Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-01-08
Continued from second page.)
THE NEVA Mint FIGHT

the request of the gentleman from soutf
Dakota will be granted and that that STATE
| will be recognized % the ifth mineral pro
| ducing State Of the country by inserting
| In the law the amendment he presents.
| At this point Cannon Of Illinois got ths
floor aud among other things said:
But" says my very intelligent and
learned friend from Nevada. for whom
have very great respect, presently w
shall come TO the mint at Carson, and
shall have something TO say about that
Mr.. Newlsnds not anticipate.
Mr.. Cannon-If / recollect Alright the
mins st Carson is omitted from this ap
preparation. why2 Because when the
population OF Nevfda was larger and she
got her two Senators away back In boom
times, under the cry of beDeftting the
poor man, without being sufficiently ad-
/ vised. we not only established an assay
Office but o mint at Carson. / say 10 with
respect. but II you will go back to the ap.
preparation bills you will find that the Of
fioers OF that mint, without doing . great
deal of mintsge. have run q very profit
able industry at that point. Now, in fact
we have no more use for an assay Office at
Dead woed, or an assay Office In Nevada,
or an assay Office in these mining camps
than We have for any oiner thing We do
not need.
Mr.. Newlands-Will the gentleman per-
nit question:
Mr.. Cannon continued on this line Of
argument.
Mr.. Newlands-Msy / interrupt my
friends athletic exercises for just ono OBJ
seryation? Laughter.
Mr.. Cannon Certainly. And / hope l
shall have developed strength enough 20
keep you from lifting any more money out
Of the treasury for useless mint al Car
soH.
Mr.. Kelley-Mr. Chairman. move TO
strike ous the last seven words.
Mr.. Newlands-I gnderstand that that
motion 10 made for my benefit. | wish TO
ask the gentleman from Illinois ques.
ton.
Mr.. Cannon-I will answer u II can.
Nr. Notwithstanding. as is :he fact.
that there is United State smint at Phil
gdelphia and one OF Carson. and assuming
that 5000. .000, 900 worth in gold and silver,
ia almost equal proportions. were
produced in the State OF Pesn-
sylyania near the Philadelpt's mint,
what would the gentleman think of the
policy OF q government which would send
that 5000, 100000 In bullion 5000 miles
across the continent 10 be coined into
money! Yet that would be practically
equivalent 70 wha. 10 done. Six hundred
million dollars Of Nevada's gold and silver
have gone 10 the Ppiladelphia mint.
Mr.. Biugham-Tbe gentleman knows
.ha, II 10 the only fully equipped mint in
the country.
Mr.. Newlsnds-well, / do not accuse
the gentleman from Pennsylvania OF any
thing like greed. but do say thst all psy-
cholog gists admit that on these occasions
there ia a certain unconscious oerebration
which affect the minds OF Pennsylvania
an d Massachusetts statesmen In regard TO
every industry OF those communities.
Laughter. Why should We have shsse
5000 0C0, 900 OF gold and silver bullion pro-
duced in Nevada dragged to Philadelphia
to be coined into money!
Mr.. Binghsm-And circulated there.
Mr.. Cannon-The gentleman from Ne
vsda has asked me a question. Does he
desire that shall answer III
Mr.. Eewlsnds-Ce
Mr. Cannon then proceeded 10 attempt
TO answer Mr.. Newlands' question by stat
ing that the mint Was 500 far from the
contre OF population.
A vote was then taken on the Degdwood
proposition which carried by close vote.
Mr.. NewlAnds then gained the floor and
proceeded ss follows:
Mr., Newlsnds-Mr. Chairman, ! am
very mucn indebted to the gentleman for
his courtesy, and l offer the following
aDendment:
The clerk read as follows:
Amend paragraph IS by inserting be-
tween lines II aud l8 the folio o",ng:
mint at Carson. Nevada: For super
intendent, $1,000 ssssyer, and mslter and
retiner. AZ 50 500 each; chief clerk. 81 500;
bookkseper. cashier, assistant asasyer, as
els tant meltsr and renner, and weigh clerk
at ii. 800 each; in all SIT 800.
"For wages OF workmen, $1,000 for
Incidental and contingent expenses, in-
GLIDING wastage OF operative officers aud
loss on sale of sweeps, $4,000"
Mr.. Newlands-Mr. Chairman, the Gus
tomary ave minutes will not permit me to
present all l wieh TO submit on this sub.
iect, and will ask the indulgence OF the
House for at least ten minutes.
The Chairman-The gentleman from
Nevada asks permission TO speak continu-
ously ten minutes. Is there objection
After u pauso The Chair hears none.
Mr.. Newlands-Mr Chairman. there
are, or were. five mints in the United
States One at Philadelphia. one at San
Francisco, one at New Orleans. one In pro-
cess Of construction at Denver, and one at
Carson. The mint at Carson is abolished
by this act. The question has arisen in
the discussion OF the last amendment as to
where the coinage should properly be done
whether in the East, in the great CONNER
cisl aud banking centers OF the country. or
in tbs West, where the bullion is produced
and my learned friend from Illinois Mr..
Cannon iabored under the misapprehen-
sion that these assay offices and mints wore
organized in the Western States with q
view OF enabling the miners there TO get q
higher price for their product. unmindful
OF the fact that so far as gold is concerned
and coinage is now confined 10 gold ex-
| cept as to the accumulated stock-it Is the
privilege now OF the miner TO take his
bullion 10 the mint and have 10 turned into
| coin; that he receives the coin, the gov
ernment making no purchase OF bullion
whatever. The question Is whether that
convenience should be afforded to him
nearer the source OF production or 5000
miles away. 10 the Eastern States.
And here let me make the suggestion
that bad the mining regions Of this coun'