Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-08-13
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Tho message OF PRESIDENT Cieve-
lard sent to Congress yesterday denls
entirely with financial matters. He
enters into an elaborate review OF
tho business situation. in which he
charges all the ills tho country IL nov
suffering TO tho bullion purchasing
clause Of tho Sherman law. The
message is n we'll written document
and concludes ma follows:
The natler'rls>s above the plane OF
party politica. II vitality
every business md calling and onters
every household in the land. There
is n important aspect which
especially shonld never 10 overlooked.
AT u time like the present, when the
owls 81 unsound iinunee threaten ns,
Il sp%eculator mpy anticipate n harvest
gathered FROM tho misfortGnes OF
othors. a capitalist NAV protect him
self by boarding., or may even lind n
profit in the %luctuation OF values; but
the wage Garner is tho first to be
injured by a depreoiated currency
anI last to receive the benefits OF it's
correction, and is praGLica!!y defense
less. lie relies for work upon the
ventures Of confident and contented
capital. This failing him, his condi-
ton il without alienation, for no can
neither prey on the misfortunes Of
others nor hoard his labor. One OF
the greatest statesmen our country
has over known, speaking aors than
fifty years ago, whom n arrangement
OF the currency had caused CONNER.
cial dlstross. SAID; 1.-The very man OF
all others who has tho deepest inter
est in sound currency aud whu Suffers
by m~ischiovous legislation in mono
tary matters, ia the man who earns
his daily bread by his daily toll"
Those words are rs pertinent now rs
on tho day they were uttered, and
ought to inpressively remind us
that failure in the discharge cf our
duty mt this time must especially in
jurs those Of our co%untrymcn who
labor and who, because Of thor mum
ber aud ooudition, are entitled 10 the
most watohful care Of thoir govern
ment. 1t 10 OF the utnost importance
that such relief rs Congress Gun afford
in the existing situation be Afforded
ut once. The maxim "He gives
twice who gives quickly" is directly
applicable,
II may be true thnt the embarruss.
ments from which the business Of the
country 10 suffering nrise us much
from evils apprehended ns those actu-
ally exieting. We may hope, too,
TINT calm counsels will prevail and
thnt neither capitalists nor wage
earners will give wny to an %unreason-
ing panic and sacrifice their property
ortheir interests under the influence
OF exaggerated fears. Nevertheless,
every dayis delny in removing one OF
tho plain and principal causes of the
present stnLe OF things enlarges the
mischief alrendy done and increases
tho responsibility Of the government
for it's existence. Whatever else the
people have by right to expect from
CnngrcaP, they may certainly demand
that Legislation conde 1ined by an or
deal OF three years disastrous eSpar-
ience shall be removed fro n tho stat.
ute books rs soon rs their representa-.
tives Gun legiiimately deal with it.
1t was my purpose to n
special session early in the coming
September that we might enter
promptly upon the work Of thrift re-
form, which tho true Interests OF the
country clearly demand md which so
large n majority Of the people, us
SHOWN by their suffrages, desire and
expect, and to the accomplishment Of
which every effort OF the present ad-
ministration is Pledged; but willis
tariff reform has lost nothing Of it's
Immediate and permanent importance
md must in the near future engnge
tho attention OF Congress, il Inns
seemed to mo that the financial con.
oitIon OF the country should ut once
md before all other snbjects be con-
sidcred by your honorable body.
l earnestly recommed q prumpt
repeal oil tho provisions Of the net
passed July 18th, 1890, authorizing
tho purchase OF silver bullion, md
that othor Legislative action may put
beyond all doubt or mistake tho in.
tention aud ability Of the government
to fulfill its pecuniary obligations in
money universally recognized by ell
civilized countries.