The morning call., 1893-07-23
PROTECT OUR MINES.

George w. Baker, the next speaker. said
he was glad to see that the men of Cali
fornia had sympathy enough for their
fellow-la borers to stand shoulder to shoul-
der with them for their rights.
''At whose demand was the call OF
Grover the First issued for Congress to
meet to wholly demonetize silver?" be
continued. 1t was at the demand OF Wall
street and not of the laborng people.
Isn't silver good money? ["Yes," came
from all over the hail. The banks that
failed did so not because they had too
much silver but because they lacked it. A
false impression exists that under the Sher-
man act the Government has 10 receive
silver and pay for it in gold. Silver certif-
cafes are given in return and put In circu-
lation.
"Why should we not have free coinage
of silver in the United States? because
that would not suit the finan cers of
England. TO VIII ON we owe millions OF dol
lars. l am in favor Of legslating for the
American people and letting the British
Parliament take care of its own. Zap.
plause. Gladstone said that England was
opposed to free coinage because it is a
creditor nation. If that be SO. debtor
nation like the United States ought to be
in favor of it.
CIIFoI Ill ulD8 Is Ouo VI tHo mdlu H.
dustries of this country. In several States
there is scarcely any other industry. Shall
we stand idly by and see the industry of
the laboring people Of that territory
destroyed and themse driven out as
tramps? [Cries of "No!] We can use all
the silver We mine. and we will continue
10 coin it when Grover Cleveland has
passed to the great beyond. II there be
anybody more opposed to silver coinage
than another it is Grover Cleveland.
[Cheers and few Kisses. In saying this
| have the utmost respect for those good
Democrats who will be found battling for
our rights in Washington.
THE course OF the President in using
the patronage of his Office to coerce Con-
gress to his methods is nothing less than
bribery. 1t is meaner than buying them
at so much head.
Horace Greeley said, in a speech at
Placerville, that it would take 100000 men
100 years to mine the metal between Mount
Shasta and Pixies Peak. l think before
Congress adjonrns Mr.. Cleveland will fud
he took too large contract when he called
it together.
"rhe director of the mint says that Lon
don fixes. and will always fix. the value Of
the money used in the United States. Can
it be true that London, with its three-ball
game, does this-that 65,000.0O0 of Amer
lean neople are dictated TO by foreign
city, vOlce-Tne Mint director Is n
forelgner."l Baker-Of course he's for
egner. and he ought never to have been
allowed to land in the United States.
[Cheers.
IF We have not the power to regulate
our own finances. declare, as an Amerl-
can citizen, that the country is not worth
preserving. [Applau>e.] Money is what
makes the mare go. and if we cannot regu-
late our affairs Independent of foreign ma
tions we have not a Government worth
keeping. We cannot regulate our affairs
by ourselves If we have honest officials !;
and we will get them. Applause.
II would make IL warm climate for
any Congressman on his return to this
State who votes for Baron Rothschild and
John Sherman on this occasion. Ap-
plause. The principal buildings in this
city were erected with the silver taken
from the Comstock. The Palace Hotel is
an example. Shall the mines be left un-
protected by us? II the question were
left to this meeting the vote would be
unanimous"