Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-04-14
County Official Paper.
DO Not Bind Yourselves.

DO Not Bind Yourselves.
TIE political aspects Of the silver
question in this State have become
most perplexinR. ThGt the people
are now fully aroused to the import
anca OF Tree coinage can not be ques-
toned. That al who are now, advo.
eating tho abandonment Of party ties
and tho formation Of 4 silver party in
this State, arc sincere il not 80 sus-
csptible OF proof. Those of US who
have closely watched the drift ct po-
litical sentiment in this Btata Know
that no matter how load the ccy is,
beforeSRection, the votes when counHl
have not been in accordance with the
professions made before they were
cast. e. ....... .
The Se6t adopted by the Republican
Stass Committee pledges all who vote
1t their primaries to support the
Nominees of the Republican party.
Now, II those men who have signed
the pledge adopted by the Silver
Leagues and who have hitherto acted
with the Republican party, are sincere
car they vote for Harrison il nomi-
patedF II not they can not take any
part in the primaries, and the result
may be that a Harrison delegation viii,
10 to the Minneapolis Convention
On the other hand, can the Democrat.
who signs the pledge 70 vote for no
man for President who is not in favor
OF the free coinage Of silver, take part
in the Democratic primaries? If he
san not, then, there ia danger that the
delegation from this Stale 70 the Chi
Ua2o Convention might be ia tho in
tetesis OF Grover Cleveland whose
record On the silver question is just as
bad as Hscrison's.
Our ADVICE TO the DEMOCRATS is to
take part id the primaries OF their
party and 500 that no man COOS to the
State Convention who favors Grover
Cleveland 0r any other mao opposed
TO onr inSerests. Don't bind your
Ge!ves hand and foot 5efort the battle
commences. Wait VAIL the National
Conventions are hold and then vote
the ticket whose candidates and plat
form promises most to the people OF
this Stats.
The position the Democrats should
take in the coming election is SO we'll
stated in a k~rivate letter received by
Ne from a promi lent Democrat al
this STATE, that We Take the liberty Of
giving IL TO our readere as follows:
"The silver question is becuminl
most comptica"ilg, out l cannot, for
the lie Of ne, SEQ what Democrats
can hope 10 gain by abandoning
their pacty to assist one that has ne
prospect of achieving srccess. 1t i.
proven beyond doubt that the Demo
cratic party rs such The great Ma
tional organization So is the firm frient
OF silver, and that more than ninetj
per cent. Of the a~dversaries OF tina
metal arc within the ranks OF the Rs
publican parGy, it therefore seems
to me that The only hope Of ever 30
curing to silvec its right is through
the SUCCESS OF the Democratic party
which, il once Ia full control OF tn
Government, might draw suficien
help from the now solid Republican
silver States to enable Western ant
Southern Democrats to control tn
party and thus elect a silver Presi
dent and Congress in spite Of Tn
Eastern Gold-bug ring. The electio
OF any kind of a Democrat ~ ia
preferable to another dose OF Harr
son, and as the light low stands, it
u choice between a Democrat an
Grandfather's HaG."