The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-18

we say HOt u WOTu against tnOSe VINO
live upon the Atlantic coast, but those
hardy pioneers who braved all dangers
| OF the wilderness, who have made the
desert to blossom as q rose; those plo-
neers away out there, rearing their
| children near to natures heart where
they can mingle their voices with the
| voices OF the birds-out there where
they have ereJ1ed school houses for the
education OF their young and churches
where they praise their Creator and
cemeteries where sleep the ashes or
| their dead--are as deserving OF the con-
sideratlon Of this party as any people
in this country Great applause.) We
have petttioned and our petitions have
been scornod We have entreated and
our entreaties have been dlsregarded,
and they have Knocked when our c1lam-
ity came.
| We beg no longer; we entreat no
more; we petition no more. We defy
them. (Great applause and confusion
in the silver delegations.)
The gentleman of Wisconsin has said
that he feared q Robespierre. MY
friends. in this land of the free, we 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 the cncroachments of ag-
grandization of wealth. Great APP
plause.) They tell us that this plat
form was made to catch votes. We re-
ply to them that changing conditions
make new issues;that the principles upon
which rest Democracy are as everlasting
as the hills, but that they must be ap-
Piled to new conditions as they arise.
Conditions have arisen and we are at
tempting to meet those conditions They
tell us that the income tax ought not
to be brought in here, that 1t Is new
idea They criiiclse us for our crlti-
clsms of the Supreme court of the Unit
ed States. My friends. we have not
criticised. We have simply called at
tention to what you know. If you want
criticisms, read the dissenting opinion
CT the court. That will give you criti-
cisms. (Aplause.) They say we pass
cd an unconstitutional law. I deny It,.
The income tax was not unconstttution-
al when 1t was passed. 1t was not un-
constitutional when 1t went before the
Supreme CO 'rt for the first time. 1t did
not become unconstitutional until one
Judge changed his mind. We cannot
be expected to know when judge will
change his mind. (Applause and g
voice, "Hlt 'em again.'0 The income
tax is just law. 1t simply intends to
put the burden of government justly
upon the backs of the people. I am In
laNOT Oh Ill lnCOlI1t tdA. taDDlduStD
When find a man who Is not willing
to pay his share for the government
which protects him / find a man who IL
unworthy to enjoy the blessings OF a
government like ours. (Applause.) He
says that we are opposing the national
bank currency. II Is true. If you Will
read what Thomas Benton said you will
find that he said In his story that he
could find but one parallel to Andrew
Jackson, and that was Cicero who de.
stroyed the conspiracy Of Cataline and
saved Rome
He did for Rome what Jackson did
when he destroyed the bank conspiracy
and saved America. (Applause) We
say In our platform that we believe that
the right to coin money and issue money
Is a function of government, We believe
1t. We believe 1t Is a part of sover-
eighty, and can no more he delegated to
private individuals than we could afford
to delegate to private individuals the
power to make penal statutes or levy
laws for taxation, tApplause) Mr..
Jefferson, who was once regarded az
good Democratic authority, seems to
have n different opinion from the gen.
tlemen who have addressed us on the
part of the minority. Those who are OPP
posed to the proposition tell us that the
Issue of paper money ls a function OF
the bank. and that the government
ought to go out of the banking business.
stand with Jefferson rather than with
them, and tell them. as he did, that the
Issue of money Is function of the gov
ernment and that the banks ought to
go out of the government business.
Thsy complain about the plank which
declares against the life tenure In office.
They have to make II mean what II does
not mean. What we oppose In that
plank 10 the life tenure that Is being
built up at Washington which excludes
from party representation In the bene
fits the humber members Of our society.
l cannot dwell longer in my limited time
Cries of Go on; so on.'O Let me call
attentlontto two or three great things.
The gentleman from New York says
that he VIII propose an amendme mt pro-
vld!ng that this change In our law shall
not affect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there Is no In,
tentlon of affecting these contracts,
which according to the present laws,
are made payable in gold. But If he
means to say that we cannot change
our monetary system without protect
ing those who have loaned money be-
fore the change was made. l want to ask
him where, IN law or In
morals. he can And authority
for not protecting the debtors
when the oct of 1873 was passed, but
now insists that we must protect the
creditor. lie says he also wants to.
amend this law and provide that II we
fail to mainta n a parity within q year
we VIII then suspend the coinage
of silver. We reply that when we ad-
vocate a thing which we believe win
he SUE cessful we are not compelled to
raise 4 doubt as TO our own sincerity
by try,n to show what we will do (
we car. ask him If he will apply his
logic to us, why he does not apply II to
himself. He says that he wants this
country to try to secure an .interna-
tlonal agreement. Why doesn't he tell
us what he is going to do 4 they fail
to secure an International agreement
THERE Is more reason for him to do that
than fof us to fall to maintain the
parity They have tried for 80 years
to secure an international agreement,
and they are still wa ting for II most
lmpatiently and don't want It at all
(Cheers and laughter)
Now, my friends, let me come to the
great paramount issue. If they ask us
why It Is that we say more upon the
money question than we say upon the
tariff question. I reply that II protection
has slain its thousands the gold standard
has slain It's tens of thousands. If they
ask US why we did not embody all these
things in our platform In which we be-
llert. we reply to them that when we
have restored the money OF the constitu-
tion all other necessary reforms will be
possible and until that Is done there Is
no reforr' that can be accomplished.
(Cheers) Why. l say that In three
months has come such change In the
country. Three months ago, when 1t
was Confidently asserted that those who
believed in the gold standard would
frame our platform and nominate our