Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-11-02


our currency standard; and we faro,
an international agreement wb;cs
shall result in the use of both pold
and silver as circulating medium.
There is no evidence here of wb,,
the New York Republicans mean b,
an honest dollar, and there is no ev;
.dence OF a desire for free COINAGE =,
silver except by the consent of foreipn
nations.
A leading daily paper of New Yo,s
city, In expressing its approval of FIJI.
plank, and especially of the clause re-
lating to international agre ement
very truthfully remarks: aThe chancs
OF getting it 1.-THE international agres
ment for free coinage of silver "a.
about the same as getting an agree
ment to stop the movement of IN.
tides" fiz-s go.
That statement also, in my opinion
correctly expresses the chance of oct
ting the Republican party to adopt
the principle of American free coin.
age.
That plank correctly indicates thu
views of the forceful and numerou,
element of the party-not merely tn,
power OF votes, but also the power Of
wealth. For it must be borne IN
mind that in the main the RepubE
can party contains the greatest mas
OF the wealth Of the country. Thu
fortunes founded during the wa,
through the medium of government
contracts, and through early railroad
building, and other franchises Of
enormous value, have been the foup
dation of vast accpmulations in va
rlety of directions. Monetary reform
Is a reform which would tend to keen.
the debt paving power of the dollar
at steady level, so that it would
always, as nearly as possible, repre-
sent an equal amount of sacrifice. In
the effort to arrive at this measure Of
justice, those VINO are profting by in.
justice cannot be expected to assist
They leave to Republicans of the
far Western states, with small popu.
lstions and slight representation in
congress, the innocent and harmless
pastime of drafting and publishing
silver planks to which no one out
side of those states pays any attention.
knowing their strength in the East.
ern and Middle states, they are not
averse to the insertion in national
platforms Of some expressions which
may be interpreted favorably or un.
favorably to silver. according as the
convictions or prejudices of voters
may elect. They care not for planks
or platforms. Neither do the presi
dents whose election they secure, Of
whatever party.
With the active support ana infu
ence OF those who, the greater part,
control the property of the country,
either by mortgage or by ownership
their presidents look with contempt
not only upon platforms, but upon
solemnly enacted statutes, upon the
greater people behind those who make
the enactments. With such facts and
the declaration of both Republican
and Democratic national platforms
regarding silver before them, the Re,
pubicans of Nevada must see that
silver planks in national platforms
are such as dreams are made of-and
bad dreams at that. From this con.
clusion there can be no escape unes
we shut our eyes to the evidence Of
our senses.
The fact is that the true issue for
which the Republican party stands is
the tariff. To that party on this issue
the Democratic party stands in direct
opposition. The questions involved
in the tariff discussion have been