New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-18
ONE MOEE .lPTE1L.

|
Governor Davis II. Waite, of Colorado. De
sccnd again briefly from the perch. II the
" Rooster is tired of standing guard over our
National libcltcs" in your occasional absences
put the Rev Myron w. Reed, OF Denver. in
charge while you step off and unbend yourself.
The Rev. Mr. Reed, if we have correctly in
tcrpretcd some remarks of his which were
deemed of sufficient consequence 10 be hurled
eastward on the wings OF Lightning In time t.
appear in the newspapers of the Atlantic Coast
the morning after they were touched off, agrees
with YOU perfectly as 10 the " conspiracy" and
the crime" by,which the civilized world have
undertaken to compel the honest miners Of
Colorado and Nevada TO take 70 cents an
ounce or thercabouts for silver the price of
which has been forcordaincd at ~ 20 since
the first recorded transaction in real estate,
when Abraham bought the field of Ephron.
which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre for 400 shekels. The Rev. Mr.
Reed, if interpret him correctly, agrees
with you that the property OF people who are
unwilling to pay 81 30 an ounce for silver
ought to be confiScatcd and redistributcd, and
although he has not up TO date expressed de-
sire to ride in blood up to the horses brides,
VIC have no doubt from the general tenor of
his discourse that he would chccrfully serve
as chaplain in a cavalry regiment enlisted with
that end in view. He seems to be "A safe per-
son TO leave in charge Of "Our National lib
crtes' while you descend from the perch TO
spend a moment or two in negotiation with
The TRIBUNE over some possible plan for
reducing the bloodshcd.
And Just here we deem it proper to say that
next to yourself the Rev. Mr. Reed is con-
sidcrcd by the gold bugs of the East the
most formidable person in Colorado. Since he
came out in the way he did in favor of CON
Gscation and redistribution they have been. in
a terrified conscience stricken way making in
ourios about him. They have learned that he
has be for several years very much dssatis-
fed with the general run of things, and that
sometimes he has been so much worked up
about it as to cvince a willingness to run for
Congress on the Democratic ticket. They have
learned moreover, that the people of Denver
were so fond of him that they would not let
him out of their sight long enough to 20 TO
Washington and right the wrongs of the human
race. But since he made the remarks he did
about confscatlon and redistribution the gold
bugs" have been greatly disturbed lest he
might get away from Denver and come East
No one this side of the Missouri River has
the slightest idea whether when he comes it
will be with contribution box or ream of
sermons or the bosom of destruction But
everybody who has any money laid up has be-
come convinced that whenever he docs start
this way it will be time to take to the woods
Many persons who read your own high fla
vored remarks about blood with something
like camncss were wildly perinrbcd at the
thought that the Rev. Mr.. Reed was liable to
let himself loose on the Atlantic States with
a package of dscourscs. They sad that in
the matter Of blood it was simply a question
of quantity, and at the present rate of immi-
grafton it was not impossible to shed enough
to sat sly your craving and bring the price of
silver up to the neighborhood of 81 %. But
they said that Reed once let loose, with his
views of things, was liable to devastate wide
areas and depopulate States. We give ey.