Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-04
THE FIRST GUN.
STEWART OPENS HIS CAM
PAIGN.
A Packed House and People
Turned from the Doors.
A DIGNIFIED BUT SCATHING
ANSWER TO WOODBURY..
Who Says Ormsby County Isn't for
Silver?

Last evening the city was a blaze
| Of bonfires, the air was filled with
stirring music and the Opera House
was packed to hear Senator Stewart
open the silver campaign in Ormsby.
Two carloads came up from Reno,
and at least 500 people were left
there who would have come up 1t
was great disappointment. Ten
cars could have been filled.
The Reno silverites brought up a
fine band and qnartette that fur
nlshed splendid music.
Some of the Dayton, Empire and
Candelaria silverites were ON deck.
! Surveyor General Jones presided
over the meeting, Frank Folsom
acted as Secretary, and the following
were Vice Presidents:
Messrs. Logan, Petersen, Folsom,
Robert, Chedic, Guinan, McGowan,
Olcovich, James, Noteware, Kinney,
Coin, Reynolds, Blethen, Gardner,
Wagner, Raycraft, DR. Fox, Hell
denreich, Herrick, S II Day, Walter,
Leete, Gates, Meyer, Gree, Cross,
Jake Longabaugh, Moore, Ryland,
Osburn, Pike and Norcross.
The Chairman then introduced
Senator Stewart amid applause and
cheers, and he spoke for nearly
two hours. Among other things
he said:
Mr.. Woodburn declared in Vir-
ginia last Saturday night that "the
act of 1873, demonetizing silver, for
infamy, has no parallel in history.
1t was Legislative crime incapable
of justification, palliation, or excuse.
| charge, gentlemen, without fear
of contradiction, that the candidate
for the Senate on the silver ticket,
was one Of the chief conspirators
that destroyed half of the money of
the people in the interest of the
rings and bondholders that he now
vigorously denounces.
In this statement he was mistak>
en-. In endeavoring to convict me
he proved too much. He was COM
PEELED to show that silver was de-
monetized with the knowledge and
consent Of the two houses of Con =
gress, both of which at the time were
Overwhelmingly Republican. If his
argument If sound, then the Repub-
lican party was knowingly guilty of
the crime of demonetizing silver,
and Senators Thurman, Conkling,
Allison, Blaine, Voorhees,, Beck,
Hereford, Howe and Bogy, and
Representatives Holman, Cannon,
Kelly, Burchard and Garfield stull-
fed themselves. They were all pres
ent when the infamous fraud was
committed, and each has declared in
his place that he knew nothing of
the transaction. Senator Thurman,
IN debate in the Senate in Febru-
larry, 1873, gave his testimony as to
what he knew of the demonstration
Of silver in the Mint act as follows:
81 cannot say what took place IN
the House, but l know when the bill
was pending in the Senate We
thought it was simply bill TO re
form the Mint, regulate coinage, and
| fix up one thing and another. There
| is not single man in the Senate, |
think, unless member Of the COM
mittee from which the bill came, who
had the slightest idea that 1t was
even a squint towards demonetiza-
ton"
The testimony of the other Sena-
tors and Representatives above mans
ed was equally emphatic. The only
Senator or Representative who par
ticipated in the legislation and who
has given us the benefit of his testi-
mony, to the effect that the infamous
| fraud was understood by the Senate
|. is John Sherman of Ohio. All 9th
ers who have spoken have indignant
| ly denied all knowledge of the de-
monetization of silver in the Mini
Act of 1873.
1t was charged by my enemies si1
years ago that | was present and vot'
ed for the demonstration of silver
/ promised my constituents to show
in the Senate of the United States
THAT the demonstration of silver wal
secret and fraudulent and that non'
hut the manipulators knew that sill