing the silver dollar, and the rela-
tions of silver to the commercial
needs Of the country.
Some of the Democratic mem
bers are wise enough to discern
that the blunder of the Admins
ton must be partially retrieved by
the Democratic party, else their
cause is lost in 1885, Many of the
Democrats are earnest advocates Of
the silver interests, and more are
being whipped into line by the
party lash, for on the first vote, I'M
less the Democrats can make an
effective showing On the side OF
silver, the Republican party will
get the credit of the silver victory,
and the subsequent gain at the
polls which would be certain to fol-
low.
1t is humiliating position for a
party to be placed in as the Demo
Gratis are now placed; that of being
Obliged to draw entirely away from
the policy of their President upon
the greatest issue of the day, after
spending a quarter of century to
elect him. 1t is all the more en-
barassing-when one considers the
hue and cry made during the cam
paign that the Democratic party
was above all things a hard money
party. and the friend of the labor
ing classes - that the President
should have gone over bag and bag
gage to the bondholders, the bank
ers, the usurers and the monopolists.
The attitude of the Administration
has, We are inclined to think, been
of no detriment to the silver inter
ests in the long run, as it has been
the result of much surprise and
discussion, and caused many far
seeing Democrats to arrive at the
conclusion that in order to save the
party the banners of Democracy
must be found conspicuously
planted upon the ramparts of the
gold bugs when the fight is won by
the silver men.
1t is clear from a count Of noses
that the gold men attempted to de
ceive the country by a fictitious
showing of strength, much after
the manner of few theatrical
supes who are marched back and
forth over a stage until the audi
ence are led to believe that they
are witnessing the march of a vast
army. The banks have issued cir
culars, hired newspapers, called
conventions and made great beat
ing of tom toms, mingled with a
flare of brass, and their showing
after al, this noise is surprisingly
small. Before Congress adjourns
it will be pitiable.
Now that victory is assured, it
only remains for the silver men to
determine what sort of defeat they
will deal out to their INSCRIPTIONS,
lying and grasping adversaries.
Men who have smuggled laws
through Congress by trickery and
fraud, who have delighted to cause
hard times that they might reap
usurous notes of interest, who have
drawn sustenance from every inter-
est and contributed to the develop
ments of none, who have rolled the
broad wheels of the golden jugger-
naut over the PROSTATE poor, who
have waxed fat on commercial
disaster and plucked fortune from
general distress, deserve no mercy
from the hands of anybody. Now
is the appointed time to admins
ter punishment, and a memory of
the wrongs the country has suffered
from the hands of these rascally
money changers should add effect
and strength to the blow.
Coming at most opportune
time is the fight being made by the
citizens of Carson In the interests