Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

Mr.. Bryan asserts that
a decision to please them. (ApplauseJ
MY friends, our fathers who framed
this government divided its great pow
the legislative, executive and the judicial.
1t sought to make these independent.
the one of the other, 80 that neither
might overshadow or destroy the other;
The Supreme court. the most dignified
TO interpret the laws and the constiti;;
tion. and when that court pronounced
Il decree as to the powers of Congress
or as to any other constitutional gues-
ton, there is but one right method If we
disagree. and that is the method pointed
out by the constitution-to amend it to
conform with our views. That is the po-
sition today.
"You are to answer, then, my fellow
citizens, in all the gravity of q great
crisis, whether you will sustain party
who propose to destroy the balance which
government, and whenever a tumultuous
Congress disagrees with the Supreme
court and subservient President is in
the white house. that the judgment of
the court shall be reconsidered and re,
judges and packing the court with men
who will decide us Congress wants them
| to- (Applause.) l cannot eXaggerate the
gravity and the Importance and the dam
| ger of this assault upon our constitutions
| al form of government.
II do not intend to spend any time in
the discussion of the tariff question. That
debate has been won, and need not be
protracted. 1t might run on .ctcrnally
upon theoretical lines. We had had some
experiences. but they were historical and
generation. We needed an experience of
our own, and we have had ii. 1t has
been a hard lesson, but very convinc-
| ing one, and everybody was i'll the school
house when it was given him: A panic in
1893 of most extraordinary character has
less and less, until universal business dis
traction and anxiety prevails over all of
our community. do not believe there
has been q time, except. perhaps, in the
very heat of some active panic, when
universal fear and anxiety and watchful-
has characterized this great metropolis
as it does today. (Applause.) Men have
been afraid to go away for vacation.
They have felt that they must every day
in this burning heat come to the city and
watch their business. That is the situa.
ton.
"What has brought it about? Gentle.
men. who is there to defend the Wilson
tariff bill? Who says it is good tariff
measure? "a voice: "Nobody.") I don't
believe a candidate can be found to say
that it is. Mr.. Cleveland repudiated
it. 1t was so bad that he could not
attach his official signature to it, and it
became q law without it. He said it
was full of incongruities and ineauali-
ties. What has been the result of that
measure? 1t has failed to produce rev
enue enough, supplemented by our inter-
nal taxes, to maintain the government.
There has been an annual deficit ap-
the national treasury has been contin-
ually in state of embarrassment. Our
manufacturers, left without adequate
protection, have been successfully and
gradually closing up and putting out
their fires: But not only has this pro-
cally contributed to the financial depres-
sion that we are in. The maintenance
of the gold reserve up to 100000, 900
by the government for the redemption
Of our notes was essential to confidence
In the stability of our finances. When
the government reserve runs down peo-
to a silver basis il gold ia going out.
The reserve is generally down and this
fear is greatly increased, but how can
you keep O. gold reserve of 500, 100000
when you have not got 500, 100000 in
the. treasury all told? How can you
maintain this gold reserve for redemp-
ton of notes when YOU have an annual
and continuous deficit and your income
not equaling your deficit? So that. my
friends, this tariff bill has not only con-
tributed, by increasing importations, by
taking away the needful support for our
own manufacturers. bur It has contrib
uted in the way Of increasing the silver
scare to bring us into the present condi-
tion of distrust and dismay which now
prevails. (Applause)
"But I do not intend to follow that
question further. am quite as much
opposed to cheapening the American
workingman and working woman as l
am to cheapening our dollars. TAP.
plapse). am quite as strongly in favor
g gold seas dollars. a Appianse5 a a5 nome ~ am
"Aly friends. as Republican, am
proud Of many things, but / cap sum nj
as the highest satisfactiOa | have had
in the party and its career that the
prospect of Republican success never did
disturb business. (Applause). In con.
nection with this financial matter. do We
all realize how important the choice OF
president is? Do you know that. as
aay. fee coinage Of silver at ali. it is
United ktstss b bring The business OF Of
Sas ns to do |. to let ts sd Saslss sesetAe M rn u.
to pay out silver when men ask fol
gold. and we are there already. 1t ID
only because the presidents Of the
United States that we have had, and the
one we have now, have regarded II
maintain the gold basis. maintaining