Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-01
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH


The Republicans VIII have . very nar-
row majority in both Housss when Goa
ere. meets in extra sessio1 in October,
saws the New York Herald. and il u
understood that The silver men mean 10
tax. advantage Of this 10 sxtort zone
thing s~ubst2ntial for their pet metal
from the party Of great moral ideas
What the silver men demand, or rather
the ls.ss they require, 10 that The RsPsb-
lieans shall pass 70 act compelling the
Treasury 10 buy not less than sosr nib
lions Of silver per month.
They have assured themselves IN i'd
% that Secretary Windon val rot
do this unless Congress commands him
Mr.. Window vas in the Senate daring
the debate on the bill creating the pres
ent silver dollar, and be there took the
ground very positively that While he
was q bi-messlliss be wOuld ~eounsenance
no silver dollar which Vas not squsl IN
value to the gold dollar. Make il wOrtA
. dollar ssd be would agree 70 it@tb-
erwise be held il was . sham They
have nothing 10 hope, therefore, trou
Secretary Window Nor ear they s1-
pect any favor for their designs fron The
President. He has said in speseses thai
a. the present silver dollar has been ere
.sed, il is best 10 leave it alone; bat N
his discussions in Indiana with the
Greenb.ckers he spoke very positively
against cheap money. On one occasion
he said:
Labor is Always sold On credit. F0ar
and meat and shoes may be and are TO
the o sold for cash. Bat labor eAo-
not be sold in that way. Labor Is .
matter of hozrs, Of days. Of weeks; pay
comes 1t the cad Of the day o. sesk O.
month. II has been estimated BY con-
petent persons that on any given day
there are owing one Hundred aod twenty
million dollars TO laboriDg men and
xomen for wages. And yet that is the
base use to which such money 10 always
first put. These wages have been earned
on . gold basis.
These wages have been earned on .
gold basis" said Mr.. Harrison
The silver men eannOt hope. therefore,
that the President will command Sesre-
tary Window to buy four millions Of
silver per mouth instead Of two. They
zee this and they intend 10 get . bill
through Congress. They confess that
such . bill IL likely TO encounter . veto,
bat that does not discourage them, for
they profess the belief that they can in
dace the Republicans Of the West and
the Democrats Of the South 10 JOIN
hands TO override . veto IN both
Houses; Just As, they say, the West
and the South joined hands TO pass the
present Silver Law. They prophecy .
general stagnstion Of industry before
Congress has been in session three
months. and such . widespread depres-
sion they assert will lend strength and
force TO their movement. They threaten
the Republicans with defeat in the
Territories which are about 10 become
new States unless they can have some
assurance of Republican support; and
they add that . compact organization
Of silver men in . House where the
party in power has so slender . major.
ity can make itself felt and respected
by defeating legislation which the
party leaders want On other matters.
This 10 the situation from the stand
point Of the silver men. We believe
in spite of their threats they will fail;
bat it seems probable that the country
will be once more troubled with the
discussion of the question which men
Of both parties hoped was settled. The
coming Congress is going to have q
stormy time in various ways; and to
the other troublesome questions it will
have to face-the tariff, pension bills,
the Blair bill, contested seats and new
rules-will, we regret to think, be
added to the silver question.
Oar advice to the people, North.
South. East and West, is to 60 ahead
with their accustomed industries, live
economically. keep out Of speculation
and pay no attention to Congress; that
body, in our belief. will do a great
deal Of talking, but make very few
changes in the existing laws affecting
legitimate industries and commerce. II
will "get away with the surplus" no
doubt, because that was what the Re
publicans were elected to do. Bat we
doubt if the next Congress will accom-
piish anything else than making "hb.
eral appropriations"