The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29

Der Of Judges and pack the court 10 get
q decision 90 please them. tApplauAe.l
"My friends. our fathers who framed
this government divided its great pow
erH between three great departments
the legislative, executive aud the judicial.
IL sought 90 make these independent.
the one Of the other, 40 that neither
might oFefshndow or destroy the other.
The Supreme court. the most dlEniued
judicial body in the world. was appointed
Ia interpret the laws aud the constitu
ton, aud when TINT court pronounced
n decree ~ 10 the powers Of Congress
OF as 10 any other constitutional ques'
ton. there IL but one right method II We
disagree. aud that " the method polluted
out 10y the cuustitu,ion-tO amend II 10
conform with our views, That Ia the 20.
sltlon today.
"ioa are 20 answer, then, my fellow
citizens, la all the gravity Of q great
crisis, whether you will sustain a party
who propose 90 destroy the balance which
our fathers instituted In u system OF
government. aud whenever n ,umuituouS
Congress dlsaErccs with the supreme
court aud a suhHcrvient President " In
the white house, that the Judgment Of
the court shall he reconsidcred aud re-,
verFed by increasing the number OF
Judges aud packing the court with men
who will decide AH Congress wants them
TO. (Applause.l | cannot exaggcratc the
gravity and the importance and the dan
ger Of this assault upon our constitution.
al form Of government.
II do not intend to spend amy time In
the discussion Of the tarin questise, That
debate has been won. and need not be
protractcd. II might run on e~tcrnally
upon theoretical lines, We had had some
experiences, but they were historical and
remote, aud not very Instructive 10 this
generation. We needed an experience Of
our own. aud We have had Il. IL has
been q hari lesson, but n very %cOnvinc-
ing one, and every body was Ia the school.
house when II wnS given him. A panic In
lSnJ Of most extraordinary character has
been succeeded by n gradual drying up.
less and less. until universal business dis.
traction and anxiety prevails over all Of
our community. ! do not believe there
has been n time, except, perhaps, In the
very heat Of some active panic. when
universal fear aud anxiety aud watchful.
nrss, even 10 the point Of desperation.
has characterized this great aaotropolis
ms II does today. (%Applause.l Men have
been afraid 20 10 away for a vacation.
They have felt that they must every day
In this burning heat com 60 the city aud
watch their business, That Is the sltua.
ton,
"What has brought Il about? Gentle.
men. who Is there 10 defend the Wilson
tarif billl Who says Il Is n good tariff
mcasurcy CA voice: Nobody | don't
believe . candidate can bc found 10 say
that Il Is. Mr.. Cleveland rcpudinted
Il. II was SO bad that he could not
attach his official signature to IL, and IL
became n law without II. He said Il
was full Of incOngrultlcs and %ineduali-
ties. What has been the result OF that
measure? Il has failed 10 produce rev.
onue enough, supplemented by our inter.
nal taxes, to maintain the government,
There has been an annual deficit an.
preaching S50.O0O,O0 0 every year. aud
the national treasury has been uoatin.
ually In u state of embarrassment. Cur
manufacturers, left without adequate
protection, have been successfully and
gradually closing up and putting out
their fires, But not only has this pro-
duced such m effect, hut II has prncti.
cnlly contributed 10 the financial depres-
sion that we are In. The maintenance
OF the gold reserve up TO Sl00.0OO,0 900 |
by the government for the redemption
OF our notes was essential Co confidence
In the stability of our finances. When
the government reserve run dowS PEG.
ple begin NJ oncc 60 say: We may come
to u silver basis IL gold is going out
The reserve IL generally down and this
fear " greatly increased, but how can
YOU keep u gold reserve of $l00,000,O 900 |
when you have not got $t00.0 100000 in
the treasury all t0ldy How can you
maintain this gold reserve for redemp-
ton Of notes when you have an annual
and continuous deficit and your income
not cqualing your deficit? 80 that, my
friends, this tarin bill has not only con.
by increasing importations, by
away the necdful support for our
manufacturers, hut it has contrib
uted In the way Of increasing the silver
scare to bring III into the present condi.
ton Of distrust and dismny which now
prevails, (Apnlause)
"But | do not intend 20 follow TINT
question further. | am quite ms much
opposed to cheapcning the American
w%orkingman and working woman as |
nm to cheapcning our dollars. tan.
| am quite MS strongly In favor
Of keeping days work at home as / am
gold dollars. (Applause).
"My friends, as q Republican, | am
proud of many things. but | can sum nm
AS the highest satisfaction | have had
in the party and its career that the
prospect of Republican success never did
disturb business. (Applnusc). In con.
lection with this financial matter, do we
all realize how important the choice of
4 president Is? DO you know that, as
he law Is now, without the passage of
my free coinage of silver at all, it is
in the power of the President of the
United States TO bring the business of
the country to a silver basis? All he
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