Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-12

Der of judges and pack the court to get
decision to please them (ApplauseD
| My friends, our fathers who framed
| this government divided its great pow
| ers between three great departments
| the legislative, executive and the judicial l.
| 1t sought to make these Independent,
| the one of the other, so that neither
| might overshadow or destroy the other:
| The Supreme court. the most dignifed
| judicial body in the world, was appointed
| to interpret the laws and the conStitu-
| ton, and when that court pronounced
| a decree as to the powers of Congress
or as to any other constitutional ques-
| ton, there is but one right method if We
disagree, and that is the method pointed
|. out by the constitutional amend it to
| conform with our views. That is the po-
| sition today.
citizens, in all the gravity of a great
crisis, whether you will sustain a party
who propose to destroy the balance which
our fathers instituted in our system of
government, and whenever a tumultuous
Congress disagrees with the Supreme
court and subservient President is in
the white house. that the judgment of
the court shall be reconsidered and re-
versed by increasing the number of
judges and packing the court with men
who Will decide as Congress wants them
to. (Applause9 L cannot exaggerate the
gravity and the Importance and the dan
ger of this assault upon our constitution
al form of government.
Il do not intend to spend any time in
the discussion of the tariff question. That
debate has been won, and need not be
protracted. 1t might eternally
upon theoretical lines. We had had some
experiences. but they were historical and
remote. and not very instructive to this
generation. We needed an experience of
own, and we have had it. 1t has
been hard lesson, but very convinc-
ing one. and everybody in the school
house when it was given him. A panic in
1898 of most extraordinary character has
been succeeded by gradual drying up.
less and less, until universal business dis
traction and anxiety prevails over all of
our community l DO not believe there
has been time, except. perhaps, in the
very heat of some active panic. when
universal fear and anxiety and watchful-
ness, even to the point of desperation,
has characterized this great metropolis
as it does today. (Applause) Men have
been afraid to go away for vacation.
They have felt that they must every day
in this burning heat come to the city and
watch their business. That is the situa-
ton.
What has brought it about? Gentle
men. who is there to defend the Wilson
tariff bill? Who says it is good tariff
measure? "a voice: "Nobody.'O 1 don't
believe candidate can be found to say
that it is. Mr.. Cleveland repudiated
it. II was so bad that he could not
attach his official signature to it, and it
became law without it. He said it
was full of incongruities and ineauali-
ties. What has been the result of that
measure? 1t has failed produce rev
enue enough, supplemented by our inter
There has been an annual deficit APP
preaching S5O.000.O00 every year and
the national treasury has been contin-
ually in a state of embarra ssment Our
manufacturers. left without ADEQUATE
protection, have been successfully and
gradually closing up and putting out
their fires. But not only has this pro-
duced such an effect, but it has practi-
cally contributed to the financial depres-
sion that we are in. The maintenance
of the gold reserve up to S100.00O.OOO
by the government for the redemption
of our notes was essential TO confidence
in the sta bility of our finances When
the government reserve runs down peo-
pie begin at once to say: We may come |
to a silver basis if gold is going out
The reserve is generally down and this
fear is greatly increased. but how can
you keep i gold reserve of 500. 600 600 |
when you have not got 100000 in |
the treasury all told? How can Won |
maintain this gold reserve for redemD- |
tion of notes when you have an annual /
and continuous deficit and your income |
not eQualing your deficit? So that NV |
friends. this tariff bill has not only con- |
by increasing importations. by /
taking away the needful support for our 1
own manufacturers. bur 1t has contrib
uted in the way of increasing the silver /
scare to bring us into the present condi- !
ton of distrust and dismay which now
prevails. (Applause)
But I do not intend to follow that
question further. 1 am quite as 1nuch I
opposed to cheapening the American
and working woman as 1 /
am TO cheapening our dollars TAP
of keeping days work at home as L am
gold dollars. (Applause)-
My friends. as a Republican, 1 am
proud of many things. but can sum up
as the highest satisfaction 1 have had
in the party and its career that the
prospect of Republican success never did
disturb business. (Applause). In con-
nection with this financial matter do we
nj realize how important the choice of
A president is? Do you know that. as
the law is now, without the passage of
any free coinage of silver at all. it is
in the power of the President of the
United States to bring the business of
the country to n silver basis? All he |
has to do is TO let the gold reserve go.
to pay out silver when men ask for
gold. and we are there already 1t is
,nly because the presidents of the
United States that we have had. and the
Dne we have now, have regarded it
lnder the law as his public duty TO
the gold basis, maintaining