Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-03-20
= SIIAaIEFUI. STORY.

Tha, was II fearful story wired from
Washington Inst week III which Mr..
Heath stated that III the camraisn Of
lrM The bureau at Republican head
quarters supplied twe'r. thOnsund pub
licnrupH with material which they III
turn Put ont through their own columns
I" sway public opinion. says Good WIN y
Weekly.
The matter wHs 81 cour-c supplied 10y
hired writers, il went tn the world ns
the opinions Of editors.
When presented milIions e! people
throughout the county read the articles
and gave them lncnI significance every
where. In evory school district men
Icnd and probably each knowing per
sonally the editor ~ his immediate
"cighborhood read the articir- as their
own editors opinion.
Behind ihis WIS an Iucxhausti bile
campaign fund supplied hy the great
money lonninR contingent III every
state. Could NOR" effective plan in
divert public opinion toe devils ii?
The politicians were not tn blame. for
tho rules that apply IA War apply in
polite II seize strntcgc!ic positions.
I" lay "mhn-cHdrs; Ia fuint ai one point
when he Irtcu.Inu is ,p e;rikr at am.
other. l." 'mn.k batteries. /" "n'innk the
enemy all rhc,r ,icvirrs are pcrmis.
sihl". liut what ~ the rlitur+ ,hat
will further such ,.rh"mrE. Their work
II moi honest warfare; 1t IL rusnu,ug tho
wells II "a country. II ~ Displaying false
eignl, tu lar" innocent tue chant -hips
ON Il hu"hkcr. beaten 'oHst. that the shirs
may hc II ,ndcd and orirh.
OF course the tight ~ TINT year hinged
chiefly upon the -ilycr question We
rnn all we'll rumrubcy ;lIc simulated in.
diguntiuu ~ those Twelve Thousand ed
iIor- vino mn long plrns Tor Sound
money" who rrr"ilcd before the prOpOsi.
ton 10 pay debts III deprecated COM"
who were iusistnnt that the honor Of the
country "wHs ut stake, and 80 on al in-
tinitum, al nausum. When We realize
that they hired themselves out at Il
price for the sole pnrp"sc of corrLpting
the nation, what du wO think Oi the
character ~ such press. whnt uf ia"
Intelligence nf II people :hat can. in -
transparent n WY, be bcguilcd?
Tho men eminent III III" scientific.
political aud literary world Scrc cm.
pl"ycd Ia prepare tho'e writlngs-thnt
school at which Edward Atkinson, Carl
Schurtz and iIoracc White stood at the
hcHd. iiohInd them were the Clevc.
lnndP, the Wlitncys, the MOrgans, the
Carlizlcp, The Lodges. the Aldriches, the
great Pre- Rs ~ the East: the Tribunce Oi
New York and Chicago. the Pioneer
Prrsg. the Courier journal, the Boston
Herald, the Philadclphin Prcss, the Bal.
timore papers and II hundred more, and
behind all were the Eastern national
hnnks with strings on every politician
who aspircd to any honor.
IL il as shameful u record ia the
world over bChcld. Then while it sue.
rccdcd. and though the outside world'E
distress turned before unhCard Oi vol
umem ~ gpl To our shOrca. what wns gain
ed?
II IL clear that half the wUrlia work.
era can uSc no money but silver aud
copper; ii is ci,ar that without money
their rncrgICs are exhausted in vain,
"nd our great trausI orlation chiefs
lnck freight for their ears and ships,
aiId our manufacturers lnck n market
for their warcs. WlRt waa gained by
dchnuching the nation FOR the purpose oi
giving higher purchWsinR power to the
money collected in intcrcai2