Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-04
AN EASTERN VIEW.

A few days ago the editor OF the
APPEAL received a private letter
from q gentleman in New York an
old and valued friend, and a regu-
lar subscriber TO this jonrnel Among
other things he wrote as follows:
Were | within reach of you /
would administer 3 sound drubDing
Tor your attempt TO promote treason
against the Republican party by
"Mugwumpins" ever to the Demo
Gratis on the speakership.
Ii is not in accord with the high
mark you have heretofore put on
party fealty, and can only BE- ac-
counted for OF the plea of tempo
rary insanity, which generally man
ifests itself when you see the words
"Wall street" in juxtaposition With
"silver."
While the writer Of the above is
q man of considerable experience
Ia public life, and person of wide
Intelligence, he is sadly deficient in
his knowledge of the silver cues
ion, or. rather, perhaps it would be
better to say that he knows as much
about the subject as anybody, and
locks at it purely from a Wall street
standpoint.
He enjoys large income bv the
rental OF houses, loaning money at
interest and carving off cupons
from Government bonds. He is
therefore thoroughly in sympathy
with any movement that will make
rents and interest higher and APP
prec;ate the value of the metal In
which his coupons are paid.
This is a natural feeling, and we
do not find it in our heart to blame
him.
Out In this country, however,
where the bread and butter of
thousands of people depend on the
price OF silver, we also take view
of the subject guided solely by per-
sonal interest. When we see the
State dotted with decayins hosting
works and dismantled mining ma
chinery, note silence where once
we heard the roar and rumble of
vibrating stamps, we feel that we
do not want this sort of thing to
continue, in order that our estIm-
able friend in New York may get
higher rents or larger interests on
his loans.
1t is idle for the creditor class in
New York to suppose that the pee
pie of the West will allow dry
rot to settle ON Its commercial in
terests in order to help them &C
cumulats wealth, and it is still idler
for them to suppose That the peo-
pie of the West will continue to
roll up najoritles for the Republic
an party il it breaks faith with
those whose votes tIded it through
the stormy campaign of 1888. IT
the entire Coast finds it necessary
to revolt againt the Wall Street
wing Of. the Republican party in
order to put silver at par we would
say unhesitatingly to begin the re-
volt and make it an effective and
memorable one.
1t is not q party question at all
now, for neither party has seen fit
to coin the four millions Of silver
par month allowed by law.
Cleveland did not see fit to ap-
point q Secretary of the Treasury
who would do it, and Harrison has
not seen 81 to do it.
The next President who is noni-
mated by the Republican, party must
be a silver man, and the Conven-
ton must be told in plain, Anglo
Saxon that the party cannot expect
to carry q Western State unless
such q man is nominated, and the
Coast should defeat him to show
the party that it means business.
Wall street has threatened each
Presidential year to bolt the party
unless its wishes are respected. The
party can get along without Wall
street now but it cannot get along