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and they could easily operate under the
schedule proposed.
4 motion to indefinitely postpone the
! whole matter was made by Mr.. STANDARD,
| but failed of adoption.
Mr.. Afford said great deal of time
had been consumed in discussing the
substitute and the original amendment,
but he did not consider the discussion
futile. If the Godchaux amendment
should fail of being submitted TO the peo-
pie by this Legislature, in his opinion
the next Legislature would be elected to
carry out the very provisions of what
the amendment now proposes.
WOULD BEND EVERY RAIL.
Thomas, the Santa Clara Populist, gave
vent to the anarchistic statement that
unless some relief was afforded the peo-
pie would bend every rail of the Southern
Pacific Company into the shape of the
| letter IS"
Mr.. Kahn favored the adoption of the
Godchaux amendment, and opposed the
substitute. He said Railroad Commits
sioners had been failures, and no greater
mistake, if any, could be made by sub
hitting the Godchaux amendment to the
people than was the creation of the Rail-
road Commission.
Mr.. Taylor was also one of the mem
bers who had implicit faith in the for
mulators of the amendment, although he
knew nothing about it himself.
Mr.. Shanahan, after studying the Bar
low substitute, believed it possessed some
good points, but the substitute was not in
| exactly the shape to suit him. If the
substitute could be brought before the
Assembly, SO as not to conflict with the
Traffic Association amendment, he would
support it.
THEY ARE oBSTRUCTIoNISTS.
Every man here knows that the
amendment will not be submitted to the
people," said Mr.. Barlow. He said the
Traffic Association leads Leeds its
lambs around, and the latter did not
know whittier they were going. After
these members of the Assembly know
that the amendment will not be SUBJ
mitted to the people, they are simply act
ing as obstructionists by not supporting
my measure, which will afford the relief
which the people demand.
vote was finally taken on the substi-
tute, which was lost, % ayes being re-
corded in its favor as against 30 noes.
Debate was cut of on the original
amendment by the moving of the pre-
vious question. Mr.. Duckworth and
others manifested their desire to speak on
the question, but the Traffic Association
supporters were tired of listening to facts
and figures showing up their errors and
Inconsistencies, and they demanded the
roll-call.
Pending the announcement of the re-
suit, call of the House was demanded.
Messrs. Hamilton, Emeric and MCGOWAN
were absent. The Sergeant at-Arms sue
ceeded in bringing Mr.. MCGOWAN, and
reported that Mr.. Emeric was seriously
i'll, while Mr.. Hamilton had gone to his
home in Placer County. Further pro-
ceedings under the call were dispensed
with. Messrs. Jacobs, Talbot, Taggart
and Shanahan changed their votes from
aye to no. The amendment received fifty
two votes in its favor and twenty-five
against, lacking two of receiving the re-
quisite two-thirds.
Mr.. Shanahan gave notice that TODAY
he would move a reconsideration of the
vote whereby the amendment failed of
adoption.
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The Senate Committee on County Gov
ernment met after adjournment yester-
day for the purpose ofinquiring into and
reporting back Senate Bill No. SO, intro
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THE CHARTER SAFE.

THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DE-
PARTMENT BILL KILLED.
Prominent Sacramento Citizens Give
an Exhibition of show
to Do IT,
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AFTERNooN SESSION.

a majority of the committee appointed
TO investigate the charges of James w.
Rea against Assemblyman II. III. Holm.
son, that he offered to sell his vote for
500, reported that the charges were un-
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LcoNT1NuED ON EIGHTH rAaE.l
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
WHY INCREASE THE Ratio OF
GOLD AMI SILVER IN COIN?

Some persons are now urging upon
Congress the great Importance of chang
ing the ratio Of gold and silver, if the
coinage Of silver is to be continued, from
the present ratio of Is S to 20 to l Of
gold. This is only a concession to gold
monometallism, and wholly foolish and
unnecessary. In fact, if we are To be
guided by the productions of the mines
for the past eighty eight years, it would
be found to be wiser to decrease the ratio
to l31 to 1. Here are the figures. The
world has mined Of gold 1912 tons,
and of silver 95. $50 tons in the past
lightweight years, or just exactly l3a
of silver to | Of gold.
Only by the unwarranted act Of the
government Of England, did the price Of
silver fall, and only by the acts Of de-
monetization is it prevented being worth
all il was and all it should be. at is
hard to kick against the pricks," and
that is what the gold party is doing.
Let the United States coin both gold and
silver for all the miners Of such metals,
charging them only what il costs to do
the work, and our nation will be better
off in the NATTER Of money than any other
people in the world. -Empire Of Finance
and Trade.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
STEER CLEAR OF THEM.

The Wadsworth Dispatch says: A
Sacramento grocery. provision and
general merchandising firm is sending
out sealed letters to the people of this
section and claims to hold out special in.
ducements to those who send in orders.
II is a wiser plan to let such firms alone.
They generally get the best Of the pur-
chaser in the long run, for you pay them
cash and have no chance to examine the
goods or return them il the quality is
poor or weight light. We need as much
money in circulation ct home as possible
and 1t will always be found the best
policy to buy Of home merchants and
steer clear of these price.list grocerymen
Of Sacramento.
This is good advice and well worth the
attention Of u people in Eureka. One
Of the principal reasons why our mer-
chants are not able TO carry the miners
and prospectors Of the district is, that q
large portion of the cash business Of the
camp is given to merchants in other
places, who do not care whether Eureka
sinks or swims. Keep your money st
home and help your home merchants. in
order that they may help some other
person in your neighborhood, and in the
long run you will be the gamer. II a
merchant doing business in Eureka wants
. house built be would not send to Sacrs.
mento or any other place for carpenters
or painters. but he would have the same
right to do 80 as such artisans, resident
in Eureka, would have to send away for
the goods they need. So is il with miners
and ell other class Of workmen. If q
mine superintendent needs . force Of
miners, he has an equal right to send to
Montana. Ireland, Cornwall or Italy for
men as the miner has to send to Boston
or New York for the commodities he
needs for his personal use. It is only BY
circulating your money at home that you
may expect to make your town prosper.
Gus.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
NOTE OF

II would appear from certain express
sions arising out Of the silver question
that there is more or less dissension even
among silver men and their opinions.
Certain silver men and newspapers pub.
lished in the interest Of CT friendly to
the silver cause, even the Rocky
Mountain News, are advising that il we
cannot secure 9 ratio OF l6 to |, il would
be better to accept IL, is, 10 or 20 to /.
This is giving 3 tip to the gold bugs and
encouraging them to think that the sill.
yer men are driven TO such q state OF
desperation that they will be compelled
to accept any terms that may be thrown
TO them as o sop. Worse than that, it
encourages our enemies to believe that
the repeal Of the Sherman Act may be
carried in the lower House by . big ma
jority. The Populist party. however.
are strongin their claim and demand for
the restoration Of silver as it stood upon
the statute books previous to the act
which ~demonetized il in 1873. And they
are undoubtedly right. The object OF
the gold bugs is to ignore silver and keep
the debtor class in abject subsection. so
that the bankers and millionaires Of the
country may 90 on forever filing their
Golfers to OVERLOOKING at the expense OF
the industrial classes. To thwart them
is the sacred duty Of every living soul in
the silver producing States and Territor-
les, as well as every citizen throughout
the country who has its welfare at heart.
1t lie the duty Of all patriots to zeal
ously watch the actions and expressions
of every man whose sentiments are I'M.
friendly to the contamination Of our just
wishes and to silence all opposition to
the silver cause until the battle now be-
ing fercely waged shall have been fought
and won. 1t matters not 10 the gold
bugs, the money sharks Of the country,
what the ratio may be il it only
be raised to point that would
render silver absolutely vslueless;
therefore it is our imperative duty to de.
mand up to the last moment that silver
shall be replaced in its ~time.honored
position, at q ratio Of l6 to /; this and
nothing else. The gold bugs are mercen-
airy and stop at nothing. even criminal.
to further their ends. They are power
full beyond conception, for they have al
most untold wealth to back them in every
nefarious scheme to destroy silver and
wipe il of the earth. They will not be
slow to venally approach any member OF
the Natural Legislature who may show
the slightest weakness in the perform.
ance Of his duty, and there is no doubt
that large sums will be used, if they
can be, to tempt the weakened; but
any man who would even listen to the
insidious voice Of the tempter should, it
known, be promptly spotted and de-
nounced as . traitor. He would richly
deserve the utter contempt Of all men
whose honor is above reproach.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26

Voorhees,, 1.-THE Tall Sycamore Of the
Wabash" chairmano Of the Senate Finance
Committee. having backed down from
the honest position and views he formerly
took upon the silver question, recently
introduced q bill in the Senate to enable
the national banks to swell the volume
Of their currency to the amount Of the
par value Of the bonds deposited by
them. This is in perfect keeping with
the unsound policy Of the gold ring, who
prefer q rag or shoddy currency to
honest hard money. The bill is a make
shift of the worst character; il is against
the interests of the people, as it is calcu.
lated to lessen security against failure.
1t is . direct blow at the objection which
national banks were instituted.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
OF SENTIMENT IN ENG
LAND On SILVER.

Precisely the same contest upon the
subject of remonetizing silver is to take
place in England that 10 now taking place
or will hereafter be carried on in this
country. The thing which produced the
change Of opinion and disposition to open
the question in that country, was the act
of the Indian government in refusing
free coinage in India. The disastrous
consequences Of the ACT have sharpened
the minds Of English 6nanciers, and
brought the government to g full con-
sideration of the subject again, and be-
fore the banking population expected it,
several very competent members OF
Parliament began to debate upon the
subject, and some Of them have found
faith in the worship Of silver as well as
gold.
Mr.. Balfour has actually discovered
that the world cannot get along 10 its
business without silver money, and some
| other worthy minds are coming to him
in this small beginning, Of what will be
| the fearful destruction Of gold suprem.
acy and the Bank Of England in the
money affairs Of the world within the
| present period. Let us suggest, for the
purpose Of startling the friends Of gold
in this country, that there will be no
| cessation Of the agitation OF the subject
in the English government, in Europe
| and all British colonies, until the whole
problem is solved, and silver is converted
into money, so far Is il is not employed in
the arts and manufscturingof the nations.
| The bare beginning Of discussion Of the
subject in England is the certain sssur-
ance that the agitation Of the question
will pass over ell such parts Of the world,
and bring all nations to their senses upon
the subject Of metallic money. Those
| Of our friends who are pleased with what
they suppose is q prospect Of the further
demonstration Of silver have only to
look to the few things spoken by En-
glish officials at the present time to find
another great nation becoming wholly en-
wrapped by the discussion Of such sub
tject, and in q way to pressge q whirl-
wind Of change in the money and pres.
| emit opinion Of the ~6nanciers Of that
country.
All the pleasure arising from the ex-
pectation that our government will put
a stop to futher discussion Of such ques-
ton, and settle the fate OF silver for the
world, is to be put to fight by q few
more u~tterances by British officials in
Parliament and elsewhere. The jubilant
feeling Of gold worshippers Of the pres.
emit moment will be Of so short
q period, it will be little better than q
dream Of the sleep.
You may look for your hopes to be
blasted, and also for the whole worlds
discussion OF the silver problem before
Congress has been in session q month,
and eventually you may look for q
complete restoration OF silver to money
in all parts Of the world. Empire Of
Finance and Trade.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
GOLD nue. HENDRIX OF BROOK.
LYN. N. Y.

81 suppose, gentlemen, in dealing
with this question to bring to you facts.
We may monkey with silver. but we can
not monkey with facts. When. on Janu.
airy l, 1879, we resumed gold payment
there were only coined s24, ass. $50,
and Of this amount only Sc, 204, OSl,
counting the dollars and certificates,
were actually sfoat."
Such were the utterances Of Congress
man Hendrix Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Now, If this is not entirely false and
on utter misstatement of facts we are
not qualified to express an opinion. There
never have been any special payments Of
gold made obligatory upon the Govern
ment that through any cause have been
abrogated; consequently. there could be
no resumption of gold payments. The
resumption was Of specie payments. that
is OF gold and silver, the constitutional
money Of the country. Such are the in.
disputable facts. II all of the admistra.
tions that have held power since specie
payment" was established had acted
upon the strict construction Of the law,
instead Of becoming the servile agents
and tools Of the R~othschilds and their
Wall street coadjutors, silver would not
have deprecated as it has. When we
consider that John Sherman. during his
administration as Secretary Of the Treas.
ury. needing gold, upon q call for an ex-
change, procured from different parts Of
the country eighty-millions Of that cur
rency in exchange for the same amount
in silver certificates. ii is clearly shown
10 what estimation silver was then held.
as a money metal in the country; but as
soon as sufficient gold had been secured
through an exchange for silver certi6-
Gates for the convenient transaction Of
the business Of the Treasury, the real
purpose Of the gold bugs. who were
backed by the then existing and every
succeeding administration, began to
show the cloven foot. By the wilful re-
fusal Of the several Secretaries Of the
Treasury to exercise the powers
vested in them under the COIN
age laws affecting silver, the sill
yer coins Of the country have been
practically, if not actually, ignored
by each successive administration. Yet,
in spite all the blackmail operations Of
the Shylocks, the combined money
power Of Europe and their plant tools
in this country, backed by the whole
power Of an unfriendly administration
that stops at nothing (even to bribing
Congressman. In spite Of all these dis.
advantages the silver dollar, the de-
spised sixty.cent dollar according to
Hendrix and his ilk) is to-day quoted
at q premium of several per cent, and
being used by these same d~ecriers Of its
value in payments at par, and they are
extremely glad to get these dollars to
use sven by paying a premium on them.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
HOPEFUL VIEW OF THE sITUA.
TION.

The Salt Lake Herald of the 18th inst.
says: Thomas Kearns, the we'll known
Park City mining man, and n Of the
silver delegates from Utah, returned
last week from Washington. He takes
q hopeful view of the situation and to q
Herald man said: "The Bimetallic
Congress at Chicago did the cause much
good, as IL brought the leaders to-
gether and enabled the champions of the
white metal to exchange views and come
to an understanding. The cause is gain.
ing steadily every day, and since Con-
gress met there has been a great change
in sentiment. The outlook for free coin.
age is most encouraging, but the silver
men will have to concede something
as to the ratio. We cannot get all we
want or deserve, but we are certain Of
favorable legislation. The Utah delega-
tion had the pleasure Of meeting Con-
gresham Bryan. and we think that the
first district of Nebraska is represented
by . Democrat who is not only an honor
to his State, but to the nation. The
silver delegates at Washington are
strong men, and the people may rest as
sured that they are leaving nothing
undone that will help the cause. The
Sherman law cannot possibly be repealed
unless something better is given. and we
confidently lock forward to . victory.
When il comes. the languishing indus
tries OF the West will be instantly re-
vived, and operations in all our mining
camps. which have been at . standstill
for months, will be resumed"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
POOR BUSINESS ExPEDIENCY.

Sell gold bonds and buy gold, say the
mopeyed men.
How long will the gold thus bought
last! A few months; then more bonds.
Cleveland punctured that stiffness in his
message. This countrY's policy is to pay
of it's debt. 1t can preserve the sound
ness Of its money without going into
debt for gold.
In money, as in everything else, we
depend too much on the Federal Govern
ment already. The coinage Of gold and
silver will give an equitable standard for
business settlements and q reserve basis
for credits. The Government will be
enabled to cover its notes with its re.
ceipts. and without floating new bonds
for the bankers Of New York to handle
on commission.
We have been getting too near to the
English system Of finance. Sherman
and his party gave us . gold standard
and made the currency an attachment Of
the Governments banking operations.
A start in the other direction would be
better.-St. Louis Republic.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
FOR RECIPROCAL COMMERCE

The question is being agitated Of hold.
ing a convention, say at st. Louis. for
discussing the project Of combining the
West and South in commercial relations
for the purpose Of Withdrawing our trade
from the East and establishing reciprocal
commerce among ourselves. st. Louis
is q good commercial center, and New
Orleans and Galveston can be made to
offer as many inducements 10 the way Of
shipping facilities as New York can
boast Of. The West buys Of the East to
the extent of $50. 600, 600 yearly, and
yet the East is doing its best to destroy
our chief industries, and insults us if we
protest against the outrage. To retaliate
we must touch their pocket books, cur
tail their profitable Western revenues;
and this can be done by diverting the
trade Of the West to the East to the
South. We favor this plan; it might
knock a little sense into our Eastern
friends.-Salt Lake Stock and Mining
Journal.
st. Louis would be the proper place
for such q convention. Missouri is the
home Of those honest and persistent
champions of the free coinage of silver.
Senator Vest and Congressman Bland.
1t is ALEC the home of the st.
st. Louis Republic, n Of the strong.
est advocates Of free coinage 10 the United
States. The people Of that section are
entirely friendly to US, and it is but fair
that st. Louis should be the choice Of sill.
yer men for a convention or anything
else wherein We can reciprocate the ad.
vocacy of principles and measures that
benefit Nevada and her principal in
duatry
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26

Rupee paper having fallen afew points
it is possible the cobra de capello may be
inoensed to drive Its poisonous fangs into
the body Of the British lion. II 10 not
to be expected that the people Of India
would be pleased with the late action Of
the Indian Council; they may yet teach
England . salutary lesson on bimetal-
liam.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26

Secretary Carlisle has written q letter
to VOORHEES, explaining that the proba-
BILE expenses that would attend the re.
coming at q ratio Of 20 to l of the silver
dollars and subsidiary coins that were
coined since 1878, together with the
extra amount Of silver that would be re.
quired, would amount to SIP, sec, 32l,
which amount would have to be appro.
Priated from the Treasury by Congress.
This is another block to be used to the
wheels OF free coinage.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26

Eastern gold bug newspapers are say
ing that the silver mines Of the West
are sensibly going back to work and
making the best Of the low price Of sil.
yer. 1t Is true that some Of them are
doing so from force Of circumstances,
but many Of them, under the ruinous
prices paid for silver. are not making
enough to pay for their daily rations.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26

II is peculiar how persistent certain
Eastern journals are in asserting that
the development Of the communities of
the Western mining States and Terri
tories has passed the mining stage. In
support Of such statements, the lands Of
Colorado are shown to have produced last
year ten million dollars more than all Of
her mines Of gold and silver. but IL is
not shown. as is the fact. that nine
tenths Of the production from the lands
Of Colorado and each and all Of the
mining States and Territories depend on
home consumption for their markets,
and that if the mines were all closed
down the lands would not be worth one
dollar an acre.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
NOTICED.
I'm the District Courts OF the state
Of Nevada, Eureka County.
In the Matter Of the Estate of A. d. Rock,
Deceased.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT JAMES
IN @. Powell has filed with the Clerk OF
said Court . petition praying for Letters
Testamentary OF the estate Of A. ID. Rock, de.
ceased, and that Friday, the 18th day OF
September. 1898, Al 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the same
being Q day Of the regular session Of said
Court, ct the Courthouse, and In the Court
room thereof. IN the town Of Eureka. said
county and State, has been set by the CLERK
for the hearing OF said petition. when and
where any person interested may appear and
show cause why said petition should not be
granted.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE.
unto set my hand officially and
[sEALl sfixed the seal OF said Court this
23d day Of August, 1898.
+. II. HARMON,
County Clerk. Eureks county, Nevada, and ex.
oficio Clerk OF said Court.
PETER BREEN, Attorney for Petitioner.
au26-3t
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26

Hoke Smiths paper, the Evening
Journal has called on Congress to pass
. free coinage bill Of both gold and sill
YER. putting enough silver in the silver
dollar to place il on . parity with the
gold dollar; at the same time expressing
the belief that the President and his
Cabinet and the Democratic leaders in
the Senate squsrely favor the plan.
What next, Why not put enough silver
in the silver dollar to cover the earth's
circumference
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26
NOTICE.

All persons indebted 10 the SENTINEL
are requested to make immediate pay
ment, as the business OF the late firm Of
Cassidy & Skillmsn must be settled up.
Persons having bills against the late firm
will please present them.
A. ~SKILIMAN, Trustee.
Eureka. Nevada. May 10, 1893.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-08-26

Ii all Of the silver mines in America
were closed down for q year, absolute
ruin would fall upon every branch Of in.
dustry in the country.