Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-07-30
There o Blood on the Moon and
Giant Co met'is Curling around
the Sun.

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Editor ISDsPENDENr:-F From tho
,usty times OF the past, from back
n the recodiug centuries, even up to
he times Of the Shepherd Kings,
shcn men began FIRST to gather into
communities and 20 barter and trade
me with another, silver and gold we're
considered the royal metals, Jointly
the value Of tho widows
nito and tho peoples money. Is
here ary good reason why silver, MS
money metal should DO destroyed
Reason and justice answer
nons.
Silver minors nrc familiar with tho
history Of tho silver mining industry
in nearly ono half tho country; an in
duslry which has made it possible to
build up great States in this wild,
western territory, dot tho hills and
valleys wIth towns and cities and
grid iron tho country with railroads.
TO tho men who furnished tho cap
ital. TO the miners who welded the
picks and turned the drills, is familiar
the dangers and hardships, the fear
full risks and the enormous expense
Incident TO silver mining. And GER
tuinly nothirg but the fixed value of
coins OF our government, tho FREQ and
unlimited coiuage of the white n'etal
giving it u stable value or ultimate
redemption, could bare induced men
to invest the rast millions OF capital
necessary to develop tho mines aud
build up into civilization and pros
perity the very widest OF our Wild
territory.
And you will agree with mo Mt.
Editor, that u country was never
mere prosperous than IN tho palmy
days Of silver mining, prosecuted
under the protection CT tho laws OF
our Government which guaranteed 10
tho people tho FREQ and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver mt ii
ratio of l6 10 /.
But in an evil hour silver WINS o
crtly stricken down, its value ms n
money metal destroyed, since which
t:mo wo have been going downwards
with the foil OF silver quite rs rapi6-
~ as We went upwards, md to.di y
our mines arc siieat, Il cities. towns
and homes are being abandoned with
hundreds and thousands of men
t%rampinG the country 10 search or
employment which they Cannot
find.
Why was silver demonctizpd? Why
wn5 such n cruel crime thrust Upon
tho people? No such question hnd
been submitted to tho people. No
such legislation had been demanded
rs a party issue. Silver was at u pre-.
MUM and holding i,s with gold
Us it always had dole. Why then
was 1t clundestinely ~strick IN down in
tho Congress Of T3, and that, too,
wnen we were in need OF all the silver
and gold we could produce, so ncces-
snry TO tho resumption Of speaie pay
meut.
/ have hoard many reasons given
why silver should be remonetized and
the criuic OF 30 wiped out, but ms yet
no ii who took part, %innocenlly OF
otherwise, in tho overthrow OF silve,
have been bold enough to defend the
act except tho most cunning and IL
crssrul traitor since the days OF Judas
Israriot and BsnpdIct Arnold, and
that man is John Sherman,
Perhaps onr 20 .cign ana somr NJ
Jul domestic bond holders could ana
wcr the question but Il ey seem 10 be
content to fat;cn on tho proceeds Of
troachcTy and continue 10 push for.
ward secrot legislation in the interept
Of tho few ut tho expense Of the
many.
Without doubt, Mr.. Editor, the
clandestinc Legislation OF our govern
mcnt in dcmouetiaing ono hnlr the
peoples money was brought about by
ono oftho bla"lScst co]uspiracics orcr
perretuated in this country. And
wfilo it seems to have boon an easy
matter TO do 5ase tho white metal and
cortNinly should DO quite rs susy 10
it, we arc now beginning to he
told that wo cannot, we dare not ro-
m~onolize it without an International
agreement.
Strange 10 il not, that wc have The
power 10 destroy our money without
assistance from abroad but We can
not or must not restore il without
the consent Of foreign governments?
What 10 u coinage laws anionrt
to under such circumstances?
But ii short time ago both tho Re.
publican and Democratic parties
rampant to undo tho crime Of
u aud restore tho peoples money.
They did not tell us then TINT itcould
not or should not DO done, butthey
'cem To have been working away with
,sasions, compromises aud subtcr-
until tho clovcn foot is arpnr.
mt mud tho single gold standard de-
10 DO tho only thing possible in
bis countty, and 10 accomplish this
he last vostigo Of II prop is TO DO
swept Away leaving silver totally and
.lopclcssly dcmonetized.
You arc aware, Mr.. Editor, That | |
tho Shorman lnw from start
% finish 40 n snare and u delus on,
,ut IL stands to-day la tho hands CT
bo friends OF silver, ns n last resortto !
the reiuactn,cnto Of the law for
,ho ftco and unlimited coinage OF pii- !
ter.
Under tho Band lnw, whofcin tho
,overr mont was compelled 10 coin !
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