The Progress., 1896-07-30

continacl:
we come to speak for this broadc
class Of mtu All. MY friends we "a
not one word against those who liv
upon the Atlantic coast, bat thos
hardy pioneers who hrayct au the dan
gers Of the wilderness. who maIA III,
desc. / 10 blossom a. rose. tho,
pioneers away ont there rearing thci
children near natures heart, wher
they can miuylc their TOic2s with tn,
voices Of the birds: ont there whcl4
the brave have erected school house
Tor the education Of their YOUNG. an(
churches IN which heI praise thei
creator, and cemeteries: where slepr
the ashes of their dead, ara as dcserv
ing Of the consideration OF cli; Dart,
as any of the people of this country
| Great applause. We have potitioncc
and our petitions have been scorned
We have entreated and cur entreatic;
have been disrcgardcd, ami they have
Knocked and our calamity came.
I've beg no longer: We ectrea. nc
more; we petition no more. We dcfy
them. Great applause confusion in sill,
verdelegations. The gentleman from
Wisconsin said he feared R1besperro.
My friends, in this land G.; the free,
we need fear no tyrant who viii spring
up from among the people. What we
need IS an Andrew jackson, 20 stand
as jackson stood against tie ancroach-
ments and aggranlizing u wealth.
Great applause. They toll Us this
platform may catch the vots. We re-
| ply to them that it contains principles
upon which rest the Democracy as
everlasting as the hills, and they must
be applied to new conditions as they
arise. Conditions have arisen and We
are attempting to meet these cordi-
tons.
"They tell us that the income tax
ought not to be brought in here; that
it's new idea. They critici,o us for
our criticisms of the supreme court of
the United States. My friends, We
have not criticised. We have simply
called attention to wha. you know. If
you want criticism, read the dissenting
opinion of the court. That will give
you criticisms. [Applaus.
'Ihey say we passed demonstrations
al laws. | deny it. The income tax
was not unconstitutional when it was
passed. 1t was not unconstitutional
when it went before the supreme court
the first time. 1t did not become ua-
constitutional until one Judge changed
his mind, and we cannot be expected to
know when judge will change his mind.
Applause aud voice, ''Hit 'em
again."1 The income tax is a lust
law. 1t simply intends to put The bur-
den OF government justly upon the
backs Of the people. l am in favor of
the income tax. Applause. When
| find a man not willing to pay his
share of the burden of the government
which protects him, find a man who
is unworthy to enjoy the blessings Of
government like ours. Applause
He says we are opposing national
bank currency. 1t is true. If you
will read what Thomas Benton said
you will find that he said that in
searching history, he could find but
one parallel to Andrew jackson. That
was Cicero, who destroyed the cOnspir-
acy OF Catalina and saved Rome. He did
for koras what Jackson dill, destroyed
the bank conspiracy and saved Amer
lea. Applause. We say in our
platform that we believe the right to
coin money and issue money is fanc-
ton of the government. We believe
it. We believe it is q part of scycr-
eighty and can no more with safety be
delegated to private individuals ,han
we could afford to delegate. to private
individuals. the power to make petal
statutes levy taxation. Applause.
Mr.. Jefferson, who was once regard ed
as good Democratic authority seems 10
have d different opinion from the gen
tlemeL who have addressed us on the
part of the minority. Those who are
opposed to the proposition tell US the
issue OF paper money is function of
the bank and government ought to go |
out of the banking business. | stand
W. til Jefferson rather than with them
and tell them as he did, that the issue
OF money is function of government,
and the banks ought to 60 out of the
government business.
They complain about the blank
which declares against life tenur. in
office. They have tried to strain i, to
mean that which it does not man.
What we oppose in that plank is life
tenure that is being built up at Wash
lngton, which excludes from parti, pa
ton in the benefits the humber mem
bers OF our society. | can not dwell
longer in my limited time. Cries of
go on; so on. =" Let me call atten-
ton to two or three great things. The
gentleman from New York says he will
oppose an amendment providing that
his change in our laws shall not affect
contracts already made. Let me re-
mind him that there is no intenioh of
affecting these contracts, which ac-
'ording to the present laws, are made
payable in gold. But if he means to
ay that we cannot change our mouey