The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-10

against those VINO live upon the Allan
tic coast, but those hardy pioneers who
braved all dangers of wilderness, who
have made the desert to blossom as
roses, those pioneers away out there
rearing their children near to natures
heart, where they can ningIe their
voices with the voices of the birds; out
there where they have erected school
houses for the education OF their young
and churches where they praise their
Creator and cemeteries where SleeD the
ashes of their dead-are as deserving of
consideration of this party as any peO-
pie in this country. Great applause.)
1t is for these that we speak. We do
not come as aggreSSOrS. Our war is not
a war of conquest. We are fighting in
defense of our homes, our families and
pOsterity. cloud applause.) We have
been disregarded. We have begged,
and they have Knocked, and our calam
ity came. We beg no longer, we en-
treat no more, we petition no more; we
fusion of silver delegates)
1.-The gentleman from Wisconsin
CViIas) has said he fears RObespierre-
MY friend, in this land of the free, you
need fear no tyrant who will spring
up from among the people. What we
need is an Andrew Jackson, to stand as
Jackson stood, against encroachmentS
of aggrandized wealth. (Great APP
pIause) They tell US this platform was
made to catch votes. We reply to them
that changing conditions make new is
sues; that the principles upon which
rest Democracy are as everlasting as
the hills, but they must be applied to
new conditions as they arise. COndi-
tions have arisen and we are attempt
ing to meet those conditions.
They tell US that the income tax
ought not be brought in here; that it is
a new idea. They critlclSe US for our
criticism of the supreme court of the
United States. My friends, we have
not criticised; we have simply called
attention to what you know. If you
want criticisms. read the dissenting
opinions of that court. That will give
you criticisms. (Applause-) They say
we passed an unconstitutional law L
deny it. The income tax was not IN
constitutional when it was passed. 1t
was not unconstitutional when it went
to the supreme court the hrSt time 1t
did not become unconstitutional until
one judge changed his mind, and
we cannot be expected to know when
Judge will change his mind. applause
and voice, Hit 'en aSain.O The in
come tax is a just law. 1t simply in
tends to put the burden of government
Justly upon the backs of the people 1
am in favor of an income tax. CAP
DIause) When | find a man who is
not willing to pay his share of the bur
den of the government which protects
him. ] find a man who is unworthy to
enjoy the blessings Of a government
like ours. (Applause)
He says that we are opposing the
national bank currency 1t is true II
you will read what Thomas Benton said
YOU will find he said that in searching
history he could find but one parallel
to Andrew Jackson. That was Cicero,
who destroyed the conspiracy of Cau-
line and saved Rome. He did for Rome
what jackson did when he destroyed
the bank conspiracy and saved Amer
lea. (Applause.) We say in our plat
form that we believe the right to coin
money and issue money is function
of the government We believe it, We
believe it is a part of sovereignty, and
can no more with saftey De delegated to
private cOrpOl atoms and individuals
than we could afford to delegate to pri-
vate individuals the power to make
penal statutes or levy laws for taxa
ton Mr.. Jefferson, who was once re-
garded as good Democratic authority,
seems 10 have a different opinion from
the gentlernen who have addressed us
on the partsOf the minority. Those VINO
are opposed to this proposition tell us
the issue OF paper money is a function
| of banks And that the government
| ought to go out of the banking bust
ness. I stand with Jefferson, rather
! than with them, and tell them, as ne
| did, that the issue OF money IS a rune
| ton of the government and that banks
ought to go out OF government bust
| ness.
| ''They complain about that plank
| which declares against life tenure in
office. They have tried to strain it to
mean that which it does not mean
| What we oppose in that plank is the
| life tenure that is being built up at
| Washington which excludes from par
| ticipatiOn in benefits the humber mem
! bers of our society. 1 cannot dwell
/ longer in my limited time. (Cries of
| Go on, go On.D
! Let me call attention to two or three
! great things The gentleman from New
! York says he will propose an amend
| ment providing that this change IN our
| law shall not affect contracts already
| made Let me remind him that there
| is no intention of affecting those con
| tracts which, according to the present
| laws, are made payable in gold. But
/ if he means to say we cannot change
| our monetary system without protect
| ing those who have loaned money be-
| fore the change was made, / want TO
| ask him here, in law or in morals, If he
/ can find authority for not protecting
| debtors, when the law of 1873 was
/ passed, but now insists that we must
| protect the creditor He says he also
| wants to amend this law and provide
| that if we fail to maintain the parity
| within a year that we will then sus-
/ pend coinage of silver. We reply that
| when we advocate a thing which we
| believe will be successful, we are not
| compelled to raise doubt as to our sin
| cerity by trying to show what we viii
| do if we can't. I ask him if he viii
| apply his logic to US, why he does not
! apply it to himself. He says he wants
! this country to secure an international
| agreement. Why doesn't he tell us
| what he is going to do if they fail tC
| secure an international agreement?
| There is more reason for him to dc
! that than us if we fail to maintain
| parity. They have tried for thirty years
! for thirty years-to secure an inter
! national agreement. and those who are
| waiting for it most patiently don't want
it at all. Cheering, laughter long con-
| tinued)
Now, my friends, let me come to e
| great paramount issue. If they ash
! here why it is we say more on the
| money question than we say upon the
| tariff question, I reply that if protec-
ton has slain its thousands the golc
| standard has slain its tens of thous-
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