The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-21

that Is putting the price of wheat up. It
Is not gold going up that put 1t up and 1t
because at this moment wheat is rising and
SILVER falling. So my countrymen, we want
good money: as much as we can have and
maintain at parity. We do not want one
dollar of one value and another dollar of
another value. We want them all to be
maintained as the Republican party has
made and kept them, every one OF them
good; honest dollars, and every one the
equal of every other. (Applause)
There is one aspect of this campaign OF
which l want to speak for a few moments;
To me it is of supreme Importance and
interest because if we should be beguiled
INTO free silver and fall into the slough
OF a commercial panic we would get out
OF it after awhile We would repent our
selves and recover ourselves. But there is
another proposition involved In this cam
paign which, if we give our assent to, 1t
will injure the government; not in its stat
gress that follows, but injured in its great
national powers. The Chicago convention
declared that it denounces federal interfer-
ence with the affairs of the State. That
was not a general proclamation. 1t had a
particular aim. 1t was directed to and at
tempted to describe particular event 1t
was meant to rebuke Mr.. Cleveland for in
terfering in the Chicago riot to open a
way for the United States mail and for
meant to declare that it was no part of
the business of the national government
to do that. When Mr.. Bryan indorses 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 a way for the mails
of the United States or its interstate COM
merce.
PROTEST AGAINST ANARCHY.
"He has virtually said he would feel 1t
his duty if elected President and Governor
Altgeld is elected Governor of Illinois
(cries of Never and great applause)-no,
it will never happen, but if it should happen,
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 by mob and the mail
trains should be stopped and interstate
commerce interrupted, he would not feel
he could interfere, as President. to rein
force the United States marshal that he
might execute his right or push out of
the way the distractions to the mails but
that he would feel it his duty to go to
Governor Altgeld and ask him to do it.
Now, in the name of the dead of the great
war for the Union, in the name of the
living who fought with those who gave
their lives that. The powers or tnis national
government might be maintained, pro-
test against such doctrine. l protest to
the American people that a man who says
the United States has not the constitutional
power to support it's marshal in executing
its writ. ard has not the constitutional
power to open the way for the mails and
dent Of the United States.
We fought that thing out in 1861 to 1864.
Great applause.) The Governor of Ken
lucky thought Mr.. Lincoln 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. Cap
plause) Mr.. Bryan has said that he has
never said anything to indicate that he
would not enforce the laws. L say yes.
When he said he believed il that platform
he said SO.
Governor Altgeld has recently made
speech in New York city-only last Satur-
day highland in that speech he clearly
said these resolutions of the con-
vention pointed to the Chicago riot and
to Mr.. Clevelands conduct in connection
with it. He says that the marshal of
southern Illinois called upon him to help
him enforce the process of the United
States Court, and ne complains that the
marshal of northern Illinois, instead of
calling upon him, called upon the Presi-
dent of the United States to help him. No,
we cannot diminish the power of the dig
nifty the honor of this great Nation.
We must hold to the doctrine that the
President is the chief executive of the Ma
tion, sworn to execute the laws, has power
to execute them on every foot of American
soil without asking anybody's consent"
AT the conclusion of his speech the crowd
at the back of the platform demanded
speech and Mr.. Harrison spoke briefly.