The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-30

the quantity. I think some of the men
standing around me to-day, who were
across the river during the late civil war.
will remember that quality had very much
to do with the value of the money and that
while there was quantity IN plenty OF a
certain kind of money, the quality of it was
lcrfes of That's right and .Hurrah fof
McKinley.D General Longstreet recently
:" 1t was said of the Confederate money
during the war that big hamper basket
full of it was sent to market for a bas-
ketful of supplies for daily family USE The
last breakfast l had in Richmond, before
was small steak plain biscuit and warm
water that had faint suspicion of coffee
about it. and I'd this sum2tuous repast cost
| felt then / was swindlng mine host
Grants guns called me to work on the field.
| have heard a poor private had TO pay $500
for still scantier meal
What want in this country my fell
low-citizens, no matter where we live, no
good, honest dollar that has value in it.
When we give our labor TO our employer,
when we give our eight or ten hours of a
days work to the railroad company, we
have given them the best we have and we
want in return dollars that represent the
value of the work we give to those rail-
road companies. (CrieS of That's right
and great applause.) We want no depre-
ciated dollars in the United States. We
have had short hours for the last three
years and a half We don't like them and
don't want short dollars.
to believe that the way to get on best is
to have one body of our citizens arrayed
believe that we are all brothers. all equal
under our Constitution and flag. and that
ali of us have right to aspire to the high
est and best things in a free government
like ours. (Cheers) The most glorious
thing our history has demonstrated is that
the poorest and humbIsst bile boy with the the
and pure heart, may reach the highest
places in the gift of the Republic. (Cries
n '(xDodf a nd frpnlpn6o1lS \
l spurn the attempt to array one body
class of my fellow-c;tizens against another,
and resent with indignation the idea that
working men are not patriots. They have
been patriots in every crisis of our coun-
try They require no coercion TO make
them love their country, their homes, their
mothers, their wives and their children.
Cloud and continuous cheering.)
Il am glad to know that the railroad en-
ployeS from one end of the country to the
other are marching this year under the
same flag of national honor and public and
private integrity. (Renewed cheers.) l am
glad to know that the employees of railroad
lines all over the United States for they
have visited me from nearly every State
are standing together as never before for
the maintenance of sound currency ana
perpetuity of our free institutions that
recognize neither class, creed nor condition.
Il thank you, my llow-citizens, for this
cail. We are now so near the time when
this great jury is to render it's verdict that
arguments seem wholly unnecessary. loud
shouts of We are! We arer) ! thank YOU
are waiting with supreme mpatience for
the hour when you can put in the box that
ballot which will express the best asDra-
uonS of your hearts, not only for YOUR
selves, but for your families. / bid you
welcome and give you hearty greeting to
my home. | wish you safe return to your
homes and trust that after the election is
be found on the side of right. Justice and
patriotism. / will be glad to greet you all
personally. (Three cheers were then given
for the next President of the Jfpitad
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