The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-02-27
MODERN REPUBLICANISM.
What the Party Has Done Particularly to Ne.
yada,
(From the Reno Journal.)


(From the Reno Journal.)
In 1892 the State of Nevada took the
lead in revolt against the Repubi-
can party because of that political or
ganization's subserviency to the inter-
ests of the moneye classes. The
movement became stronger in 1894
and two years later it attained such
proportions that in our State the Re-
publican party was almost annihilat-
ed. The revival of party feeling du-
ring the Presidential campaign Of 1900
took many Republicans back to their
former party affiliations, but the State
was again carried Overwhelmingly by
those who placed its welfare above
mere party considerations. To ques-
ton the justice and pripriety of the
political revolution which swept Ne
vada from her Republican moorings is
to challenge the intelligence and the
integrity of her people, and especially
of those Republicans who in 1896 cast
their ballots for William J. Bryan
When the people of State almost
unanimously thus condemn a party
with which many of them have long
been in accord, the question whether
the movement is fairly warranted by
conditions may be regarded as set
tied. The Republican party having
forfeited its claim to the respect and
confidence of the people of Nevada,
we are now only called upon to con-
slider whether it has since done any
thing which entities it to a restoration
of our confidence and respect. A mo-
ments glance at the political and eco
nomic situation of today should be
sufficient to- enable US to answer this
question with a most emphatic no"
Let us see.
Nevada broke away from the Repub-
liean party because in the face of its
most positive and repeated declara-
tions in favor of bimetallism, it gave
unmistakable signs of committing it
self to the gold standard. Those
Iasigns have been verified, and the par
fty is today the open and avowed cham
pion of the gold standard. Not only
this, but a large majority of the party
are in favor of destroying the silver
dollars already coined and filling their
places with banknotes, thus running
the silver miner and enriching the ma
tional bankers. Not content with fas-
tening the gold standard upon the
United States, the friends of the mon
etary system would force it into every
other country now using silver, the
effect Of which must be TO limit the de-
mand for the white metal, increase
that for the yellow, and in this way
deprive the world of the benefits nat
urally flowing from lie increased pro-
duction OF gold. With those favoring
such policy. the leaders of the Repub-
lican party are in perfect accord, and
1t means ultimately the complete dis
use of silver as money metal except
for small change
Rejoicing, as we do in the recent
development of gold mining In our
State, we cannot in justice to ourselves
ignore the fact that silver mining. un-
der fair conditions, presents even
greater possibilities for us. There is
' not a sign visible upon the political
horizon which indicates that fair con-
ditions' for silver mining can ever ex-
ist under Republican financial policy.
1t would be nothing less than indus
trial suicide for our people to once
more cast their political fortunes with
that party. How long would Penn
sylvania. the rock-ribbed Republican
Gibraltar of the East, maintain its
present political status II the indus
tries of that State had suffered at the
hands of the Republican parts as ours
have? The question needs no ans
wer. At this time the burden of the
Republican argument Is prosperity
But how much prosperity has that
party brought to Nevada? Literally
none. So far as The industrial skies
now anne r to be brightening in our
State. 1t is owing to causes as inde-