Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-18
AN ELY SILVER MAN.
Wants a Silver Fight to Finish.
ELY, May 18th 1892.

Hon. L. ii. WELLS;
Ny DEAR JUDGE:-Your favor of
the 90 ult. received some time since.
No questioning the fact of the
statement; we are left, and badly
left, too! Both the old parties are
working in harmony on the silver
question, and when ever the Repub-
lican party looses its standard of the
estimate of sound principle and work
shoulder to shoulder and jowl to jowl
with now progressive unpatriotic de-
mocracy, notwithstanding my long
continued and unceaslng devotion to
the general sound principles advoca-
ted from its birth; and while regard
it as the grandest party ever organic
ed by the brain of man, yet, when
platform after platform is totally ig-
nored by its leaders; while promises
of the most sacred character made,
but to be broken; while one of the
prominent industries of a large por-
ton of the best citizens of the nation
is not only totally neglected, but vir-
tually paralyzed by their hostility to
that industry, and by their beng
Joined to their idol, to wit, "the gol-
den calf l say after all this, that l
have ceased to have confidence in the
promises and pledges Of the, party
leaders, and it is hoping against hope
to expect any relief from them, and
It is high time the people of the Sill
yer States rise up as one man regards
less of past party ties, and vote for
none only those whom they know
not to % enemies, but staunch and
unquestioned friends of silver. If,
by this course, the Republican party
fails of success, the blame is on the
leaders and they cannot shake their
gray locks at us, and say we did it.
We have given them our assistance
IN favor of high tariff, for the manu-
lectures of New England and Penn
sylvania, rs well as the wool-growers
of Ohio, and we have received in re-
turn what: their sneers and their
iibes, and the assertion, you might |
say, that the silver question is scarce
" an issue, as there are only a few
millions of US. say, 1t Us make il |
a lively issue, and in order to do SO !
we must kick, and kick hard, and
keep on kicking. My opinion is,
that if we succeed in electing about
thirteen Presidential electors to send
to Washington, they will come to the
conclusion very readily, that the sill
yer question is an issue and a live
one, and that they will very much
need its assistance Tor that of its adj
herents) in making President in
short oder. The truth is we must
DO something for ourselves, or make
a permanent visit to some other
place. We cannot run a State gov>
eminent unless the silver industry
gets national protection. The way it
is now, the metal is no more staple
than wheat, barley, rye or carrots.
We cannot call it money, for we can
not say today what it will be worth
tomorrow. 1t is nothing more nor
ess than a commodity. 1t is an ar
,icle of traffic and speculation. Break
he hydra-headed monsters neck and
he rich will cease to speculate off the
or to further inlpoverish
he poor, or working class. Make
he value of silver permanent and it
Will cease to be an article of traffic,
md the shylocks of Wall street Will
ease to be capable of causing vicious,
legislation, with it's
limy train of evil concomitants.
| say fight them and rattle the
,ell till the ship goes down. We
want no laggards in the Silver Camp
let each strive to gain the fore
most ranks. Let us fight it out on
slime, ifit takes the remainderof our
latural lives, and may God assist the
light.
Yours Truly,
A. b. Treece.
S