Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-01-19
A Mumnia,InE Spectacle.

think for n moment that il was in
tended by the manipulators behind
the scheme that there should be, but,
like the ruse OF the fisherman when
hard pressed by wounded whale,
the advocates OF interest bearing
bonds to maintain and fasten upon
this government the single goldstand-
ard. have simply thrown out the war
scare as 4 decoy to distract the atten-
ton OF the people froom the main is.
sue while they. the moncy.grabbing
sharks, get away with u few hundred
millions OF bonds.
To discredit silver as n money met.
al. to maintain the single gold stand.
ard, to issue bonds and buy gold at
any sacrifice TO the people are and
have been the pet schemes OF Mr..
Cleveland ever since his elevation to
the Presidential office, and | have no
doubt but that a Republican Con.
gress will heartily assist the Presi.
dent i'll forcing this curse Of bondage
and financial slavery upon the people
in such a form rs to prevent, if posi-.
bic, Il return to the free and unlimit.
ed coinage of both gold and silver.
No doubt the frec.born people of
this Republic are loyal and patriotic
Ia the hearts core, and should danger
threaten the liberty of the citizens by
any foreign power under the sun,
millions Of her sturdy sons will spring
10 arms TO defend the honor OF the
Government. But the trouble is
within. not without. The danger is at
home, not abroad. and though il is
quite evident that corruption is secth-
ing and reeking in high places. the
people seem To be indifferent, stunned
or sleeping, while their servants are
bartering away their birth.rignt for a
mess Of pottage, or a delusive, ever
vanishing pot Of gold.
To carry out the gold bugs idea of
intrinsic value and self.governnent.
t. strike down silver and contract the
basic money of the country one half,
to centralizc government and concen
trntc capital, to barter away the un.
doubted constitutional right Of the
Government To coin money and Tx
the value thereof. to impoverish the
people and enslave labor, to speculate
upon the necessities of the masses
and to administer the Government by
injunction, necessitate the presence
OF a large standing army so that the
wal scare may be made to answer 9th.
er purposes than that OF issuing bonds
must be apparent TO the most casual
observer. What though the people
may run TO and fro and ask for bread
they are only rendered stones in.
stead! The tyranny Of gold and greed
OF gain brook no opposition and heed
no warning. Neither the cry OF the
helpless, nor the hardships of the
tramping, starving poor, the prayers
and petitions OF the down trodden
masses. nor yet the pleading clio
qucnce OF hapless mothers and suffer.
ing children are regarded 10y the on
pressing ~soullcss cohorts Of plutoc-
racy, whose only answer is, The
people be damned 1t is quite evil
dent that arguments, however con.
vincing. are not TO be considered by
the gold trust for Il moment. Mark
the unanswered speeches of Senator
John u. Jones, the untiring and ever
ready efforts of Senator William NJ.
Stewart and other eminent bi.mctaI-
lists in favor Of the free and unlimit-
ed coinage Of both gold and silver.
have only been replied to, not an
swercd, 10y sneers, ~innuendocs and
ridiculc, Notwithstanding our Govern
ment has been driven To the very
verge Of bankruptcy 10y the craze OF
the worshipers Of the golden calf.
What a humiliating spectacle to con.
template!
With a country more than three
thousand miles square, and seventy
millions OF people, with great inland
seas and deep, rolling rivers: with
eight thousand 1uare miles OF
coal fields and an equal extent Of iron
ore; with vast mines Of precious mot.
whose extent and rchuess are
Just beginning TO be known; with val.
ley and prairie lands whose products
can be made sufficient to feed the
world; with all these things and Gle.
ments OF prosperity in our favor, we
have fallen so low through q vicious.
one sided class system Of financial
legislation, clandcstincly inaugurated
when silver was stricken down in
1913, Us to become bcggars at home
and abroad. Borrowing gold in time
OF peace and selling wheat at 30 cents
a bushel. aud other products in pro
portion. Our silver mines idle, our
farmers in hook TO the gold trust and
millions Of willing tcilcrs out Of en-.
.. a.,. G..I,i. How long.
oh. how much longer! will the gold
craze be ma 10 TO deceive the people
and be heard IN the land?
j. ID. ToLLEY.
Tuscarora. New, Jan. II. 1896.
so Say We All.
Jim Townsend. tine man who never