Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-10-29

to elevate an unworthy man, puJ L
was desirons of keeping you in line
with the silver cause by encouraging
you to support the paramount inter-
est OF Nevada, may have erred,
bnt my intentions were good. After
you had deserted the cause and de-
clared that you were in favor of sup
porting the gold advocate Harrison
for president and comforting on him
additional power to make war on
silver, and after your friends boosted
of the fact that Democratic speaker
had conferred the honor upon you of
placing you at the head of the Re-
publicans on the committee on COIN
age, weights and measures. l ad.
dressed letter TO Senator German,
the leader Of the Democratic party
in the senate, and asked him to state
how it happened that you were
placed on that committee. The fol-
lowing is his reply:
Senator Gorman's Letter.
UNITED STATES SENATE,
WASHINGTON, d. G +, S pit. u. 1872. I
Hon. Villa NJ. Stewart Carson City New.
X
to my absence from the city thout eav-
ing directions to have my mail forwarded,
your favor OF the 18th is just at hand
1t gives me great pleasure to say, in reply
to you request that | should state the facts
I'm regard to our action in asking tor the
appointment of Mr. Bartine on the commit
tee on coinage. weights and measures OF
the house OF representative of the present
congress, that | remember them very well.
Immediately sf er the election OF Speaker
Crisp, ut your earnest request l communi-
Gated W tn the speaker and told him nov
anxious you were that Mr. Bartine should
be appointed as Republican member of
tn committee. While there may have
been others who had suggested Mr. BIS
name to the speaker, l think | have the
right to say, from what occurred, that your
request had greater weight with the speaker
than everything else that WIS said In favor
of Mr.. Bartine's ap, ointment
You were regarded by the speaker as the
foremost sdvoca. e OF the free coinage of ST.
yer ia the senate; and your leadership and
your generous a ton iowa the South in
the matter of the force bill gave great
If here is any way in which tan serve
you, command me. Yours truly,
A. p GoRXAE.
Treachery to Silver.
/ hope the people of Nevada will
forgive me for the action took in
your behalf. l did not then know
the full extent of your treachery to
the cause of silver, but hoped that
you might be induced to forsaxe
your gold bug alliances and cooper
ate with the real friends of free coin
age. The fact that l have been dis
appointed in that hope ought not to
be charged as fault against me, for
/ assure you my intentions to win
you over to the cause of free coinage
were good. The fact that YOU are
now advising the people OF Nevada
to vote against themselves and for
their worst enemy could not have
been anticipated by me. But let ms
assure you that will noe in the fu-
ture be guilty of aiding to deceive
members of congress or the people of
this state as to your true character.
trust your gold associates will have
NO occasion to regret the confidence
which they have place in you, and
that You will stay with the gold
party and do no moro Topping.
Loader Of the Geld Party In Nevada.
II there must be q gold party In
Nevada 1t 10 fortunate FOR the cause
of free silver that you are the leader
of that party. Your power to de-
ceive is exhausted and your position
is known. Tho gold men will Sup.
port you, but the silver men will not
follow a man who refused 10 support
Mr. Bland when he was engaged in
most heroic effort to obtain . fair
consideration Of free coinage bill
in the house. You cannet excuse
your opposition TO the consideration
of the silver ball Of January, 1891, by
urging that you were in favor of the
free coinage bill which passed the
senate At the last session Of congress.
Prefers Party and Party Pep to Silver.
You boast of the fact that Mr..
Bland allowed you to close the de-
yate ON the free coinage bill Of 1892.
He undou btedly did so TO obtain all
the support possible for the passage
of the bill. He might have supposed
that You would be able to induce
some Republicans to vote for the bill;
but 1t IL now evident that you prefer
party and party pap to the para
mount interest Of our state; that you
are welded to John Sherman's policy
aud that you are ready to do the bid
ding Of the gold ring. Goodbye.
Respectfully.