Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-03-15
WREN On BARTINE.
Some of NJ. Barlines Failicies Ex-
posed Facts Against Mistate-

Editor State Journal: Mr.. Bar
tine, according to the report of the
Gazette, used the following language
at the "Republlcan rally" of the Oath
ult.: The Republican, party has
given us all the beneficial legislation
upon the silver question" In his
letter to the Gazette of February
9th he does not deny that he used
that language.
Now, Mr.. Bartine knew when he
made that assertion that the Repub-
lican party had not given US all the
beneficial legislation. We know
that a Democratic House of Repre-
sentatlves passed the bland Bill, ;"
that nealy all the Democrats in the
House and Senate voted for it; that
practically all the opposition to the
bill came from Republican Senators
and members of the House; that a
Republican President vetoed it and
that 1t was passed over his veto by a
Democratic House, not unaided by
large Republican vote, however, for
in 1878 the Republican party was
not as completely under the control
of Wall street as it was when Mr..
Bartine was in Congress. At that
time ISIS nearly one-half of the
Republicans were in favor of the free
coinage of silver.
Mr.. Bartine, according TO his let
ter, also used the following language:
The most extreme anti-sIlver men
in Congress are Democrats from New
York, New England, New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
and Ohio" Mr. Bartine knows bet~
ter. He knows that it would be i'm .
possible for the Democrats fire."
those States to be more aXtr,.~. i'f,
their anti-sllver sentiments aEd a. /,
terances than the Republicans from
those States. For twenty years the q
Republican mt mbers of the House :
aud Senate have almost without ex- |
ception been the bitter and implac- {
able enemies of the free coinage of {
silver. But for the Republicans I
from those States silver would have {
been remonetized long ago. !
What Mr.. Bartine said about the
divisions in the Democratic party on !;
the silver party IS quite true. There !
are two wings in THAI party on that 6
question, but Mr.. Bartine omitted to -.
say hat there are not silver men
enough in the Republican party to
make wing, practically that party
is solid "goldbug."
Mr.. Bartine claims the passage OF
the sherman law" for the Republi-
can party and the claim is true,
But was that legislation beneficial to
silver! At the extra session of Con-
,ress last Summer John Sherman
asserted that the law that bears his
name was passed to prevent the pas :,
sage of a free coinage bill. This as
sertion seems to be born out by the
fact that this same John Sherman
a bill in the Senate to re t
peal the purchasing clause of the t.
sherman law in the Spring Of 1892. a
The Republicans had taken the in "
tiative for the repeal of this law be
ore the formation of the Silver party q
rad been advocated and it was this II
act amongst others that impelled n
to join in the Silver u
movement in this State. If the act
lad been honestly administered no
loubt it would have been benific>
ent law and would have greatly 7
Ielped silver and silver legislation, at
,ut 1t was not honestly administered b.
" the Harrison Administration, and
vas not honestly administered by
he Cleveland Administration, The
republican Administration set Cleve- lie
md bad example and his admins sn
ration, being prone to evil, not only
olfowed, but improved upon it. In XII
gicf, the Republicans passed the 1r
Sherman law" administered it by
sainst the interests of the people -
nd of silver, proposed its repeal al a,
lost as soon as 1t was passed and
elped repeal it by an almost solid
ote at the first opportunity, and yet
gentlemen who says he is silver
IAN claims merit for the Republican
lrty for passing the Sherman law.
Mr.. Bartine, according to his let 81
II, alluded to the free trade policy \
the Democratic party and said: