Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1898-08-09
Senator Stewart Talks.
Free Coinage Na|IWil !; !.
Small Dams For Mater etoraee.,

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Small Dams For Water etoraee..
! Senator stewart who recently retusnea
! 70 Nevada froaa . bong session Of unusual
| y hard work io'fhc United States se,iate
was seen by Representatives Of the fasI,-
NnRynLE RneonD Il bis Carson .horne.
! Tho Senator is looking bale aud hearty.
and seems to be good for another seige
Of hard work. His enthusiasm on the silver
question is unbounded and he spoke as
follows
The money question will be forced to
the front by the efforts which have been
made by the gold party to keep it in the
background. In 1900 the war with Spain
will be at end and the inevitable reaction
will take place. The war revenue bill
was designed by its author TO perpctuate
the gold standard by largely Increasing
the bonded debt and multiplying the
friends of dear money. Heavy taxation
on the business of the country would be
borne with cheerfulness if it were neces-
sary and the gold party made mis- axe
in making il grevions TO bear. The ma
jority of the committee on finance in the
Senate are binetalists. and they propose
to utalize the silver in the treasury and
issue e105,000000 of greenbacks to be
used 10 defray the 'expences Of the war
and to relieve a stringency of the money
market The gold party refused TO in
crease the circulating mediam butt took
measures to enormously contract it. They
provided for the issue of $500.O00,0O0. of
per cent boads. to be put on the market
from lime to. time in competition with
business. The first two hundred mil lions
offered were bid for nine times and ey
are now from to 4 per cent above' par
and are regarded as the only good inyest-
ment in tbs, couqtry. THE money which
was'not Observed by the two hundred
millions is generally held for the next
issue and business would be at astandstill
today but for the expenditures efthewar.
The subjrgation of Cuba and the estah-
leshment Of a state government there and
IN. Porto Rico, II nothing is done. with the
PHILIPPINES, will require the continual lis
suance of bends if that is the only way of
replenishine the treasury. If new IN -ney
had been pat out instead oil bonds as pro-
vided by the Finance Committee of the
Senate, the revenue of the Government
would have been enormous nnder The new
faxes imposed. In the year ls65-66, when
there were only about 25C00,O0O of people
to contribute, .S300.000,0C0 of internal
revenue were collected. without oppress-
ing the people. IT would be more difficult
for 75.00o,000 of.people to pay the same
amount of internal revenue flow than il
was for e5,0oo,ooO in 1865
Strange as it may appear to those who
read only the war- news there has been
great activity among the opponents of the
English gold standard in the United
States in the last fiiree months. In per-
suance of the Recommendation of the
Chairman of the Democratic, Populist.
and Silver Party Committees cooperation
has been arranged in nearly all the states
west of the Alleghaaies, While there has
, been nofnsion in the strict sense of the
term, understandings have been reached
that each of the parties swouldseo-opperate
and nominate the same -candidates. This
is especially true in Kansas, the Dakota.
Colorado, Wyoming, ,Aiontana,' Washing
ton, aud Oregon and ID is being arranged
in Utah The movement which brought
this about was initiated in Nevada in 1892
ind the leaven has been working ever
since The disposition to unite against
lle gold monopoly became SO strong in
% that the Democratic convention at
Chicago ros' in its might and cast out
The evil spirit of the English gold standard,
and Palmerand Buckner went about the
country not as roaring lions but as a sort
of ban liiti, carrying the gold stan ard
flag Of the mother country. Without Or
ganizaiion and without money the people
east and had counted 6,50po00 votes,
which was clear majority of all the
honest votes cast in the United States.
Every effort has been made to disparage
Bryan and belittle the cause since the
election, but it has not had the slightest
effect. Every convention which has been
held by the bimetallists of every shade,
has come fully up to the standard of the
Chicago platform. No soldier of SO has
yet deserted, and the volunteers are com
ing in every state with The Standard of
the free and unlimited coinage or liver n
the ratio OF Is TO without regard % what
any foreign power or poseh'a may 10 or
think.
Continuing the Senoioe oppressed l.m-
self we'll pleased with ihc ec3aon,cii stog-
age of water. twill be a great sle.ssing
but the people should not build great high
dams. the danger to life and property
below should forbid that. Small dams