The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-21
THE RALLY IN FAIR HAVEN
SEVERAL HOUSING CAMPAIGN
 SPEECHES LAST NIGHT.

Addresses Made by Professor E. J. Buck land and K. s. Wheeler-The Issues Ably and Clearly Defined.
 notable event in Fair Haven last night was the republican rally. It was held in Polar Star lodge hall, under the auspices of the town committee. Portraits of Mckinley and Hobart and flags adorned the walls, and excellent music was given by the Old Guards band. James H. Macdonald, chairman of the republican town committee, pre- sided. He was introduced by MT, George M. Baldwin. Chairman Mac donald, after a few telling words re- garding the campaign, introduced the first speaker of the evening, saying: I shall introduce @ young man who has been identified with one of the best known parties the country has ever seen. And I have nothing to say to- night against a man who has voted all his life for certain party, and now at this time finds that he cannot support the principles which the party sets forth. Such 8 man is a patriot before he Is @ partisan. And wish to intro duce to you such man tonight, Prof. F. J. Buckland (Great applause.)
 Prof. Buckland spoke in part as fol- lows: History repeats itself and the events of that civil war that my friend has mentioned, find their counterpart in this political campaign. In that war Grant did what has been done in the last two months. To-day the friends of silver stand on one platform
 Prof. Buckland referred to the prin- cipal blanks in the Chicago platform, and said:
 "One plank demands the free coin- age of silver on basis of 16 to 1. They have tried to explain away the plank concerning the supreme court, and the free coinage of silver and the interference of the United States troops
 Taking up the money question, he said: we are told that more commod- ities are required to get a dollar now than twenty or thirty years ago. The reason for the lower price of commod- ities is found elsewhere, and that is why the gold standard has not really advanced.
 within a few years the acreage of wheat in this country has nearly doub- led, and great fields have been opened in Argentina, India and other coun- tries One man to-day with the mod ern implements of culture can plant twice as much grain as he could ten ono O the that wheat has become reduced in value. To-day the demand exceeds the supply, and wheat has advanced more than ten cents within a few days. There has been more cotton produced than there is a demand for The seller is more anxious to sell than the buyer is to buy.
 .sYou will find that the gold standard has nothing necessarily to do with the prices of commodities. The law of supply and demand control the prices. Twelve years ago coffee was cheaper than it is to-day, and many went out of the business. To-day it is much higher.
 eIt is not the gold standard that raises or lowers the prices Of com modities Does 1t require more labor to-day to get dollar than it did twen- ty years ago? I think you Will agree with me that 1t does not. Taking la bor at large, there has been an increase in the price of labor and decrease in the hours of labor. For that reason we declared that there has been no in crease in the gold standard.
 Money is that medium of exchange iot ,~iy ,cin un11la Credit is that medium that is dependent upon how much can be realized upon it. The government that does it's business upon the most money and the least credit is the government that is doing it's bus1- ness on the most solid foundation (Applause) It is the ability of gov ernment to pay that is of the greatest value.
 ''You cannot make value unless you give an equivelant for it. Our govern ment has about $1, 500, ,00O 900 of money it has created, of which $600,00O,000 is in silver Our government has only $500 GOO, 900 of money worth intrinsical- ly it's face value. Our government has gone far enough in making it's money promises to pay.
 "A plank of the Chicago convention denounces federal interference in the states. They mean that President Cleveland did not have the right to sene troops into Chicago to protect the mails. Now if there is one thing more than another that is confided to the United States it is the protection of the mails. It also protects interstate commerce So when MT. Bryan defends that plank in the platform, he abso- lutely puts himself in opposition tc every tradition concerning the powers of the state and federal governments and to contradict the decision of the supreme court of the United States.
 We believe in the integrity of tht supreme court And this this palla- diun of our liberties is attacked, we say that that which is the dearest tc us as American citizens, has been at tackled. Why it takes us back to the times of Charles the First!
 Another plank objects to a govern ment by injunction. The writ of in junction is one of the most valuable writs that issues from a court o1 equity.
 If you wish to stop a wrong that is