Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-03-14
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At the close of Congress last week,
Chauncey NJ. Depew and other New York
~goldbugs gave Speaker Reed and the
Republicans lesders Of the House a ban
quet in the metropolis. The feast was
confined entirely to Republicans, and
was largely attended by the representa-
tive men Of that party. The affair was
gotten up in honor Of the expiring Con-
gress and its acts, including more partic'
ularly the measures for which the Re
publican majority had stood in the
House. The speeches were Of the usual
Mandatory character. Depew presided
md did a good deal Of talking himself.
All hands congratulated the country that
we had fortunately escaped a deluge Of
dishonest money, and most Of them de-.
nounced the Democratic party
for voting for free coinage Of silver.
There was not . great deal Of the litera-
ture Of the evening telegraphed to this
Coast. The true position Of the Repub-
lican party on silver is always withheld
as far as possible from the people Of the
mining States. Speaker Reed admitted
that the late Congress was just now q
der a cloud Of popular disfavor, but he
thought the future historian would do it
justice by sizing it up just right. We
may remark in passing that if the his.
tory OF the future sticks to the cold
truth, Tom Reeds Congress will continue
to be more and more obnoxious through.
out the ages. Time nor distance cannot
make it respectable. 1t was a Congress
owned and controlled exclusively by the
monopoly interest Of the country against
the masses. The best hope Of the people is
that its like will never be witnessed
again in the United States. The child
is not born, let US hope, that will live to
see another House in America dominated
by a Republican majority. For this
promised blessing let US all be thankful
and once more take courage. Congress.
man Lodge, Of Massachusetts,, was one
Of the b~anqueters who had a good deal
to say. Hs,was selected to respond to
the toast: 1.-THE Republican Party and
Finance, and among other things said:
1.-The Republican platform stated the
party to be the party of honest money.
A declaration to that effect was too
vague to suit the speaker, but the killing
Of the proposition for free silver showed
the party was in favor Of honest finance.
His remarks were, Of course, vigorously
~spplauded. There is nothing new to US
in what the distinguished gentleman
said. We have always known that the
Republican leaders were uncompromis.
ingly opposed to silver. Striking down
the metal in 1873, at no time nor place,
since the preparation of that great crime
against the people, have they ever
furnished more than a few scattering
votes for its restoration. We have
never claimed that the Republicans Of
the mining States are not as good silver
men as the Democrats Of the same sec.
ton, but we do claim that they are
wilfully blind when they cast their votes
in a way to keep the law-making power
OF the government. in the possession of a
party that is VIGOROUSLY against the
dominant interest and industry of the
West. To repeat once more, what we
have often said before, the man who
votes to send a Republican to either
House of Congress at Washington, votes
against silver.