Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-08-17
THE SILVER FIGHT.
HOar and Vest Leave the Gold
Men.

Vest left the administration to-da,
and is now a hostile Injun. In /;
three hours speech he put both the
President and the Secretary on the
Goals and roasted them to a turn and
gave general notice that he would
pitch his tent in the silver camp
hereafter and hunt with the silver
beavers.
Further he said he had left the
Presidents retinue because no silver
bill would ever receive the chief ex-
ecutiVe's signature.
This was a bold assertion and it
fairly staggered the goldbugs, who
had been deluding themselves with
the idea that they could deceive the
silver men into repeating the Sher-
man act, Internationally, On the
premise that they would support
some silver measure at ratio higher
than 16 to L. They knew that they
could not carry out their
promise and the gold standard
would be safe, because the President
would veto any silver>coinage law
they might enact. They were I'M
masked and with their features ex-
posed to the full glare of the light
they squinted and squirmed uncom-
fortably.
More defections are likely to fol-
low, and it is understood that there
is great disappointment among the
friends of the yellow metal because
Senator White of California is not in
favor of uncondition repeal.
In the House the silver advocates
are rapidly picking up courage.
They now believe that the President
will be unsuccessful i'll his barefaced
effort to coerce that body into voting
as he directs. There are signs that
many members from the South have
that 1t is better to come
back to Congress and the gay life in
Washington than to submit to the
decree from the White House.
Their friends at home have cautioned
them that to vote for gold and New
England money>lenders means for
them political death. and they have
taken the hint.
The most surprising piece of in
emanating from the House
to-day Is that when the vote is taken
on one of the substitutes providing
for coinage at ratio yet to be de-
cided upon there will be a great de-
lection in the gold ranks, led by
Reed, who of course legis,ates on
money matters according to the New
idea.
Mr.. Bartine is now here and is &C
a world of good
quietly among his former colleagues.
He has acquainted himself thorough
ly with the situation, owning to fine
opportunities for observation, he
being accorded the privilege of the
floor, and his opinions, therefore,
are valuable. In conversation he
said among other things: l believe
that the enactment of free-coinage
law upon any ratio is in the highest
degree impossible. l think that
free coinage at 16 to 1 cannot pos
sibly be carried through the present
House.
The moment different ratio is
proposed there is possibility of the
silver men breaking ranks.
The danger lies in our not being
able to get the entire strength of the
silver vote on any one proposition.
In the Senate, upon direct vote,
l think repeal would also carry by a
narrow margin, but the silver men
are in position to fight intermin-
ably and they show every disposition
to do so. / think the final outcome
will either be compromise favor
able to silver or the maintenance of
the existing law.
The silver men have had the best
of it SO far, and the result may be
different from what l anticipate
1t is now SAID that Senator Hoar is
opposed to the unconditional repeal
of the Sherman act.