The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-12

claimed everywhere that their sollcltude
is the relief of those vino might tempors
rily profit by a degraded currency, NJ
matter at what sacrifice of the plain
est precepts of good morals. In n
case and at no point do they propost
a system to pay our national and pri
va.e obligations on the plain, old 1asn
toned principles of good faith and homes
ty which have always distinguished the
American people. (Applause)
Practically admitting that the Ell
feet Of the free, unlimited and indepenc
ent coinage of silver would be an i'm
mense loss to the savings and resources
Of our people, and that its adoption
would reduce the plain of their socla
and industrial condition, they yet Sc
riously propose that we shall risk this
hazardous experiment. Vermont mas
said in tones that cannot be misunder-
stood that she wiz have nothing 70
do with that fatal experiment ZAP
plause and cries of Good, good In
deed, they are urging Us TO attempt oy
legislation to make cents worth OF Sill
yer pass current as a legal tender, 100
cent dollar, good for all public and pI7-
vate obligations. The mere statement
of the proposition ought TO lead to lis
| instant rejection. We cannot by law
make every man honest, but WE certain
Iy will never make law encouraging
them to be dishonest Appfause)
HUMANITY AND MORALITY.
ITO me, the question of free trade is
a question of humanity, the voice OF
tabor pleading for its own; and the
question of free silver Is q question OF
public morality, monor and good faEhn,
| and its success would be blot on our
| hitherto spotles5 national credit ZAP
| plause.) Obscure the real issue, and II
finally resolves itself in that; but VIII
II prevail? No. l answer, forever no.
| (Cheers) The American people, as
nation, like those Of the state OF YER
mont, are entirely above so unworthy
an fmputation. (Applause) people
that could, as a weak and ctruSghng
confederacy of less than 100000 inhabi-
| tants. emerge from an eight years war
of blight and destruction and proceed
| Immediately to gather UP and pay on
| its enormous revolutionary DEBT, IN
Guiding the independent debt of all the
states, aggregatinfi s135, 100000, r S27 per
apita at the time of its assumption,
will not falter at the present tempta-
ton Cheers and erie sof that's
right
IT'S NOT IN THEIR BLOOD.
"a people who could tax themselves
mo& heavily 10 equip and maintain the
armies and navies of the union. and
continue the most expensive war in
history, will not turn their backs upon
the soldiers of that war, nor seek TO
pay their pensions in dollars worth
only half their face value. Great cheer
ing and cries of ''good'). A people
who emerged from the war with an in
terest-b bearing debt of s., 80, 000,0O or $40
per capita for our entire population in
1865, will not now, after having hon
estly paid three-fourths of that great
debt. ever seek directly or Indirectly,
TO repudiate one dollar Of ii or cheaper
the coin Of payment. applause and
cries of Good. Major.') A people, 1 say,
who proceeded in good faith to pay off
that debt with such unparalleled ra-
pidfty, of which, it was estimated in
1888, up to that time they had paid
1923 for every minute OF every day Of
every year from 1865 to 1883, will not
now palter, bargain, or scheme to de-
fraud any creditor of the government.
whoever or wherever he may be. Gre
mendous applause and cries of ''HurTah
for McKinley")
foundtfwhich cd shrdlu etaoin taoinn
AND GROWERS DEBT RESIDES.
"a people who had the satisfaction
of seeing that debt reduced to s5S5, 000,-
900 on March 3, 1898. at the close of the
splendid administration of President
Harrison (applause), will readily AMI
quickly meet both the remainder of the
old debt and all that mas been made
since Qaughter), and pay it off, princi-
pal and interest, in the best money of
the world and recognized by the civiliz-
ed nations to be the best at the time of
payment Cloud applause), just s Presi-
dent Jackson paid off the last of the
revolutionary debt, sixty years or more
after the first of it had been contracted.
This, my fellow citizens of Vermont is
the faith that the election in your state
inspires in me.
TO RESTORE THE TARIFF.
But that ii not all. In that verdict
| see unalteralble Discriminate of the
people of the United States. for whom
she had the honor first TO speak, to re-
store the protective tariff sysytem once
more to our statute books. Great ap-
plause) Vermont is an agricultural
state, but her keen, sagacious and hon
est farmers know full we'll the value OF
protection and its twin sister, reciproc!-
~. (Applause) They have profted by
experience. They have examined both
their stock books and their store books,
and they have had plenty of time to do
it Qaughter) in the past three years. and
have learned that their products have
been worth less than at any time for
long series of years.
The farmers of this country want a
protective tariff applause and cries of
to have it (cheers). So, too, Will our
farmers everywhere decide. They are
naturally conservative and their unerr-
ing common sense and common honesty
will lead them quickly to detect the fall
learned the falsity OF the fallacies of
free trade.
TRIBUTE TO VERMONT
Citizens of Vermont. l congratulate
you on the example and courage of the
Green Mountain boys who fought at
Bennington and Gettysburg (applause);
the long line Of eminent and worthy men
who have contributed 10 the national
galaxy; the great worth of your present
distinguished public servants. both in
state and national councils; the many
great names you have given to litera-
ture, the arts and science, and especial
ly to mechanics and inventions; but of
all, l congratulate you upon the high
character. not only of the population
You have sent to other state. but of that
which you have kept at home. Gap
plause)
Your devotion TO your best interests,
your love of liberty and the enlighten-
ed principles of free government, your
love of social order and respect for law,