The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-22
MULTITUDE AT SALEM.
Thousands of Farmers and others
Unite in a Grand DemOnst tration.

MULTITUDE AT SALEM.
Thousands of Farmers and others
Unite in Il Grand Demonstration.
AT Salem. the county seat of the sparsely
settled agricultural county of Washington,
a stop of nearly hour was made. The
gathering surpassed anything Salem had
ever seen, and was estimated at from 1000O
to 12,000 people, who had gathered from
Washington and adjacent counties. Escort
ed by a company of cavalry, General Har-
rison was driven to the courthouse, where
he spoke from the steps. Though there
was a vast amount of cheering and crowd
ing in the effort to get within reach of his
voice, the multitude was orderly, and the
large percentage of Democrats in the crowd
seemed to be anxious to do the distin-
guished speaker honor and give him re-
spectful attention the Republicans.
Somebody had evidently printed numerous
Harrison badges, for nearly everybody in
the crowd had one pinned to his coat or
stuck in his hat band 1t took ten minutes
to clear a way through the crowd that
packed the courthouse square, and when
General Harrison was introduced by Sam
uel P. Morris he. was greeted with great
cheering. He addressed himself to a thor
ough argument on the silver question for
the benefit of the thousands of farmers in
the audience and his speech was punctuated
with applause of the kind that told of the
deep impression made upon his hearers.
General Harrison spoke as follows:
My friends, this great assembly this
morning is another testimony added TO
other places in Indiana, but i'll other States.
of the intense interest which the people OF
this this country are r. 5akng IN TINS capash n
good reason why every man VINO is
charged with the responsibility of Ameri-
can citizenship should feel deep interest
for himself and for his country in the issue
of this campaign. There are questions OF
national finance. There are questions af-
fecting the dignity and honor of the Nation
which are worthy of the deepest attention
and the most active efforts OF every Amer
lean citizen. 1t is agreed, and I may start
from that proposition, that something
needs to be done. Tine American people are
not content to have things remain as they
are. Even those who think are responsi-
BILE for bringing upon the country the pres
ent unfavorable condition-from the Presi-
dent of the Uniteo states down through
the whole official list of Democratic public
men-agree that things must be changed,
that scSNe policy must be inaugurated to
relieve the prevailing depression and dis
tress-
pubicanS-that when the Republican party
was charged with the administration of
the government and Republican policies
were expressed in the legislation of Con-
gress that this country and all it's people
We're prosperous. They know that in 1893
a panic fell upon this country. From that
day to this the springs of business have
been drying up: less and less work done at
the factories; lower and lower prices for
farm products; diminishing mercantile
business Everything Ianguished, ana We
find ourselves now engaged i'll a great de-
bate as to what shall be done.
EXPERIENCE A TEACHER.
There is a call upon all statesmen; there
is call upon every man who is admin
istering or who seeks to administer pub
ii. ffoir all
poses to make things better And you owe
it to yourselves to SO act and so vote in
this campaign as will in your judgment
most surely restore prosperous times. Out
of your own experience you know what
public policies brought you prosperity; out
of your own experience you know what
policies brought you adversities. Isn't that
enough to instruct you? DO you not find
i'll that sure guidance 20 what you
ought to do? Experience is the best teacher
we have Experience has been instructing
us for the last four years; and, as / said
in New York. while theSe lessons have
been sore and distressing. yet everybody
was in the schooihouse and everybody has
been instructed
THE Democratic party--I do not like to
call it SO, because | do not think it is Dem
ocratic; and l am justified in SO thinking
by the opinions OF a very large number
tofore been leaders of Democratic thought;
l am justified in saying that it is not DEM
l
Popocratic. because / always like TO treat
my adversaries fuly-whatever it
is, with MIR. Bryan as its spokesman, it
proposes that you shall let all the other
conditions remain as they are that you
snail not restore protection: that you shall
not readopt any of those Republican pol
icieS that brought you prosperity in pre-
yious years; but, leaving every other con-
free coinage of silver as panacea for your
troubles.
Mr. Bryan proposes to carry on all the
thing, and one or two other things that |
viii presently call your attention to. H pro-
poses to abandon the money system We
have now and to Introduce the free coin
age of silver. When u change is pro-
ascertain what the present conditions are
and then how they ere to be changed. The
metallic country. We are using both gold
and silver as mOney-about four hundred
millions of silver and about six hundred
millions of gold and paper money, based
upon and redeemahie in coin. Every silver
dollar and every paper dollar is maintained
on an equality with gold. You don't stop
TO look at it; you don't consult a bank
detector further than to see whether it is
genuine. II It IS not counterfeit it goes,
and it goes for one hundred cents on the
doliar-paper money, gold money, silver
The Democrats say that this is practf-
caliy the gold standard. and SO it is; and
they say they want "A double standard.
Now, / ask you TO bear with me while |
speak on this subject OF standards A
standard is a measure. You have a stand
ara huShel. STANDARD peck, q standard
Yardstick. They are measures and lust so
the standard dollar is d measure The
others are measures of quantity or length:
this is a measure of value. | want to know
how you can maintain two standards if
they not of the name size or length
Can you have two standard bushels when
one is only half as much as the other?
Can ycu have two standard yardst.cks
when one is only half long as the other2
You cannot maintain q double standard of
weight or measure or value unless each
one of them is the equivalent OF the other
The law can make dollar d legal tender
to pay deots, but hcw much IL will buy IN
the market YOU will have to find out in
the market. If the merchant says he viii
give you TWO yards of calico for a gold