Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-25

but know when the bill was pending i
the senate we thought it was simply a bill
| to reform the mint, regulate coinage and fl
| up one thing and another, and there is no
| a single man in the senate, | think unless
] member OF the committee from which tn
| bill. came, who had the slightest idea tina
| it was even squ1nt toward demonetization
Senators Conkling, Allison, Blaine
Voorhees,, Beck, BoSy, Hereford anc
Howe, and Representatives Garfield
Holman, Cannon, Kelly and Bur
chard all bore similar testimony as
to their ignorance of the transaction
President Grant, who signed the bill
did not know that silver was de.
monetized: for in January, 1875, two
years after the bill became law, he
sent a special message to congress
recommending the erection of more
mints to coin silver dollars to pro-
vide for specie payment. If what
you say is true, that | was present
and voted for the demonetization of
silver, the same may be said with
equal truth of the eminent men
above referred to. If silver was de-
monetized s by usual and ordinary
legislation and not by stealth, the
Republican party, which was then in
power, is responsible for that in
famous transaction Mr. Bartine,
do you charge that the demonetiza-
ton of silver was a Republican
measure, and do you endorse it as
such? If not, cease to charge the
Republican party with that fraud,
and let the blame fall where it be-
pngs-on John Sherman and those
who aided him in manipulating the
records.
BIrfire's Statement in Congress.
Why did you not make your in
famous charges against me and the
Republican party earlier: Why did
You IN the house of representatives
on the 7th of June, 1890, use the fol
lowing language:
What CONSENSUS Of orinion, what popu-
Lar demand. led 10 The passage OF our own
damoHetIsng act Of 1875? Why, sir, not
one pcrso,s ia thousand even knew that it
had pcen done until Year or two otter
@at9> ;tid II the conSensaS OF opln on "
eoafi '.aye been iairiy voiced by the Ameri-
can cgnsress that iaw would not have re-
malnEa upon the statute books one year
aver the discovery Was mad.
How dare you. III the face of these
facts and of your own solemn asser-
tons, now proclaim TO the people that
the fraud was known at the time the
bill was passed, and that l partici-
pated ia that fraud?
The Republican Party of Nevada.
You accuse me of leaving the Re-
publican party of Nevada-a serious
charge, indeed, if Harrison, John
Sherman and Company are the Re-
publican party. Are you sure that
you are not a deserter from the prin-
ciplea of the Republican party of Ne |
vada: That party. in convention
assembled at Virginia City on the
Both of April last declared against |
sGch gold men as Sherman and Har-
rison, as follows:
Resolved, That we condemn the Republi-
part oi the Eastern states and the Admis
ration o. President Harri> on in So far as
lcH i-aNu tSiled 10 accomplish the complete
e.l.glte eCEatlpn O5 silver, and 10 cnac. laws
]roYidlu-; f0I .lt iree and unrestricted C in
tgc 81 tAHt metal.
Eesa $50, That the people Of Nevada are
n is.saf 05 li,e cottage OF silver up0a the
ans cn-.0 ut ils Viii Apply - the coinage |
)! god aia. -. are opposed 10 eievating |
u. Eois0:to clfec who j. hot known t. be
lEc uivucaAy in iavOr OF opening the mints
i ,.a tuite.l states 10 the free and unlim-
te1 60 '.uge OF silver.
hat Is the position of the Repub-
lean party of this state You in
tossed that position in the house OF
ON the 14th o. July
ast, when you said
look upan ,hc ne coinage of silver as
cling OF l'srf % f=aftance than the success |
any po.i.M lv, and regard it as a
reat 4IeN $40 o. .s.t1clple
iaIxs in rt,..ux, nil, tba
can Party.
When l returned to Nevada my
Jews We're i'll harmony with those
and Believing as | did
hat the Republican, party was unal-
erably opposed to elevating to Office
ienjamin Harrison-the worst enc
T. of silver in public life-I voted at
70 Republican primaries for dele
atfs to the convention at Reno. The
of that convention which
Z, PRESENTED the party adopted the
solutions of the April convention at
irginia, and omitted TO nominate
electors for Harrison and {
ED. and by implication indorsed
Weaver and Field. About one third
T the convention bolted or drew out;
nd although it nominated preSiden-
al electors for Harrison, it did not T
ldorse his financial policy, but re-
retted that his policy was i'll opposi '
on to the opinions of the conven- I
on and decl4red that Fl
In dealing with th.s lsilye) question we =
sumo position OF perfect independence, | i
ID regardless of all national parties and O
atfoPms proclaim ourselves as being most | il
'artl Y ana unreservedly in favor of the | t
ee coinage OF both gold and silver, with | d
II legal tender fun .tions accorded to each, | !
the correct and logical solution of this
eat question. o
All you say concerning my hesita- ?
Dn in deciding with which party I Il
ould act is false. Inever hesitated
my devotion to the silver cause, Il
,r in my opposition to placing in IL
'wer John Sherman, the autocrat
the treasury department under
arrison. knew that vote for m
arrison was a vote for John Sher- l.
an, and | never intlmated that
Juid cast such a vote. ey
IFarrison's Position on Silver. Il
In your speech you defend Harri- a
MS position Oh the silver question, W
d particularly his letter of ACCEPT SC
ce. His doctrine on that subject D