Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-05-31


Everybody with IS much sense ss .
ohipmunck knew that the silver plank
in the last Republican national platform
was q meaningless thing intended TO
catch votes by deceiving the people. IL
was . cheat and . steal from the begin
ming. Senator Stewart claims the au-
thorship Of the deception, but Senator
Farwell Of Illinois says he tFarwelD
Matched the lie. The idea Of getting
anything In . Republican national plat
form in the shape Of free coinage is sim
ply preposterous. The Republican party
is almost everywhere against silver rs it
has been always since it destroyed this
money Of the people in 1873. That
party furnished but q paltry few votes to
enact the Bland law in 1873, and any
measure that Republicans will now vote
for will be absolutely worthless. Sens-
tor Stewart had something to say on the
subject Of silver in the Senate the other
day. The subjoined extract covers about
everything Of importance that transpired
while he occupied the floor.
The bill recommended by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, and supported by
Senators Sherman and Dolpb, was Q Gun.
ming device to stop the present coinage
oil two millions . month in silver under
the Bland bill. In conclusion he said
that there was no middle ground 10 the
contest between usury and justice. De-
monetizstion Of silver was 9 crime
against civilization, and nothing but .
full restoration Of that metal to the
place which il occupied before the crime
was committed could replace the wrong
or redeem the pledge Of the Republican
party.
Eustis asked Stewart whether his in
depreciation Of the silver plank Of the
Republican platform, that it meant the
free coinage OF silver, was the recog-
nized Interpretation Of the party.
Stewart replied that it could have no
other Interpretation, and added that he
himself had drawn that plank.
Farwell-I was q member of the Com
mittee on Resolutions Of the last Ma.
tional Republican Convention, and l de-
sire to express my dissent to the opinion
given by the Senator from Nevada. No
such Interpretation was considered by
that committee.
Stewart-What does il mean?
Farwell-That the party was in favor
OF silver money at the market price OF
silver. / drew the resolution, IS the
Senator well knows, aud ID was perfectly
honest and fair. II meant that the Gov.
eminent should buy silver and coin it at
the rate at which IL would cost the Gov
eminent.
Stewart-That il o mere bubble.
There we have il all. Senator Far
we'll, who insists that he drew the silver
plank Of the Republican platform. says
II did not mean, and was not intended to
mean, free coinage or anything approach.
ing 10. II meant, says Farwell, that the
Republican party was in favor Of silver
money at the market price Of silver, and
that q Republican Administration would
continue to buy and coin as now. No
pledge of an increase in the use Of silver
was ever dreamed Of, and the Illinois
Senator. in open Senate, says this was
well understood by the entire Committee
on Resolutions, including Senator Stew.
art. Farwell really places Stewart in a
very bad light for veracity. He tells
Stewart fatty that he (Stewart) did not
write the silver plank as he had been
claiming, and further that Stewart we'll
knew that the plank did not receive the
Interpretation which he (Stewart) had
been giving IL. This is equivalent to
charging falsehood on our Senator in two
counts. II will be observed that Stew
art does not froth or rant a great deal
under Farwell's explanation Of matters.
On the contrary. he subsidies in q most
lamb.like and docile manner But the
disclosures made in this discussion pre-
sent the Republican managers in . most
disreputable light. 1t shows that they
will stop at no falsehood or cunning de-
oeption to achieve success. We know Of
no leader in that party who is not the
most arrant demagogue.
The position taken by Stewart on the
fraudulent bill reported to the Senate by
our Jones is not referred to in the dis.
patches. II is no better than the Win
dom bill which he did denouncs.