The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-07


class OF business men. All, my friends.
we say not a word against those who
J live upon the Atlantic coast, but those
! hardy pioneers who braved all dangers
| or the wilderness, who have made the
| desert to blossom as a 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 brds--out there where
| they have eredJsd school houses for the
| education OF their young and churches
whore they praise their Creator and
| cemeteries where sleep the ashes OF
| their dead-are al deserving of the c1n-
sideraton Of this party az any people
| In this country. Great applause.) We
have petrtlored and our petitions have
| been scOrned. We have entrea:ed and
our cntrcaties have been disregarded,
and they have moclied when our CHAM
| ity came.
We beg no longer: we entreat no
| more; we petition no more. We defy
! them. (Great applause and confusion
In the silver dclegations.)
The gentleman Of Wisconsin has said
| that he feared a Robesplerre. My
| friends, in this land of the free, we need
| fear no tyrant who VIII spring up from
| among the people. What we need Is an
Andrew Jackson to slanu aa JaGKsuh
stood against the cncroachments of ag-
grandization of wealth. Great ap-
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 II Is new
idea. They crlticlse us for our crltt-
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
Of the court. That will give you critl-
csms. (Aplause) They say we pass
Cd an unconstitutional law. I deny It..
The income tax was not unconstltution-
al when IL was passed. 1t was not un-
constitutional when II 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 o
voice, "Hlt 'em again.0 The income
tax is a just law. 1t simply intends to
put the burden of government justly
upon the backs of the people. / am in
favor of an income tax. (Applausc)
When find man who IL not willing
to pay his share for the government
which protects him | find a man who Is
unworthy to enjoy the blessings of n
government like ours (Applause) He
says that we are opposing the national
bank currency. 1t is true. II you viii
read what Thomas Benton said you VIII
find that he said In hls story that he
could find but one parallel to Andrew
Jackson. and that was Cicero, who de-
stroyed the conspiracy of Catallne 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 function OF government. We believe
1t. We believe 1t ls part of sover-
eighty, and can no more be delegated TO
private individuals than we could afford
to delegate to private individuals the
power to make penal statutes or levy
laws for taxation. (Applause) Mr..
Jefferson, who was once regarded as
good Democratic authority, seems to
have a different opinion from the gem
tlemcn who have addressed us on the
part of the minority. Those who are op-
posed to the proposition tell us that the
issue of paper money is function OF
the bank. and that the government
ought 10 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 "a function of the gov
ernment, and that the banks ought to
go out of the government business
They complain about the plank which
declares against the life tenure in office.
They have to make 1t mean what II does
not mean. What we oppose In that
plank Is the life tenure that Is being
built up at Washington which excludes
from party representation In the benc
It's the humber members of our society
I cannot dwell longer In my limited time.
(CrIes OF Go on; go on.') Let me call
attention to two or three great things
The gentleman from New York says
that he will propose an amendment pro-
vldIng that this change In our law shall
not affect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there II no In
tentlon of affecting these contra cts,
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. want to ask
him where m law or In
morals. he can find authority
for not protecting the debtors
when the Gct of 1873 was passed, but
now insists that we must protect thr
creditor. He says he also wants to
amend this law and provide that If we
fail to mainta n parity within a year
we Will then suspend the coinage
Of silver. We reply that when we ad
vocatc thing which we believe win
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raise doubt as to our own sincerity
by try ing to show what we will do {
we car. ask him If he will apply his !
logic tn us why he does not apply II to |
himself. He says that he wants this |
country TO try to secure an interna-
tiOnal agreement Why doesn't he tell
us what he Is goirg to do ( they fail |
to secure an international agreement? |
There Is more reason for him to do that |
than for us to fail to maintain the |
parity. They have tried for 30 years
to secure an international agreement. |
and they are slill wa ting for II mott |
impatlently and don't want It at all. |
(Cheers and laughtcr)
Now my friends, let me come to the |
great paramount issue. If they ask MS
why 1t Is that we say more upon the |
money question than we say upon the |
tariff question, l reply that If protection |
has slain lts thousands the gold standard |
has slain Its tens of thousan nds. If they |
ask us why we did not embody all these
things in our platform In which we be-
ieVs, we reply to them that when we
have restored the money OF the constitu-
tion all other necessary reforms will be
possible ana until that is done there is
no reforr' that can be accomplished,
(Cheers) Why, | say that In three
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