The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-06
GEN.HARRISON
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enforcement Of the laws; your property
and mine, your life and mine. the life Of
your wife and child, and all that is dear
TO you, rest upon the due and timely and
prompt execution Of the public laws. In
the cities you have policemen upon your
streets; but what Is IL in the country,
where no policemen walk the highway,
THAI protects life and property IL IS
this strong arm OF the law that reaches
from heaven, 1t would seem. 10 protect
the innocent and the weak.
Now, my countrymen, neither North
nor South (and il 1 should discriminate, l
should say least Of all Virginia and the
South. can consent that the laws snail
be trampled under foot and communities
given up TO lawless violence. (Applause)
1 am not mistaken in saying mat the
Chicago Convention, when II denounced
government by Injunction referred 10
the incident 1 have briefly described. am
not mistaken in saying that when they
denounced Federal interference In State
affairs. they referred TO use OF troops ~
Mr.. Cleveland during the Chicago riot.
No one has attempted to make any other
explanation Of those declarations in the
Chicago platform.
How. then. does this issue present IT,
sue! VIII Virginia. the State that gave
TO the United States Supreme Court It's
greatest jurist and its peerless Chiet JUS
ticc. John Marshall, allow this? Ono!
Nor)
Mr.. Senator Ill., OF New York, mem
Der Of the Committee on Resolutions In
the Chicago Convention. In commenting
upon that plank said that II was openly
av0wod, by increasing the number OF
Justices OF the Supreme Court, to accom-
plsh the purposes Of the Convention az
Chicago and reverse the former decisions
OF this court.
My countrymen. our fathers, I'm framing
our constitution established this tribunal
TO be the final arbiter Of all questions or
constitutional construction, al II Is the
most august tribunal ever established.
Here the electric lights went out, and
for some minutes the audience was DO
darkness. When the current was again
turned on. the speaker resumed as fol
lows.
SENATOR DANIELS SOMERSAuLT.
/ have now, my fellow citizens, given
YOU my exposition Of the constitutional
powers Of the President and the courts
I'm such Il contingency as that 10 which
7 have referred. But fin this | do not stand
alone. When Nj. Cleveland took the
action which / have described, in the
Senate Of the United States your own
distinguished Senator. Mr. Daniel zap
plause from the si'yeritcs) offered "a series
OF resolutions affirming the power OF the
President i'm the premises and endorsing
fully his action at Chicago. Governor
O'Ferrau. Of Virginia Misses from the
silycritcD and many other governors or
States-North and South-in interview
published at the time by the New York
Herald. declared in their opinion II was
the duty of the President to open the
way for the United states mail and In
torstate commerce and endorsed tho ac-
ton Of the President
(Anothor disturbance here arose. which
amid cries Of "rut them out was sue
cessfully Quelled by the police)
NV fellow-citizens. the great capacity
OF this han taxes my voice suiiciantly
even when The house is quiet and where
there is q noise IL is impossible Tor me
TO make myself heard. ] want 10 call
your attention TO this fact. Mr.. Daniel
offered q resolution endorsing the very
Federal interference with the rights OK
the States % which the Chicago 'onFcn'
ton referred. and it was passed oy the
Senate of the United States withou1 any
body daring TO Hft his voice against 10.
(Applause) And yet he, Sir. Daniel, mas
since presided oyer the convention az
CHICAGO. which denounced this very act
of President Cleveland ass a wan,on ana
wicked invasion OF the rights OF the
States. Applause)
A POINTED QUESTION.
Have you ever heard anything from the
cd Ir the
Chicago Convention on that subject.
C.No.rJ Has hc ever said many speech
he has ever made that. if he was chosen
President OF the United States. Doe would
execute the laws as Mr.. Cleveland exc
oufed theme c.No.D lie has not said
if but has accepted every word ana SEM
fence of the Chicago platform, ana Dis
therefore pledged. IF he should be- elect
cd President and 81 i'm New YORK or Dhl-
caro or any other centre OF population
"a r,ob should IfO the red flag or anar-
ohv and eton the mails and interfere WIN
vour commerce. that Doe would never IN
torfore until the Governor OF That state
should request him.
citizons of Virginia. whatever may nave
boon vour party Affiliations. are You pre-
rared for that2 (Cres Of "1ts. no
mingled with applarsc) And Whatever
vonr political party ma be- J take IL
fnat YOU are DESTROYS that the iteai''"1
OF this country shall. in lofceIll' org
rlfcd. and Vet a conservative way 'N'
onto every law and constitutional power
that IS vested in him, without ASKING
anvbody's consent. ApplauseJ
You. my friends. have just as much
interest i'm this question as anyhow 'i7e.
surely now that the south mas gwen
now and hearty and tue allegiance 10 'he
FLAG and Constitution OF the United STATES.
they will not desire that the 1oFernint
snail Dee degraded in its functions or de-
spoiled Of jos just power. Npplause)
THE SILVER QUESTION.
There is another question that seems TO
most minds more engaging and interest
ing than this. but. TO my mind the ques-
ton Of the enforcement OF tine laws U.s.
always the supreme issue. il the laws
are not 10 Dee enforced. 10 does not mat
ter much what they are. But. ccT, Fer
YOU may view the matters at isoue which
/ have presented. ] come now 10 iaik
TO sou about one that engages every
boly's attention and that is the silver
question. Mr.. Bryan said that the eN-
element on the silver question had sum
derea father and son, and broken the
tcnderest ties Of love and affection.
(Cries of Right" and applause)
Let as look into this matter historically
for a moment or two. They tell us that
this silver dollar of which We hear so
much is the dollar oil the Constitution
and tho dollar of our fathers. Most OF
you know that mp to 1873. when the coin
age Of silver dollars was stopped, from
the beginning Of the Government TO that
time. we had only coined eight million
silver dollars. And now they say II IS