Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-08-14

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u hole wore tho longest, and he said:
If these knights Of Labor and free
silver fnnatics and Farmers Alliance
men get into power what are we going
to do when We 60 abroadr' loud
laughter.) EIe wants this country to
legislate for him when he goes abroad.
Poor soul, no did not know that the
countless number Of illimitnble daily
transactions that take pluce between
mau and man in the whole business
Of this country are infinite in number
and aggregate amount when COM
pared with the little triiie OF our for.
eign TRADE.
JoHs.sHERMAN's sorHIsrRY.
Mr.. John Sherman said that tho
troubleiwith the silver dollar is that
Syn cannot get rid Of it; that il you
pay it out it will come right back.
Jhut is the dollar for me. loud
laughter and a%pplause.) What We
want in this country is the old dollar
OF Washington, of Thomas Jetfe: son,
of Andrew Jackson, OF Abraham Lin.
coin. (Applauso.)
l rocuilect that Andrew jackson in
his great battle With tho Unified
States Bank that one OF his chief OBJ
Jactions to that bank was TINT its
councils were largely dominated by
foreign Influences. In this year,
1892, you send up your petition 10
Congress, you hold your public meet
ings, proclaim your wishes in favor Of
the free and unrestricted coinage Of
silver, aud what does Congress say?
1t SAYS we will consult tho ned
heads OF Europe, and if they arc will
ing you shall have it. daughter anu
upplnuse) You might III well con-
suit Europe as TO whether we should
have free government here. / tell you
you canI!ot maintain II Republic here
in this country or a republican form
VI government IL you are To be domi.
nated by an arlstOcratic system Of
finance.
We must have here n system Of e.
nance euited TO our Republican insti-
tutions, and not modelled utter the
Gillette a]risIocracies and waning mon
archies OF the old world. And now
to answer some critic who has been
standing off and criticizing this move
ment, do you think you can stop il?
This il a movement OF the people.
They intend in this year, 1892, to drive
out the Inst vestigo OF British and
German influence from tho councils
Of our linancia! government and TO re-
quire in this country tho free and I'M
limited coinHge Of silver, and TO 90
further il that does not give us money
enough.
The FREQ and unlimited coinage Of
silver is the first step We propose to
take to relieve the necessities Of this
country. Is IL not n ervatiyo
step? Arc you afraid you will have
too much silver? Have any OF you
ever been seriously exposed 10 have
too much silver? daughter and up
plause.)
RELIEF n MORE MONEY.
We are going to relieve tho Ameri-
a people by giving them more
money, and the first step is tho FREQ
and unlimited coinage OF silver. Zap
plause.)
IF that does not afford money
enough, then We propose that the
government shall supplement tho
metallic currency OF tho country, with
IL conservative ISSUE OF full legal ton
der paper money, which shall be n
good legal tender for all debts, public
and private (applausc), but not il We
have money enough without doing
that. But come n says, | supposed
you an i%nflationist, Mr. Weaver.
Ny answer is, your supposltions have
always been wrong.
This great movement is net dis
posed TO unsettle the business OF
this country or TO bring on n financial
crisis. Not at oil, but NO are deter.
mined that this policy OF contraction,
OF foreign interference, Of class logis-
lation, shall come W an end and that
there shall DO inauguruted in this
country a system OF finance in accord
ance with the greatly increased popu-
l~ation, 40 that we may gradually reach
u plane Of business prosperity and OF
cash payments that will insure pros
perity to thu Republic for all time to
come. (Applnuso.)
You need not be afraid that this
party wants TO unseitle tho finances
OF this country. We would not put
out 800 per capita all at once, any
moro than 40 would give Il starving
man a full lleal Of victuals all Mt once,
and to the critic OF this movement we
give him common sense in brokon
doscs, for 1t 10 all ho can stand.
(Laughtor.l Wo aro tho conservative
eIement to-day in American politics.
Tho ilrst enemies we propose to
roit ara the enemies of tho tree coin
we OF silver. (Applausc) Aftcr we
have whipped them il NO want sny
moro money, We will talto into con
sideration the best method OF getting
IL into cultivation.
We intond, in hclaugungc OF Abra
ham God bless his mcmory-that
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