New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-14
SILVER NOT SUPREME IN NEVADA.
CHIEF-JUsTICE BIGELOw. OF THE ST.
PREME COURT. COMES OUT STRONG
LY AGAINST 1T.
THE NEVADA REPUBLICANS STILL ALvE-sEN-
AToR JONES MAY HAVE TO VISIT THE STATE

THE NEVADA REPUBLICANS STILL ALIvE-sEN-
AToR JONES MAY HAVE TO VISIT THE STATE
If HE WANTS REELECTION.
Reno. New. June N-The popular notion that Ne
vada is entirely given to free silver ana 30 Is
likely to drift into alliance with the Populiss Is
mistake The Republican party In this STATE u
very much a.ert. Is busy getting It's organization
into shape for the coming fight and Is like'y now
two years ago. to carry several OF the couh-
ties II not even the State. A. c. Cleveland Is COM
ing out against Mr. Jones for the Senate. For
great many years Mr.. Jones has represented this
State at Washington without seeing much OF the
State He rarely takes the trouble to como back 70
1t even for elections but he will have to 90 some
active work this year II he retains his hold Ex-
Governor Colcord tits said. will be the new chair
man Of the Republican State Central Committee.
He is safe and thoroughly trustworthy mah-a
sound Republican. wanting no office and having no
to grind.
Still more important is the revelation that some Of
the strongest men. even in what has been supposed
to be the private borough Of Senators Stewart and
Jones and Congressman Newlands. are ready ana
willing to speak openly against the free-siver craze
and indorse the action OF the St. Louis convention
THE Reno Gazette Of last night contained ietter
from Chief Justice r. r. Bigelow. which Is so I'M
portant that It is copied below Judge Bigelow dis
cusses the duty Of Republicans thinks free coin
age Of the worlds product Of silver means ruin ana
distress, and declares that one place where tnIs
will be felt as keenly anywhere In the country
Is precisely the Comstock lode among inc snves
miners and laborers. who are now clamorins ior
free silver and II they got It would find their wages
scaled down one-haf Judge Biseow is now on the
Supreme Bench Of this State, and his personal
standing is as high as his official position. 80 that
his utterances will carry great weight:
Editor Reno Gazette" ,. =, chi.
state are hard hit by the action Of the ri L9 9rss
Convention upon the monetary question: much to the
advantage OF Nevada as a silver producer; ano we
have Tor SO many yes5s nsa.d tha we have
come to the conclusion that no one can thihk .sh
wise who H ;. not Is snoher SIDE to
that believed in sincerely by millions eoinS q, as Of s
psros sr as ons wnS tn say that
Republican party esysd In Of
but against it until that can pc oroqgh h Country
against any attempt TO estaosn y ~ , Srnmni
While doubtless some Republicans are IN favor OF
eold standard, probably about the same hunoer rs
here were of the radical freesverftes, the party IS
great mass Of the party Is n fa anS that Sa is
By the eaans SrSnnS aSou Sen
H,matalltsn is Impossible for country can 90
r. alone although It can bring Itself to silver BASIS
drive god Of circulation and bring qnto xons by
Of this country alone p,o ,hs IaS Tor Of fas
and unlimited coinage OF sve eem az r IL is What is
said the Democrats will resolve in favor Of at CHI III
cago and ib6s T mas oppose
cause ne is any more patriotic than the others na,
he can See n sSd Woud bring
to every part Of the land the sver,producins S
County can alone double the value Of all the sysr
OF the world. and bring II ana god 10 par 10 ,y,
Of the 10 ssem Of the the
the election this fall on their 10 70 pai,oat rov ~"
There viii be scarcely a bank business house IN
the land that will not go down before the storm !,
s M'' measured ed in silver everything else viii 60 up n
value with IT, bu, 1t will take twice as many dol
earthly Advantage to any except to the man who
owes debts that he has not promised 70 pay N g1,u
His silver dollars will pay such debt just as during
geenbacks would pay one v a H sny wq bH
but 50 o the or
But II he owes money to banks or money lenders
land who does no who have all pr0,e .ss e o
his silver dollars to buy one in god and at the same
s s% w SMn bs sa tns get hold Of gold
are now. II will be OF no advantage 10 the si.'ea
get from the ground now, and pound Of II Will
buy no steel powder or any OF the necessaes
But the laboring man will be the who viii suffer
the most The Comstock miner vii srli get ~ per
Iu. viii N only s buy for his family himself
whf b tnsy c x their widows
phans who are now getting pensions rs eTec. WIZ
not one OF the arguments Of the slvertes that gan
no. he comnet.jy and successfully refuted. Free
Coinage at l6 to by this country alone cannot pos
slbly benefit any one. but 1t can bring feariui u.s.
tress upon all. r ,,,,,
Bwt it is not going to succeed The Repu PUP
Marty is right upon the question. ana right VIII pre-
vail But in the silver States these are the times
that try mems sous but 1t Is also the time for Re-
nbllcans 10 stand by their coors in those States as
well as elsewhere and do all they can to deteat the
combination Of all the cranks and isms IN the land
that is now threate tened at Chicago next ron-h
Carson. New, June q, 1896. r. X. BlGELOW