The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31
Old Soldiers Fill EnElish's Opera
House to Hear Their Comrades
Talk of the Golden Dawn.
MOUNT GIVES OUT PLAIN FACTS
TRACES THE HARD TIMES TO THEIR
ORIGIN IN FEAR OF DEMOCRATS.
The Mckinley and Hobart Old Sol
dfers' Encampment Draws a Big
Crowd of Veterans

soldiers, sailors and sons of veterans yes
/ terday concluded with a meeting at En-
| glish's Opera House, where 81 large crowd
| of veterans of the war, their sons and
| wives listened to speeches from James A.
| Mount candidate for Governor, and Gen.
| Lew Wallace Ex-Lieut.-Gov Thomas
/ Hanna presided at the meeting last
night. The wild enthusiasm Of the old SOL
| diers and the not less feryent cheers of
| the younger men in the audience at each
! patriotic sentence from the old leader and
! private Mount came as fitting close to
! the encampment other meetings of which
| We're held in Tomlinson Hall. Mr.. Mount
! and General Wallace were escorted to the
| opera house by the same committee that
| met them at Upton. Their appearance upon
| the stage was met with an ovation that has
! probably not been exceeded by anything
/ in this campaign so far as hearty enthu-
| siasm is concerned. The old soldiers were
! a few minutes late in arriving, and mean
/ time the audience was entertained by songs
! and recitations from comrade Macintosh,
| besides which the Mckinley Giee Club, an
organization of young ladies from Haugh-
| VILE rendered several war songs. The
| glee club Of veterans was aiso loudly APP
| plauded and was compelled to respond to
/ several encores Comrade sSpringsteen gave
| limitations upon his snare drum of the bat
| tie of Shilo and of the departure of the
| train that is to bear President Mckinley
| to Washington for the inauguration. Both
We're very realistic. and Mr.. SprlngSteen
| assertion that the train Will start next
! Tuesday brought down the Rouse.
J Mr. Haggard, in introducing Mr.. Mount
| declared that the soldiers have not been
so badly treated as they sometimes think
! hat B.av hnA
heaped on veterans of the war. some of
| whom including Grant, Garfield, Hayes and
| Harrison, have been honored by being
| elected to the presidency of the United
| States Indiana has frequently elected
! heroes; of the war to the office of Governor
! He gave notice to young and aspiring poll
| ticians that they cannot expect to fill Of
! fees so long as there1are soldiers able and
! competent to fill them Mr.. Hanna re-
| ferred to the fact that the Republican tick
! ct in this State is headed by two soldiers.
/ Mount and Haggard. He introduced Mr..
! Mount as the next Governor of Indiana. ="
/ MIR. MOUNTS ADDRESS.
| Mr. Mount was received with a pro-
! longed ovation. In part he said:
| Mr. President. hadits and Comrades-At
| the cose of this memorable campaign it
! affords me great pleasure to meet 80 i-lally
/ of my old comrades. Ny comrades in the
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| VeTsed in this campaign. During the war
! gpneI ais commanded and we obeyed their
; orders Ten days ago major genera RAJ oi
! himself at my service. The common soldier
has been honored by being given power TO
! command those who once commanded us
| on the field of battle.
Mr. Mount spoke OF the cordial reception
! everywhere accorded him by his old COM
| rades who have met him al trains during
| his tour of the State and have acted as
escorts in conducting him about the towns
Il,;t- ,fr Ea n has
| been recalling with peculiar vividness to
| soldiers the Gays of 1861. In those days, he
said gallant young men knelt ana asked
permission of their mothers TO go to the
defense of their country's honor. II was
given, with broken voices. as loving moth
crs replied. GO, and may the God OF Dat
ties go with you He spoke of the sad
duty some had experienced when it was
necessary for them to write home to those those
OF battle mortally Wounded
Husbands" said Mr., Mount, left weep
ing wives and children for the defense of
the Nations honor. How many OF us re-
member the husbands who left all that was
dear to them. When they fell we remem-
Der the words sent back to the wives
Your husband fell to-day mortaliy wound
ed. Comrades. we are to-day drawn nearer
to the old flag and we hear the cry OF duty
once more. We have witnessed conven-
ton where the President of the United
States has been denounced for enforcing
the law and upholding1 the Constitution
of this country; we haze heard the Supreme
Court denounced; we have heard language
by the man who is seeking the Office of
President ARA ying one section against an
other: we have heard that man saying. L
expect to carry the war into the enemy s
country We say that, our comrades died
that this might be one country. Citizens,
sons of comrades and comrades We
look with favor upon man that seeks
again to cause sectional strife and dis
sention in this country? Ono! No" shouted
the crowds)
Contrast if you please the language of
that old patriot and soldier when asked
DO you expect to cary the into the
enemyS country? who said, L thank God
l have. no enemies in this country Con-
trast the difference between this patriotic
sentiment and the language of the mar
who tries to stir up strife in this country
THE CRIME OF '73.
Mr.. Mounts reference to General Palmer's
words started the applause again Mr.
Mount attacked the Popoulistic doctrine of
Bryan and his ik that all the financial de-
preston and commercial ills of the coun-
try are due to the crime of '73' After
that year, he said, down to 1899 the export
of farm products increased in value POO
per cent. over what it was for twenty years
prior to the crime He quoted MuIhaII,
the great statistician, who saws that from
1873 to 1893 the Nation experienced the
greatest period of prosperity in the history
of nations. During that period the price of
products grown upon farms rose higher
r. G. Dun said, at the close of 1892 that
the year just ending was the most pros
Nation
wages, products of farms and commerce
of the country.
In the whole of this country" declared
Mr.. Mount, I'VE are proud that the climax
or prosperity was reached when Indiana's
gallant soldier and patriotic statesman
BenlaInln Harrison, was in the Presidents
chair"
Mr Mounts words, were drowned by the
immense shouts and cheers with which
Harr1sons name was greeted
The law which made this prosperity pos
slble, Mr.. Mount said. has made Immortal
the name of Major Mckinley He was
again interrupted by loud cheers Continu-
ing, Mr.. Mount said that the great fina ,iaI
reporters, the men who stand with hands
on the Nations pulse to learn the condi-
ton OF internal affairs. told the whole story
when they said that 1893 was tshered in
under the most favorable and allspicious
conditions, when factories were crowded
labor everywhere employed but the wear
closed the most disastrous of any for a
half century. A million men were idle
with three million persons dependent upon
them for bread and clothing. In iS93-94 %
the loss farm products was SIS 900 0O
while live stock shrunk 1855 600. 600 Did
the crime of 13 cause thfS?' asked he '.or
the crime of '93?''
No no, answered the audience .*a3
There We're two reasons that caused the
great crisis declared Mr. Mount First
the agitation of the free coinage of silver
paralyZed credit, and then the repeal of the