The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-07-19
VICTORY.

Where now are the prophets that pro-
claimed the enmity of the Republican
party to silver? Where are you broth.
rem? Don't crawl away making lame
excuse; but come out of your holes and
rejoice with us. The benefit is to all.
The fight was Republican fight, but
the victory isan Americanvictory. When
the moor "Windom Bill, (which itsauthor
fathered seemingly more out of charity
than natural desire, first saw the light,
it was truly calling for Republican to
read in the Democratic press the fire.
quent and opposite query:l "Was it
for this that the West voted Republican,
But now that this measure has been re-
generated, transformed into a thing Of
actual practical working use we may
proudly point to it as the work OF Re.
publican congress, signed by Republi.
can president. And yet it was opposed
by every Democrat in the House OF Rep.
resentatives. We are not proud of this
last. We are sorry that the Democratic
leaders did not truly represent the views
of the Democratic voters who elected
them Those leaders did in this what
the Democratic leaders have VIGOROUSLY
and admittedly been doing for thirty
years and more-they Numbered. I'm
fortunately for them in politics, of all
things, blunder is crime. And those
men will suffer for that crime when
the leaves begin to turn" next Novem.
Der, Jealous of the Republican major.
ity in both houses. determined to pre-.
vent, if possible, any good thing coming
to the country through wholly Repub.
lican administration, they made grand
attempt at obstruction Of all legisla.
tion in the early part Of the session.
Many Of those best acquainted with leg.
islativc methods fully believed that with
the small majority in the House all ef-
forts of the party in power to pass use.
full measures would be futile. Yet the
Republican party again rose to the ma.
jesty of the occasion, and ruling was
made which in national legislatures is the
marker Of new era in parliamentary
practice-the era of the rule of the ma.
jority, untrammeled by obstruction
merely for the sake of obstruction.
Yet, step by step have those Demo-
cratic leaders opposed silver legislation,
refusing to support any silver bill for
which the mass of the people were ready
and, even those who still worship st..
Cleveland and the Golden Calf. claiming
that they must have free.coinage or
nothing
We have no fault to find with the
Democrats themselves, they want good
things just as the Republicans do. They
are frequently very good men in county
and even in state offices. But it doe!
seem that when their representatives
get together in national councils
they always make a mess Of it.
So have they done in this instance
They have put themselves on tn.
record" as they professedly wished to do
but they have put themselves on tn,
wrong side. They have set down theil
names against the first legislative meas
ure since 1873 whose practical effect has
been already, in anticipation. to star
silver well along the upward grade il
value toward that of gold, not merely
in the dreams OF enthusiasts or the soph
istries Of politicians, but in the mar ket
OF the world, which yield only to tn,
hard demands of necessity, and which re
spond to nothing but facts.
But Democrats and Republicans O
Nevada alike have cause to rejoice
This great good thing for the people @
the whole nation is one which is at tn
same time, special benefit to us.