The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24

see how far-fetched is the criticism that
is leveled against us. | quote these in
srder that you may see that the very
men who used criticism must in order
10 do so, abandon the republican plat
Iorm. But | must apologize for quoting
Abraham Lincoln rs Il republican author
ty. Abraham Lincoln is no longer n
republican authority Abraham Lincoln
believed i'll Il government by the people,
of the people and for the people. Now.
our opponents says that we are opposed
to the enforcement of law. | deny it.
! stand the candidate of three parties.
| do not speak of myself as an individ-
ual.
Il have said that if the suffrages of
my countrymen placed me in that posi-
lion which is the highest position in the
world, every law shall be enforced
against every class 1t is not fear of
lawlessness, my friends. Think of men
who have transgressed the law being
afraid there will be a government that
will not be great enough to enforce the
law. These are the men who are afraid
to have the Chicago ticket elected. Do
you know that the attorney general, if
| am elected, will not stand there to de-
fend the great corporations, when he
ought to enforce the law. (Applause)
"They say we are trying to destroy our
institutions. Let me read you the Ian
guage of one whose name | honor. CAS-
siduOus efforts are being made to terrify
the public mind, to create an apprehen-
sion of social disorder. to represent great
measure of reform which is now pre-
scented to you as disorganizing and to
stigmatize its supporters as destructive
and agrarian
I'VE who now address you have been
the subjects of these imputations. We
pause, therefore, for moment to repel
them. We entertain no sentiments ad-
verse to social order, we seek not to de-
strOy but to preserve in their purity the
institutions of our country.
"Whose language is that? 1t is the
language of Samuel J. Tilden. in an ad-
dress TO farmers, mechanics and work
ingmen. They accuse the reformers as
being disturbers of the peace and they
asserted then, as we assert now, that
we have come to save the government,
which we love- Great applause.) They
had Just such Il contest then as we have
now. Let me read you again from that
same speech of Tilden:
"'A powerful money corporation, en-
gagged in death struggle with the gov
crnment, to which it owes its existence,
assails the purity of our prcss-(they
have not forgotten how to do it yeti
the fidelity of our representatives and
the freedom of our elections, and by this
control over the currency spread far and
wide dismay and ruin, in order to eXtort
a renewal of it's privilege and power from
the fears and necessities of the commu-
nity.'
THE patriotic firmness of virtuous
people prevailed in that struggle but the
signs of the times admonished us that
we We're about to renew the great con
test. The same interest is again Ill the
| field to control elections, to change the
administration of government and to re-
establish the supremacy of great corpor-
ations over the currency and business of
a country.
"Nv friends if he had livol todov he
could NOT have doscrihod tho onnosition
to free coinage of silver in mora occur.
ato torms than bo dascr;hod tbo onnosi.
tion in That Iav of mon;ad ;ntarosfs fppJ.J, ue
snid that Inv the control of the currencv
| thev snreoi far and vida dismov rho
sama nancy nowar ev;sts tndny and ;s
doing tbe same work TODAY that II did
tbon and bnsinoss mon ' nro tnrr;f;nd '''
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his own bn is manocnd with min and
Vow Yorlk hanks which tarrifv +heir
country cnrresnondents stand With tha
trus+s VIA i,nyn nadIonI,s ~, tho Nn,,,
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nonrn ,ru od Wy h. iitus Illus Mt saouu io' oe us
WE" ..lrha s4 "s Us si 'n..sS' H.
rrn me tn ;t presel. iei, nllanGai system, When
,,ail % Us '9ilci'sloli' contemplate
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t;an ttlrh ,h;oh .IelIioiei eon.e,iplales conni-
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nnn.yo, nn"ty in9ne!' u! .noW iia,lonal panks VII,
Ioniioi LonI iii III pti p,niati ~ nones, nalloilhl
,nihs ,hd ,I mil' .; uHntLo, ,ne paper money ana
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