Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-12-18
DECEMBER Is
THE SILVER SENTIMENT.


respondents, who say they have
made a very careful and exhaust
i've inquiry into the matter,
the House Committee on Ban k
ing and Currency will report
q bill framed on the lines of the
Carlisle plan. This bill, they
claim, will receive the support OF
many OF the Southern members
and possibly of the silver men
from the West 1t will doubtless
pass the House, but may be de-
feated in the Senate.
Many members of the House
who were friendly to silver say
the recent election furnishes evil
dence of increasing unfriendliness
to free coinage. They point to
the defeat of Bland, Pence, Eloe,
and other prominent bimrtallists,
and the election of pronounced
anti-silver men in the various
Western States as indicating that
the people do not want free coin
age, and therefore they must en-
brace the next best proposition
which may furnish the people
more money, even if it be not so
good, and they believe this can be
secured by the Carlisle plan.
This view, however, prevails only
in the House and among mem
bers who were defeated for reelec-
ton. In the Senate the silver
sentiment is as strong as ever,
and it is not probable that bill
based on the Carlisle scheme will
pass that body without a bitter
struggle.
The opinions of the Washing
ton correspondents, nearly all OF
whom are connected, with the met
ropolitan press, may be expressed
for a purpose. The large city
newspapers are opposed to free
coinage and do all in their power
to discourage the spread Of the
silver sentiment tits quite nat
ural that men like Congressman
Bland, who has been advocating
free coinage within old party
lines for years, should attribute
his defeat to a growing feeling
against silver 1t should be re-
membered, however, that Mr.
.
Bland VAS candidate on pat
form that endorsed Mr.. Cleve-
lands Administration. and 1t is
hut reasonable to assume that ms
defeat is mainly attributed to tn
fact. Candid men, who believe IN
the full characterization OF silver
regardless Of it effect on party
would naturally que ton the SIN
cerity of Mr.. Bland or any othei
avowed advocate Of free coinage
who endorsed an Administrators
or party that is opposed to 1t
They knew that if the Democrats
as a party, favor free coinage
they would have the power during
the short session of Congress u
mass a free coinage bill. whateve
might be the result of the Novem
Der election. They could not Sc
how Mr.. Bland, posing as one
the champions of silver, could en-
dorse the administration OF MI
Cleveland, who is as much OK
posed to the metal as Mr.. shei
man. and concluded, as the
could not consistently vote for M
Bland nor his goldbug Republ
can opponent, not to vote at al
Now Mr.. Bland feels, because
his defeat, that the silver sent
ment is not as strong among II
people as it has been. Mr.. Ba
tine. who occupied the same pos
ton relatively to the Repub ice
marty that Mr.. Bland did to u
Democratic party, might urge Il
same reasons for his defeat. II
like Mr.. Bland, professed to be
silver advocate while unfolding
party which Senator Jones says
unalterably opposed to free col
age. The people o. Nevada cou
not see how he could consistent
advocate Republicanism and II
coinage ut the same time al
they did not elect him. His {
feat as well as that Of Mr.. Blar
ONLY proves that intelligent pc
nile. who are sincere in their q
yocacy Of free coinage, will Z
countenance political dupiicity