Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-04-29
STEWART HEARD FROM.

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. pie of Nevada against the attempt OF
the gold men of the East to reorgan-
ize the Republican gold party Of
Nevada is most gratifying. The Re
publican party which demonetized
silver and has given four~fifths Of its
votes to maintain the gid st;,s.tard
for twenty years, and finally through
the aid Of President Cleveland, has
adopted the gold standard, is not a
free coinage party. The people OF
Nevada are too intelligent to believe
such nonsense, and the motives of
intelligent men engaged N such a
farce must be apparent
Since the discovery of the omission
of the silver dollar from the list of
coins in the Mint Act of 1879, by
which silver WAS demonetiZed, the
people have been in favor of the re
enactment of the coinage act Of 1887
under which silver was coined on the
same terms and conditions which
apply to the coinage of gold. The
| demand for the restoration Cf silver
to the place it occupied as money
metal for thousands of years prev
ious to 1873 has compelled polite
ians and both the old parties to pro-
fess to be in favor of the restoration
of silver and opposed to the destruc-
| ton of one-half the metallic money
of the world by the continued ex-
clusion of silver from the mint and
the reduction of the white metal to
mere commodity
Previous to the extra session there
was a majority in both Houses of
Congress at every session since 1873,
if uninfuenced by money and Fed
eral patronage, in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, hul
every Executive has been g g"
monometallist; and finally at he
ira session patronage and the i'll
fluence of money converted a major
itv elected in favor of free coinage
into a majority for the establish
ment Of the gold standard, which
was done by the repeal of every
statute recognizing silver as a money
metal. About one-tifth of the Re
publicans and about four ffths of the |
Democrats in the two Houses of
Congress previous to the extra SEES
sion made up the Standing majority |
in favor Of silver. The extra session
proved that the Democratic organi-
cation, with the money influence OF
Wall street and the patronage of the
Executive were sufficient to contro.
that great party and subject it to the
dictation of the gold syndicate of
London and New York. The peo-
pie have sought relief from falling
prices and hard times produced by
the rejection of silver as money
metal by electing Republicans and
Democrats to Congress, who pro
fessed to be silver men, for more
than twenty years. The influence of
money, Federal patronage, and party
organization have thwarted and de
feated the demand of the people. No
progress has been made. On the
contrary, the gold power has grown
stronger and stronger every year,
until the circulating medium Is re-
duced to the gold standard, and pro-
gress aud prosperity has given way
to poverty and want.
The losing fight for twenty years
ought to satisfy reasonable men that
there is some defect in the mode of
warfare. The Democratic and Re
publican organizations, with the Fed
eral Executive who is always gold
man, have been the 'enemy's camp,
The people have sent their silver
representatives into those hostile
camps. The experiment of conduct
ing war against gold monopoly with
the leaders and generals of the PEG
pie in the enemy's camp has proved
A failure. There was no experience
in the history of war which justified
the experiment, and failure ought to
have been anticipated. The easy
victory which the gold combination
has obtained while the generals Of
the people were in Their political
camps has increased the anxiety of
the mauipulators to keep uP the two
old organizatlons If thai can be
done there is no reason to suppose
that the people will be more success