Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-07-12
FORCED ro Ms.

FORCED rO Rms.
The conference committee Of the two
Houses on the silver question has finally
an agreement. There was but
little prospeo. Of anything being done
Tuesday last when the Mckinley
Tariff bill came up in regular order IN
the Senate. Then il was that . combi-
nation was developed 10 tie up that m
portant Republican measure until the
Republican members Of the silver con-
ference committee could be forced to
terms. all Of the Democratic Senators
aided by . half dozen Republican Sena-
tors from the Far West voted to hold
back the Tariff bill. The tie-up immedi-
ately had the desired effect, and John
Sherman and the rest Of the goldbug
Republic ans on the silver committee at
once capitulated by agreeing to report
o compromise silver bill which may
prove OF some benefit to the people OF
the whole country and especially to
those Of the mining States and Terri
tories Of the West. We do not care
how the result was reached If the new
bill only accomplishes what the friends
of silver claim for it. But we are not
~sanguine that it will do this. To our
mind it carries one fatal defect. 1t
abandons the 4l21 grains Of silver, as
being the equivalent Of n dollar Of
gold. This is liable to cause the c%ertifi-
Gates issued against the bullion to iuctu-
ate with the market price Of silver from
time to time. The fact that the certi6-
oates are made redeemable in lawful
money may possibly steady and prevent
this, but IL the lawful money redemp'
tion clause does not produce this result
the bill will be found utterly bad and
worse than no bill at all. Still we hope
for the best, because we are honestly for
silver and the general welfare regardless
Of all political considerations. The
Democrats have stood by the people and
for free coinage all through this contest.
We doubt il they support this compro-
mise, which does not 60 as far as they
would have it go, with such marked
unanimity. There are no Democrats in
Congress from the mining States. They
have not supported silver from local in
terest, but on the broad principle that II
Is the money of the Constitution and the
people. The Republican members Of
the conference committee treated the
Democratic members of the committee
with shameless discourtesy. The Repub.
lican majority would not allow the Dem.
ocratic minority to meet with them or
have q word to say in perfecting the
measure, Notwithstanding that it was
Democratic votes in both Houses that
had saved the country from the enact
ment of the Window bullion redemp-
ton fraud which the Republican Admin
istration and the great mass of Republi-
cans in both Houses OF Congress had
very nearly forced upon the people. 1t
Will ukoWioC 10 ouhtuCiCoo ihkAAt4ba9N
upon the part Of Jones and Stewart and
the rest Of the Republicans in Nevada to
ignore the effective Democratic help for
silver, as they are sure to do, while
plastering the &. Q. p. with glory for
finally being dashed into such recogni-
ton Of the rights Of the people as this
compromise measure implies. 1t was
not love Of silver but fear Of defeat that
brought them into line. That is the
whole story as the record is made up.
The new bill provides for the pur-
chase Of 4, 800, 600 ounces Of fine silver
per month, at o rate not to exceed par,
agsips..vhich, or rather in payment OF
which, shall be issased Treasury certih-
oates, redeemable in coin, and made .
te~-s lender for all debts public and pri-
vase, EXCEPT WHERE Ex-
PREssLY STIPULATED IN CONTRACTS. This
last clause will give the ~goldbugs vey
good and convenient method for .ooo'
Ing the new law. They will sirriy nave
recourse to special contract
Since the above W. written we re-
ceived the follow;-s dispatch:
SALT FAKE CRY, July IL, 1890.
Epr,va SENTINEL: The Sherman Sill.
psr bill yesterday passed the Senate by q
vote Of thirty.nine to twenty.four. The
Republicans voted for il, and the Demo-
Gratis against it.