Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-10-26
.TnE REPUBLICAN aAlIr.

Freeman Hall xss allsd Lat atsht
With an audieacs anIious % Mar
what The great guns had to say on
questions otimportanos TO The pDoplo
q Nsrada.
Senator Stswart.W WA introduced a
the arst speaker. and FOR nearly two
hours he ~harangued his bearers on
the subject OF the tariff and free trade.
his arguments going to show that the
higher the tari6 the cheaper tho
goods to consumers; and IN the tari;y
question l. settled for ysara to COM.
IN the passage Of the Mckinley bin.
and no one L. advocating fr.e trade.
the principal part OF his grafton was
dead duck"
The Senator thon turned his atteu.
ton to silver, and We are aatonished 10
learn what a pack OF fools, ,a~ccordinS
TO Stewart,) the people OF Nevada.
both Democrats aud Republicans, are.
All have been clamoring for The free
coinage OF silver and the noble Sera.
tor says We do not want It, for tiis
reason that tho present law il better
than free coinage. He a y that the
capacity OF tho Minis OF tho United
States for the coinage OF silver is only
s2,5O0,O00 q month, ind hence trr.
coinage is an absurdity. In spite Of
this We are daily confronted with tho
assertion OF Republican papers that
the present law will lend up TO fro.
coinage, which, according to Senator
Stewart, We do not want and cannot
maintain. He gave US another piece
Of astounding news, which ia that
tho gold-bugs OF Wall street, tho
National bankers and monied corpo-
rations generally are Democrats. He
denounced these great corporations
for maintaining branch banks in Lon
don, but forgot to mention TINT Lovi
P. Morton, the Vice President Of tho
United States, is largely Interested ia
a London banking institution of mag
niicent proportions. His argument
.L=c.S5o.: va the most Inconsistent,
disconnected and illogical that ue
evor heard fall from the lips OF q so-
called intelligent and thoroughly post
cd orator.
Mr. Newlands, the ncwly convertci
Democrat, was next introduced, and
to ono not posted on the political his.
tory OF the country for tho past TWEEN
ty years Ills argument goes to show
that in 1873 both Houses Of Congress
and the President were Democratic.
and that in 1878 the Congress Of tho
United States was Republican aud K
B. Hayes, the then President, vas y
Democrat. This is the logical n
c~lusion; for he usserted most positively
that the Democrats were at the root
OF the decentralization OF silver, and
that the Republican party remonr-
tiled it This will DO glad tidings Of
great Joy TO his Republican heurers
who have heretofore supposed TINT
tho Republicans had full control of
Congress aud tho Administrations In
1873 when silver was ~dsmoneiiaed.
and that the Bland bill, which re-
monctizcd silver in 1878, WIS n Dom
cratic measure, passed over tho veto
OF o Republican President.
Mr.. Colcord next camet forth smilinE
and announced that ne desired TO BIO
elected GcrSSnol, and Hat no doea
pay taxes. To tho first proposition
there is no dissent; and there is little
doubt that he does pny taxes, GONE.
place, but certainly not in Esmeralda
county, else his nan,e would boo on tho
tax roll.
Ar. Egan announced thGthe desired
to servo the people as :TIoasurer Of
State, and it being after 10 o'clock
the meeting adjourned.