Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-17

channels OF trade are as much busl-
ness men as the few financial mag
mates who, in back room, corner the
of the world. The free sill
yer delegates at this point broke
forth in tremendous cheers, standing
on chairs and waving their hats and
banners frantically, Order was f.
nally restored, and Mr.. Bryan contin.
ued. We come to speak from this
broader class of business. Oh, my
friends, we say not one word against
those who live upon the Atlantic
coast; but those hardy pioneers who
braved all danger of the wilderness,
who have made the desert to blossom
as the rose-those pioneers away out
there, rearing their children near to
Natures heart, where they can mingle
their voices with the voices Of the
b;;rTaas-outt there where they have
erected schoolhouses for the educa-
ton of their young, and churches
where they praise their Creator, and
cemeteries where sleep the ashes of
their dead-are as deserving of the
consideration of this party as any
people in'the country. We have pc
titioned, and our petitions have been
scorned. We have entreated, and
our entreaties have been disregarded,
and they have Knocked and our calam-
ity came. We beg no longer; we en-
treat no more; we petition no more.
We defy them. Great applause.
The gentleman from Wisconsin has
said 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 Andrew jackson stood, against the
encroachment of aggrandizing wealth.
They tell us this platform was made
to catch votes. We reply to them that
changing conditions make new issues.
That the principles upon which rest
Democracy are lasting, but they must
be applied to new conditions as they
arise. Conditions have arisen and we
are attempting to meet these condi-
tons. They tell us that the income
tax ought not to be brought in here,
that it is new idea. They criticise
us for our criticisms of the supreme
Court of the United States. My
friends, we have not criticised. We
have simply called your attention to
what you know. If you want crit
icisn read the dissenting opinion of
the Court. That will give you criti-
cisms. They say we passed an I'M
constitutional law. I deny it. The in
come tax was not unconstitutional
when it was published. 1t was not
Unconstitutional when it went before
the Supreme Court for the first time.
1t did not become unconstitutional
until one Judge changed his mind.
[ Applause. The income tax is just
law. 1t simply intends to put the
burden Of government justly upon
the backs of the people, l am in favor
of an income tax. When l find a man
who is not willing to pay his share
for the Government which protects
him, find a man who is unworthy to
enjoy the blessings Of a government
like ours. lie says that we are op-
posing the national bank currency. 1t
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 destroyed the con-
spiracy of Cataline and saved Rome.
He did for Rome what jackson did
when he destroyed the bank con-
spiracy and saved America. APP
plause. We say in our platform that
we believe that the right to coin
money and issue money is a function
of government. We believe it. We
believe it is part of sovereignty, and
can no more be delegated to private
Individuals than the power to make
penal statutes or levy laws for taxa
ton. Mr.. jefferson, who was once re-
garded as good Democratic authority,
seems to have a different opinion from
the gentlemen who have addressed
us on the part of the minority. Those
who are opposed to the proposition
tell us that the issue of paper money
is functionof the bank, and that
Government ought to go out of the
banking business. / stand with JEFF
ferson rather than with them, and tell
them, as he did, that the issue of
money is function of the Govern
ment, 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 10 make it mean
what it does not mean What we OPP
pose in that plank is the. life tenure
that is being built up at Washington
which excludes from party represen-
tation in the benefits the humber
members of our society. / canpot
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
he will propose an amendment pro-
vidinp that this change in our law