Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-11-01
JONES AT WlNNEMUCCA
HE LAYS DOWN THE LAW
OF BIMETAliSMi
And Rakes the Keeling Hulk
Of Republic anisnn.

The following is the speech dcliv~
cred by John z. Jones of Winnie
muccs. - 49,.
1t is twenty one years since | first
vent tc Washing ton. | pever had a
thought, not a wish. not desire to
otherwise than to represent Nevada
| never had any timidity III facing
the reople of the East, who look
on Nevada disparsgingIy, and of
holding up the honor of the State.
Applause. ....
do not come before you to argue
the merits Of the silver question. l
am sure you are abreast with the dis
cnssion Of this Important question.
1t is of immense importance to all
classes. This money, whose history
extends even beyond historical tradi-
ton, for whose pathway we are blaz-
ing royal road TO the minis, is the
money of the people.
Before Cleveland came into Office
he had promised to veto any silver
legislation, and 70 repeal the Sher-
man law. He said an object lesson
was necessary. la order to do it the
banks tried to teach the " est lesson
Cleveland told the senators that he
could not give any patronage t. those
who opposed him. | denominated it
ghost dance, IF which Cleveland
was floor manager and, am ashamed
to say, the majority of Republican
senators acted As ushers. Applause
and laughter.
What happened when this took
placed Prices fell. Was there too
much money! Was there less sun
Anime in heaven, less fructifying rain,
less genius among her intelligent
peoplel 1t was lack of money that
affected the people.
The Republicans demonetized sill
yer. do not stigmatize the party.
1t was covertly made; yet | fou nd
it out for the frat time when | went
there. | found them all denying it.
| thought they would rectify it. l
thought as much when they said they
were ashamed of it. That they
would in future remedy the wrong.
L made my first speech in 1875 call
ing the attention of the people to the
question. and in 1873 we had the
Bland Law, The New York press
vigorously opposed US as enemies of
the people. A Republican president
vetoed it, but such was the feeling
that it went over his veto. We had
great men then in the Republican
party-Timothy Howe, a man of
great purity of mind, from Wiscon-
sin; his colleague, Mat Carpenter,
an ardent silver man; j. A. Logan
Stanley Matthews. who introduced
tho resolution that bonds be paid in
gold or silver. but under maligning
secretaries gave the option to the
creditor in which to pay. In every
cause in which disputs has arisen
between the masses and foreign credi-
tors the decision has been for
the foreign creditors. Still | hoped
that the Republican party would
remedy the wrong The grea. deeds
of the party which struck the shack.
els from the millions of slaves, caused
me to deal justly with this question
one greater than than that confront
ing us IN 1861. al it concerns not the
freedom of the slaves, but the free
dom of the masses.
The day that the Sherman bill was
passed, wheat fell four cents, and all
other products fell. The bankers
know nothing Of the phenomena of
money. they know nothing concern
ing the volume of money or its guam
tity. Have not bonds beer raising
for 20 years? Gold has Increased i'll
value in recent years. Shll | hoped
that the Republican party would see
that to place us back in the position
we were in before 1873 would rest re-
prosperity. But 1t was just after the
war. Railroad building commenced
and wealth sprang up in the North.
They were all gold men because they
were beneticiaries. I saw that they
had not been aroused IN this questi, n
The gold standard advocates never
began to defend themselves. In
series of speeches last session I saw
Senator Sherman in front of me. |