Nevada County picayune., 1891-03-26
Democratic Municipal Ticket.
NEW ENGLAND PLUTOCRACY

the financial policy of this govern
ment ever since the war. Already
far in the lead in wealth, by reason
of her highly protected manufac-
lures, the public debt created by the
war. afforded these States, which
were but little effected by it, the OPP
portunity wanted to gain the control
of the government, by ehicanery and
fraud through the Republican party
The buying up of greeenback at a
big discount, exchanging same for
government bonds, finally made pay
able in gold, and other equally as
vicious legislation, all enacted by
the Republican party, are facts IN
history we'll known to all intelligent
men. This and kindred class legis-
lation, has made millionaires by the
the hundred, and paupers by the
thousand.
1t is a lamentable fact that nearly
all officials, of high and low degree,
in the East, are more or less con-
taminated by the blasting influences
of this plutocracy, by which they are
surrounded this, too, regardless of
party. Even Cleveland, who made
such a noble, manly fight against the
high, robber tariff, seems not to be
entirely free from its evils, as shown
by his strong opposition to silver N
his recent letter 1t seems but natu-
raj for men raised there, and whose
every interest is affected, to view
financial matters from the same
standpoint.
But intelligence and justice TO all
classes, is fast bringing about radi-
cal change. In the November cleo
ti0ns the people asserted their disap-
proval of the New England plutecra-
CIV, and three -fourths of the next
lower House of Congress, as Demo
Gratis, will seek to redress the peo-
pies wrongs Democracy, the par
ty of the people, now have a MAORI
ty in the House from the South and
West, regardless of the East, and
should work for the common good.
Notwithstanding the Senate is still
Republican by a small majority, we
confidently expect it to give some re-
lief to the people, now grooming be-
meath oppression. The Mckinley
robber tariff should be repealed, the
first thing done; the free coinage of
silver and other relief measures
should follow,
Senator Stewart (Republican), of
Nevada, has made some strong and
interesting utterances on this line.
He says; "The Mckinley bill could
not have become law without the
votes of myself and my colleague,
Senator Jones, and other free coin
age Senators. II we had refused to
vote for the Mckinley bill until we
had secured free coinage of silver,
we would have had free coinage. If
the protectionists persists in linking
protection and gold monometalism
together the entire West will become
friendly to free trade in night.
AT the next session the Re
publican party will have no say as to
the silver question, The Democratic
party will have the House, and there
will be free and unlimited coinage
bill passed in both branches of Con-
gress. 1t is toe late to consider any
compromise measure The Republi
cans had an opportunity in the last
session to pass bill for free Ameri-
can coinage. but rejected it. Now
the issue is forced aud must be an
unrestricted coinage The President
will veto the bill, Of course. 1t will
put Mr.. Benjamin Harrison in his po-
liticsl coffin What If Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Harrison are rival candi-
dates? you ask. Why, the third
party will come up and the Republ-
can party will be destroyed. 1t will
be dead if it opposes silver. The
people want free silver coinage.
They know what is the trouble OF the
times. They know that it is the
scarcity of circulating medium.
They have found out why the shoe
pinches. They are not going to be
deferred from extending the circula-
ton by coinage of both metals-gold
and silyer-that they can procure"
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THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.