The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-03

and, my friends, whenever our people an
prove the choice of president who be-
ieves he must ask Governor Altgeld Or
any other governor of any other state
United States, we have surrendered the
victory the boys won in 1861. Great an
plause) Once we were told, and a
grave question was raised whether the
United States could pass its troops
through Kentucky to meet rebel army
in Tennessee. My friends, this consti-
tutional question, this division between
and easy one. A disturbance which is
purely local in state is state affair.
The president can not send troops or
lend any aid unless the legislature calls
on him for help, and the governor if the,
legislature is not in session. But when
a law of the United States is invaded
and broken it is the sworn duty of the
president to execute it. Comrades of
the great war for union. sons of those
who went out to do battle that the fac
might not lose it's lustre. will we consent
after these years that the doctrines which
: was shot to death in the great war shall
be revived and made victorious in a civil,
campaign? (Cries of no, no.)
But this assault does not end there
The supreme court of the United States
and the federal lower courts are arraign
ed because they used the familiar writ
| of injunction to suppress violence. TO ra
strain men from breaking the law, and
that the platform plainly means that We
VIII show you. 1t was understood in
the convention and in committee on reso-
| lutlons that the democratic policy was
when the supreme court exercises con.
stitutional power and gave Interpretation
/ tn law that congress would increase
| TIRE number of judges and get action tall
~, how A a
answer. then. my fellow citizens, wheI /
cr you viii sustain party that propcX
to destroy the balance which our faEs
crs instituted in our system of goyeH
ment, and whenever Il tumultuous colV
grcss disagrccS with the supreme COURT
and Il subScrvicnt president is in tho
white house that the judgment of the
| court shall be rCcOnsidrrCd and reversed
by increasing the number of judges and
packing the court with men who will de-
| eide us congress wants them to. | can
not CXaggeratc the importance and the
danger of this assault upon our consti.
| tutlOnal form of government.
Il do not intend to spend any time in
the discussion of the tariff Question.
/ That debate has been won (applausel
and need not be protracted. 1t means
that we might run on ctcrnally upon
theoretical ideas. We had some expert
encc. but they were historical remote.
and not very instructive to this genera
ton. We needed, IN experience of our
own and we have had it. 1t has been
hard lesson, but II very convincing one.
and everybody was in the school house
when it was given. 1aughtcr) 1t is
u historical fact that in 1892 we had the
most prosperous times, the most general
diffusion of prosperity, the most unver-
sai participation in prosperity, and the
highest mark of prosperity we have ever
attained as nation. (Applausc) Now.
what has happened since? Our business
institutions were like the strong current
OF the mighty river, and now they are
like fading spring in an August
drought. \ panic in 1896 of the most
extraordinary character has been sue
cecdcd by n gradual drying up, less and
less and less, until universal business
distraction and anxiety prevails all over
our community. do not believe there
has ever been time, except in the very
sal business anxiety and watchfulness
even to the point of desperation, hash
characterized this great metropolis as il
does today. (Applausel Men haye.
been afraid to go away for vacatAcl
they have felt that they must everye7'aD
i'll this burning heat come to the G. II
and watch their business. That is
situation. What has brought it about
Gentlemen. who is there to defend th
Wilson tariff bill? Who says it is
good measure? CA voice Nobody
Il don't believe a democrat can be
found to say that it is. Mr.. Cleveland
rcpudiated it. 1t was so bad he would
not attach his signature to it and it be-
came law without it. He said it was
full of incongrutics and inequalities, and
it is n better thing than he wanted toll
give us. What has been the result Of
that measure? 1t failed to produce rev
enues to maintain the government
There has been an annual deficiency aFk
preaching S5O,OOO,O00 every year and thet
national treasury has been continually in
II state of embarrassment How can
YOU keep gold reserve of $100,000OW
when You have not got one hundred mil
lions in the treasury all told? How can
you maintain this gold reserve for the
redemption of notes when YOU have an
annual and continual deficit cquallng
your expenses? So that, my friends
| this tariff has not only contributed BY
! increased importation by taking away the
! nccdfu support for our own manutac
lures. but it has contributed in the way
of increasing the silver scare.
But | do not intend to follow this
question further. | am quite as much
however, opposed to cheapening the
! American Worklngmcn and Workng
women as | am the cheapening of oTn
dollars. (Applause.) Do we want ST.
yer because we want more money and
large circulating medium? | have mol
heard anybody say so.
Mr.. Bryan is not urging it upon any
body. If anybody were to seek to give
! his reason for wanting free silver,
! would be very soon COMPOUNDED by tDs
statement that free silver would put NOR
! gold out of circulation than the minis o.
| the United States could possibly put
! in years, and that instead of having NOR
money we would have less. (Applausel
With our six hundred and odd millions
of gold driven out of circulation we CAM
reduce the per capita money of this coy
| try between $S and 50. So it is hovI
more money. We have an abundantf
supply of circulating mcdium-gold sill
yer, national bank paper, GreenbacksI
treasury notes, fractional silver. Wei
have something like S23 per capita of our
population: What is it, then, that ere
ates this demand for silver? It is onl
avoWcd. 1t is not more money, but
cheaper dollars that are wanted. 1t is
Il low standard of value that they are de
| mandng. They say gold has gone up
until it has ceased to be a proper stand
ard of value and they want silver. But
how do they want it? Now. my friends
our fathers thought when they used these
two metals in coinage they must deter
I mine the relative values of the two 50
d