The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-09

from a neighboring state. bringing as
you do assurance of devotion to the Re
publican party and of support to the
ticket this year. is most gratifying to
me I welcome you all to my city
and to my home. Your presence here
means much. 1t means that you have
a deep concern for the welfare Of your
country and that you believe that vel
fare viii be subserved by a Republi-
can triumph on the 3rd Of November.
If the financial policy advocated by our
allied opponents be practical and sound.
then the trainers OF our cOnSttutlcl
idled away very much time and wasted
much effort in providing q plan for
raising money to conduct the govern
ment. If this new departure. sO-called.
be in any sense practical then we don't
need any tariff laws in this country,
any tax laws, any custom houses or
any tax collectors anywhere, because if
you can make money out Of nothing by
the mere breath Of congress. then it is
idle to impose taxes on the people to
bear the burden and expense of con-
Quoting the government.
If by mere fiat. whether it be fat to
the extent of SO cents or to the extent
Of 100 cents, if the government by
mere act OF congress can make money,
then all the Work OF W aSh1ngtOn ana
Jefferson, Hamilton and Clay. and all
Of the 6nanciers and statesmen of this
country was mere idleness and folly
But their work was not idle. not fool
ish. The government of the United
States cannot create something out OF
nothing. and the man or party that
teaches that doctrine. teaches a false
hood. Why, that which costs a man
nothing, is not worth much, is tt2 And
if this government can create money
without any cost to itself. then money
is VaIueless for every purpose. 1t IS
value in money that makes it a stable
medium of exchange among the people
The point / make is this, my fellow cit
liens, that we must get over the idea
in this country that the government
makes money The government gets
its money Just as the citizen gets his,
by giving something for it.
I'VE do not believe the government
should make money by setting It's
printing press and its minis into use,
but that the best thing it can do for its
revenues, is to put a tarim on foreign
products of every kind that compete
with American products and make that
tariff high enough to protect the Amer
lean producer. We simply want to CD
serve the law of preservation to
look after ourselves. look after the IN
divfdual occupations and empioymenls
and after the American home which
your spokesman has SO eloquently de-
scribed. 1t lies with the foundation OF
every community, of every state, and
of the nation, and there comes up from
the plain American nome the homes
of the plain people of the country
sentiment for good government and
good patriotism such as can be touho
scarcely any where else in the world
Not only. my fellow citizens 90 ="
want a good tariff. but we want goq4
money We want that money to pe
worth 100 cents to the dollar, and we
do not want it to be worth penny
less than 100 cents We want it TO be
as honest as the government ltseir; we
want it to be current everyWhere In
the world; we want it respected every
where. Just as our flag is respected eN-
ervwhere. Then we propose In this
country to maintain a government py
law We propose to sustain public or
der and public tranquility. andy the
federal judiciary-that tribunal which
is our anchor Of safety in every time
Of trouble
There was never an aim the Repub-
lfcan party has that did not embrace
the good of all the people. There was
never a Republican purpose that did
not seek the honor and integrity Of
the government Of the United states
There is one thing our party never did
1t never struck a blow except for hu-
man freedom. 1t never made a law tnal
did not embrace every American inter-
est. 1T never had a purpose winch was
not patriotic and it stands this year as
it has ia all the years Of the past Tor
the public safety for public honor. good
morals, good government, good laws
and for a country whose currency and
credit vii not be questioned anywhere
in the world"