The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22
HARRISON CAMPAIGNING.
He Points Out What Might Result if
Bryan and Alleged Succeed.

He Points Out What Might Result if
Bryan and Alleged Succeed
Evansville, Ind, Oct. 2O.-Gen. Harri-
son arrived at Evansville at G o'clock.
having made ten speeches during the day.
/ Everywhere there were great crowds and
great interest manifested. At Worthing-
ton he spoke for twenty minutes, con-
lining himself to discussion of the sill
yer question.
At Bushrod he addressed several hum
dred miners who had gathered at the
station.
At Vincennes the silver question was
again the topic. Referring to Mr.. Bry-
ans declaration that we can have bi-
metallism with free coinage, he said:
Il say we can not This government
is great and strong government, but
1t can not fix the value of anything. If
you want to know what anything is
worth, you must go to the market to
find out. The statutes may declare that
bushel CT oats is Of the same value as
6ushel of wheat, but that does not
make it So"
He concluded: "We must stamp out
with the votes of our people in Indiana
and adjoining states this heresy that is
pressed upon us now What we want
is to return to the conditions of things we
, had under revenue tariff bill that paid
| the expenses of the government and did
not put us to the necessity Of selling
bonds to pay them. We shall find pros
perity just where we lost it. If you
wish to find anything you have lost, YOU
must go to the place you lost it.
You lost prosperity when you inaugu-
rated this democratic doctrine and you
must go back there again. and my word
for it, you will find what you lost"
The demonstration of the day was at
Princeton. Gen. Harrison spoke at the
fair grounds and from the station to the
grounds the streets were filled with peo-
pie, who cheered enthusiastically. A
stand had been erected in front of the
grand stand, facing, the race track. The
grand stand and the space around the
speakers stand was filled with people.
Gen. Harrison referred to his personal
relations to the campaign and to the
fact that he spoke to them simply as
one citizen to another. He alluded to
the fact that Mi. Bryan had attempted
to show that he occupied a different po-
sition now from that occupied by him
while president on the silver question.
by him in 1876 and 1878 and also from
his messages to congress, adding:
This is what [ said to congress and
to the people of the United States in
1889. My vote then, speaking under
the responsibility of a great public office.
was precisely what it is today, when 1
Speak to you as a private citizen.
"Ihe Chicago convention declared that
it denounced federal interference with
acts, of state. That was not a general
proclamation. 1t had q particular aim.
1t was directed to and attempted to de-
scribe a particular event. 1t was meant
to rebuke Mr.. Cleveland for interfering
i'll the Chicago riot to open way for
the United States mails and for COM
merce between the states. 1t was meant
to declare that it was no part of the
business of the national government to
do that. When Mr.. Bryan endorses
that platform, as he has said he does,
every syllable of it, he declares that if,
in any of our great cities, a riot should
break out and the mail trains should be
stopped and interstate commerce stopped,
he will not feel that he has the right or
power as president to open way for the
mails of the United States and for it's
interstate commerce. He has virtually
said he would feel it his duty, if elected
president and Governor Altgeld is elect
ed governor of Illinois. Cries of Never
never.') No, it will never happen, but
| am only giving you another reason why
it should not happen. If it should hap
pen, Mr.. Bryan has put himself in the
attitude of saying that if in any of the
states the process of the courts of the
United States should be defed, mails
and commerce stopped, he would not feel
that he could interfere as president to
reinforce the United States marshal that
he might execute his writs or push out
of the way the Instructions to the mails,
but that he would feel it his duty to go
to Governor Altgeld and ask him to do
4 IN fbn pf no of hn
great war for the Union, in the name of
the living who fought with those who
gave their lives that the power of this
government might be maintained, | pro-
test against such doctrine. | protest to
the American people that the man who
says the United States has not the con-
stitutional power to support its marshals
in executing its writs and has not the
power to open the way for its mails and
president of the United States. We
had the thing out in 1861 to 1864. The
governor of Kentucky thought Mr.. Lin
coin had no right to march troops through
Kentucky. When we got home we
thought that doctrine was dead and |
think when this election is over we will
find that it is dead.
'Mr Bryan has said that he has never |
said anything to indicate that he would
nOL ENFORCE IUe ENS. say yts, WhtH
he said he believed in the platform, he
said so No. we can not diminish the |
power or the honor of this great nation. |
We must hold the doctrine that the pres
ident is the chief executive of the nation, |
sworn to execute laws, with power to |
execute them without asking anybody's |
consent"
At the conclusion of his speech. the |
crowd Mt the back of the platform de-
manded speech and the general spoke |
briefly.
At 7:3O the Evansville demonstration |
was begun, which was reviewed by Gen. |
Harrison. After the parade, Gen. Har-
rison spoke to 2000 people.
VETERAN MORRILL, REELECTED. |
Montpelier, VT, Oct. 20.-Justin s. |
Morrill, of Stanford was reelected |
United States senator from Vermont this |
afternoon. In the senate no other name