Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-14
AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE.


Colorado issued the following ap-
peal: ..1H..
"TO the Peopls Of the United Stntes:
Tho people Of Colorado, standing
In the gloom OF impending disaster
and representing in condition aud
sentiment tho people Of Montana
Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, South Da-
kota, Utah, Arizona and New dex-
leo. with reverence for tho constiLu-
tion aud unswerving loyalty to the
general government, ask Tor your
oslm and candid consideration OF u o
following facts before you give your
approval to the destruction OF silver
rs money and to the fiusl establish
ment in this country of tho single
gold standard OF values aud thus ut
ono stroke, change all debts TO gold
debts and never ending rise ia gold
and the continued corresponding fall
in the price Of eve'y commodity.
Congress 10 called to meet in extra
session August Tth. Preceding the
call the classy which have struggled
Tor twenty years TO overthrow the
bimstallic money standard provided
by the constitution, inaugurated "a
panic which they untruthfuliy
charged tn tho existing silver law, ig
noEing the fact that there are $780,
100000 outstanding legal tender
notss, commonly called Rrennbacks,
that are equally available with treas
ury notes issued in payment for silver,
TO draw gold from the treasury; that
the balance OF our foreign trade has
changed against us, rendering settle.
ment abroad with American gold u
necessity, and the great bankers nf
Europe are purchasing gold with
which " change the money STANDARD
OF Austria and I'LL the treasury VA ultk
OF other monarchial countries. The
evident purpose was TO create pre- ju-
dice against what ia known as the
silver purchasing act and under pres
sul secure its unconditional repeal,
The succeRB OF this scheme wHa only
partial. Eenal presidential patron
sRe, experimenting fslss and incen-
diary utteFances by the gold press,
aggr~"ated by daily circrlar with
assaults upon the law by eastern
money brokers sent to every commtE
cial body and banking corporation IN
the country, possibly won over the
house OF representatives TO IT; but
even the presi Dent has admitted TINT
in the senate there is u staunch ina
jority against IL. Suddenly, like u
firebell 10 the night the news ia fiasr ed
beneath the oceans that free coinage
in India il suspended and the market
price had fallen within forty. eight
hours fully twenty cents an ounce
"This sturtling action was forced
upon the Iudlan government without
a moments warning. Abe step was
hold In secret contemplation by the
British government for months, to
be taken at critical md opportune
time when the CONSERVATION it must
create would stamp out the last
phalanx VI bimetallis,n defenders,
add mnst have had as one Of it's chief
aims the intimidation OF the senate to
bring it il. line with the su bservieu,
lover house. Immediately the wires
wore burdened with appeals To the
President from banks and clearing
h3uses and commercial bodies domi
mated by them for an sxtra session
and to tho Senators, to repeal the
Sher man law, which, it was Claimed,
was responsible for the disaster.
"rhe call is made; tho tune for the
,FessioD IL to commence early-.so
carly, indeed, that may it not have
been the hope Of the President that