The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-09
MONEY MUST HAVE VALUE.
Major Mckiniey's Speech to the Lo-
GamspOrt DcIeaa ton.

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To the delegation of Indianians from Lo-
gansport Major Mckinley again made clear
his views the monev question, saying
MY Fellow-cItizens. Your presence from
a neighboring State, bringing, as you do,
assurances of devotion to the Republican
party and of support to the ticket this
year, is most gratifying to me. / welcome
you all to my city and my home. Your
presence here means much. 1t means that
you have a deep concern for the welfare
of your country and that you believe that
welfare win be best subserved by a Re-
publican triumph the Sd day of No
vember.
IF the financial plan advocated by our
allied opponents be practical and sound
then the trainers of our Constitution idled
away very much time and wasted very
much effort in providing plan for raising
money to conduct the government. If this
new departure, so-called, be in any sense
practical, then we don't need any tariff
laws in this country, any tax laws, any
custom houses or any tax collectors any
where; because if you can make money
out of nothing by the mere breath of
Congress, then it is Idle to impose taxes
on the people to bear the burden and ex-
pense of conducting the government. IT,
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tent of so cents or to the extent of 100
cents-if the government, by mere act OF
Congress, can make money. then all the
work of washington and Jefferson Hamil-
ton and Clay and all of the fnanciers and
statesmen of this country was mere idle
ness and folly. But their work was not
idle or foolish.
THE government of the United States
cannot create something out of nothing,
and the the party that teaches
that doctrine teaches a false doctrine
WHY that which costs a mGl nothing is
not worth much, is it? And If this coun-
try can create money without any cost to
itself then the money is Misunderstanding
less for every purpose. 1t Is Nalue IN
exchange among the people. The point
make is this, my fellow-citizens: Ihat we
the government makes money.
THE government gets its money 1ust as
the citizen gets his money, by giving some
thing for it. The government raises $4oo,7
900 coo every year by taxing its people, ana
the products of other people coming into
the United States, and the latter is the poi
lev of the Republican party. We do not
believe that the government should make
money by setting its printing presses and
it's mints to work. but that the best thIng
il can do for its revenues is TO put tarlH
on foreign products of every Kind that
the tariff high, enough too, TO protect the
American producer. We simply want 10
observe the law of elf-preSefVatlOn, to look
after ourselves, look after our individual
occupations and employments and after the
American home, which your spokesman has
so eloquently described. 1t lies at the
founda ton of society, of every community
of every State and of the Nation; and
there comes up from the plain American
home. the homes of the plain people of the
country. a sentiment for good government
and good patriotism, such as can be found
scarcely anywhere else in the world
Not only. my fellow-ctiZenS. do we want
"A good tariff, but we want good money
We want the money to be worth 100 cents
20 the doifar and We do not want ii to be
worth a penny less than 100 cents. We
ernment Itself We want it to
be current everywhere in the world /,
we want it respected everywhere,
just as our flag is respected everywhere
Then we propose in this country to main
tain a government by law and n govern
ment under law. We propose to sustain
public order and public tranquility and
stand by the federal judiciary-that tri-
bunal which is our anchor of safety in
every time of trouble.
There never was aim that the Re-
brace the good OF all the people. There
never was a Republican ptspose that did
not seek the honor and integrity of the
government of the United StatcE. There is
one thing our old party never did-it never
struck a blow except for human freedom.
1t never made law that did not embrace
every American interest. Ii never had a
purpose which was not patriotic, and it
stands this year, III has stood in all the
years of the past for public safety. for
public honor. good morals good governs