The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-01-11
Carson Letter

arrayed against Populism and Demoe-
racy in every sense of the terms, and
make it a point to ''down" every cham
pion of equal rights before the law
who may arise from the masses. Mark
Hanna, flushed and excited with vic
tory, said that he started out do three
things in the beginning of the Presi-
dental campaign. He said he started
out to elect Mckinley first, carrying
Nebraska for the Republicans next,
and lastly, defeat Pettigrew of South
Dakota for United States Senator. He
accomplished all. Incidentally he
helped defeat Congressman Lentz and
Governor Pingree for Governor OF
Michigan. Last week Pettigrew intro
duced the following resolution in the
United States Senate:
'sThat the President is hereby re-
quested, If not incompatible with the
public interests, to inform the Senate
what necessity, If any, exists for in
creasing the Army at this time; what
are the conditions in the Philippines
and how many men are required there.
The President is also requested to send
to the Senate copies of all communica-
lions received from our officers in the
Philippines showing the conditions in
that country and the number of men
required now and in the future.o
Governor Pingree, in his retiring
message to the Legislature of Michi-
gan, said, among other good things
"My experience during my political
life, extending over u period of twelve
years, has convinced me that in order
to secure the full commentator of
those who consider themselves the
better classes the Governor and other
high officials must do nothing to an
tagonize the great corporations and
the wealthy people. am satisfied
that / could have had the praise and
support of our best citizens and our
best society, and of the press of the
State generally, if l had upheld those
who have for years attempted to con-
troll legislation in their own interests,
to the end that they might be relieved
from sharing equally with the poor
and lowly the burden of taxation. l
would have been pronounced good
fellow and great statesman.
every large interest that l have an
tagonized during my fight for equal
taxation has been arrayed against me,
and the allies of those interests, the
newspapers of the State, have lost no
opportunity to attempt to draw the
minds of the people from the real issue
by making personal attacks on me and
publishing malicious and willful libels,
and to belittle my efforts and bring me
into disrepute, in order that the pres
emit system of unjust, inequitable and
laws might still remain in
force, 10 the detriment of the great
masses of the laboring classes and
farmers, and those of small properties
who are unable to speak and act for
themselves.
81 make the prediction that, unless
those in charge and in whose hands
legislation is reposed, change the pres
emit system of inequality in less than
quarter of century there will be
bloody revolution in this great country
of ours.n
Governor Bliss, the tool used to de-
feat Pingree, said in mis- first message,
among other valuable" suggestions:
II would urge the most stringent
legislation possible against the sale of
Comment is unnecessary
The people-the masses-have allowed
their champions to be beaten, which
leads me to reverently exclaim with
the late lamented Vanderbilt, ''the
people be damned"
Representative Hill of Connecticut
has introduced bill in Congress to
maintain the legal tender of silver dol
lars on a parity with gold. 1t would
thus seem that the dollars already
coined need little bolstering to keep
them up to par with gold as legal tend
er or token money.
During the election the Republican
papers assured us that if Bryan was de-
feated, Aguinaldo would quit, and that
the Filipinos kept up the fight in the
hope of Bryan's election. Either they
have not yet heard that Bryan was
duly defeated, or they yet hope and
pray for his election four years hence,
because they are fighting right along.
Lord Roberts has returned to Eng
land from South Africa. London went
wild at his reception, probably over
his success in escaping from the Beers.
Lord Kitchner, who succeeded Roberts
in the field, is keeping the wires hot
calling for Australians, Maoris, Ka-
nucks, Rough Riders, cannon, mules,
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