Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-10-31
AN UNPARDONABLF OFFENSE

II appears from the actions Of the
few gold nIen in Nevada that in their
opinion II is An objectionable 0ffense
for a public man or private citizen TO
declare unequivocallv for the free
coinage Of silver. Neither Reruhli.
cans nor Democrats have any use for
men who do 80. Hon. Thomas Wren.
who had been hOnored by the Repub-
lican party with a seat in Congress,
and who was chairman Of several
State conventions. was OStraciSnd and
Vlllltfed bv the party leaders the
moment he declared he would support
no man for office who was not me
qnivOcallv for The restoration of sill
yer. Senator Stewart. whom the Re
~publicans invited TO return to Nevada
and represent the State in the United
States Senate, has been denounced and
roundly abused by the party leaders
since he declare,! that free coinage is
the paramount issue, and that he will
oppose any party thai is opposed TO if.
5000 tN' ~ IL WV as a
Republican was offered his choice of
offices by the men who run the party
machines, has been eliminated and
misrepresented bv those anne leaders
since he declared that he held the re
mOnetiZation Of silver above the sue
cess OF any party. Senator Jones.
who has been for silver since the
crime of 1873 became publicly known
and fought for it within the old party
lines until he became firmly convinced
that the Republican party organiza-
ton is unalterably opposed to the free
coinage of silver at the ratio Of rs TO
!, or at all, is now deemed untitled bv
the Republican Bosses to represent the
silver producing State OF Nevada in
the United States Senate. And even
Mr.. Bartine, whom the Republicans
thought three years ago was the man
70 represent Nevada in the United
States Senate, and who d year g was |
their candidate for Representative in
Congress, hae incurred the displeas-
L u tlC DtF-StS SftttbISt liz ObtIH res |
in his paper that no man should be
elected President of the United States
who is not unqualifedIy for silver on
a free coinage platform
Why is it, If the Republican leaders
Of Nevada are, as they pretend to be.
in favor Of free silver. that they de-
nounc in unmeasured terms like
those mentioned who are doing all in
their power for the silver cause? Is il
not rational to assume that our Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress
know the feeling of the old parties on
the silver question as we'll as the self
constituted leaders OF those parties in
Nevada? Why should Senator Jones
declare that the party with which he
affiliated since its organization was
unalterably opposed to free coinage if
his knowledge Of the party had not
him Of the fact? If the Re
publicans of Nevada are for free coin
age, and a large number of them
most assuredly are, why lot COM
mend rather than condemn the course
Of Senators and Representatives in
What if they offend the
local bosses, who want office for them
much worse than they do RELIEF
the many, by so doing. In what
way will it advance the cause of silver
or the prosperity Of the State to replace
Senator Jones in the United States
Senate or Representative Newlands in
the House with two of those bosses?
The plain truth is there should not be
4 dissenting vote against the r~e-elec-
Of those gentlemen in 1896. The
height of their offending is that they
free coinage above party, but
hat seems to be ar objectionable Of
'cnse.-JOurnal.