The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-07-24
wa, was GInsIiy restored and Mr nryA

We come 10 speak for this broader
class OF business men. All, my friends,
we say not a word against thnse who
| 1--we 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 pio-
neers away out there, rearing their
children near to natures heart where
they can mngle their voices with the
voices of the brds--out there where
they have erednd school houses for the
educaeion OF their young and churches
where they praise their Creator and
| cemeteries where sleep the ashes of
their dead--are a deserving OF the con-
s4deratlon of this party as any people
| In this country. Great applause) We
have petptloned and our petitions have
been scorned. We have entreated and
our cntreaties have been dlsregarded,
and they have Knocked when our calam-
| 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 Robesplerre. 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 issues; 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
tempting to meet those conditions. They
tell us that the income tax ought not
to be brought in here, that II Is new
idea. They ciiticise us for our crlti-
clsms of the Supreme court of the Unit
ed 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 win give you crti-
cisms. (Aplause.) They say we pass
cd an unconstitutional law. I deny it..
The income tax was not unconstitutlon-
al when II was passed. 1t was not un-
constitutional when 1t went before the
Supreme court for the first time 1t did
not become unconstitutional until ono
Judge changed his mind. We cannot
be expected to know when a judge viii
change his mind. applause and a
voice, "fIit 'em again.') The income
liA 10 "a just iaWs ~ SllHply llltlliS ~
put the burden of government Justly
upon the backs of the people. am in
favor of an income tax. (Applause)
When find man who Is not willing
to pay his share for the government
which protects him find man who ls
unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a
government like ours. (Applause) He
says that we are opposing 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 de.
stroyed the conspiracy Of Catallne and
saved Rome.
He did for Rome what Jackson did
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
1t. We believe 1t Is 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.
Je fferson. who was once regarded as
good Democratic authority, seems to
have a different opinion from the gem
tlemcn who have addressed US on the
part of the minority. Those who are op-
posed to the proposition tell us that the
issue of paper money is a function OF
the bank, and that the government
ought to go out of the banking business.
stand with Jefferson rather than with
them, and tell them, as he did, that the
Issue of money Is function of the gov
ernment 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 to make 1t mean what II does
not mean. What we oppose in that
plank is the life tenure that Is being
built up at Washington which excludes
from party representation In the bene,
fits the humber members of our society.
l cannot dwell longer in my limited time.
Cries of "Go on; go on.'O Let me call
attention to two or three great things
The gentleman from New York says
that he VIII propose an amendment pro-
viding that this change In our law shall
not affect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there Is no In.
tenton of affecting these contracts,
which according to the present laws,
are made payable in gold. But IL he
means to say that we cannot change
our monetary system without protect
ing those who have loaned money he
fore the change was made, want to ask
him where, N law or In
he scan find authority
for not protecting the debtors
when the act of 1873 was passed, but
now Insists that we must protect the
creditor. He says he also wants to
amend this law and provide that II we
fail to maintain a parity within a year
we will then suspend the coinage |
of silver. We reply that when we adj |
vOcatc a thing which we believe win |
be successful we are not compelled to |
raise a. doubt as TO our own sincerity |
by try ing to show what we will do ( |
we can. ask him If he viii apply his |
logic to us, why he does-npt apply II to |
himself, He says that he wants this |
country to try TO secure an interna- |
tlonal agreement. Why doesn't he tell |
us what he is going 10 do 4 they fan |
to secure an International agreement? |
There is more reason for him to do that
than fof us to fail to maintain the |
parity They have tried for 30 years
to secure an International agreement,
and they are sim wa ting for It most
impatlently and don't want It at all.
Cheers and laughtcr)
Now, my friends, let me come to the
great paramount issue. If they ask us
why II Is that we say more upon the
money question than we say upon the
tariff question I reply that If protection
has slain Its thousands the gold 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-
Have, we reply to them that whom we
have restored the money or the constitu-
lion all other necessary reforms will be
possible and until that is done there Is