The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-14

are as honest as they are patriotic. We
set up a dishonest dollar but we believe
they have not been educated as they should
be: Such conventions as this should be
held in the East. When the plain people
are right the politicians will fall over them
selves In their haste TO get on the right
side. l want to say few words on the
that Is honest indeed. in proof and in fact
j conceive that Mr. Carlisles idea that the
best money is the highest priced money is
not true. The best money Is the money
that has and always Will have stability.
The best dollar Is not hgh-priced nuctu-
lar of absolute stability. and that is the
dollar of bmetalIism. The most absolutely
dishonest dollar that the world has ever
seen i the constantly approaching gold
dollar"
TILLsIAN's SPEECH.
The next speaker was Benjamin r. Till
man. the Populist United States Senator
from South Carolina, TO whose appearance
everybody had been looking forward with
great interest, his speech was expected
TO furnish the sensation of the conven-
ton In a mild way this expectation was
realized. Senator Tillman is plain man,
OF not very attractive appearance, but
whose manner convinces of his earnest
ness and sincerity. His original manner
once. and he held their close attention for
over an hour He said, in part
Some three or four weeks ago there as
sembled in this city body called to teach
the Southern people the meaning of sound
money. After putting in motion all the
secret agencies and the use of iliimitable
money and drumming up delegates from
this Chamber OF Commerce and that bank.
they assembled here to tell what was
the meaning of sound money, and after
having the people of this city, whose loans
from the banks make them subservient to
the banking interests, turn out they sue
ceeded in drumming up large gathering,
.and 1,n1 he IF f,e Trol
ury here to tell us the difference between
sound money now and sound money IN
nd od s sS had three og w6 H
sold their birthright for the mess or pot
tage (applause); three Congressman only,
and saw in the paper Wnicn read about II
party, in this Southland. where the pro-
portion between the agricultural interest
and the rest Is seventy-hve farmers 10
twenty-five of all other occupations / see
before me too many sunburned faces not to
recognize in this gathering those who fol-
What is sound money? Is il that money
which requires two pounds of cotton. two
bushels of wheat TO get the same quantity
of il il did a few years back? L claim that
such dollar as that Is robber dollar or
200 cents. They tell you about the nifty
cent dollar; Let US h h,a into their teeth
What is the condition in these CSited
States? Look east of the Ohio river and
north of the Potomac, and there you will
there you will find the men who manipu-
late your Congresses and buy them; there
you will find the men who nominate your
Presidents and control them. They are
the creditor States of this Union. They
own nearly all the creditors of this coun-
try. Our bankers go there to get Their
nish the collateral and they go there 10
get the money TO loan you, when, If We
had a sound system of finance and an hon.
est President and a representative and
patriotic Congress. we would nave sucn
distribution of the money of this country
as would prevent its congestion In lew
II am not here to discuss this question
in any partisan way. as you will find out
Sbley and Mr.. Thomas went too far In the
announcement of their belief that the DEM
ocratic party was hopelessly split; though
true, il takes a very forid imagination TO
believe that IL is possible for them to elect
a President next year: that their party will
dsintegrate. and that we form a new one
Now / am not going that far, but am 60
ing a long way towards ii, and i am GO
ing to tell you why. There are some things
| can say that no other man dare say. 1
have been that way good while In my
politics, boys. and that is the reason the
people in South Carolina like me.
CLEVELAND SCORED.
What is the condition now of the DEM
ocratic party? Now. this has a direct bear
ing OH silver and you will settle 1t directly.
What is that condition? AS a Democrat l
am almost ashamed. to catalogue IL or
speak OF IL i'm an assembly mostly Demo-
cratic. The President, whom We elected by
a vote almost larger than that received by
any of his predecessors. has betrayed the
party. There is no use TO deny that fact.
1 use the good old honest language, you
know and / believe that he is first cousin
TO Benedict Arnold In politics for, If that
platform which he was nominated and
elected and which he accepted without any
dnxls rtx.er Al a ~ o.
ceptance any sign OF lodging I'LL say If
that platform meant anything, 1t meant
that silver should have the same access 10
T Inc n pus in in some n middle about PARTY
and they have gone and killed poor silver
on that plea of parity. When this was done
get back some of the money wrung from
the people. the Supreme Court, after one
iTstIee had e ysp on Himself and in S2ee
weeks and declared the law uncon-
sstqtional Did they buy him. Il don't say
lIsle that he is the victim Of his environ
ment. He could not stand the social pres.
sure of the Rothschilds and Belmonts. and
h hog and who invite him out OCCASION
Ex-Governor Alva Adams. of Colorado.
favored a union of the West and South for
silver, the waging of a vigorous campaign
outside OF alp arty lines. He asserted that
eleven Western States stood ready TO join
the SOutn IN Sucn a movement.
Marion Butler, the Populist Senator from
North Carolina, announced that he was
thorcugh-gong Poplllst and believed the
government should own the railroads and
steamships, but did not want them to own
them while the Rothschilds and other mon
ey kings owned the government. The North
Carolina Senator spoke at an unfavorable
time The crowd had been deluged with
such a flood of oratory all day that it was
somewhat tired, but ii accorded him
spectful hearing and then took recess
until evening
Congressman Bankhead, OF Alabama,
presided at the evening session of the con-
vention. He introduced Gen. A. j. Warner,
of Ohio who declared that any man who
says silver was demonetiZed with the full
knowledge of the people of the United
States simply les. You can disentomb
all the traitors whose lives are written
in history and all can give "A better reason
for their traitorous deeds than can the
Senator from Ohio give for his action on
the financial question" the General said.
W. j. Bryan, OF Nebraska. was the next
speaker. Most of his speech was devoted
To answering Mr. Car,isles recent Mem
phis speech. State Senator Arson Walcott.
of Indiana, was the last speaker OF the
evening.
Under the resolution passed this after
noon a national committee was appointed
to call a national silver convention in its
discretion. The committee elected John X.
Goodwin. of Tennessee. chairman and
j. N. Acklen. of Nashville, secretary. 1t
VIII meet in Chicago during July TO perfect
a permanet organization. The convention
then adjourned sine die.