The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-10-04

| tentiary, in others honoreo them
with high office.
| MILLIONAIRE LEGISLATORS.
Il has filled the great offices of the
people with demagogues and pre-
| tenders and put the toga and ermlne
upon the shoulders of mountebanks
and millionaires.
THE CAUCUS SYSTEM.
| 1t maintains the vicious caucus
system, thereby subverting the man-
hood and independence of our rep
resentatives. 1t puts the success OF
the party above the country and
happiness OF tho people.
sERvILETY TO RAILROADS.
II accepted brides and was CORFU pit
cd to rob the people OF their lands
and grant them to railroad cOrpor-
atoms, and to hold their political in
fluence and support, 1t refuses to for.
felt land grants which are not earned,
to enforce the payment of obligations
overdue, and permits them TO dis
criminate and exhort in freights and
fares, and defraud and plumber the
Government and people.
ROBBERY OF THE PRESIDENCY.
To continue its hold on the offices OF
the Government, and its opportunity
to plumber the public Treasury, It
menaced the country with war, de-
frauded the people of their choice for
President, inaugurated Hayes, the
defeated candidate, brought elective
institutions into contempt and con-
summated the most stupendous crime
ever perpeLrated against free people.
FOSTERING MoNoPoLIEs AND TRUSTS.
| 1t has created, fostered and enriched mon
| opolics and trusts, extended expiring pat
ents and enacted unjust and discriminative
| favored industries. 1t has enacted an cxor-
! bitant and unnecessary tariff for the sole
purpose'of multiplying the already enormous
| and excessive wealth.. Under this vicious
| policy labor has been degraded, impoverish-
ed and deprived of its share Of production,
| and capital has been favored and exempted
] from taxation. To fctiti0usly increase the
| price CT domestic products, which are the
articles manufactured abroad and destroyed
| our commerce with foreign nations. IL has
| invited the cheap labor of Europe and Asia
| to our shores and employed 1t IN factory,
| furnace and mine, thus snpplanting Ameri-
can wage-workcrs and subjecting them to tho
competition of imported paupers and reduce
| ing wages to starvation prices. AT this mo.
ment it Is prolonging the session of Congress
| and wasting The peoples money in frantic
attempt to increase and perpetuate the
wrongs which have already become unoear-
| able.
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
| 70 increase the power and influence Of
| bondhold corporations and trusts. and by
| the unstinted use of money to corrupt the
/ ballot box and bribe electors, IL defeated the
popular will and restored itself to power In
1888, and TO day the instruments Of this re-
voting crime are honored leaders
EXPULSION OF SENATOR'S AND REPRESENTATIVES,.
To increase it's majority and augment It's
power in the Lower House of Congress II
| elected constituencies partisan Speaker OF
the House, subverted the rules, practices and
presidents of legislative bodies. declared
/ qu0rums where none existed, deliberately
stole the seats oftwo Senators from Montana.
| and unseated aud expelled the lawfully elcc-
! ted representatives. Of the people TO increase
partisan majority.
ADMISSION OF TERRITORIES.
1t has admitted Territories on the ground
| alone that they we're Repu blican in politics.
and excluded other TERRITORIES of greater
population than those admitted on the sole
ground that they would send Democratic
Senators and Representatiy TO the National
Legislature.
sQUANDERISG THE PUBLIC MONEY.
When ID succeeded to tho control of the
Government In March. 1889. the Treasury waa
| Overf1owing under the economical and honest
| administration OF Grover Cleveland. There
was more than Sl25 100000 in excess of all
| existing demands, and there was an annual
incoming surplus of nearly S75.OO,0OO. In
less than two years this surplus has been
wasted, the Treasury depleted, and there
Is to day an admitted deficiency Of moro than
So, ZOO COCO. -
THE PENSION ROLL.
With tho most extravagantly liberal PEN
sion laws that ever existed since tho Gov
eminent was formed, IL 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 $3.50, 0OO, 900 greater than main.
tanning the standing armies Of Europe, and
| the administration of Washington, and more
than double the cost of the Democratic adj
ministration Of 1860-it has brought forward
and advocates service pension bill which
| will add $17bO00,000 year to the already
enormous burdens OF the people.
DEMoSErIgATIeE OF SILVER.
AT the dictation of capital and to increase
the value and power OF money, IL dem0ne-
tiled silver In 1879 and In 1890 defeated the
passage Of free coinage bill by the threats
Harrison and the Vaccinations OF Sherman,
Window, Reed and Mckinley and tho cow
ardly acquiescence Of Jones, Stewart and
Bartine, cur Senators and Representative
In Congress.
THE ooLD-BUG ELL.
The compromise Silver Blu reported and
advocated by sherman of Ohio, tho arch
enemy OF silver money. though 1t has tempo
rarily advanced the price Of silver, yet for
the first time In the history Of the nation, IL
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