Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-09-28

coinage measure through the
und the Democrats, with tho
aid OF a score OF Republicans from
the silver States, would have forced
it through the House, but for the
Intervention o! President, liar;
rison, Speaker Reed and Boss Quay.
Tho silver bill that was adopted was
passed merely to prevent FREQ coinage.
Only SO Republican Senators and
Congressman voted for the FREQ coin
uge bill and lG3 OF them voted against
the bill, while 148 Democrats voted
for it and % against it. In other
words, 81 per cent. OF tho Republicans
voted against silver, while 81 per cent.
of tho Democrats voted for it.
Such is Il recital OF tho infamous
deeds Of tho .onco honored PARTY
which tho lofty and immortal Sum
ner and Seward and Chase and Greedy
and Phillips and Acams organized
and led 10 victory, aud which they
and each OF them abandoned and
spurned more than twenty years ago;
which to-dayI corrupted and disllon-
ored and recreant TO every principle
which made it glorious, has fallen
Under tho degenerate leadership of
Tom Reed, John Sherman, Mat Quay
and Blocks 'of-tivc" Dudley, und. n lot
OF bosses, nioney-baGs and mounte-
banks too,contcmptible to mention,
We deRounce and condemn tho Re-
publican majority in the National
House OF Representatives for the pas
sage of tho Infamous Forco bill, by
which the majority seeks. masqucrad-
ing under the guisc Il II free ballot
and a fair count" to pcrpetuate itself
in power by in%siduously destroying
tho liberties Of American citizens,
usurpiug tho legitimate functions Of
State governments and bringing the
Federal election machinery into in
terminablc conflict and collision with
II statutory effort OF tho people OF tho
various cOmnIonwealths Of our Union
TO institute n genuine, practical ind
permanent political reform.
We hold thut this species OF Federal
interference with tho people in the
registration OF their sovereign will il
despotic and contributing in its ten
denotes, dangerous to tho liberty,
peace and prosperity OF the people,
revolutionary in its nature and pur-
pose, and q direct c~ontravention Of
tho principles OF free government
rs bequeathed to us Ly the trainers
OF our Constitution.
For these crimes the Republican
party OF this State is in part rCspon-
sible, and wholly responsible for
greater local olrcnscs.
The Republican party OF this State
began it's career OF dishonor and ruin
i'll 1854, when our wealth and popula-
ton were more than double what
they are to-day; when our yet I'M
developed Industries gayo greater
promise than in any other part Of the
earth; when tho State was honorcd
and our people respected wherever
known, and when We had rcusCn TO
hope that Nevada would become one
Of the grandest, the richest and most
Populous OF the great sistcIlood OF
States. Our hopes have been. blasted
and overthrOwn. In tho interest Of
oi'ice-seekcrs, the Republican party of
Nevada has created unnecessary
Offices, multiplied dcputyships, cstab-
llshed eStravagant fees and uDprece.
denied sHlaries. 1t has enacted laws
and instituted II system Of business
which enriched and populated the
State OF California at tho cost OF the
State OF Nevada; which mudo il moro
profitable 10 reside AMI do business in
san Francisco than in Nevada.
or tho hundreds OF corporations
owning mines and mining upon tho
great Comstock lode but one il n Ne
vada corporation. Tho rest are non
resident, not amcnable TO our Courts,
with their directors, officers and en-
ploycs filling positions, exercising en-
pigments and drawing salaries which
OF right belong TO our people. or q
thousand million dollars taken ont Of
The mines, not ten millions remain in
the State. Tho mines, the greatest
source OF our wealth, have fallen into
The hands OF CORPORATIONS and spccu-
lators. 3 -.
Not only tho business OF mining and
milling ores, but the business OF man.
ulncturing lumber, square timber and
wood; tho business OF supply ing water,
fuel and lights; in short, every profit
ablo industry is monOpuliZcd, dragged
and plundercd, until Dothing il lcitto
Il people but tho wretched p%ittance
called the wages Of labor.
Tho State is literally tho spoil of
monopolies. Tho public lands. which
should huvc been sold in small hold.
ings to settlers, have been contracted
to spcculators and cattlo kings in
tracts large enough for counties, and
in plnce Of our villages being homes
for the people, they aro camps for the
COWS.
Our population which was $4,000 in
1864 and which should have been &c.,
COO by now, hos decreased to 10000.
and our taxable property, which
should DO n thousand million dollars,
is less than twenty million.
1t has robbed the school fund-sol.
EMMY dedicatcd To the education OF
our childrcn-an substituted for Tho
money u worthless promise. which IL
provides shall never DO pnid.
Under its management our indus
tries have been parnly2cd and urc no
longer profitable; taxes have increased
until in many places property is ynlue-
lees; immigration has ceased and tho
State is being depOpulatcd.
IL has so often imported candidates
for office into tho State, so often tx
posed tho great oillco Of Senator for
snle, so often corrupted tho bnlIot
box, that wo havo boon stigmutizcd
Hs tho "rottcn' bor6ugh," and have Id.
como n by-word md rcpronch md
stencil in the nostrils. of tho English.
spenking people.
To correct these wrongs and reform
these abuses, IL tho mission OF tho
Democratic purity; and to tho G
OF this great work wo SOL
EMMY pledge ourselves.
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