Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-11-15


following quoted paragraph appeared In
the columns Of the SENTINEL Is an edito-
rial note, based upon what then seemed
10 be the drift Of public opinion in the
East:
1.-THE Farmers Alliance is quite apt TO
have Q good deal to do with the making
of the next President OF these United
States. The farmers everywhere are
showing Q strong disposition TO range
themselves In line with the Democratic
party on the silver and tariff questions.
The next House Of Representatives will
be not less than rs Democratic, and the
majority may reach 100"
Now we do not claim to be . prophet
nor the SON Of . prophet. but all the
same the approaching cyclone was as
clear 10 us six months ago as IL was IN
the day after il had swept the country
almost from one end to the other. We
knew that the agriculturalists Of the land
were demanding free coinage and . lower
tariff, and would be satisfied with moth
ing less. We also knew that the Repub-
lican party, in complete possession Of all
branches of the Government, would give
them neither. Instead Of free coinage
we have Q miserable swindle, which de-
stroys the royal money function Of silver
and reduces il to q commodity like hoop
poles and pumpkins. to be gambled in by
Wall street robbers, without putting n
dollar more in circulation among the
masses Of the people who are struggling
under an unbearable load of debts and
taxes and mortgages. II was with this
monstrous fraud that the Republican
party in Washington answered the petit
tions Of the people for the free and n
limited coinage of silver. Why not snow
under the fraud, as we'll as the frauds
who were guilty Of perpetrating so great
q wrong on . lo~ng-suffering people? Ne
vsda received with open arms the recre.
ant servants who betrayed her dearest
interest, while Kansas, Nebraska, Min
~nesota, Wisconsin,, South Dakota, Hi
nois, Michigan, and all the West, spurn-
ed and spit upon theirs, and piled thcm
so deep beneath the righteous indigna-
ton of a wronged and outraged people
that their political resurrection and the
party to which they belong has been rem.
dered impossible for forty years to come.
And so with the tariff. Instead Of an.
swering the appeals of the people for
lower tariff taxes with . decent modi6-
cation of the law, the Reeds and Can.
nons and McKinleys in the House, and
the Shermans and Ingalls, and Spooners
in the Senate, gave us q law which
greatly enhances the cost Of the necessa.
ries Of life, reduces the wages Of the
poor man. fosters trusts, combines and
monopolies, enriches the few q. the ex-
pense Of the many, and which, il permit
ted to stand, will ultimately concen-
trate the entire wealth of the land in the
hands Of q moneyed aristocracy. The
title Of the Mckinley bill should be:
"An Act to create ~millionaires and pau.
pers at Wholesale" It is class legisla-
tion pure and simple; q law for the classes
against the masses. In nearly every line
taxes are raised from rs to so per cent,
and no human in all the length and
breadth of the land will experience one
single mill Of increase of wages from the
operation Of this law. Considering all Of
these things, Is II any wonder that the
dominant party was hurled from power
in the late elections? 1t will be more
wonder to our mind il ID 10 ever allowed
10 put its head up again. The new move.
down until ii has secured free coinage
and Q fair tariff.