Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-07-18


other side. The gentleman who just
preceded me Governor Russell), spoke
of the old state of Massachusetts Let
me assure him that not one person in
all this convention entertains the least
hostility 10 the people of the state of
Massachusetts (applause,) but we stand
here representing people who are equals
before the law of the largest citizens of
the state of Massachusetts, (Applause.) |
When you come before us and tell us
we shall disturb your business interests,
we reply that you have disturbed our
business interests by your course. Great |
applause and cheers)
1--WE say to you that YOU have made
too limited application of the definition
of business man. The man who is en-
ployed for wages is as much businesa
man as his employer. Continued cheer
ing) The attorney in country town
is as much a business man as the cor
poration counsel in great metropolis
The merchant at crossroads store is
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of New York. The farmer who goes
forth in thu m orning and tolls all day
begins in the spring and tolls all the
summer, adding application of brain
and muscle to the natural resources of
this country, and creates wealth. is as
much business man as the man who
goes upon the board of trade and bets
upon the price of grain"
"The miners who go thousand feet
into earth or climb 1000 feet upon the
cliffs and bring forth from their hiding
place precious metals TO be poured in
the channels of trade are as much bust
ness men as the financial magnates who,
In a back room corner the money of
the world"
1--WE come TO speak for this broader
class of business men. All, my friends,
we say not one work against those who
live upon the Atlantic coast, but those
hardy pioneers who have braved all the
dangers of the wilderness, who have
made the desert to blossom as the rose
those pioneers away out there, rearing
their children near TO natures heart,
where they can mingle their voice with
voices of birds; out there where they
have erected school houses for the edu-
cation of their young, and churches
where they praise their Creator, and
cemeteries where sleep the ashes OF
their dead-are as deserving of consider
alton of this party as any people in this
country. Great applause)
at is for these that we speak. We dc
not come as aggressors. Our war is not
a war of conquest.
{ awe are fighting for our homes, our
families and posterity loud aPp'ause)
we have petitioned and our entreaties
have been disregal ded we have begged
and they have Knocked and our calamity
, became worse. We beg no longer, we
entreat no more, we petition no more.
We defy them. Great applause and
confusion of silver delegates.) The
gentleman from Wisconsin has said he
fears Robspierre. My friend, in this
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who will spring up from among the
people. What we need is an Andrew
Jackson 10 stand as Jackson stood
against the encroachmens of aggran-
died wealth. Great apPlanse) They
tell us this platform was made to catch
votes. We reply to them that the chang
ing conditions make new issue; that
the principles upon which rest democ-
racy are as everlasting as the hills, but
that they must be applied to new condi-
tons as they arise. The conditions
have arisen, and we are attempting TO
meet those conditions. They tell us
the income tax ought not be brought In
here-that it Is a new idea They crit
icise us for our criticism of the supreme
court of the United States. My friends,
we have not criticised, we have simply
drawn attention to what you know If
YOU want criticism read the dissecting
opinions of the court. They will give
you criticisms. tApplause) They say
we passed an unconstitutional law |
deny it. The income tax was not un-
constitutional when it was passed. 1t
was not unconstitutional when 1t went
to the supreme court the first time. II
did not become unconstitutional until
one judge changed his mind, and we
cannot be expected TO know when
judge will change his mind Applause
and voice "hit 'em again"D The income
tax is just law. 1t simply intends to
Put the burden of government Justly
upon the backs of the people | am in
favor OF an income tax. applause
; When | find man who is not willing
to pay his share of the burden of the
government which protects him, find
man unworthy to enjoy The blessings of
government like ours (Appla,re
He says that we are opposing national
bank currency. It Is true; if YOU will
! read what Thomas Benton said YOU will
hed he said that in searching history he
could lind bat one parallel 10 Andrew
! Jackson, that was Cicero who DESTROYED
: the conspiracy of Catalina and saved
Rome. He did for Rome what Jackson
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