Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-11-22
ruE MINING BUSINESS.

Mining is the highest Of all indus
tries followed by man. 1t swskens
hopes and aspirations never dreamed OF
in any other pursuit. 1t is also .
great developer Of character. Aside
from its destinations, it gives to the man
both independence and manhood. In
this country the business Of mining Is
still in its infancy. Fifty years hence
there will be . hundred men engaged 10
il where there is one to-day. The in
competent and wasteful eras have about
gone by. We began in ignorance and
have improved but slowly. The new
generations will profit by our experience
and adapt themselves to the new meth
DDS and the new processes. 1t is true
that the old timers in the mines cannot
afford to wait fifty years nor the tenth
of 10. They will not have to wait. The
full restoration Of silver to. its old place
a. one Of the money metals will be con.
summated within the next three years.
This is q part Of the mission OF the
new Democratic House elected on the
4th inst. The people will complete the
great work in behalf Of silver in 1892 by
putting the Democratic party into COM
plete possession Of all branches Of the
Government. Then and not until then
will anything substantial be done for
silver. When the people, through the
Democratic party, shall have driven the
aoldbugs and monopoly tools entirely
ont of power, we may hope for prosper
ity in the mining regions Of the United
States and not before. But we must
have fewer Of the Stewards and Jones
and the rest, who betray the great min
ing industry for . low partisan advan-
tage, in the councils Of the Nation. All
that class of alleged statesmen must be
swept from public life and driven into
merited oblivion. The people OF the
mining States learn slowly. They will
have some object lessons in the near
future on the silver question and the re-
iation Of political parties thereto that
will be apt to open their eyes. 1t is q
fact Of legislative history that sne great
mass Of the Republican party, as repre-
sented in both Houses of Congress, are
bitterly hostile to silver. 1t Is a fact
equally patent. from the same author
ity, that nine out Of ten Of all the Dem.
ocrats in both Houses are the devoted
friends of the white metal. This has
been the unvarying rule and record since
the Republican party demonetized and
destroyed silver in 1873. Possibly the
Republicans from this and other mining
States may vote with the Democrats for
free coinage in the next Congress, pro-
vided always that it does not in any
way embarrass their President or party.
If such . course were found to seriously
conflict with the policy Of their party
they would find a way to dodge and
crawl out of doing the honest thing for
silver and the people. Past experience
teaches us that they are for party first
and silver last. But whether they act
with the Democrats or not there will be
enough without them to pass a free coin.
age law in the next or succeeding Con-
Rress. All Of the difficulties that now
environ the business of mining will be
put aside in 1892, from which time real
prosperity will begin in the mineral
States of the Union. Mines will then
be bought and sold and unprecedented
activity will once more prevail in all
sections where the precious metals
abound. But it will not do to look too
soon for this much desired change in our
condition. The meeting Of . friendly
House is still more than one year of,
and the Senate and the Presidency will
still be under the control of the Repub.
licans who are our unrelenting foes on the
silver question. We frankly confess
that we can discern but little hope for .
return of the old prosperous days to the
mining communities prior to 1892.