The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
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zens themselves? Shall the workmen and
tradesmen of foreign countries enjoy the
privileges of market made valuable BY
the higher ideals of life and intelligence OF
the American people when they in no way
contribute TO the condition, pay no share
of the taxes and In no way assist in sus-
tanning the American government? This
country is a vast empire with resources
and facilities so boundess that IL can
produce anything needed by man. man.: 1t LIS is
canable of development to-day than IL was
ten years ago. We have Just begun TO
take the riches from the mines. Our farm
duction at the least cost. As a nation
we furnish the greatest market In the
er wages and higher civilization Of our
laboring classes
THE HOME MARKET.
America with one-twentieth of the popu-
lation of the world, produces one-third OF
the manufactured articles. and the con-
sumption OF products by the American peo-
pie is almost half the consumption OF the
entire world. Is such a market for our
own product worth keeping for ourselves?
Is II surprising that England is constantly
working for entrance into such market?
If the workmen of England and
other countries had the same
wants, the same pleasures IN
life as our own workmen there would be no
American workman has made what was at
first a luxury to-day a necessity, and he
hrous sfep The afe RepuSlcan prncipie Of paying
American wages for American labor. The
factory and the farm are the two great pro-
ducers of national wealth. When you stop
the music of the spindle and the roar OF the
factory you leave the plow 10 rust IN the
farm yard. When the factories were closed
the workshop deserted; labor ide: s, sne de en-
organized and the frightened owners OF
money had locked 1t in their boxes or hid
den it in the chimneys, ii is not surprising
we found our currency circulation too linn
tied, and that there was general demand
for an increase.
1T is in keeping with the record of the
past that the Democratic leaders should
strive to take advantage of sentiment
created largely through their own blunder-
ing. and then go shouting from the mousse
tops their devotion to silver. in the hope
that they may through this agitation De
saved from oblivion. The facts are the
silver in any of the years it was in power.
During the years before the war, when free
coinage did exist, the Democratic party
and yet i'm the past twenty-five years the
Republican party has coined over three
hundred million Of silver dollars and issued
against silver purchased. There can be no
disagreement as to the enlarged use OF
in favor of this. The question is, how can
1t best be brought about? Ii Is question
of economies and not OF politics, and as
such should have careful consideration. We
must keep in mind that none of the great
commercial nations of the world, the ma
tions of intelligence and civilization, are
users of silver alone. and the time Is passed
when any one nation can found its financlal
system on a basis not in accord with the
other great powers The intercourse of ma
tions is becoming so interviewer by means
of the telegraph and cable and so changed
are the conditions Of trade that IL would
be impossible for any one nation to ADOPT
a system of currency not in accord with
the other. commercial nations of the world
without threatened ruin and disaster 10 its
commerce and plunging its trade into
chaos. .ap - ~ ... 49,.
money, but only on one condition, and that
is that ii be sound and current the world
over. There is no question to which
party will be intrusted with the solving OF
this problem. The record Of the Republic
and party proves that it has always been
in favor of increasing the currency in
keeping with the demands of the country,
but only on the basis that the currency
and debt-paying power of a dollar whether
equal The people will be satisfied to leave
the solving of the currency question i'm the
hands of the Republican party. They know
that in the future, as in the past, the in
terests of silver in all its relations TO the
people can safely be intrusted TO the pro-
tecting care of that party. This entire
question as to the future use OF silver will
probably be settled by the great CONNER
cial nations of the world within a year.
Germany and France are seeking bimetal
direction ih,e ION WI What W the e people should do is to
bring pressure to bear upon their represen-
tatives for the appointment of delegates to
act and insist upon an agreement and OBJ
legation from the nations participating TO
maintain the ratio as there adopted.
'.Finaly, the great work Of the Repub-
lican party is the promotion and enlarge
ment of our industries through protection.
and the extension of our foreign trade
bimetallic standard of money through in
ternational agreement, in which silver shall
be more fully recognized; the revival of our
merchant marine, and the creation OF a
system of irrigation for the reclamation OF
arid lands"
WOMEN WORKING FOR SILVER.
At the conclusion of the presidents ad-
dress, Secretary Humphrey announced that
there were represented at the convention
forty-six States and Territories. the larg-
est number ever represented at any conven-
ton of the league. Among the delegates
were a number of ladies, four from Colo
rado, one from New York. two from Wash
ington and thre from Illinois, the latter rep
resenting woman's league clubs in those
States. The ladies from Colorado lost no
opportunity to do missionary work In favor
OF the free coinage of silver. The American
College has ten delegates present.
H. Clay Evans. of Tennessee. moved to
refer all resolutions to the committee on
resolutions without debate. An amendment
to refer without reading was defeated as
the silver men protested. Mr.. Evanss mo-
ton prevailed. The secretary announced
that the State delegations should report
their members of the committees on resolu-
tions, league work, rules and order OF busi-
ness time and place, and these committees
of fiH the pres presidents Of the State leagues et was
announced for 9 O'Clock a. m. Tomorrow
At 1 o'clock p. m. the convention adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow to give the COM
mittees time to work.
The committee on resolutions Is as fol-
lows: Iowa. James Blythe; Wyoming. WILL
lam A. Muslin; Ohio, w. 8. Cappellar; West
Virginia. Elliott Northcott; Oregon. II. NJ
Cake; Kentucky. NJ; Mcdonald Shaw; In
diana, George w. Faris: Wyoming F. NJ
Mondell; North Dakota. r.. n. Stevens;
Rhode Island, Henry Tiepke: Georgia, A. E.
Buell.; Louisiana, William p. Kellogg; New
York, S. A. Robinson: Utah, c. Z. Allen:
Texas. III. F. McGregor; Alabama. X. A.
Mosely; Arizona. j. A. sampson: California
j. j. Casper; Arkansas, John Mcclure: Con-
nectcut. L. NJ Hubbard; Colorado. Byron
vada. William Glass; South Dakota. r. J.
Woods: South Carolina, G. W. Murray:
Delaware. Horace Greeley Knowles; Illinois
c. s. Rannels: Kansas Senator Baker:
Massachusetts, Henry s. Blackwell; Ne
braska, r. b. Schnicer; Mississippi, James
Hill: Washington, Miles G.. Moore; District
of Columbia, w. w. Curry; New Mexico
A. l.. Morrison: Oklahoma. A. J. Seavy:
Wisconsin, Henry Fink.
SILVERITES' MEMORIAL.
Petition Presented After a Confer.
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