The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-06
THE KEYNOTE OF THE CAM
PAlCN.
Judge McInttxs Strikes It In His East Tur-
ner Hall specch.--An Able Document.

Judge McIntirs Strikes 1t In His East Tur-
ner Hall speech..-An Able Document.
The meeting held at East Turner
hall In Denver last week called forth
In reality the first speech of the cam
paign from A. w. McIntire, the Re-
publican nominee for governor. 1t
was u mastery review of the vital
issues of the day and ELECTED the
closest attention and wnrmest apprc-
citation from large and exceptionally
intelligent audience.
Mr.. McIntire said:
,''Ihe existence of the present state nd.
ministratlon is due entirely to the fact tnat
many voters cndcavored to take STAND
which they believed would benefit the cause
Of silver, without intending to express any
view whatever upon the other plnnks OF
the, Omaha platform. However mistaken i
their course, their intention wns to aid Sill
S% nSt to viii assist she to act of
the s0.called old parties on the silver ques.
ton, forgetting that parties cannot run iar i,a
er aahercns M or aoS The time Of @ party whish
aside from It's pronounced position upon ',h me
silver question, they had no sympathy Win.
The fact that the real Populist sentiment
Il for principles antngonistic to the res,ora
, t" 9n on syer and to na ,he st psa' sirh Of was
lisreGarled. and in the heat of the cam
pnlgn. believing that the Popnlist state ate
result Of lis election followed; - ,,..
"rhnt thu, claim Of the p9pn'iists That that
fory or the IRE of Satshns votes Of
silver states is apparent to everyone VINO
VIII honestly look into the facts anu r,v mo 10
states other than silver states. and TO ev-
eryone who will endcavor to ascertain the
ty as n national party. Irrcieemable fiat
money is the real money plank of the p2p.
the position of that party through Its lead, ,
Ing members. az for instance the socnlled
Jerry simpson bill. which calls for the issu- .t
f na @ihGrawai Of R"% gold % ind silver
from the currency of the country. Is
old Grcenback party and the ndhcrents OF
the old so,called grecnback or fiat money
Idea, all belong to ihs populist pnrty That nt
some other states are really opposed to a 81,
yer Is proved hy the fact, as learn % by the
states, with n ratio of 10 to | was voted
loWn. The indorseinent ,h,am 9f dhe and nd S Wis.
consln Republicans Indicates the growth OF
Republican sentiment In fnvor OF free COLL
age.
at IL unnecessary to make nm extended
argument to prove that large Issue OF IRE,
from circulation and use ns money both
gold and silver.
without making any assertions that the
the silver idea. understanding the true sit
nation in all parties. nevertheless l assert
restoring silver is n mistake. until ma
jority of the people of the United States
Il IN na 1f Of @ nation d is for the
complete restoration OF silver " Is impos,
siblc that that restoration can take place.
aud when that condition of public opinion
exists. then nil of the parties of the United
States will be In favor of silver restoration,
with the probable exception of the Popu-
list party.
PopULISTS AND SILVER.
'.Whlle there may be good things In the
Omaha platform. the Inconsistencies of that
pae and the nnr,y betwseh nsaIer t t
impossible for it to become party In
power OF the nation.
sarlly control tile action of that party. The
majority Of the Populist party can never
bidding for the votes of the silver regions
by ndyocating silver. for the great majority
of aat ars aFe Of frSs
OF the mint for tbelssunnce of the money
OF the country.
zone of the great dangers to silver in the
future, and In the present as well. Is the
dlsirust Of the nation at large OF party
whIch sdy9edtes % SO % many n yasarres preSes ana in
ierests e Tie so%iauniiyi 10 be "a iass Sc, to to
largely by demngognes and cranks.,
'populfsm is really socialism. The true
luea OF government is Ilht IL ls u mthiiS Dy
which the perfect freedom of every citizen
may be secured to him. and by which full
liberty of conduct and action lii nil the re.
lntions of life shall be accorded to nnd
maintained for him, consistent with the
same full liberty to every other citizen:
That government should do everything and
the individual nothing. Mt least nothing
without the control and assistance of the
government. is destructive to the progress
of the human race 1t Is the reward of the
individual that produces the individual ac-
tion which brings about the persistent al
though often spasmodic advance. Of civil
ization. Human progress results from indi-
yidual effort or. the union of individual ef.
forts In the various directions which human
activity takes. and Is based upon the de-
yeopmcnt and progress of the indlvidnal.
would exert his muscles or worry his brain
In labor or invention beyond what neces-
sity compcls? \ state of socialism carried
10 Its logical conclusion would ultimately
result In imbecillty or savagelsm.
"No better illustration of the ease with
which promises can be made and broken
can be found than in the history of the last
two years in this state. In this life moth
ing IL perfect There Is always an Ideal
which as matter of fact we can never
attain. In government by nny party some
mistakes are inevitable. Faults and evils
which exist caunot always be corrected or
eradicated Mt once.
VOTERS WERE DECEIVED.
Of ho to