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Pioche Weekly Record PCSLtAKKD IVIlt THITRMIAT KT THE RECORD PURLiSHING COMPANY. OVriOK: MA.3ONI0 BUII.DIMi, LAOOtTR STREET. TKKMH: sabsorlptlun, On Tew, by Mail W . Subscription, Bli Months, " 2 M S Farwsrdod till Paid For. Advertising rite ft? mis bed npon application I the OfflOS. Entered it the Poatoffloe t Pioche, Nevada, H Sscrad-Olass mitter. Oommanlcatlons are solicited, but the paper will not responsible for the opinions of tu cor respondents. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1892. NATIONAL DKMOCRATIC CONVEN TION. The National Democratic Convention met at Chicago on Tuesday, the 21st uut. Wilton of Virginia was made per' fitanent chairman. Permanent organiza tion was effected and business begun by noon yesterday. Press dispatches re oeived here indicated Cleveland in the lead with Hill following close, Boies of low came forward with some force dur ing the evening. At six in the evening it was reported that the minority report on platform and resolutions would ask for free silver, and later a motion to adopt a substitute tilverplank was lost. night session was held and at 9:20 call of States for presentation of candidates was made. Some of the delegates wanted to postpone balloting until to-day, but were voted down. Hill and Cleveland continued the favorites, but the first bal lot settled it, Cleveland obtaining G1C 1-3 votes out of 906. Hill's following proved much weaker than was expeotod. One ballot was taken for Vice-President, Gray of Indiana, and Stevenson of Kentucky, being the favorites, with Morse of Michigan on the side. No choice resulted on the first ballot, upon which Cole of Ohio moved to suspend the rules and that Stevenson be declared nominated by acolamation. Motion was carried. Stevenson is a strong Cleveland man, and seconded his nomination at the convention yesterday, keeping the body in a roar of laughter by his witty say ings. Harrison and Keid ou the Republican tioket, Cleveland and Stevenson on the Demoeratio six of one and half a dozen of the other at far as the Silver States are concerned. Tub trouble in the Comr d'Alene min ing country hat been settled, with a vic tory for the union men. " Cleveland carried West Virginia in 1888 by plurality of only 652 and Vir ginia by only 1,539. tbwe States are open to the influence of " boodle" this year. San Francisco and other California oities are becoming overrun with Japan ese. They are crowding into every de partment of industry, to the exclusion of whits psople. Tub exports of silver this year have been larger than at any time since tht passage of the law of July, 1890. The shipments from New York alone have amounted to nearly $10,000,000. The exeoutive committee of the Silver Clubs of thit State hive issued a call for State Convention at Reno, on the 24th inst. to nominate Presidential electors pledged to vote only for a free coinsge candidate. It is dangerous business to interfere with Uncle Sam. Benjamin S. Bailey, a man who swindled the United States out of a two-seat stamp at Porterville, Cali fornia, few days ago pleaded guilty and was iientenced to psy a fine of $70. A dispatch from Rome, Italy, says there is a great scarcity of silver change in that city, and measures have been taken to prevent its exportation. Reports to the same effect were received from financial agents in all parts of Italy. Onb of the worst disasters that ever visited southern Minnesota occurred last Thursday afternoon. A funnel-shaped tornado swept over the land, laid waste sooth of happy homes and sent 8f ty or sixty souls into eternity. The extent of ths Conn try devastated is greater than W before known in the history of the Stat. ' Wrra Harrison and Cleveland at the head of the tickets of the two great Prtie, the Silver supporters should be speedily able to determine their course. Neither of these leaders can be expected to do anything for free coinage, they will U weighed by their past records and ths situation will afford the Silver States an opportunity to thow their ttrength. Let the Omaha. Convention pot up a man of ny popularity and the result may be sooh as to cause both Harrison and Cleveland many a sleepless night. Senator Smwaht says the Democrats will do the same at the Republicans have on the silver question. The gold bogs will ssnd million dollars or two mil lion, if necessary, to buy up the whole epnvintion. Now as the Senator asserts that it took about million to buy up the Minneapolis convention and that it may take two million to buy up the Chi eajro convention, wouldn't it be a good scheme (or him to investigate and let the country know what delegates got away arith the awtg. vLiPoivder: Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Stand ard. j THE FALL OP MLVKR. K. O. Leech, director of tho United States mint, contributes to the Forum uu article on the cauxeof the fall of the price of silver, 'showing that for nearly two cen turies the commercial value of gold to silver was practically maintained at 1 to 15 and a fraction. The steadying force was the bi-metallic system in operation in France and later in the states of the Latin union. Down to 18"3, (the year that Senator Sherman's infamous bil passed the United States Congress) the relative value of gold and silver had been maintained for over seventyl years at about 1 to 15J. The decline of silver as compared with gold Oxxnmenced in that year, and since that time it has fallen from about $1.30 per fine ounce to $0.85J per fine ounce on March 28, 1892, a do cline in nineteeu years of over 35 per cent. Leech says that Sherman's act demonetizing silver had nothing to do with the decline, but attributes it to the demonetization of silverby Germany af ter the close of the Franco-Prussian war, the adoption of the single gold standard by Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the prohibition of silver coinage by Holland, aud the suspension of silver coinage by Russia in 1876. According to this wise office-holder and defender of the gold ites, if the demonetization of silver had not taken place then it must have occur red a few years later. Another cause of the fall in the price, according to Mr. Leach, was the increased production since 1873, ranging from 03, 207, 000 fine ounces in that year to 143,555,000 fine ounces in 1891. Even this large produc tion might have been absorbed in the ciroulatian had the coinage system of the world favored it, but as it was there was increased production and a reduced de mand happening at the same time. No settlement of the present monetary con fusion is possible, says Mr. Leech, with out international action tLat is, Eng land's money sharks. According to this seer and prophet, the United States the greatest and richest power on earth a nation that requires one thousand million dollars to run it about a year is in a pitiable plight financially, with no prospect of relief except from the Shylocks of the old world. TUB PEOPLE'S PARTY. I The People's party will assemble at Omaha on the 2d of July to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States. The citizens of Omaha have agreed to raise $17,500 to defray tho expenses of the convention. Coliseum hall, the place of meeting, will seat 7,000 persons. To prevent confu sion, and to check those unfriendly to the movement from packing it with a mob, a system of tickets has been agreed upon by the national committee and the People's committee of Omaha. One of the events of the meeting will be the re union of the "Blue and the Cray." Thousands of veterans from all sections of the country are expected to be on hand and elect officers for a permanent organ ization. Emmons Blaine, aon of ex-Secretary Blaine, died thortly after noon last Sat urday, of blood poisoning. The blow is a hard one to the family, and Mr. Blaine and wife are completely prostrated. Within a year General Schofield will have reached the age of retirement from active military service, for he is now 63 ; and a few months later General Howard will be eligible for the retired list. Gen, Miles, the other one of the major-gener alt commanding the United Statet army will probably be Scnoaeldi successor; but with the retirement of Schofield and Howard there will not be left an officer who commanded a corps during the civil war. Ths long fight (twelve years) between the New York Printers' Union and the Tribune baa ended in a triumph for the printers, Whitelaw Reid having agreed to engage union men thortly before the Minneapolis convention." On the hypoth esis that one good turn deserves another, the onion sent a communication to the New York delegates to the convention urging Reid'a nomination for the Vice Presidency. The refusal of Reid to unionize the Tribune office jn 1884, was said to have been the main factor which defeated Blaine for the Presidency. The Tribune was the leading organ of the Re publican party in New York State, and was supposed to be the mouth-piece of Blaine. The printers and other trades unions insisted that unless the Tribune beotma a union office they would work and vote against Blaine. Notwithstand ing the efforts of leading Republicans and Blaine himself, Reid stubbornly re fused, stating tbat he would never sub mit to be dictated to as to whom he should employ. It was estimated that Reid's action caused the lots of over 30,000 votes to the Republican party in the State, and was the direct cause of Blaine's defeat. To Rev. Burchard's "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion," was generally attributed ths loss of the State, but Blaine and leading Republicans knew better. Evidently Mr. Reed doesn't cars about again antagonizing the same elements tbat is, not thit year. LINC OLN COUNTY SILVKlt LKAUUE An A-h1 to the Voter of Mnroln County In Behalf of Silver. 1 lie following address has been put forth by the Lincoln County Silver League and a copy sent to every voter in the county. The League is doing good work in behalf of the white metal and its members feel confident that Success will crown their efforts: Pursuant to a call from a number of citizens, n mass meeting was held at the Coiirthouso nt Piocho, April 4, 1892, to form an organization to politically ad vance the cause of silver. Thoso who assembled deemed It advisable to form said organization : First Because the money power of these United States rests in the hands of a few men who are in favor of a single gold standard of money valuation, and by controlling the finances of our coun try upon the basis of a single gold stan dard of money valuation, do monopolize and control illegally and unrightlully the financial affairs of this nation and this nation's people, to their own tier Bonal profit, thereby oppressing and subjugating the fanner, the planter, the miner, the mechanic and the laboring and producing classes gonorally. Second--Bccauso the act of 1873 which demonetized silver was Burrep titously passed through Congress by these monopolists and bondholders with the aid of unscrupulous legislators, whoso eyes were blinded, and who in turn have tried to blind the eyes of the people to the disastrous effect caused by the passage of said act, that certain bonds issued by our national govern ment to meet the exigencies of an ex pensive civil war, upon which the inter est was payablo in gold, might become more valuable becauso of tho demonet ization of silver and the adoption of the siuglo gold standard. Third Becauso the' passage of said act of demonetization has caused a stop page in the wheels of industry through out this nation. It has caused our far mers and planters to lose one-third of the value of their crops each year sinco the passage of said infamous act. I- has caused our mines to bo shut down ard the population of Nevada to deorease to an alarming extent. It is gradually causing a paralization and stagnation of business throughout our State and a re duction in the rate of wages paid to thoso who labor for a livelihood through out the land. It has caused the principal business of the country to fall into the hands of these few monopolists and stock speculators, who in their turn are but the tools of the money kings of Eng land, and has everywhere degraded and enslaved labor, and has caused and is causing distress and financial ruin ex cept in the matter of the bondholders themselves, who have amassed collosal fortunes at the expense of our ruin. Fourth Because both the Republican and Demoeratio parties have refused to take any practical steps looking to a remonetization of silver and a righting of this outrageous wrong, and to wiping out this most infamously criminal law, as they could and should do in our balls of Congress. Yet the fear of party de feat at i he hands of these monopolists causes both Republican and Democratic parties to cater to their wishes and still oppress the people, though a majority of the people of thit nation be in favor of the free aud unlimited coinage of silvoi. Fifth Becauso we believe that by united actiou upon onr part, as the friends of silver we can secure the passage of a law providing for the free and unlimited coinage of rilver, we deem it our duty as citizens of the United States, as the fathers of families, as the carers for and protectors of the aged and infirm, the woak and helpless, as the patrons of labor, as the lovers of truth, of right and of justice, to arise and demand free and unlimited coinage of silver; and to do this we must organize into one body, that our concerted action may have the more weight and force, and that our strength and power may be shown and felt, and that we may more properly as sert the rights and make known the will of a majority of the people. , Now, therefore, we do earnestly so licit your co-operation in this matter, and would be most pleased to receive your name as a member of the "Lin coln County Silver League," undor the following PLEDOI ; This League being organized for the purpose of securing the remonetization of silver by the Federal Government, and believing that such remonetization is paramount to all other political issues, pledges itself, and each of its members pledges himself, to oppose by all legiti mate means the election of any man to any office. National, State or County, or the election of any delegate to any con vention for the nomination of candidates for office, who is not an avowed friend to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and the nominees of any conven tion whose platform does not demand such free and unlimited coinsge of silver. All porsons may become - members of this Leafpio by subscribing to the aliove pledge. Should you send us your uuuio us a member, we will, from lime t" time, send you proceedings of meetings as they bio held, and would be pleased to receive at any aud all times nuy sugges tions that you may huve to offer that will tend to hHsiat our cause. Very aepectfully, Lincoln Oocnty Silvkb Lkaoue. Per W. L. Cook, .Secretary. CONVKNTION. The " Occasional,' published at Eure ka, by Thos. -Wren, has the following article on tho work of the Minneapolis Convention. As Mr. Wren is one of the ataunchest Republicans in the State, the article will be read with interest : The net result of the Republican Na tional Convention just adjourned, is the nomination of Harrison for President and Whitelaw Reid, editor and principal pro prietor of the New York Tribune, for Vice-President, and the adoption of a strong anti-silver plank in the Republican platform. The hostility of Harrison to silver has been as bitter as ws that of Cleveland during his administration, but less manly and courageous, and therefore more dan gerous. What Cleveland tried to accom plish against silver by open methods, Harrison has attempted against it by secret underhanded means. Whitelaw Reid flaunted at the head of the editorial columns of the Tribune for more than a year that despicable lie, "An eighty-five cent dollar." He is and always has been one of the meanest ene mies of silver io the United States. What may ironically be termed the "silver plank" in the platform was in tended no doubt to catch silver vote?, but in fact it squarely commits the Re publican party to the repeal of all laws for the sale of silver to the Government and its coinage, until the bond-holders and money-lending millionaires of Europe by agreement pay us forty cents an ounce more for our silver than they have to at present. The means by which this result has been brought about does not admit of a doubt. The price of members of the convention probably did not range as high as the prices of men did "before the war." Cleveland will be nominated at the Chicago Convention by the same means, if the two-thirds rule don't defeat him, and the scheme of the gold bugs will have succeeded so far as the nomi nation for President by the Democratic and Republican parties are concerned. If the Democrats at Chicago shall fail to give us a free coinage, candidate on an equivocal free coinage platform, then there will be nothing left for the people of the silver States to do but to band themselves together and support a ticket of their own. WASHINGTON LKTTH.R. Washington, June 13. The President is still receiving congratulations on his re-nomination. At first they came prin cipally by telegraph, but this morning brought the first wave of a deluge by mail. They come from all seotions and all classes, and they all sing one song the triumphant election of Harrison and Reid. The Congressional delegates and visitors to the National Convention have nearly all returned to Washington, and as one man they are of the opinion that the convention made a rattling platform and a winning ticket, and that there was less dissatisfaction at its close than was ever shown at any national convention at wnich there was a fight for the nomina tion. This is gratifying and leaves little doubt of Republican success in Novem ber. It is conceded by all that no man who is a Republican can give a valid ex cuse for not cordially supporting Harrison and Reid; and all that is necessary to make their election certain it that they receive the full Republican vote. The Democrats are positively dazed at the aitua.ion. Where they expected to find a strong minority of ths Republican party talking doubtfully of the tuccett of the national ticket, if not actually threatening open revolt against it, as a result of the warm contest at Minneap olis, they find the Bopublicant marching shoulder to shoulder, without a break in the solid column. Whatever there may have been before and during the conven tion, there are to-day no anti Harrison Republicans, which speaks volumes for the party and its future; and the Presi dent has no better friends to-day than those whose relations with Mr. Blaine are ths closest and most intimate, and I know tbat unless prevented by sickness, Mr. Blaine will take the stump for Har rison and Reid. A buncomb resolution has been intro duced in the House and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs directing the President to sever diplomatic relation with the Russian government until such time as that government thall cease dis criminations against the Hebrewt because of their religiout faith, and remove the arbitrary and brutal restrictions now im posed upon them against the protest of the civilized world. What would be thought of the Czar if he should order diplomatio relations with the United Statet levered until tuch time as we thould repeal the Chiueae exclusion law, or any other law upon our statute books ? He would have just as much right to do so at we have to follow this resolution. It is the introduction of such resolutions that makes sensible men think it might bo a good idea to require all bills and resolutions to be approved by an official having authority similar to tbat exercited by the managing editor on a newtpaper. Senator Quay it luthority for the statement tbat the men who opposed the President in the national convention will all bt found taking aotive parti Jn work- j ing for the election of the ticket, just the j aame as if they had named the candidate. I That's the sort of talk. It is no more and no less than very Republican has a right to expect of every other Republi cao. While every man naturally has his personal preferences, it is the party and Its great principles that have made the United States the greatest and meat pros perous of all countries, that all patriotic Republicans place above aud beyond any man or set of meD. Men die, but the principles of the Republican party will live as long as Americans love liberty and appreciate prosperity. NEW TO-DAY. NOTICE. A LL HILLS AGAINST TUB PIOOBK OON- Cm. soiioaied oiiuixig ana deduction Co. mu4 be presented (or payment on the first of tho mourn, ah bin nut ao pre-eated will be laid over tin me inontn ruiiowing. J jH . 0. iAflEi, Manager. Dated Mictae, Nv., Juie 2. 1893. FOURTH OF JULY BY THE PIOCfJK FIRE DKP1RTJPT Thompson's Opera House OK THE Evening of July 4th. Committee op Arrangements. E. D. Turner. J. O GeUbert, Jaa. Nesbitt, Jr., J. A. Clark. H. E. Freudenthal, A. I. Harmon. Committee on Mdsic. H. E. Freudenthal, W. J. Dooley, Jas. Nesbitt, Jr. Floor Directors. Geo. W. Wheatley, Ed Freudenthal, T. E. Edwaids. Floor Manager H. E. Freudenthal. TICKETS, $1.50 Scppkr at Dick's Chop House. LOUIE KLEInT AT THE OLD Fh la Jefphia Brewery Saloon Main Street, Keeps on hand a Better Grade of LIQUORS and CIGARS than any house in town. CALL and SAMPLE the STOCK, CLOSING OUT SALE Daring the next thirty days I w'U uxj stock or MILLINERY and LADIES' GCODS without reserve, at cost, to close out business, A full line of Ladies', Missel anil Children's Straw and Felt Hats CALL, AND SECURE BAROtlSS. BUILDING FOR SALE OR LEASE. MRS. P. B. McKEON. Pioche, Nev., June 9th, 189. BATHS I BATHS FIFTY CENTS EACH. Hot and Cold at all Hours. Fnulumenta not snrpaased to the Inter Mountain country. JOS. PHILLIPS, TONSORIAL PARLOR, MUN ST., PIOCHB. PIOCHE Brag itore XI. A.. XVXMrtixx rjfe Oo., PROPRIETORS, THE UNDERSIGNED RESPPOTFCLLY annonnee to the people of Pioobe and Lincoln coun-y that their now Urn Store, on Main ttroet one door norta or the (kdbe Mer camllt Store, Is now open with a new stock OliomioalB, Drugs, Modlclnoe, Toilet Articles, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES, SOAP, SPONGE), ETC , iro. jpxjsrin oiga x ? s, ....a LAUQE VARIETY OF..., Notions and Fancy Articles. Physician's Prearrlpiiamt carefully compounded, day or night, and orders from abroad filled with oare and dlapatoh by a com petent drnffltt. B. A. MABTW OO. DANCE V. S. GODBE. DAVID YEARSLEY, " O. E. HOLT, TroMdent . Vv e-FroMdent. Srur'y & Treasurer. The Godbe Mercantile Co., IVSain Street, Pioche. Groceries and Dry Goods A. SPECIALITY. Bright. New and Fresh Goods. Farmers Supplies a Specialty. A Full Line of all Staple Articles, Best Canned Gbods, Hams and Bacon, Pure Leaf Lard. Most Elegant of Cigars, Smoking and Ctewing Tobaccos in Town, Every day we give the Tublic the lowest prices for all goods. Call and see the superior Clothing, Dry Goods and Carpets we are now selling at . ' ,u ' '; SALT LAKE PiUpES.rv -s ,r- The only store In town carrying a full supply or the best quality Down Qulltt Pillows and Winter Comforts, ' JOHN BOEDER, FIRE-PROOF BUILDING, LACOTJR STREET. DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE General Produce Bought and uuuus A FULL LINE OF HARNESS AND SADDLES. CARRIES A Gents' Clothing and BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS. Bargains in Every Lane for Cash Such at you never saw here before. .Also a Full Assortment of Jewelry In Solid Gold and Plated Ware. Old Jewelry taken in exchange for new on fair terms. COHN 'I he system of selling evjry article at a small profit, but of a thoroughly reliable quality, is a ruling principle of our house. OUR ASSORTMENT OF Silks Velvets & Plushes Is always tha best here, from the cheapest to th e hithest priced mite rials brought to thts X eititoiy. otm EBrm.) 116 & 118 South Main Street, SALT LAKH CITY. B. T. LACY, President. J. II . Vice Utah & Montana Machinery ' DEALERS IN ALL, CLASSES cu W z 5 z w "3" a B M o o o V) W w H in o a 2 g 5 O o m 4 o 9 o z w MAI ' OFFICE 259 Correspondence Solicited. Sold. The very BEST GRADE earned in stock. FULL LINE OF Furnishings, Dry Goods A psrsonal call will prove the fact. BROS., MUNDY, President. 0. P. MASON. Oen'l Manager, Company,; AND IMPORTERS OF OF MACHINERY. 00 ffl o r 50 M W o 2! n as o GO 50 O t W w a a o W O D O us 2 o 03 3 s CO & WAREROOtVIS, S Main Street, Salt Lake City, TJT AH