Mohave County miner., 1892-05-14
The MOHAvE MINER.
core ON CLEVELAND.
rhs sturdy Old 6oman crf,cisss Ne r.
a08eiai Record.

administration TO Harrison's, including
Ciev-lADd's, has be most thoroughly
and completely under the control and IN
dnences and dictalion Of the great capi-
talis,ic com bination which has just scored
another victory against the people on
the silver issue. All these administra-
tious made bitter, savage, war on silver,
aid left no means untried 10 dscr-dit
and break il down aud debase it. No
body knew how MIR Cleveland stood on
the silver question until after he was
elected, and he commenced to war on II
before hrs Inauguration in q letter ad.
dressed TO committee Of members OF
the house Of representatives 100 OF them
who were deputed to confer with him on
the subject.
All Of these administrations, from the
president down TO the lowest reporting
official Of the treasury department, in
messages and reports. denounced silver
coinage, urged ito abandonment. de-
nonnced the s346, ,COO, 900 Of legal tender
notes, a. debt Of the government which
should be raid and the notes taken out
Of circulation, retired and ca anceled, al.
though not cent OF interest runs on
then,; advising the country that gold and
rational bank notes should be our only
circulating medium. with subsidiary sill
yer coin for purposes Of change. This il
the feast to which onr people were in
vited in response to their oft-repeated
demand for free silver coinage, for per-
petuStion VI the legal tender note issue,
and snch other increase of circulation as
cou!d he made in view Of the money
famine under which they we're suffering.
No holder or more audacious defiance
Of the popular viii has ever occurred IN
the history of any government, whether
republican or monarchicsi, than for
nearly fi'een wears has marked the
conrse oi the executive department Of
this government in its dealings with the
silver question. The power Of the Brit
ish- American syndicate Of bankers and
bondholAers. which in 1873 accomplished
the demonstration OF silver, and since
that time has tonight it's restoration with
all its tremendous resources. has proved
stronger than the people. Secure in the
nomination Of President Harrison by the
~oa,,kf,,.n 40 aud nf hia hnsttlstN 40
the free coinage of silver, il he shoulI
perchsncs be reelected. this combiDa-
ton is now giving its undivided atten-
ton 10 placing at the head of the Demo.
cratic ticket name which, like that OF
President Harrison, 10 backed by a rec
ord which OF itself is a guarantee that
free silver coinage will be an impossi-
bili'y il he should become president.
All the powers ard resources OF this
their nimos, tension ior the accomplish.
ment Of this great purpose. Democrat,
mugwump and republican in this COM
bina,ion meet and cooperate with the
utmost heartiness on common ground
for the attainment OF this end. II would
seem that republicans ought IN be con.
tent with debating the nomination OF
their own party; and when they insist on
participating in the selection Of demo
cratic candidate that democrats should
remember that the rule IL good in pol.
i,irs a. in war, that what their adver.
saries desire them to do is exactly what
they shouid not do.
With the moral force inherent in the
presidential office. the veto power and
that which comes from executive pat
ronage, all secured against free coinage
OF silver. whether the president TO he
elected in November next be democrat
or republican, the work commenced in
the demonetization Of silver in 1873 will
be secure ut least for four years more
from the 4th OF March next. Tnis &C.
complished, the victory OF tire banking
and bondholding syndicate OF Europe
and America will have been won, and
these underground workers and manip-
ulators Of onv politics will he content.
with their grip frightened on the throats
of the agricultural people Of the country.
to rest from their political lsbors, utterly
Indifferent as to whether democrat OF
republican president Is elected, to give
10 each party liberal campaign fund,
and to retire to Europe and enjoy their
vacation.
By 6aioon to Europe.