The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1892-01-23
SATURDAY. JANUARY %, 1892.
FREE COINAGE.

in Washington, d. c., the U. S.
Senate and House OF Representatives
and Diplomatic Corps, Senior Don
Pedro Montt, the minister, and Mrs.
Montt, Senior Anibal Cruz and
Senior Guillermo Amunategui, mem
bers of the legation, all of the latter
being Chile's representatives, have
been eating, drinking and dining
together. The immense company at
New Years was protected by fifty
three policemen. We can content
ourselves on the score of a war with
Chile; there will be none. Our rela-
tions with Chile on account OF the
attack on our sailors in Valparaiso
will not be made the subject of
special message. We, the people of
the United States, need not lose
any sleep over the Behring Sea ques-
ton, the threatened war in Samoa, or
any other national question but the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
AS there is nothing like persistence
we may with impunity accuse our
selves of being too dilatory and slow
in regard to urging our Nevada Con-
gressional delegation to press before
Congress free coinage bill. True,
we admire their past efforts and hope
they will continue in the same good
course. What we ought to do is this,
commence right here at home and
hold a public meeting for the purpose
of showing our advocacy of free coin
age. Other towns will take the fever
and before long none of our candles
will be hid under bushel, We have
every reason to believe that we will
have free coinage of silver. President
Harrison dare not stand before the
people and veto such a measure
should he do so his name will be
"Dennis." To-day, in Nevada, there
are hundreds of mines idle, asleep
and dormant, which could and would
be worked with profit to their
owners if silver was at par. We be-
lieve that Germany first demonetized
silver in 1871, but now she is strongly
in favor of reconciliation. England
will have to fall in line as she can't
stand alone upon this proposition.
France, also, wants free silver. Sup
pose you are merchant and want to
purchase 100000 worth of silks and
satins through your agent at Lyons,
France. The French importer wants
his money in gold, for if he takes it
in silver he is afraid of the exchange.
Ii silver were not deprecated in value
he would as willingly accept silver as
gold. With silver at par and European
countries unwilling to accept the
white metal, we should call halt
all along the line and at once cease
our importations. Men, women and
children would wear home made
jeans and abandon foreign silks,
velvets, satins and broadcloths.
Uncle Sam has dominion sufficient to
provide for the wants of her 65,-
100000 of people. We can live in
dependent of the rest of the world.
No country ON the face of the globe
can compare with her advanced state
of civilization. No country has as
many people under one government.
Russia claims more, but the larger
part OF them are degraded, ignorant,
semi barbarian Siberians. The major
portion OF the people of the British
Empire are not under the direct rule
of Her Most Gracious Majesty,
Victoria, Empress of India. In this
country we provide for our INDECENT
poor, we have asylums for our feeble
minded and hospitals for our sick;
we have highways and roads, ETC.,
and so on. What we want to do is to