Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-09-17


increase and perpetuate these wrongs
able.
BY tho power and influence Of bond
holders, corporations, rings and trusts,
and by the unstinted use OF money to
corrupt the ballot box and bribe elect
ors, it defeated the popular will ard
restored itself to power in 1888, and
to-day the instruments Of this revolt
ing crime are its hOnOred and trusted
leaders.
10 increase it's majority and aug
ment it's power In the lower house Of
Congress, it elected a conscieDceless
partisan desi;ot, Speaker Of the House;
subrerted the rules, practices and
presidents Of legislative bodies: de-
clared quorums where none existed:
deliberately stole the seats of two
Senators from Montana, and unseated
and expelled the lawfully elected rep
resentatlves OF the people to increase
partisan majority.
1t has admitted Territories on the
ground alone that they were RepubIi-
can 10 politics, and excluded other
Territories OF greater population than
those admitted, on the sole ground
that they would send Democratic
Senators and Repre- sentatives to the
National Legislature.
When 1t succeeded to the control of
the Government in March, 1889, the
Treasury was overlooking; under the
economical and honest administration
OF Grover Cleveland there was more
than one hundred and twenty-five
million dollars in excess of all exist
ing demands, and there was an annual
incoming surplus of nearly seventy
tive million dollars. In less than two
years this surplus has been wasted,
the Treasury depleted, and there is
to-day an admitted deficiency of more
than fifty millions of dollars, with the
most extravagantly liberal pension
laws that ever existed sinca govern
ments began. It is chiefly occupied
in passing special laws in the interest
OF partisan favorites, who have no
claim under the general law With
an annual pension roll exceeding one
hundred and fifty millions OF dollars
greater than the cost of maintaining
the standing armies of Europe and
more than hundred times greater
than the cost of tho Administration
OF Washington, and more than double
the total cost of.the Democratic Adj
ministration Of 1860, it has brought
forward and advocates service pen
sion bill which will add one, hundred
and seventy-five million of dollars u
year to the already enormous burdens
OF the people,
At the dictation Of capital and to
increase the value and power of money
it demonetized silver in 1873, and in
1890 defeated the passage OF a Free
Coinage bill by the threats OF Farri-
son and the Vaccinations of Sherman,
Window, Reed and Mckinley. and
the cowarolly acquiescence of Jones.
Stewart and Bartine; our own Soma.
tors and Representative in Congress-.
The compromise SILVER bill reported
! and advocated by Sherman, of Ohio.
the arch enemy OF silver money,
though it has temporarily advanced
the price OF silver for the first time in
the history OF the nation, deliberately
and against tho protest OF the people,
degraded silver 10 q commodity and
destroyed its function as q royal
money metal. A Democratic Con-
gress remonetized silver, Republican
Presidents vetoed bills passed by
Democrats restoring silver to its
POPoI pace III Inc currency OF the
country. The Bland Act was forced
upon Republican President by
Democratic votes. Thagreat body Of
the votes in Congress in favor of sill
vet. 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 Democratic Senators, with the aid
OF Il few Western members, forced q
free coinage measure through tho
Senate; and the Democrats, with the
aid OF a score OF Republicans from
the silver States, would have forced
it through the House, but for the
active intervention OF President liar.
rison, Speaker Reed and Boss Quay.
The silver bill that was adopted was
passed merely to prevent free coinage.
Only 38 Republican Senators and
/ Congressman voted for the FREQ coin.
age bill and 163 OF them voted against
the bill, while 148 De..Iocrats voted
for it md % against it. In other
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