The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-09

General Bnckner's Address.
The audience arose and received General
Buckner with great enthusiasm. He said,
In part.
Mr.. Chaicman. Ladies and Gentlemen--I
cannot express to you my gratitude Tor
the kindness with which you have well
coined me here this evening. It has been
said already this evening that our friends
who met in this city some months ago to
represent the Democratic party do not ap
precate the principles which actuate us in
this movement. II was very natural that
they should not Personal advancement
has been the sole object of the movement
movement which eliminated at Indisnapo-
lis based entirely upon principles. No
man who selected the delegates askt d any
thing for himself, but everything for his
country.
I'VE see now a gentleman passing from
ene section CT this country to another who
proclaims unblushngly that in doing so he
passes into enemy's country [ have
been with my distinguished leader in vari-
have been we found. as every Democrat
will find in any nook within this great
country, the homes of friends, and not of
enemies
Referring to the financial question the
speaker continued: We hear a good deal
about what they call free silver Some
call it free coinage, but generally our Popu-
listic friends cali it free silver. They are
not agreed on The term. but It simply y
that act becomes a law, shall, by taking it
to the mint, have it coined free of expense
TO them, Dut at the expense OF the people
of the United States. and for every 50 cents
worth of that silver receive one legal-ten-
der silver dollar. Now, that is for the ben
eft of the holder of silver and those who
hold the sflver-the miners and the wealthy
who can buy.
s.They say that everything that occurred
since 1873 in financial matters is due to the
crime of '73. they call 1.-THE repeal of
that portion of the act which coined the
silver dollar. There was not q collar OF
specie, either of silver of goit! Shen in
circulation. There was very little in the
country anywhere There was good deal
par. 1t was at a large discount. AT one
period it took 2S5 cents in paper to buy
one dollar either in silver or in gold. and
that is the period which our friends insist
shall be brought back by the legislation of
Congress when the Popnlists obtain control
time In the country altogether, including
the paper, only little over $70o, ,O00
stricken down; we have more than double
that amount to-day. We had not, at that
time, a single silver dollar in circulation in
this country.
I'VE have tried this question of paper
money both in the North and in the South;
We tried it on the other side. We issued
more paper money than you had in the
North--I think about thousand millions
of paper money. was printed. 1t was
hood--the very thing desired by our Pop
ulist friends-thcre was plenty of money.
1t was abundant that it occasioned a
any Populist friend who is here--I ought to
say that that money deprecated in value
that is not their theory. Thelr theory IS
that products and merchandise rose in
value, the money remaining the same. OF
course, they insist that the value of the
money remained the same-never depre-
ciated at all-and will say that the price
of things that you people have to buy will
go up amazingly There will be no change
in the value of money at ALL but every
thing else will go up enormously in price
that is their theory. He says, too that If you
coin free silver, have unlimited free coinage
OF silver at the ratio of is to /, that whilst
the dollar now at the beginning of the
coinage perhaps would not be worth more
unlimited demand, and therefore the price
will go UP to the value of the gold dol
lar. Well, that dollar is now equal to
gold dollar. IL that is what he is after. Is
experiment, even If it succeeds-is he go
ing to be any better off than you are now?
IL the object is to raise it to that value
you have 1t there now, and the
the country to attain what you have to-
day"
In conclusion. General Buckner said: "I
wish to say to the people of Chicago and
from my STATE of Kentucky. This ticket
is gaining in strength constantly. We will
get very respectable vote in the State of
Kentucky, as we will, l believe. in Ill-
with my distinguished leader and myself
that the preservation of the life and integ-
rity of the Democratic party is the one
thing essential to the perpeutity of our in
stltutlonS and whatever else may happen
that we should maintain its existence and
show even to orr enemies that it's prin-
ciples have such vitality that the party
refuses to die, even at the behest of those
VINO pretend to be it's friends"
Col. John r.. Irish, the eloquent Califor-
man. was the next speaker He attacked
the Chicago platform. plank by plank and
discussed the financial question at great