Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-08-18
TWO PICTURES
Different Ways of Doing Things
After the Fall Elections.

| men have carried nearly all of the
Western states. Under these cir
cumstances we can imagine scene
something like this:
Scene, Banking house in Wal
street.
Goldbug-Well gentlemen / see
you got my note, but / must cal
your attention to the fact that you
have kept me visiting nearly quar-.
ter Of an hour. am accustomed to
do my business with more dispatch,
but we wont bother about that. ]
suppose you are here to continue the
old arrangements at the regular
terms.
Lets see Preaching for a check
book) the syndicate authorizes me to
pay a million to each of the National
Committees, half down and the bal
ance two years from now after the
Presidential nominee has come to
our terms.
Chairman Republican National
Committee. But Mr.. Goldbug, l
fear my party can't enter into any
agreement this year. You see our
party must have votes and if we don't
pass some sure enough silver bills
this session we are gone forever,
You see the " est is dead on to
our game and the East is also getting
on to it fast. We can't work these
silver convention planks any longer.
Those d Nevada, Colorado, Kan
sas and Nebraska fellows are making
such a roar that the whole country is
getting its eyes open, and if we
don't remonetize silver and that
pretty quick there1 be no Republ-
can party.
Chairman Democratic National
just what r.
came to talk about. My people have
decided that we can't hitch with you
any more. If we do the whole Dem
ocratic party goes to the demnation
bow vows. We've helped you work
the game as slick as We could, but
when whole states get right up and
old line politicians quit the parties
they have been serving fer years, by
Jove they mean business. We must
stem the tide and the first party that
passes silver bill will be the party
in power FOR the next quarter of a
century.
Rep.-That sir, will be my
party.
Dem. No sir, we have bill al
ready prepared,
Rep, (rising. Mo party can
outdo mine in its devotion to silver.
Dem.-You demonetized it in 1873
and have voted against it over
twenty times since then.
Rep.-If you fellows had stood in
solid we could have helped you pass
It.
Dem,-Doh't talk to me you dirty |
lar
Rsp.-I'l smash your head!
Grabs chair.)
Goldbug.-Here you lunatics, don't
yst excited. Separates them.) Save
his pantomime from the public.
we bought both of you fellows ever
ince '73. You got your wages right
.long and by standing pat with both
ides we always owned the Presi-
lent no matter which way the cleo
ion went.
This plan saved US a good deal of
l never laid awake nights
retting about the count, well, l
,uess the jig is up and we'll have to
ret back to honest money and give
he people show, but we've cleaned
Up several hundred millions on the
and We have no cause to
The wonder to me is how
o transparent a game could have
,een worked on millions of inteli-
.ent people so long. Well good day
some day when things
Iuiet down and a new crop of fools
ONE along we may do some more
BUSINESS.
Both-It Will take a new scheme,
his monte game has been thorough
= exploded
ANOTHER VIEW,
Now supposing the old parties
ave formed their ranks once more
nd the Silver party has been turned
own.