The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-07-21
LINCOLN COUNTY SILVER LEAGUE
An Appeal 10 the Voters OF Lincoln
County in Behalf Of silver

work IN behalf OF the Whlle hetai anu
its members feel confident that success
will crown their efforts;
Pursuant to a call from a numbered
citizens. mass meeting was held at the
Court. house at Phoebe, April 4, 1892, to
form an organization to POLITICAL; ad-
vance the cause of silver. Those who
assembled deemed it advisable to form
said organization:
First-Because the money power of
these United States rests in the hands of
O few men who are in favor Of single
gold standard of money valuation, and
by controlling the finances OF our coun-
try upon the basis of single gold STAN
dard of money valuation, do monopolize
and control illegally and unrightiully
the financial affairs of this nation and
this nations people, to their own per
sonal profit, thereby expressing and
subjugating the farmer, the planter, the
miner, the mechanic and the laboring
and producing classes generally.
Second Because the act of 1873
which dcmonetized silver was surrep-
titously passed through Congress by
these monopolists and bondholders with
the aid of INSCRIPTIONS Legislators,
whose eyes were blinded, and who in
turn have tried to blind the eyes of the
people to the disastrous effect caused by
the passage of said act, that certain
bonds issued by our national govern
ment to meet the exigenciss of an ex-
pensive civil war, upon which the inter-
est was payable in gold, might become
more valuable because of the demonet-
ization of silver and the adoption of the
single gold standard.
Third-Because the passage of said
act of demonstration has caused stop
page in the wheels of industry through
out this nation. 1t has caused our far
mers and planters to lose one-third of
the value of their crops each year since
the passage of said infamous act. l. has
caused our mines to be shut down ard
the population of Nevada to decrease to
an alarming extent. 1t is gradually
causing paralizatlon and stagnation of
business throughout our State and re-
duction in the rate of wages paid to
those who labor for livelihood through
out the land. 1t has caused the principal
business Of the country to fall into the
hands of these few monopolists and
stock spectators who in their turn are
but the tools of the money kings of Eng
land, and has everywhere degraded and
enslaved labor, and has caused and is
causing distress and financial ruin ex-
cept in the matter of the bondholders
themselves, who have amassed colossal
ortunes at the ex pense of our ruin.
Fourth Because both the Republican
and Democratic parties have refused to
take any practical steps looking to a
reconciliation Of silver and rightine
of this outrageous wrong, and to wipine
out this most UNANIMOUSLY criminal law
as they could and should do in our halls
Of Congress. Yet the fear of party de
feat at he hands of these monopolist
causes both Republican and Democratic
parties to cater to their wishes and still
Cypress the people, though a majorit,
of the people of this nation be in favo
of the free aud unlimited coinage Q
silver.
Fifth--Because we believe that b
, united action upon our part as the friend
of silver we can secure the passage of
law providing for the free and unlimite
coinage of silver, we deem it our dut
, as citizens of the United States, as tn
fathers of families, as the carers for an
t protectors Of the aged and inflrm, tt
+ weak and helpless, as the patrons
labor, as the lovers Of truth, Of rigl
; and of justice, to arise and demand FRI
! and unlimited coinage Of silver; and
do this we must organize into one bod
that our concerted action may have Il
more weight and force. and that o.
strength and power may be shown al
felt, and that we may more properly a
d sert the rights and make known the W
IS Of majority Of the people.
u Now, therefore. we do earnestly q
h licit your cooperation in this matt
S. and would be most pleased to recei
% your name as q member Of the Ii
= coin County Silver League, under t
le following
a This League being organized for
N purpose Of securing the remonetizati
is OF silver by the Federal Gov, rnme
ID and believing that such remonetizati
G. is paramount to oil other political issu
lc pledges itself, and each Of its memb
10 pledges himself, to oppose by all leg
"a. mate means the election of any man
~ any Office, National, State or County,
/, the election of any delegate to any c.
vention for the nomination OF candida
for Office, who is not an avowed fri
to the free and unlimited coinage
silver, and the nominees of any cow
. ton whose platform does not DEM
4' such free and unlimited coinage
d silver.
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