Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-05-03
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The news comes from Washington
that the silver bill reported By the Re
publican caucus is 10 be given the right
Of way 10 the House at an early DATE
possibly the coming week. There Is .
strong probability that this bill viii pass
that body, simply becssse 10 Is . solo
bag measure. The abIsr Of the Nevada
papers dsDouBce il ss . sham and 3
fraud, a. do also Senators Stewart and
Teller. Senator Jones helped to draft
the bill, bat at last accounts had with
drawn from its support. The Republi-
cans in the House seem determined to
stick 10 the cheat and push il through.
The Tuscarora TimesReview, which Is
by long odds the sbless Of the Rspubli-
can press in this State. comments a. fol-
lows on the monstrosity:
The Republican caucus has agreed
upon . bill directing the monthly pur-
chase of 4,51,C0O ounces Of silver and to
Issue treasury notes therefor which shall
be receivable for customs, taxes and all
public dues" bat which shall not be
legal tender for payment OF private
debts. Although the bill provides In
one section that these notes shall be re-
deemabIe In lawful money, . San Fran
cisco Chronicle dispatch says cit Is re-
served to the Government and TO il alone
the right 10 redeem in silver bullion 1t
its commercial value" III this be true,
then the goldites have gained the entire
point for which they have been fighting
since the discussion of the matter Wa
commenced in the caucus The
Government" in this connection o.
course means the Administration, or
upon . closer rendering. the Secretary
OF the Treasury. Left optional with an
Official VIGOROUSLY an enemy 10 the
white metal, and who IL be could would
absolutely demonetize il with . stroke Of
his pen, there 10 DO practical difference
between the mandatory provision OF the
House caucus bill and the optional one
agreed upon by the joint caucus OF the
Republican members Of both branches.
The result will be the same. The Gov
eminent can and will redeem the notes
in bulIion, and the certificates will be
simply warehouse receipts, good for the
amount OF metal they represent, at the
market price Of silver when presented.
When the silver men, il they are en-
titled TO such designation, conceded this
DO wer to the Government" they OBJ
liberated the only redesming section 10
the Senate bill, and made an absolute
and unconditional surrender TO the mono
metallic majority in the caucus.
The above il in direct line with what
the SESTISEL has been urging for months
past. Whenever silver is reduced to .
commodity the fight is lost and the single
standard established. Better a thousand
times that We have no legislation than
that this abortion should become . law.
No real friend Of silver can, or will, vote
for it. Pretenders and incompetents may.
The Times-Rsview, continuing, indig-
nantly, shouts:
To hell with such miserable jugglery
and damnable fraud Our representatives
upon the stump prior to the last election
claimed that the silver was not . politi-
cal question, and they gave the people to
understand that they would array them
selves with the friends Of BIZ metallism
in Congress whoever they might be and
to whatever political party they might
belong. The Nevada press Of both par
Ia aSs generally ignored politics in its
discussion OF the Question and in it's sug-
R~estions as to the methods for the &C.
complishment Of the desired end. 1t
remains TO be seen whether our Senators
and Representative will keep their word,
by refusing to yield to 9 majority OF
their party in caucus. which majority
they admit is . minority upon the floor
OF each OF the branches OF our National
Legislature.
The situation is briefly as follows:
While q majority Of the Republican
members are unfriendly to free coinage
and generally to the silver interest, the
silver minority Of that party added to
the Democratic bi.metallic strength in
the House and Senate, compose q hand
some working majority in each Of those
bodies. This is . fact which no one OF
reasonable intelligence will attempt to
deny. The Democrats being q minority
can do nothing by themselves, even as
suming that they are unanimously favor.
able to free or increased silver coinage.
The Republican minority can only do
worse than nothing so long as il is bound
by caucus rule. for il binds itself to the
support Of such measures as shall be
dictated by the goldite majority. United,
the same element OF the two parties can
pass any bill it chooses over the combined
opposition Of the the members Of both
political organizations. Which would
the Republicans of Nevada prefer, q free
coinage bill passed by Democratic and
Republican votes, or the adoption OF
such an abortion as the caucus measure,
almost exclusively by the Republican
votes in Congressi The latter is the
present alternative, and il remains to be
seen which horn OF the dilemma will be
Rrasped by the Republican members
from the silver producing States.
That is the whole situation ably stat.
ed. Republicans from the West are
showing more concern for their party than
for the interest Of the country. If they
had the courage and ability which they
should possess they would unite with the
Democrats and pass q free coinage bill
and let the President veto il If he dare.
The proper thing TO do, In any event, is
to shove such O bill under his nose,