Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-03-10
SENATOR STEWART ON THE
SITUATION.
Aid % the Old PARTIES Assists the
Gold
Deceived Both Parties Tsrred
with the name stfek.
UNITED STATES SENATE,

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not know that both the Republican and
Democratic parties are in favor Of a sin
gle gold standard, and that any aid to
them in any form assists the gold com
bination! No one doubts Mr.. Cleve-
lands fidelity to the banking interests
and gold monopoly. 1t was difficult for
him, Notwithstanding his veto power aud
enormous patronage, together with the
assistance Of the "bank squeeze" upon
debtors, to secure . majority Of the
Democrats in either House to support
his policy; but he had no difficulty in
obtaining the cordial support and almost
unanimous vote Of the Republicans in both
Houses, outside OF the silver States, for any
Measure Of contraction and oppression
he proposed.
An instructive spectacle is now exhib-
tied in the House of Representatives
where Mr.. Bland Of Missouri is fighting
for q quorum to secure the passage Of Q
bill to compel the Secretary Of the
Treasury to coin the silver in the vaults
Of the Government which il is the duty
Of the Secretary to do without further
legislation. The opposition to the bill is
inspired by a determination to destroy
the silver coin and silver in existence.
and to dump on the public the uncoined
bullion for the purpose of compelling the
Government to sell more bonds to fur
nish investments for the gold ring. and
to appreciate gold and depreciste prop
erty and services.
1t is now declared that the Squeeze"
shall continue until the wages Of labor
shall be equalized throughout the world
on the basis Of Egyptian or Asiatic com.
pensation; and statistics show that the
wages Of labor in the manufacturing dis.
tricts Of the East, where protection and
lobor organizations interfered with the
designs Of the trust, have been forced
down more than twenty per cent in the
last twelve months. l do not believe
that the people of Nevada are prepared
to indorse the gold policy of the Cleve-
land administration, supported, as il is,
by q bare majority of patronsge-loving
Democrats and an overwhelming major
ity of monopoly-loving Republicans in
the two Houses of Congress.
The wool-growers are deceived by
both parties. The tariff is for New
England. and she is opposed to the pro-
lection Of wool unless she can have more
than q corresponding increase Of duty on
manufactured articles. She tolerates q
tariff on wool for Western votes. The
Democrats are willing to sacrifice West
ern and Southern interests on the theory
Of free trade, while they vote for q bill
framed to protect monopolies without re.
gard to revenue The gold combination
has already reduced the tariff on wool
City per cent by the depreciation of sill
yer. The tariff levied on goods from
silver standard countries where wool is
produced is fixed at the bullion price Of
silver in those countries, and not at the
coin prices for which it is bought. This
is n of the cunning devices to cheat
the wool-growers, and is why the price
Of wool has fallen under al increased
nominal tariff in the Mckinley bill,
while the real tariff has been decreased
by the fall Of silver bullion in which it is
estimated and fixed.
The delegation from Nevada in the
Senate will do what they can to protect
wool and other Nevada interests; but if
the Government Of this country remains
permanently in control Of national
banks and gold monopolists, the price Of
silver, wool. labor and everything else in
Nevada, as we'll as in every other State in
the Union, will continue to decline. l
am opposed to any party which adheres
to the gold standard contraction and the
rule of the national banks. The admin
istration, with it's patronage. has placed
the Democratic party at the disposal Of
the gold kings. Reed and Sherman lead
the administration forces in the war for
gold contraction and national banks
against the productive industries Of the
country.
Tell our friends that both old parties
are tarred with the same stick. How
can any honest man in Nevada expect to
touch pitch and be not defled? Yours,
very truly. WV. NJ. STEWART.