Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-10-04

purge Nevada Of the unsavory n anne Of s rotte,
borough" 70 join with us In fndorsine m,
principles and electing the candidstes Of mi
We accuse and arrsian the Republican party
| state and National, for every crime possible &
be committed against . free people. When III,
war. waged to prevent States from seeding
was ended, for the shameless purpose Of per
petuating its power, 1t falsely and contrary 4
/ principles upon which the war was yaQed. a.
| sumed and declared that the rebe,line state,
were not members Of the Union; deprived them
OF self lfgovernment, erected military despotis1u,
over them; established the rule OF the bayonet
subverted the ctyei powers; deprived the in
habitants of civil and political rights; and
nnslly set up carpet-bsg governments; put the
ballot in the b snds Of the negro and through hi
| Ignorance and prejudice, and the criminal ra-
ptctofty white Republican leaders, plunged the
alresdy Impoverished country into $500 600 OOC
oi useless debt. After peace was restored, and
when the people were borne down by debts
burdened by heavy taxes to maintain the war
| II doubled import duties, increased Internal
| taxes, contracted the volume Of currency. de-
monetized silver, required greenback bonds
and obligations to be paid In gold. and thus
hctitously depreciated the value OF money,
debts, bonds and securities, and multiplied
the wealth OF the bond holder. money lender
ana creditor, ana increased the burdens Of the
debtor and the distress Of the poor.
When the Supreme Court Of the United
states, then the most august and honored iri-
ounsl upon the earth. decided that greenbacks
WurS hOt lawful teuuer IN payment OF deDts
contracted before the enactment Of the Green
back law, the Republican party, in the inter
est and upon the dictation OF railroad corpora
tons, and to permit them to pay their out
gsnized the Court. increased the number Of
Judges, appointed two railroad attorneys TO
the supreme bench, upon the express agree
ment that they would reverse the decision pre-
Viously rendered. 1t created and fostered
rings Of speculstors and swindlers, notably
the Indian ring" the Whisky ring" the
" Star Route ring" the "District Of Columbia
ring" the "De Golfer Pavement ring" the
Credit Mobilier ring" the - Contract and
Finance Committee ring" the " Gold Ring"
and when detected and exposed IL defeated
Justice, protected the guilty wretches against
the vengeance Of the law, and In some cases
pardoned them out Of the penitentisry; in
Others honored them with high offioe.
IL has filed the great Offices OF the people
with demagogues and pretenders, and put the
toga and ermine upon the shoulders Of mounte-
banks and millionaires.
1t maintains q vicious caucus sy stem. thereby
subvertiLg the manhood and independence OF
our Representatives; IL puts the success Of the
party above the good OF the country and hap
piness Of the people; II accepted bribes and
was corrupted TO rob the people OF their lands
and grant them to railroad corporations.
And TO hold their political infiuen Q and sup
port II refuses to forfeit land grants which are
unearned, to enfore the payment Of obligations
overdue, and permits them to discriminate and
plunder the Government and the people.
To continue its hold upon the oficss Of the
Government and its opportunity to plunder
the public treasury, II menaced the country
with war. defrauded the people out of their
choice for President, inaugursted Hayes, the
defeated candidate, brought elective institu-
tons into contempt, consummated the most stu
pendous crime ever perpetuated against a free
people. 1t has created, fostered and enriched
monopolies and trusts, extended expiring
patents, and enacted unjust and discriminative
laws TO destroy competition and oppress un-
favored Industries. 1t has enacted exorbitAnt
and unnecessary taxes FOR the sole purpose Of
multiplying already enormous and excessive
wealth. Under this vicious policy labor has
been degraded, Impoverished and deprived of
its share Of production, and capital has been
favored and exempted from taxation.
To hctitiously increase the price OF domestic
products-to make the common necessaries of
life dearer TO the consumer-it has excluded
articles manufactured abroad, and destroy our
commerce with foreign nations. IL has invited
the cheap labor OF Europe and Asia to our
shores, and employed it in factory, furnace and
mine thus surplsnting American wage-work-
ers, subieoting them 10 the competition Of Inn Z
ported psupers. and reducing wages 10 starvs-
ton prices
At this moment Il is proiongiug the session
Of Congress. and wasting the peoples money
in frantic attempt to increase and perpetuate
these wrongs, which have already become un-
bearAble.
By the power OF influence Of bond holders,
cOrpOfhtlOubs rings ana TRUSTS, hu0 Dy tine un-
stinted use of money to corrupt the ballot box
and bribe electors, II defeated the popular will
and restored itself to power In 1888, and to-day
the instruments Of this revolving crime are its
honored and trusted leaders.
To increase its majority and augment its
power In the lower house of Congress, 1t cleo
ted sconscienceless PARTISAN despot, speaker Of
the House; subverted the rules, practices and
precedents of legislative bodies; declared QUO
rumslwhere none existed; deliberately stole the
seats Of two Senstors from Montana, and un-
seated and expelled the lawfully elected repre-
sentatives Of the people to increase a partisan
msjorty.
1t has admitted Territories on the ground
alone thAt they were Rupublican In politics,
and excluded other Territories Of greater popu-
lstion than those admitted, on tho ground that
resenatives to the National Legislature.
When II succeeded to the control Of the Gov.
ernment in March, 1889. the treasury was over
flowing; under the economical and honest ad-
ministrstion OF Grover Cleveland there was
more than one hundred and twenty-five million
dollars In excess Of all existing demands, and
there was an annual incoming surplus Of
nearly seventy-hye million dollars. In less
than two years the surplus has been wasted,
the treasury depleted. and there is to-day an
admitted deficiency of more then fifty miiii ms
OF dollars. with the most extravagantly liberal
pension laws that ever existed since govern;
in passing special laws in the interest
Of partisan favorites. who have no
claim under the general law. With
an annual pension roll exceeding sI5O, ,00O. 900
(greater than the cost of maintaining the
standing armies OF Europe)and more than hun
dred times greater than the cost Of the admin
istration Of Washington, and more than double
the total cost Of the Democratic administration
OF 1860 IL has brought forward and advocates
service pension bill which will add one
hundred and seventy Ave million Of dollars a
year to the already enormous burdens Of the peo-
pie.
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the value and power of money 1t demonetized
silver in 1873, and in 1890 defeated the passage
Of Free Coinage bill by the threats of Harri-
son and the Vaccinations of Sherman, Window,
Reed and Mckinley. and the COW ardly scqui.
escence of Jones. Stewart and Bartine, our
own Senators and Representative in Congress
The compromise silver bill reported and sd-
vocated by Sherman OF Ohio, the arch enemy
Of silver money, though IL has temporarily ad.
vAnced the price OF silver. for the first time
in the history Of the nation, deliberately and
against the protest OF the people. degraded
silver TO commodity and destroyed Its func-
tion as q royal money metal. Democratic
Congress remonetized silver, Republican Presi
dents vetoed bills passed BY Democrats restor.
ing silver to its proper place in the currency OF
the country. The Bland Act was forced upon
q Republican President by Democratic votes.
The great body Of the votes in Congress in ia.
vor OF silver have always been cast by Demo-
Gratis. and the bulk Of the votes against silver
have invariably come from the Republican
party.
At the present session OF Congress the Demo-
cratic Senators. with the aid of q few Western
members, forced free coinage measure through
the Senate, and the Democrats, with the aid OF
q score Of Republicans from the silver States,
would have forced Ii through the House, but
for the active intervention OF President Harri-
son, Speaker Reed and Boss Quay The silver
| bill that was adopted was passed merely to
prevent free coinage. Only thirty. Ell ght
| Republican Senators and Congressman voted
/ for thA free coinage bil and one hundrad and
sixty OF them voted against the bill. while
| las Democrats voted for ii and p against Il.
| In other words. 81 per cent of the Republicans
voted against silver. while 81 Per cent Of the