Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-10-25

OOrousn' 70 JOIN win us In tndorsfng tn
principles and electing the candidates OF thi
Convention.
We accuse and srrsign the Republican marty
state and National, for every crime possible /.
be committed against free people. When IN,
war, wsged TO prevent States from secsdine
was ended, for the shameless purpose Of per
petuating its power. IL falsely and contrary /,
principles upon which the war was waged as
sumed and declared that the rebelline State
were not members Of the Union; deprived then
Of self if-government, erected military despotism
over them: established the rule OF the bayonet
subverted the civel powers; deprived the in
habitants Of civil and political rights; ans
nnAlly set up carpet-bag governments put tn,
ballot in the hands Of the Negro, and, through hi
| ignorance and prejudice, and the criminal ra
pscfofty white Republican leaders, plunged tn,
siresdy impoverished country into $500 00O, ,oOt
OF useless debt. After peace was restored, and
when the people were borne down by debts
Durdened by heavy taxes to maintain the war
| IL doubled import duties, increased internal
taxes, contracted the volume Of currency, de
monetiEed silver, required ereenbsck bonds
| and obligstions to be paid In gold. and thus
hctitiously dcpreciated the value of money
| debts, bonds and securities, and multiplied
| the wealth OF the bond holder, money lender
and creditor, and 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 tri-
DunM upon the earth, decided that greenbacks
were not lawful tender in payment of debts
contracted before the enactment Of the Green
back law. the Republican party, in the inter.
est and upon the dictation Of railroad corpora
tions, and TO permit them TO pay their out
standing bonds in deprecated money, reor-
ganized 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. II created and fostered
rings Of speculators and swindlers, notably
the Indian ring" the Whisky ring" the
Star Route ring" the "District Of Coiumbis
ring the Ia rfx 4ka
Credit Mobilier ring" the " Contract ami
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 offco.
IL has filed the great ofices OF the people
with demagogues and pretenders. and put the
toss and ermine upon the shoulders of mounte-
banks and millionaires.
1t maintains vicious caucus system, thereby
subvertiLg the manhood and Independence OF
osr Representatives; II puts the success Of the
party above the good Of the country and hap
piness Of the people; IL accepted bribes and
was corrupted to rob the people OF their lands
and grant them TO railroad corporations.
And to hold their political infuen Q and sup
port 1t refuses to forfeit land grants which are
unearned, TO enfore the payment Of obligation
overdue, and permits them to discriminate and
extort In freights and fares and to dafraud and
plunder the Government and the people.
To continue its hold upon the officss Of the
Government and its opportunity to plunder
the public treasury, 1t menaced the country
with war defrauded the people out of their
choice for President, insugurated Hayes, the
defeated candidate, brought elective institu-
hons into contempt, consummatsd the most stu
pendous crime ever perpetuated against free
people. 1t has created, fostered and enriched
monopolies and trusts, extended expiring
patents, and enscted unjust and discriminAtive
laws TO destroy competition and oppress un-
favored Industries. II 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 surplanting American wage-work-
ers, subjecting them to the competition of i'm
ported paupers, and reducing wages TO stsrvs-
tion prices.
At this moment IL is prolonging 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,
corporations. rings and trusts, and by the un-
stinted use Of money to corrupt the ballot box
and bribe electors, It 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 q constituencies PARTISAN deepot, speaker OF
the House; subverted the rules, practices and
-precedents Of legislative bodies; declared quo
runs, where none existed; deliberately stole the
seats Of two Senstors from Montana, and un-
seated and expelled the lawfully elected repre-
aenfafiVea of the nA0nla fncraQaA nartiaan
msjorty.
II has admitted Territories on the ground
alone that they were Republican in politics,
and excluded other Territories Of greater popu-
lstion than those admitted, on tho ground that
they would send Democratic Senators and Rep
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-fve million dollars. In less
than two years the surplus has been wasted
the treasury depleted. and there is to-day an
admitted deaciency Of more then fifty milli ms
OF dollars. with the most extravagsntly liberal
pension laws that ever existed since govern
ments began. 1t is chiefly occupied
in passing special laws in the interest
claim under the general law. With
an annual pension roll exceeding $3.50, 900. 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 1850 IL has brought forward and advocates
service pension bill which will add one
hundred and seventy-hve million Of dollars q
year to the already enormous burdens OF the peo-
pie.
At the dictation Of capital and to increase
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 ardIy acqui.
escence Of Jones, Stewart and Bartine. our
own Senators and Representative in Congress.
The compromise silver bill reported and Ad-
vocated by Sherman OF Ohio, the arch enemy
OF silver money, though 1t has temporarily ad.
vsnced 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 remone tizsd 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
Gratis. and the bulk of the votes sgainst silver
have invariably come from the Republican
party.
At the present session Of Congress the Demo-
cratic Senators, with the aid of . few Western
members, forced free coinage measure through
| the Senate, and the Democrats, with the aid Of
a score Of Republicans from the silver States,
| would have forced 1t through the House, but
| for the active Intervention Of President Harrl-
| 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 the free coinage bill and one hundred and
/ sixty three of them voted against the bill while
1 nar.n votaH il and - aQa afn
| In other words. 81 per cent Of the Republicans
| voted against silver, while 81 Per cent Of the
/ Democrats voted for 10.
Such is recital of the Infamous deeds Of the