Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-03-22

throughout all tho great mlnliii:
States and Territories, wcrc piled
high and to overlooking with all
kinds Of merchandise. supplies and
machinery, drawn from all over the
United States, to Till the demand Of
rising industries and growing populn-
tiors Ill almost every nook and corner
west, north and south from Denver to
the Pacific Ocean. y time when val.
liable mulc.tcams. horse teams and
OK teams, drawing from three Ia four
great wagons each. were daily can
ployed and busily engaged III dis
tributing these vast supplies Ia the
thriving towns. villages and cities,
ten, fifty and ven hundreds OF miles
away III the country, according to the
demands of the localities. y time
when splendid six, in hand Concord
coaches went gailS " the various
routes, loaded To the guards with pas
scngcrs from the railroads ~ interior
towns. mining camps and farming set.
AIN AN NAStN
found n ready market ut good prices
for all his productsn and was. therefore.
rs Il rule, prosperous and coutCHtCd.
y time when labor WIS employed at
rcmuncrative wages and when there
WIS no cNcnse or room for tramps. 4
time when the metallic chink OF mon
~ aroused mercy. industry ana en-.
terprise among the people and caused
even the desert to blossom as the rose.
Thus honest. intelligent, patriotic and
true the pioneers of the Western
slope subducd the wilderness. made
the waste places habitablc and added
prosperous States tn the Union. And
when. subsequently. there was the
storm and horror Of civil war in the
land. this patriotic people hcsitatcd
not IL pour out their treasure like
water To preserve the integrity Of the
government, the faith of the found.
ers and the Union Of the States. They
were prosperous then. That was be.
fore silver WAS dcmonctizcd. That
was when there was the free and I'M.
limited coinage Of goll and silver
without discrimination against either
metal at the miuts. That was when
the money metals renamed at Il Jar.
ity of Ii To /. That was when We had
honest dollars aud sound money. Our
people were prosperous then. but they
are poor now. and why: | see today
the great freight depot buildings IT
the railroads almost empty and the
platforms bare. ! see the wreck Of
great wagons and coaches strcwn
here and there. see desolatc min.
ing camps and millions OF dollars
worth Of milling and mining machin.
cry abandoned and left To wreck and
rust beside the silent mines. | see
homes deserted, farms idle and hun.
dreds of good men tramping the coun.
Try i'll search Of employment. Why:
All this decadcncc has come about
since cunning John Sherman and his
dupes and followers joined hands
with certain shrewd tinnncicrs Of Il
rival government To dcmonctizc silver
and enhance gold, To Impoycrish the
people and cnslavc labor in the inter.
est OF the few at the expense OF the
many. and right royalty have they
succeeded. Since il seems To be the
unfortunate disposition Of fraii hu.
manity 10 kick Il man when he is
down, petit the under dog III the fight
and hate the individual or the com
murity we have Intentionally injured.
1t should be no matter Of surprise to
have the nOn-producing gold bugs,
the sharks and Shylocks who have
robbed the people of their hirth-right
and are growing fat on the necessities
of the masses, snceIiugly and tauut.
ingly clude to the advocates Of the
rights OF the people, the moncyof the
constitution, as the disrePutablc silver
harons OF the West. Even Mr.. Grover
Cleveland, or Mr.. President II you
will. but "a short time since thrust his
plutocratic horn above the altar Of Il
church and solemnly warned the pco.
pie OF the East, SO to speak, against
the ignorant and vicious pcO.
pie Of the West, to which
the Rev. DE Wit Talmagc
who has had some gilt edged things
TO say for the Czar Of Russia. respond.
ell in n long ministerial amen. Great
is the Goddess Diana of the Ephesians.
Great also WAS Jc2cbclc i'll the days
Of her power and i'll gotten wealth
hut she fell headlong to her death in
the street, where her remains were
Stunned 10y even the furnishing dogs
Of a great city.
Sound money, indeed! Tho two
hundred cent gold dollar, to main
tain which two hundred aud sixty.
two millions Of bonds have been il.
sued, taxing the people for genera.
lions to support the rich md udd mil.
lions more OF money to tue idle. nm
taxed, non.produciug classes: il not
that the financial stress under which
we have been sailing since vicious
legislation Disseminated against the
free and unlimited coinage Of the
widows mite and the peoples
money?
I see to-day horses and mules which
c~rstwhile. IN the days Of II prosper
i,y, sold for ono hundred t" two hnnd
rcd dollars per head, now being