The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-21


In 1S92!'(. and if you want to find il you
must go back to the pace where you lost IT.
THE relief which the Republican party
| holds out to you is to be found in this di-
| rection. We propose TO substitute for the
| Wilson tariff bill a bill that will yield SUI
| ficient revenue to pay the expenses or tne
government. Since the enactment OF the
Wilson bill the government revenue mas
been wholly inadequate to pay its expenses.
I hat is not a good condition or things. IL
is very evil state of things When, IN
stead of deriving money annually under
public law sufficient TO support the govern
ment, the administration IS driven TO the
sale of bonds in order to realize money
enough to conduct the ordinary operalioltI a5I -
of the government. / think you VIII an
agree, Democrats and Republicans, that
We must have, a revenue bill that snall
meet the expenses of the government. we
may differ as to the line upon which mat
bill may be constructed but we agree that
we must have increased revenue.
WHAT REPUBLICANS WILL DO.
1.-THE Republican programme is to get
that increased revenue chiefly by duties IN
goods that are brought to this country for
sale from foreign countries. (Applause)
We believe that these foreign manufactar-
ers should pay that tribute for the advan-
tage of the American market and we be-
lieve that the failure to levy these duties
and the attempts to realize from internal
taxation too large proportion of the ex-
penSeS of the government has resulted In
closing American shops and in throwing
American workingmen out OF work we
propose to adopt polcy that, when II was
in force did keep all our mills running and
did keep ali our men employed. tApplauSe.)
We propose so far as it may be done, TO
restore that policy of reciprocity which
was giving to an enormously Increased
foreign trade. We had practically secured
for millerS of flour and for our pack
erS of meats the market of Cuba, ana we
could have held it, and it would nave IN
creased if that policy had been perpssSua,- snan
ish duties upon American Hour nave peeh
restored. so that we are practically smut
out of that market. We had labored TO
break down the Determinations against
American meats which had been MAIN
tanned in Germany and other continental
countries. They had put stigma upon our
provisions. hey said our meats were ui.-
holesome. But while tie Republican reel
very anxious to send large cargoes Of beet
sugar to the United states She
was compelled to give us US reclpr0- r1ep
This was under the managenent OF tne
Agricultural Department by General M MEusk
and under the management OF the STATE
Department by James G.. Blaine. CAP
plause.) But now American commerce Is
being crippled @ agan1 oy y o5 1neSe Jhroad
The Republican party proposes, IN auultIoli
to this measure, to maintain the currency
of the country upon the high standard or
honor which we established in 1879. CAP
plause.) We propose to open the shops and
give unemployed wOrknen work ana at
better wages, and to pay those WAGES IN a as
good dollar as the British workman re-
ceives for his labor Great applause M I'VE we
tion hereafter, of the national integrity;
that We will pay our bond obligations and
redeem our greenbacks in gold, as we nave
promised. (Applause) We propose, in
this way, to restore confidence. so that not
vestors who have capital will no longer
hoard their money in bank vaults, but Will
send it out to its busy. actiye work YORK In man nan
plause) We propose that the integrity of
the government shall be unsullied. Briefly
%l1s- NIs<p.,
scripton for the commercial and industrial
ills that now affiict this country,
DEMOCRATIC PRESCRIPTION.
1.-The Democratic prescription is to call so
cents dollar daughter and cheers); to
increase prices by simply dividing the dol
lar we have now, and calling one dollar
two. That is fake prescription. There is
no merit in it. You are not whit the
richer when you have so declared 1 can
see how a man who has silver to mint,
taken from some of these great bonanza
mines, can be benefited by free silver, be-
cause by whatever amount silver ad-
vances he is enriched. but when the gov
for him without charging him anything for
doing it, he is not going to give them away
have TO- work fog them or 1i give soebin
for them. 1t is folly, it seems to me, the
highest folly. for any man to argue that
freely, when the support of the govern
ment is withdrawn from it, when our
pledge to maintain it's parity with gold is
stricken down, will be accepted as the
equivalent of a dollar in gold.
Mr. Bryan has said that everybody
thinks b1metallism Is a good thing What
does he mean by it? Does he mean we
shall use both gold and silver money?
If he does, l say to him that doing
that now; that we have over four hundred
millions of silver dollars in use now, and
drad dha5 are using Isl o With it. ABOUT six hum
that If he means this government can by
any act of Congress make sixteen ounces
OF silver equal to one ounce of geld, when
in fact and in the markets of the world, it
takes thirty-three ounces of silver to be
equal to one ounce of gold-I- say to him
he cannot do it, (Applause.) This govern
nent can, without the aid of any other
government, put the United States upon a
maintain double standard unless the two
dollars are of equal value. There is the
clare the value of anything 1t cannot de-
clare that u bushel of oats is the equal of
a bushel of wheat. If it does, it don't go.
1t is not true. 1t isn't true, because no
man will give you a bushel of wheat for
bushel of oats. 1t is not true. because the
it doesn't matter what is written in the
statue books. This government can do
mighty things: it has done mighty things,
but neither this government nor any other
IN the world can control the laws or trade.
If the bullion broker says: will give you
thirty-three ounces of silver for one ounce
of gold that fixes the value and there is
no power that can reverse 1t.
SOME 16-TO-1 TALK.
Mr.. Bryan tells us of the great
achievements of this country. about the
Declaration of Independence and how we
whipped the British al Yorktown, and says
can't we establish double standard? 1
say no, unless you make the silver dollar
intrinsically equal in the markets of the
world to the gold dollar. 1t was upon that
basis that our fathers undertook the double
standard When they said 16 to /, that was
it went so long as the markets of the
world were that way But when the mar
ket changed and silver went down until 1t
was So to l you could not circulate gold
dollar and silver dollar together upon the
basis of l6 to /. This is q matter of the
commonest understanding. If you have
gold dollar and with it you can go and
buy thirty-three ounces OF silver and can
take those thirty-three ounces to the gov
ernment mint and have them coined into
two silver dollars are you going TO give
your gold dollar for what one silver dollar
will buy? (Cries of Mo- The poor money
drives out the good We had our own il
luStration OF that when we mad greenback5
that were worth 20 cents on the dollar. Gold
was then driven out of use; it became
a subject of speculation in Wall street, put
it was not here in use as money. win 1t
be so when coin silver freely? Silver
will be the poorer money and gold Will
leave US. So there is nothing III this pre-
scription to relieve. There is nothing to
make more work, and it is a poorer dollar
for the work that you ind 10 do. That
is ALL