Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-11-12
STEWARDS IDEA OF IT..
What Caused the Downfall Of the
Republican Party.


Senator Stewart to give his views on
the general POLITICAL landslide which
he did as follows:
When Harrison joined the gold
party and adopted the Force Bill
pol.cy, every prospect Of Republican
success was destroyed. In time OF
peace and abundant harvests, the
party in power is held responsible
for depression and hard times. Fin
ancial distress follows contraction OF
the currency with as much certainty
as night follows day. Contraction
enhances the value of money and re-
duces the price of property and ser
vices. The destruction Of one>half
of the worlds money by the conspir-
acy which excluded silver from the
mint produced more violent and
radical contraction of the metallic
basis of the worlds money than ever
before occurred in the history of man.
In the last eighteen years the aver
aye range of prices of commodities
has declined fully forty per cent.
The debtor class and the producing
class have grown poorer during all
that time, while the money boarding
and bond owning class has prospered
and grown rich. The Republican
party has been held mainly RESPONSES
bic for the distress of the people, and
has been practically destroyed by the
domination in its councils of the gold
combination Mr. Blaine was de
feated il 1884 because the people
wanted change, and hoped it would
be for the better. Mr. Cleveland
administration gave no relief. On
the contrary, prices continued to go
down. The Republican party in
1888, being cut Of power, promised
to use silver as money equally with
gold, and condemned the gold con-
traction policy of the Democratic adj
ministration. President Harrison
repuliatel the promise, joined hands
with the gold ring, and used the en-
tire power Of his Administration to
force up the value Of cold and to
force down the price Of property and
services.
On the S.h o. November the PEG
pie were clamorous for another
change, hoping that it would be for
the Better, knowing that it could be
no worse. There could be nc doubt
that the administration was rcspon-
sible for falling prices and hard
times. Some supposed it was caused
by the tariff policy of the Republican
party; others that it was violation
of the civil service rules; others, that
it was incompetence; but plain peo-
pie knew that the masses were grow
ing poorer; that money was dear and
hard to obtain, and all agreed that a
change was necessary, whether for
better or for worse. A change has
been made, and the Democratic par,
~ is again in power.
The Peoples Party have made a
vigorous protest against the con-
traction policy of both parties. The
masses are sufficiently educated to
begin to understand that it is not
the tariff, that it is not the civil ser
vice reform, and that it is not the
force bill which is needed 1t is
more money. Silver must be re-
stored to the place it occupied pre-
vious to the crime of 1873 as the
first step in the great reform move
ment
The Democratic party has the
power to relieve the stringency and
give the country prosperity. If it
does not, but adheres to the gold
ploicy Of Sherman and Harrison, it
will soon be overwhelmed by the
people. There is no possibility OF
more than four years more duration
of the grinding process Of contract
ion. If the Democratic administra-
ton fails TO give the relief demanded,
four years hensc there will be another
change, and the Peoples party will
annihilate both Of the old parties
by an overwhelming victory at the
polls.
Is if q Private Office