, 1896-08-28

uation the tenant on the top hoor
ought not TO ask the tenant in the
basement 20 bury any of his opinions
beiole he joins the fire brigade.
I'm my cpinon there is N issue pre-
sented by che Chicago convention more
important AMI vital than the question
they have raised of protecting the pow
er and duty OF the national courts and
IA Iional executive. Defence of the con-
stitution and of the integrity of the
supreme court of the unired States and
Of the presidents power and duty to
enforce all laws of the United States
without awaiting the call or conSen of
ihe governor of any state is an m
portant and living issue OF this cam
paign. The tariff and coinage will be
of little if our constitutional
government is overthrow. When we
have a president who believes it is
neither right nor his duty to see that
mail trains are not o~bstruoted and in
Tel Sldlt COulllltlCe IDS It's llSe way "a
respective of state lines and courts,
who fears to use u ancient n famil-
lar power to restrain and punish law
breakers. free trade and silver will be
appropriate Accomplishments of such
an administration and cannot add ap-
probably to national distress or ma
,tional dishonor.
Harrison protested at length to any
effort being made to subvert the SUI
preme court, holding it was the most
important safeguard of the peoples lib
critics. Continuing he said:
Il do not intend to spend any time
in the discussion of the tariff question.
That debate has been won and need not
be protracted.' We need experience of
our own and we have had 1t. 1t has
been a hard lesson but a very convinc-
ing one and everybody was in the
schoolhouse when it was given. 1t is
historical that in 1892 we had most
prosperous times, the most general diff
fusion of prosperity. the most univer-
sal participation in prosperity and the
highest mark of prosperity we ever at
tanned as a nation. A panic in 1898 Of
the most extraordinary character has
been succeeded by gradual drying up.
less and less until universal business
distraction and anxiety prevails all
over our community"
81 do not believe there has ever been
a time. except perhaps in the very heat
CT some active panic. when universal
business fear and anxiety and watch
fulness even to the point Of despera-
ton, has characterized this great me
tropolis as it does today. Men have
been afraid to go away for a vacation.
They have felt they must every day in
this burning heat, com into the city
and watch their business. That is the
situation. What has brought it about?
Gentlemen who are is there to defend
the Wilson tariff bill, who to say it is a
good tariff measure. l do no believe a
democrat can be found to say it is. Mr..
Cleveland %repudiated it. 1t was so bad
that he would not attach his official
signature to it.
in connection with the financial
matter do we all realize how important
the choice of president is? Do you
know that as the law now is. without
the passage of any free silver law at
all, it is in the power of the president
CT the United States to bring the bust
ness of this country to a silver basis.
All he has to do is to let the gold re-
serve go, pay out silver when men ask
for gold, and We are there already. |
undertake therefore to say if Bryan or
a man holding his views were in the
presidential chair without any legisla-
ton by congress-, we should be on a
silver basis in a weeks time.
do we want silver, because we want
more money and a larger circulation?
l have not heard anybody say SC. Bry-
an is not urging it on hat basis. If
anyone were to seek ito give that as a
reason for wanting free silver, he
| WouIo NC fClS Sooh ColIouIlutu ny pllc
statement that free silver would put
more gold out of circulation than the
minis OF the United Etates could posi-
bly, put in in years and instead of hav-
ing more money we would have less.
We have an abundant supply Of the cir
culating medium gold, silver, national
bank paper, greenbacks, treasury notes
fractional silver. We have something
like 1923 per capita OF the population.
What lis it then that creates this de-
mand for silver? It Is openly avowed,
it is not more dollars. but cheaper dol
lars that are wanted. A lower stand
ard OF value they are demanding"
The speaker went into the history Of
metallic money in this country to show
that 1t is impossible to establish BIZ
metallism at 16 to l and keep the met
ais at a parity.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.