The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-01

bricks wants JnB tOepuDllcdu party Curutu out
of poweri Or, is it because at the
time that this great contest was being
waged for the destruction on one side, and for
the preservation of the government on the other
side, the Republican party found 4,OOO,O00 OF
poor human beings, that were writing IN the
gulf Of despair, bearing chains that had been
fastened upon their limbs by the Democratic
party, and the Republican party looked down
upon them and said; You are human beings.
and reached out the hand of charity, the hand
os Christianity, and like as fwith a magic wand
it touched their chains and they fell from their
limbs and they lifted them onto an equal PLAIN
with you and me and made them American
e~itizensl Great applause. Is that why brother
Hendricks wants the Republican party turned
QUIT IA voice. "Yes, that Is the reason.l Yes,
but perhaps there is another reason.
THE TREASURY SURPLUS,
When this government was taken charge of
by the Republican party, the Democratic party
having had charge Ok it for nearly thlrty-seven
years, and having so managed its affairs, as said,
as to bring our Nation into dishonor, so tar as
its credit was concerned. and not only that,
when the Republicans came to examine the
treasury they found just thirteen cents left by
thr Democratic party. Laughter andapplause.
Now, this Democratic candidate for the wee
presidency wants the Republican party turned
out WhyF Why, he says. there is too much
money in the Treasuryt The Republican party
has collected too. much money. They have i'm
posed upon the peoplel Well. [ will say this,
and | speak it in all kindness, there is one thing
sure. Every dollar in the Treasury to-day IS Just
that many dollars more than the Democratic
party left in it. [Great applause,l But our
friend Hendricks says the kepubhean
party are robbing the people; they
are taxing the people, and they have
. accumulated, he says, 800, 900. 000-I quote his
language in a speech made here in Indianapolis
and we are keeping that $500, 100000 in the
Treasury of the United States when that ought
to be in circulation among the people. Now,
Governor Hendricks ought to know better than
to make such a statement. Ia voice, HE does
know better. y If he does not know better he
certainly then is not the mar he has been repre-
scented to be so far as Intelligence is concerned;
but he says 1t ought to be out among the people.
In Toledo be said it ought to be out among the
people, circulating among them, engaged in
and in the affairs of the people, and
he said there-and | quote his exact
language-"The Republicans have $40O,
900, 600 in the Treasury, and we have
barefooted people in Indiana" Laughter.
Well, / don't know anything about that do
know this: The time was, under free trade and
the. Democracy, when we had bare-footsd people
all over this country Igreat cheeringl. and the
evidence that is here to-day, and everywhere IN
the growth of your grand State OF Indiana
shows that. our friend Hendricks is Ger
tainly mistaken in reference to that prop
osition as representing the people. Now,
what are the facts in, reference to the Treasury
of the United StatesR The Republican party
have nut money in the Treasury. They have
done more. During the war this government
was involved in six thousand million dollars OF
expenditure for the purpose OF carrying on the
war to suppress the rebellion. A rebellion not
made by Republicans; a rebellion not made by
our friends, but a rebellion made by a set of
gentlemen by whose votes Mr. hendricks
must be elected, if elected at all
We expended this six thousand millions
in order 10 preserve the government, and we
did preserve it. lApplause.l We have paid
about four thousand Ave hundred millions of
that debt and still have money in the Treasury.
Our Democratic friends, when the government
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lars. could not find a dollar in the Treasury of
the United States. Well, Mr., Hendricks insists
that men who have shown such incompetency as
that in time Of peace. should be put
the fact that nothing was in the Treasury
and denounces the Republican party because
something is in the Treasury. Is that going to
satisfy the American people as to their qualihca-
tions to administer the government tCries of,
mo" no" 'never."l What are the facts iii
reference to the Treasury We made your
greenbacks worth 100 cents on the dollar in
gold. We passed a law requiring a reserve to be
kept in the Treasury just as a banker,
merchant, farmer, or anybody else would
do. l presume there is not a farmer
in this country chat is a jueicious
man. who would not keep a couple of haystaeks
over for fear Of bad weather, and the same thing
is true of any i~udieious business man. The Re
publican party runs the Treasury to-day rs a
good, judicious business man would run his bust
ness. We keep about $139, 600. 900 in the Treas
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the notes of the government. About $242, 000,-
900 are deposited in the Treasury by the citizens
of the United States What is the result today
II You will put your hands in your pockets
some of you win find silver certificates You
will see them IN circulation every day. Does
not Mr.. Hendricks know that that $242, 900, 900
is held there for our citizens; that We have made
it a special deposit, and the certificates are in
circulation to-day among the people, passing for
money! IA voice, You have not told it all.
What is the balance of It'll Let us see. Many
Of the government bonds have been called in
that have not been presented, and sufficient
money is retained in the Treasury to pay them
on presentation. So in reference to inter
est due and unpaid, etc. That is
the condition of the Treasury today. If that is
not an honest way for the government to do
business, l do not know what honest business
is, and if Governor Hendricks or any other
Democrat desires the business of this govern
ment to be done on any other principle he de-
sires the business to be done on a losing princi-
pie, but on the very principle the
Democratic party always has done bust
ness laughter ard .applausel, so that
when they squared the books they
found there was nothing left Oh, Mr.. Hen
bricks says, we want them turned out for
another reason. What is It'll He says we want
to examine the books. My heavensl What
books? Laughter. He doesn't want to exam
inc the books kept when the Democrats were in
power. 1t is not those books, l presume. Ger
tafnly not; because he could do that in two
minutes. He could turn over to the ledger and
find that nothing came in and nothing
went out. daughter and applause
They have had a chance to examine
the books of the Republican party. They
have had a Democratic House Of Represent
atives for six years out of eight, and if our books
were not kept properly, why did they not ap-
point a committee and examine them2 They
have done it often, but they either did not un-
derstand book keeping, or did not find anything
wrong. Applause 1t is nothing but dema-
gogism for a man claiming to be a statesman
10 talk about wanting to examine the books, and
about wanting the money in the Treasury dis
tributed among the people, just as though You
would take a pitehfork, and go into the Treasury
and pitch X out, and let everybody grab
for it, Hendricks says, it will amount to six or
eight dollars for each person in the United
States. Now, I win say 10 brother Hendricks