Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-10-03
AGAINST BlGEtOW

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Justice of the Supreme Bourt OF Ne
vada and apparently a member OF the
gold syndicate literary bureau, was a
candidate for District Judge. In the
Republican State Convention, which
nominated him, he indorsed without
eauivocation the following financial
plank:
"The paramount interest OF civiliza-
ton requires that the money used as a
circulating medium in any country at
all times bear a CONSTANT ratio to the
increasing population Of the country.
Contraction Of the currency involves
all financial evils to which a nation
car be subjected. among which are
robbery Of the debtor, s~tagnation Of
business, reduction Of wages and the
epslavement of the masses for the
benefit of the b~ondholder and grasping
creditors. We denounce the %bondhold-
ers conspiracy to demonetize silver and
contract the money of the world to a
single gold standard, as a crime
against civilization. 1t would double
the obligations of bonds and all other
contracts for the payment Of money,
which nov aggregate in the civilized
world the enormous sum OF one hun
bred thousand millions of dollars, and
thereby make the richer and them poor
poorer, and impoverish the masses for
the benefit of the favored few. We are,
therefor, 10 favor of the free and I'M
limited coinage of both gold ana silver
upon the basis now provided by law"
Commenting.on this act the Reno
Journal says:
That was Republicanism, that was
Bigelowism ia 1886, and the expert
ence of the last ten years proves that
it was right then, aud that it is
right now, though Judge Bigelow and
the Republican leaders of this State,
since they we're h%ypnotized by Mr..
Hanna last June are now opposed to
free coinage.
Again, in 1890, when R. r. Bigelow
was a candidate for the office which
be now holds he Endorsed the financial
plank of the Republican State plat
form which reads:
1--WE indorse the course of u Sen
ators and Representative in Congress
and commend their efforts to establish
on a better basis the use Of silver as
money, and We reafirm our uncom
promising demand for the free coin
age of both gold and silver, and tEei
equal station in our National cur
rency."
Judge BigeIow in the ten or tWelv
years il which he has been on tn
bench as District and Supreme Judge
never intimated that be did not believ
what he approved in 1886 and re
affirmed in 1890, until after the gol
syndicate issued its manifesto at 3
Louis last June, when, like Podspal
with one wave of the hand, he brushe
aside all his former opinions and dt
clared in effect that if he is right no
he was radically wrong in all thoi
years in which he was solemnly an
publicly declaring that the adoptio
of the gold standard was a erin
against civilization, and doubled tt
obligations of the credit class.
1t is not a pleasant duty to direct a
tention to the vagaries Of a publ
official, whose opinions may deprive
person of property. liberty and eve
life, but it must be admitted by evel
candid citizen, regardless of his par
affiliations, that Judge Bigelow i
vites criticism, il be does not cou
censure, for if he was sincere. whe
he indorsed the platform on which
was elected, and is sincere now, he
altogether too whimsical to preside
the court of last resort, and the publ
are to be congratulated that his care
on the Supreme bench is nearing
close.