Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-07-16
THE MINING CONGRESS.

| s'eu V"es'lOn IN the United States
The Drilling Contest.
The Congress denounces as a great
national calamity the demonstration
OF silver in 1873, and holds remone,i.
cation the imperative duty of Con.
gress.
1t denounces as maliciously false
the charge that the silver men of the
country are in favor of 7O>cent dol.
lar, or Of any dollar that is of less in.
/ trlnsic value than the bullion in the
gold dollar. The responsibility for
the depreciation of the silver dollar
rests solely with those who demone.
t'zed silver and forced the people to
accept the laws of 1873 and 1890, bv
which the government was require
to buy silver in the lowest market.
1t declares bimetsllic coinage at the
existing ratio to be the most important
public question now unsettled in the
United States. = That until
this Is settled favorably to the white
metal the question as to whether some
articles Of foreign product shall come
in free of duty or pay the tariff rates,
sinks into utter insigni6cance.
1t recommends the friends of free
blmetaliio coinage to make the un-
questioning friendship of every candi-
date for any Office bearing upon that
subject one OF the chief tests of
worthincss to suffrage.
1t resolved that the silver States
should so shape their acts as to secure
the balance of power in the electoral
college, to the end that ftee-coinage
President be elected. This is bosh!
The only result would be the election
OF Grover Cleveland and the adoption
of the gold standard.-ED. T1MEs.]
1t urges that the constituents of
Congressman up for reelection re-
quire them to pledge themselves to
support no man for President who
will not favor free coinage.
1t Endorses the resolution passed by
the Pan>American Congress providing
for uniform silver coinage.
1t recommends the creation of
Department of Mining, whose head
shall be u member of the Cabinet.
1t urges the appointment of a com.
mission to prepare code OF laws to
regulate the mining industry, and les.
sen the many causes of litigation.
1t urges immediate steps to save
the mineral lands from the grasp of
the railv avs.
Il asks for the appointment of
commission of experts to inquire into
he fre-damp explosions, aud to en-
deavor TO prevent them.
1t objects to the granting of indi>
vidual or corporate rights -of>way
through public parks or reservations,
and favors general laws for that pur-
pose.
1t is its opinion that the Worlds
Fair should be open Sundays.
The drilling contest ended and left
Davey and Tague of Butte the cham.
oion double team and VIM. Sea of
Helena the champion single driller.
The latter broke the worlds record
drilling hole.
The entries for Thursday night
we're: Joseph Freethy and Il Mitchell
If Lewis and Clark, j 7 Murphy and
D T Murphy of Silver Bow, G Nord-
nan and H Ericsson of Idaho, R
Ryan and and J Wegenstein of Deer
lodge, Dan Driscoll and Thomas Nc
Auliff of Silver Bow.
Single hand entries: c Nordman
If Idaho, John Trenery OF Colorado,
William Shea OF Helena and Samuel
Manuel of Colorado.
The results: Freethy and Mitchell,
- SIG; Murphy and Murphy, 81 S.
6; Nordman and Ericsson, % 8 16;
Ryan and Wegenstein, rs 11.1G;
)riscoll and McAuliff, 81 ZIG.
Single. ha nded-Nordman, 16 ZIG;
'renery, 81 5,l6; Shea, rs 5>l6;
lanuel, 10 l6.
Rinker and Ahern got second ,
honey in the team drill; Page and
'eagan and Myers and Dryer all {
led for third and fourth money.
David L. Jones got second money
, tho c;nolo dill Tropo.v %L;,J ~;