The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

the States-in that first Sreat address he
made to the people of the United States he
sag sag 70 them; nave I Ia Of b n Iasa
states in every part of the United states
and will keep that oath. and when armed
rebellion put itself in the way of the per-
formance of that great duty. our great
President called on the loyal men or the
ton that the laws of the I'm States did
not in any measure depend consent
OF OF any Governor or any LeA IRE and
there was a great response, RI pm coun-
~ sent her brave boys in menu OF whom
she has builded the beautiful statue that
Lincoln's word On hundreds of the bat
tlefieldS where men died bravely holding eis
Randolph county's sons died to make il
good, and because they did we have buiided
this pillar in their honor.
or the men who fought those great lights,
that while this country was still fun OF men
aged II is true, but yet ready again to lift
a hand in defense of the Union, that any
political party would revive the doctrine
that the laws of the United States could
not be enforced without the consent of a
Governor. And yet that is just what the
Chicago platform declares. Mr. Bryan is
or, while he declares that if the laws of the
United States are resisted in Illinois, if its
mails are stopped. if Interstate COM
merce is stopped. if the United States mar
shas are impeded in the execution of their
writs. that he will not enforce the laws of
the United States unless Governor Aitgeld
consents. (Applause.) Whatever you may
think of free silver, say here. under the
shadow of that stately monument with
that typical soldier standing upon IL. Ran
doph county should give her oIa-time ma
jority against that doctrine applause
Whatever you may think of free silver you
cannot afford to have free silver by sur
rendering the just powers of the national
government. (Applause)
But what of free silver? We have been
an honest people. During the war we
gould not obtain specie enough 10 carry 1t
through They tell that gold is a cow
ardly thing. that it would not stay with
us and help us fight. Why did gold go?
Simply because used IL paper dollar that
we could not redeem in gold. We used n
cheaper money than gold. We had to. But
you see in that Simply an illustration. and
you may find a hundred other illustrations
in history that when you get II cheap
money the better money will go out of cir
is Il good money. If you coin silver at IL
to !, and then you coin copper at the same
ratio to silver. silver will run, and if you
com lead in the same relation to copper,
copper Will run. Cheap money drives out
the good because no man will pay one hun
dred cents for something when he can get
1t for fifty cents.
What is to be the effect of free silver?
it Is to bring in a cheap money. That is
the ground on which they put it, They say
gold Is too high. that gold is too good, that
they want something that is cheaper: Then
hundred millions of your present money
VIII go out of use in the twinkling of
eye and what will be the result? You cam
not strike out six hundred millions of our
circulating medium in an instant: you can
not change the whole basis of all our none
tary transactions without bringing in at
once a great panic that will reach every
hamlet, every section and every farm in
the United States.
Some of the great advocates of free sill
Yer have freely admitted that the first
effect of free coinage of silver would be
a great panic. Those men who think. if
there be any such. that it would be honest
to pay their debts in fifty-cent dollars,
whole business of this country is rocked
and swayed by a great panic, and values
tumbling and every man who has a
mortgage a note is crowding the col
lection of it in the courts? No; honesty on
this matter of our currency is not only to
be commended upon principle, but it is the
only policy in which we can find prosperity.
flag. the integrity of the Union. the just
powers of the President the Just and be-
nehcent powers of the United States Courts
and the State courts, will maintain also
our honor in commercial transactions. We
will continue to have as we have to-day,
four hundred millions of silver dollars. six
hundred millions of gold dollars, and vast
volume of paper money, every dollar of
which is good any other dollar. CAP
plauSe.) That is the business of the propo-
sition, that is the honor of the proposition.
and no man can find his own interest what
ever his condition in life. promoted by any
other policy. and so | commend it to you.
Republicans of Randolph county, / ask
you as one having no interest save the In
terest ] have in my country and in her
people. to stand by and give majority for
Mckinley that shall rebuke you rebuked
in 1861. the proposition to surrender the
national powers, and that shall speak to
the world the proclamation that we are not
only brave, but that we are honest" Gap