The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

! CAUSE OF HARD TIMES.
Merchants do you want to know why
| your business is paralyZed? 1t is because
| labor is idle Farm prices are low because
| they destroyed reciprocity and the COM
| merce that was growing under It, and fur
! Their, on account of the idleness of labor.
The per capita consumption of wheat fell
| from five and a half bushels to two and a
| half bushels because of the idleness of
| labor from 1892 to 1894. What do we want
| to restore once more the prosperity of this
| country? Put the party back that has al
ways given prosperity. In the language
| of Major Mckinley, open the doors of the
| workshops and give employment to labor.
! Mr.. Mount declared that the Republican
party is not unfriendly to silver. and cited
| in proof of this fact the enormous amount
| Of silver that was coined after the passage
of the law of 1873 showing. the fal!acy of
| the plea for the dollars of the daddies.
| Mr.. Mount said he examined the records
| to find just what they were. He could ind
o o tra %6o OF ah MIN that there
no silver dollars in 1873 to be driven out OF
| circulation. ,
1.-The Republican party declares that sill
| Yer shall not be dishonored by free coin
] age. The policy of the Republican party
| is in favor of gold silver and paper, each
dollar as good another. Oh, my Popu-
listic friends. get down on your knees and
| pray for more of the crime OF 1881! eX-
Mr.. Mount was about to conclude his ad-
dress when some one in the audience cried
Ds.Well. Mr.. BRYAN doesn't like the soldiers
very well. He doesn't like the paid wrecks
! of the war but he will find that this Ma
ton does like the men who fought its bat
| ties. Let say that one of the most IN
spring things have witnessed IN TINS cam
| steps marching behind the Republican pan
! ner, and / have seen behind them young
men-sons of soldiers-proud to follow IN
| the footsteps of their fathers. The safety
| of this Nation is bound up in the patriotism
| of the people. Mr.. Bryan to the contrary
| n wit bSf a I
| tonight that have had the honor to com
mand Indiana's honored =, can an - M nlage
and command him to address you. t,o+ tho
| Republicans welcome the Democrats who
have decided to cast their lot with them
Mr.. Mount took his seat beside General
| Wallace, and the applause was again re-
| newed.
| GENERAL WAILACE'S RECEPTION.
Mr. Hanna arose to introduce General
| Wallace. He said that half century ago
| foul SANDER was cast upon the soldiers
| of Indiana by man who, fifteen years
later, led Southern States into rebellion.
| That Islander, he declared, was wiped out
on the fields of battle by Indianas sons
Now another foul SANDER has been
| heaped upon Indiana's soldiery," said he.
| "A man who has been going about the
country trying to stir up strife said the
| other day that he was as good soldier as
| Gen. Lew Wallace
''1hats lie" shouted some one in the
! audience.
Mr. Hanna introduced General Wallace as
| being a man good enough to be Indiana
| Governor. her representative in the United
| States Senate. if he should so aspire. or
| even President of the United States. The
| applause with which Ger eral Wallace was
received was a stern rebuke from his old
! comrades to Mr.. Bryan. An old man.
! dressed in blue soldier clothes, hurried
| down to the front and climbed over the
! railing of the orchestra stall and reached
! up to shake hands with his old commander:
| The incident rather pathetic and
! stirred the audience.
General Wallace said he was admonished
by his voice that he must speak briefly.
! Besides, he said. he supposed there We're
| many in the audience who would like to
! be outside looking at the parade of the
| sound-money Democrats Il would like to
| look ut it myself" he said. He spoke of
| the strange course of events that made it
! possible for men who for years had been
| lighting the battle Of the ballots to go
marching shoulder to shoulder to the polls
and drop into the ballot box identical bal
lots marked with eagles.
In way or retortlng upon my comrade
| Mount, J wish TO say after a weeks cam
! paiGn with him. you may be proud of him.
never saw more gallant standard bear
| err OF the Republican flag than James a.
Mount: Down in Montgomery county we
sometimes call him Jim Mount. 70 know
| jim Mount is to love him. Sometimes we
call him Sergeant Mount and sometimes
| farmer Mount. After the Sd Of November
we will confer another title upon him and
| call him Governor Mount"
General Wallace told how it happens that
Mr.. Mount has a husky voice On the bat
! tlefield. while he was lying in his tent with
the measles. the firing of cannon and roll
about to take place. Mount. i'll as he was
hurried from his bunk. grabbed a gun and
s stu e., L. knapsack over his shoulder. To
the order OF his commander to return to his
bunk Mount replied that he had come
SCUM to see the elephant" and was bound
IN e great victory. but the measles went
to \ his r., throat. That's what's the matter
WITH jim Tonight said the General Gen
! ' riY
Sathered together so many comrades of the
ar. some few soldiers, he said. have en-
( hsted with the other side Let us find no
iault with them. said he. Let us remem-
Der how wen they bore themselves under
they are at liberty to do as they please Rut
we can go to them and plead with them.
Snan we do it? tCries of Yes, yes.') Go.
IS for them to vote for William Jennings
General Wallace said he would tell whv
ne could not vote for Bryan. calmly and
dispasslonately, if possible. In the first
place the speaker said. Bryan is pledged in
advance 10 violate the oath he would he
required to take if he were to be elected
resident: Bryan will take the oath
STANDING upon the Chicago plat torn which
| ne has Endorsed with emphasis seldom
neard from men seeking public Office
fer Pres9nt asserts as that it is not right
riot or rebellion in a State. The platform
is a pledge that he will not enforce the
writs of the courts of the land / viii
never, never vote for a man whom I think
has not enough moral sense to observe
ana respect the oath he must take | will
not vote for Bryan, because in Main
English. regard him as an Anarchist Is
there any doubt about this? Who noni-
mated MIN? Who promoted r is nomina ton .
tCries of Altgeld! .AltgeldI, Who is adj
Vocating his eection?" c'Tillman!" It'll
man" answered the audience.)
BRYAN AN ANARCHIST
The General said that when the founders
of the Republic formed the Constitution it
was protected against anarchy by the bull
warks of the Supreme Court and the DOW
er of the President, and that no little de-
pendence was placed in the patriotism and
intelligence of the people. "A man who
undermnes the patriotism of the people is
an Anarchist. Has Bryan been doing thatq
Go read the four hundred speeches he has
made. and it will be impossible for YOU to
reach any other conclusion. I will not vote
Tor Bryan because the purpose of his
speeches has been to divide the DeonIe into
classes. and after doing that he hasSexcited
their passions and stirred their anger
Another objection to Bryan, the spea ker
said. is the fact that he is pledged to car
~ out the provisions of three platforms
tie said that he wondered if the people un-
derstood the platform of the Peoples party
which denies the right of private contract
when the contract would interfere with the
free coinage of silver; which provides for
postal savings banks, ownership by the
government of railroads and telegraph
lines, schemes which would either REQUIRE
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