Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-04-19
wAsHINGTON CoRREsPOND.
EREE.
WASHINGTON, March Is, lS9

~ASHiNNiNNf AAeANA -
EpuoR SESrINKL: The Committee
on Coinage Of the House Of Representa-
tives reported back favorably the Win
dom bill, which provides for the pur-
chase and exchange Of silver bullion for
Treasury notes. I send to you the bill
in full, and shall restrict myself to q few
remarks on some Of the most salient
points.
To begin with section first, Mr.. Win
dom is taking the best Of care OF the
lead ore s~mugglers. He specifies THAT
any owner of silver bullion, the product
Of the mines Of the United States or Of
ores smelted and refined in the United
States may deposit the same at any coin
age mint Of the United States and re-
ceive therefor Treasury notes. Canning
for that Matchmaking small about
his liberality to the lead ore %smugglers
from Mexico under guise Of silver ores
in fact, not satisfied to give them q
chance to profit by the non-payment OF
duty, he graciously purchases their silver
bullion and gives them Treasury notes;
in fact, allows them a bounty, or, as it
we're, g premium to encourage them to
| defeat and ruin American lead interests
| of Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Mon
tsna.
This lead ore question. which / thor
oughly investigated in December, 1883. in
Mexico and reported upon, has been al
lowed to rest most profoundly in both
branches Of Congress. Some less char.
table persons intimate that MI. Hunt
ineton has written two letters to q GER.
tain party here in Washington and ever
knownothingism prevails supreme in
that quarter. Yes, a queer set OF hu-
man animals are to be found in our Con-
gressional m~anagerie, and when railroad
kings, through their attorneys, can
smother legislative inquiry and defeat
the interests of the American miners for
the benefit Of the Mexican greasers it is
high time the people call to account their
Misrepresentation.
Now, let Us turn in another direction.
10 November last there was held at my
suggestion a National Silver Conven.
ton in st. Louis. Nevada, Utah, Colo
RADIO and Montana were we'll represented.
Senator Stewart addressed the delegates
and the public and RECALLED them with
mis- apology for voting for the demone.
tization Of silver in 1873, charging
wicked, designing John Sherman Of hav.
ing deceived him; in fact, gave them to
understand that he was led astray- by
the Senator from Ohio, while in reality
he not only went astray but actually led
the van Of the gold standard men. Hav-
ing unburdened his heavily laden con-
science on that point he either forgot oil
did not dare to ask for justice to lead
miners Of either Nevada or the other
lead producing States or Territories; anG
yet it was and still is a vital question
yes, of life or death to the American
miners.
Everybody knows full we'll that th'
Executive Committee of that Nationa
+, Silver Convention has been four month
in session here, yet carefully ignored
that lead controversy, n when tn
; other day your correspondent asked then
why they so completely ignored tina
/, lead question he was told point blanl
THAT the smelters had Clipped in som
: money into the treasury of their com
mittee and the lead miners had not.
Of course, they had notl How ooul'
D they? They are hardly making enougl
to keep soul and body together at tn
present low ruling prices for lead bullion
while the smugglers-smelters VIII
r ought to have paid last year over SO, 800,
900 duty on lead ores to the Govern.
ment have put a large slice of that sun
= into their pockets. OF course they cal
afford to throw a sop to the parties VIII
are the beneficiaries of that committee
but was that understood or contem.
plated in the bargain they made witt
9 the people? Not at all. But then tn
t skeckles Of the lead ore ~smugglers hav,
/ a silver as well as golden sound an,
praises of their b~enevolence are sun
aloud by "silver-tongued" orators her
6 and in the far West. Further, that Elk
e ~ecutive Committee OF the National Sill
O YER Convention Endorses most emphat
ically this Window silver bill. 1t is il
purpose the same which their chairman
now Congressman A. j. Warner o
o Ohio, at the suggestion of the Wal
street mono-metallists Of the East, in
troduced in the ~Forty.ninth Congress
, Proud of being thus honored by tn
c Secretary of the Treasury by having hi
pet measure taken up and given it
prominence thus, he naturally support
2 that bill, and we, the friends of silver
7. are now being crushed by the upper an,
the neither millstones and our prospect
are to-day DINNER than they were un.
c der Cleveland's administration, Thi
I Window bill is recognized as an admin
istration measure, and as such indorse,
, by the members OF that Executive Com.
mittee who are crooking the pregnan
D hinges of their knees that thrift an,
8 sheckels may follow fawning into thei
Golfers.
We. the friends Of silver, must fph
e that Window bill; it is full of mischie
7 and is mainly intended as an obstruc
a ton measure, and as such fully under
stood by the true silver men here.
This Window bill effectually de
thrones silver from it's high position a
a money metal and debases it to q mer,
commodity, merchandise upon which
Government storage warehouse receipts
l are issued for gambling purposes.
. lie. us organize here in Washington
Let us put true friends Of silver OF
guard here to look after the interests O
! the American silver and lead miners
. men who cannot be bought with the dol
lars of the smelters and ~smugglers; mel
/, who fearlessly attack these traitors Il
our just cause. Lead ores containin.
silver must and shall pay the duty tn.
tariff provides, no matter who is in
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