Mohave County miner., 1893-09-16
BLAINE AND LINCOLN.
How They Favored the Free
Coinage Of Silver.


Within the last ten days the press oi
the nation has stated that President
Cleveland has publicly declared that
nothing except the unconditional repeal
of the Sherman Silver law would be ic-
cepted, vet with the repeal OF that la a
silver ceases to bs longer a money metal
in the United States. In this position
Mr. Cleveland has received the unqual-
iied support Of the moneyed press of
the East--Republcan and Democratic
alike In order that there might he no
donbt OF the position Of the moneyed
press, the men who have peen the lead
ers Of the silver forces in Congress have
been openly and repeatedly branded as
enemies of the public welfare. The
same press that stated that the passage
of the repeal act by the house was re-
ceived with delight by the money-lender
OF Wall Street are now striving to brand
such men as Teller, as Wolcott, as Stew
art, as Vest, as Jones Of Nevada, as
Bryant, as public outlaws. Yet these
men are merely maintaining and sup
porting the principle of the free coinage
OF silver which the Republican and Dem.
ocratic platforms alike have declared to
be for the best interest OF the country
The free coinage of silver which the
leaders OF both the Democratic and Re-
publican parties advocated before cleo
ton, Messrs. Teller, Wolcott. Stewart,
Jones, Vest. Bland and Bryant merely
advocate after election. This is the
essence Of their crime. They merely
ask to-day that the pledges in the plat.
forms on which Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
Harrison went before the people in No
vember shall be respected and per-
formed-thst American politics shall not
be prostituted into mere confidence
game to hood Twink and betrsy the people.
IL laws are to De enacted merely that
the press OF the country may declare that
the money lenders OF Wall street approve
OF them, then the silver men are, in
deed, outlaws. II the moneyed interests
of Wall street are alone to be benefited
by legislation the sooner silver is dead
the better. But il the hundreds OF
thousands Of idle men who now fill the
nation clamoring for bread for them
selves have snv longer a right to he
heard, then these men whom the eastern
press would brand az outlaws have GER
Because Mr.. Cleveland or Mr.. Sherman
says that silver shall be no longer rec
ognized as money metal 10 no reason
why the masses OF the nation shall so
regard it. Because Mr. R.vner. the
American attorney OF the Rothschilds.
leads the fight against silver in an Amer.
lean Congress, there il no reason Why
American citizens shall be refused
hearing in it's behalf II the enemies OF
silver are entitled to respectful hearing,
why should not its friends be accorded
the same privilege?
Better men than either Mr.. Cleveland
or Mr.. Sherman or even Mr.. Rayner,
this paid attorney Of the Rothschilds,
have believed in silver. II is less than
two years ago when every Democratic
Senator except three voted for the pass.
age Of free coinage act. Because pub
lie patronage has now caused these same
Senators to vote against silver, it is no
reason why men who have refused to he
bought should not be entitled to respect.
ful consideration. The men who in this
fight for the repeal Of the Sherman law
refuse to be bullied and cowed into ST.
lence merely ask that the equal rights
vouchsafed silver with gold by the Con-
stitution shall be regarded and respected.
They merely ask that the man who
owes dollar shall not be forced to pay
two for the benefit Of the money lender.
They stand on the same platform on
which stood Jefferson and Jackson, and
Lincoln and Blaine before either Mr..
Cleveland, or Mr.. Sherman or Mr.. Ray.
ner was heard Of In 1866, Mr.. Colfax,