The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-11

we come 10 speak TOT tnlS broader
class OF business mel. All, my friends.
we say not a word against those who
! live upon the Atlantic coast but those
hardy pioneers who braved all dangers
OF 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 mngle their voices with the
voices OF the blrds-out there where
they have eredtd 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 as deserving Of the con-
sideratlon Of this party as any people
in this country. Great applause.) Wa
have petrtloned and our petitions have
been scorncd. We have entreated and
our Gntrcaties have been disregarded.
and they have Knocked when our cllam-
| 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 a 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 lssucs;that the principles upon
which rest Democracy are as everlasting
as the hills, but that they must be APP
piled to new conditions as they arise.
Conditions have arisen and we are at
nj n thnuh nOn1Itlnna FHh9Ny
tell us that the Income tax ought not
to be brought in here, that II Is q new
idea They criticiSe us for our crltl-
cisms Of the Supreme court of the Unit
cd States. My friends, we have not
criticised. We have simply called at
tention to what you know. II you want
criticisms, read the dissenting opinion
Of the court. That will give you criti-
cisms. (Aplause) They say we pass
cd an unconstitutional law. deny IT,.
The income tax was not unconstitution-
al when II was passed. 1t was not un-
constitutional when 1t went before the
Supreme co',rt for the first time. IL did
not become unconstitutional until one
judge changed hts mind. We cannot
be expected to know when judge will
change his mind. (Applause and a
voice. "IIit 'em again.') Tho income
tax is q just law. X 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 Is not willing
to pay his share for the government
which protects him find a man who IL
unworthy to enjoy the blessings of q
government like ours (Applause) He
says that we are opposing the national
bank currency. 1t IL true fe you will
read what Thomas Benton said you wifi
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 Catallne and
saved Rome.
He did for Rome what Jackson an
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
IT, We believe II IL 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 az
good Democratic authority, seems to
have different opinion from the gen.
tlemcn who have addressed us on the
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.
l stand with Jefferson rather than with
them. and tell them. as he did, that the
issue of money IL function of the gov
ernment. and that the banks ought to
go out of the government business
They complain about the plank which
Il npf apna .i,,e,t IN.
They have to make 1t mean what II does
not mean. What we oppose In that
plank Is the life t.nure that Is being
bul!t up at Washington which excludes
from party representation In the bene.
fits the humber members OF our society.
cannot dwell longer In my limited time
(Crles OF "Go on; go on.O Let me call
attention to two or three great things,
The gentleman from New York says
that he Will propose an amendment pro-
vidins that this change In our law shall
not affect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there IL no In.
tontlon 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 I want to ask
him where. N law or In
morals, he can And authority
for not protecting the debtors
when the act of 1873 was passed, but
now Insists that we must protect tho
creditor He says he also wants to
amend this law and provide that II we
fail to mainta n parity within O year
we VIII then suspend the coinage
of silver we reply that when we ad-
tsItn tf, tAIn h,I III
be successful we are not compelled to |
raise u doubt as TO our own sincerity |
by trying to show what we will do { |
we can. ask him II he will apply his |
logic to US, why he does not apply 1t 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 going to do Z they fan |
to secure an international agreement |
There Is more reason for him to do that |
than for us to fail ta maintain the |
parity. Fhcy have tried for 20 years |
to secure an international agreement, |
and they are SIN wa ting for II most
and don't want II at all.
Cheers and laughtcr)
Now, my friends, let me come to the
great paramount issue, II they ask us
why II Is that we say more upon the
money question than we say upon the
tariff question, reply that II protection
has slain It's THOUSANDS the glld standard
has slain Its tens OF thousands. II they
ask US why We did not embody all these
things in our platform In which we be-
Hove we reply to them that when we
have restored the money of the constltu-
Ilon all other necessary reforms will be
possible and until that is done there Is
no reforr' that can he accomplished
,Cheers) Why, | say that In three
months has come such IA change In the
souatty, Three months ago, when 1t