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

Guore ID no argument In u Sneer.
1t Is well known that the STRENGTH
OF the third party has thus far been
among the agricultural classes. Yet
this party is by the gold standard
press termed a party of socialists, and
communists, If not indeed anarchists.
Up to the present time, throughout
the history of the country, the farm
ers OF tho United States have be en-
deemed above all things else, consery-
ators OF public morals-the element
OF conscience, Of honor, Of honesty, of
conservation and of liberty. They
were the men Of Concord, of Lexino-
ton' OF Bunker Hill, of Valley Forge.
How comes it that this class of men
who, In times past, have been deemed
the very mainstay of the Republic,
should now be stigmatized as social
lists and communists? Should it not
suggest to rejecting men who do not
happen to be agriculturists, that per
haps the situation seriously needs
examination. And, if it be true, as
the committee say, that athe Popu-
lists represent everything that is
Wild and visionary in American poll
tics" may that fact not be due to the
conscientious Efforts of patriotic
Americane, impatient of wrong, and
who, in order to secure redress Of
their grievances, are seeking rene.
dies In a variety of directions at once.
when perhaps if correct monetary
remedy were first applied, the other
evils complained of would be very
greatly mitigatedP
In my letter to Mr.. Strother I
stated that the practical question be.
fore the people of Nevada was, how
most surely and quickly to accom-.
phsh' the object which they had in
view. On this point Mr.. Coffin says:
This is undoubtedly the main issue.
What we all want are substantial re-
suits. 1t is right upon this vital
point that your letter is essentially
weak. From it's beginning to it's end
there ID not fact or an argument
employed which even tends to show
that anything can be gained by new
| course"
Inasmuch as Mr.. Coffin criticized
my failure to show that anything can
be gained by the new course, 1
wonder why he did not think it in
cumbent on him to show that some
thlnghad been gained by the old
course? For eighteen years the sill
yer men in congress have worked in
season and out of season, struggling
for results within the lines of the old
parties. / should like somebody to
point to the results. If, as a con-
sequence OF eighteen years of unre
hitting labor, on the part of every
silver advocate who has been in
either house Of congress, no one can
point to one line, or even one word of
result which remains to-day, do not
see why should be asked to predict
what is to take place in the future,
The work of the silver advocates in
congress has borne great fruit, but
not in congress. The campaign of
education which has been incessant
II carried ON for eighteen years, has
t.nined onr people to point at
Which they are ripe for free coinage.
If they can only get their votes count
ed ior it, but this they cannot do in
the old party. They have been vot-
ing for years for presidents who
have been the bitter foes of silver,
The letter Of the Republican com.
mittee says, ain the strict sense the
Office OF (senator) is q political one
and the Republican party is entitled
TO representation for the full term of
six years from the 9TH of March, 1891.
| As yon announce now, that you can