Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-31
INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING.
Hon. H. F. Bartine Reviews the Political Situa.
ton, Demonstrating that the Silver Issue Is
Neither Dead nor Sleeping.

to -ulurace aud fnpdie those who have
:iven the death blow To our dearest
political hopes it conveys the idea OF
weakness rather thnn Chri tinn virtue
In thus connection it should he remem
'ered that III xiii ng the silver issL",-
he Bepuhli an party never funL hi u
lie open. hut always under cover. pr
en- ling tn lie for bimetn'li-m Will.
liding constantly toward the e. L.
mhard. all the while casting the amer
Ties of pnIItical 'Iehata 10 tl,- winds nnr
Fararterizing the advocates nf ire"
oIuage either rs hair. Drained fanatic.
" rs unprincipied knaves hent III
winding the WIDOW ana the orphan
with dishonest dollars.
But further. M man who left thu
mIriy On the silver issue. is j st.ied i"
-eiurning upon the theory tint ,hr isSu'
= dead, for the reason that he caHno
uow to n certainty that II is d' al !
nay be only sleeping; md when thns'
Who have he retnfora lreu it, foremns'
champions, go over bodily to the encn,
the effect may easily he Ia convert what
is merely sleep Inrn actual death. II
nay he true that the issue is no.
immediately pressrmr. and hat with Tho
improved hu~iu s. conditions reSultu..
from the enlarged output Of gold. hss
interest If felt IN the question now than
nrmPrly. Nevertheless. it is niso Il &c
Int cnndi'inus may change rTtin. AM
u such manner MS nuce more Ia hrimI.
mp the lFsue with greater intensity thar
aver. Nothing is inuch more uncertain
II an ;he worlds future gold supply, nn'
the money question is not one Of ID ia.
or IA year. but Of all time,
DEMOCRATIC 81 YER SENT
MENr
1t Is perfectly apparent that what
ever NJ g liver sentiment there is in til,
count y at this time is tn he fmnl H.
II ranks OF the Democratic party an':
its allies. The pIntfnrm derlaratinus al
these parties are st II tn. ir accepted
creed, rud even though interest in iIr
ques non has wHned and new issues have
arisen. the fact remains that the great
bulk Of the Demncratea i'll public life
" rr!d vote for the tree coinage 81 silver
without II moments hesitation. while
upon this question the position Of the
krdmblican party is infinitely worse than
il wus III 1896.
Therefore il Is to me incomprehcn.
+ihle political phnlnsnJ hv whirh now
carries any SINCERE silver man, and par.
tr.ularly me from Nevada. into tl,.
rnnks ~ the Republican plrty. That
Marty is the more to he conIe me | IN it
nresrnt attitude because il was no.
assumed MS u matter Of nrnfst ruuvir.
ri"n. As ! have alrrad, stu eel. thu part,
sid la the suTTorr OF the goIi ST ia, ard
Will" vehrmrntly protesting it. mndyIul
hdPlitv to himeiniIi>m. II is doubtful
IL n majority ~ The rank and tile ~ rh,
organ z itinn ever had an lea that thu,
were in favor Of the gold standard INIT
they suddenly leIrne ! i-n u their .,lnt
forms that It's maintenance was u funda
mental article ~ their IHriy reed.
The sim. lie md nhyiona truth is that
the great mou,ed interests have con
trulled the Traders AZ the part, and III,
mass,s have "bcdihnily followed the
leaders. being held to their ~allrGinn e.
manly 10y fervil appeals based upon Tho
past giorics ~ Re. ublicaniSm.
rOMIvATED BY MONEY POWER.
Tho course NJ the Republican part,
upon the nDr question shows that il
~ completely dominated by the rrrni
financial influences, HnL thia circTm
Srnncc affects iis action upnp every
nthrr economic question. II is Mt this
time iii cult tn imnuina an TN nc in The
way of Legislation which the Republican
irndrrs. or the most Of the III, drr not
will nR tn < ant mt the hclctt oi the
banks aud the trusts. They may no,
grant il all at once. A f'w ~ them will
make u show ~ holding s"mrlh"v back
mt in the end they will ield enti rely to
the demands
THERE rs no TARIFF ISSUE.
Occasinnly We find II silver man dc
Tending hiI return Ia the Republican
inld 10y plead rnR the "IHrifT iasuo" lie
ia haunted 10y the fem ri 4frrc tradc.'
II takes II lively imagination to r%"ujnrt
up such u hngy ut this time There ia
~ fact, no tariff issue except as il ia
involved in the polio. 81 r~eciptoritN, q
at rougly urged iy President Mckinney
just before his death, and in the prou.
~"sition to remove the duties from trust
controlled p7OiuCts winch nrc sold
more chcaplY abroad than To onr own
people. There ia no suggestion al my
party attempting to ovcrthinw the thrift.
M u whole. The proposal ls merely Ia
strike down the abuses which during the
recent years have gro" n up under it.. 10
the Ice ~ the admitted fact TINT the OK
port prices ~ our m~auugnc,urcs ar,
nbrnt twenty. five per cent lrss than The
priccs chntgch IN the American market
II Is cell evident TINT some Mt l. nsi nt
"nr industries have o%utgro,n the need