The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-02
At THE ORIENTAL CLUB
BIG GATHERING OF souND-M0NEY
JEWS LAST NIGHT.
nent Points in the Campaign and
Compares the Candidates.

The Oriental Republican Sound money
Club held another big meeting last night at
Druids' Hall on East Maryland street. The
hall was fun, every, seat being taken and
many having 10 stand. Ex-Aiayor {. s
Denny, j. w. Fesler, T. A. Wagner and A.
NJ. Hadley were the c2eakers of the even
ing and all were well received. Mr.. Denny
was frequently interrupted by the APP
plause. especially at the points where
reference was made to Mckinley and to
Harrison's late speech in New York. The
following is an extract from his address:
The presidential contest of this year
will take its place in history as a mem
orable one in the Nations life. The set
tlement of the issues involved will have a
lasting effect upon the future of the coun-
try, either for good or for evil. / believe
the Nations honor and the security of the
lives and property of the people are in
volved in the result. l believe peace and
while i should look for turmoil, repudla-
ton and harder times than, we now have
may be feared if the Popocrats should
succeed. / do not make this statement
lightly, for revolution IS involved in the the
men who sat in the convention that adopt
ed it SO declared through their leader,
Senator Hill. of New York. The two men
who did more to shape the policy or the
convention than any other hundred oeIe-
gates-perhaps than all the others com
and Senator TIIIman. of South Carolina.
The public acts and declarations OF tnese
two men for years past have proved Inefn
to be men of revolutionary instincts. They
entertain anarchistic ideas. | DO not pc
ieve their theories or goverHameh or ! ~
They are a great menace 20 American IN
stitutions. Ii Bryan should De elected
President he would be controlled by those
men and others of their ilk. He would
be powerless to pursue any other policy
than that marked out by the Chicago plat
form oven if he so desired, having IOr MS
leaders. as he would nave, such men as
Aitgeld and Tilman.
But would he desire to pursue any other
course .han that prescribed in this unpatri-
otto, unamerican declaration of principles?
No; for he has already accepted and APP
proved every sentence in it. The patriotic,
1iberty-ioying people of this country cannot
by electing to the highest offices In the land
men who have publicly threatened to re-
organize the Supreme Court If necessary
to get a decision to their liking, and who
say that a mob may burn, and sack, and
kill, rather than that the strong arm of the
government shall be invoked by the Presi-
dent to quell it.
And If such a calamity as the success Of
such an unholy cause is to befall us, on
what special issue is it to be brought
about? 1t can only be done on one single
tssue-the false one of the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver at the fraudulent ratio
Of 1e to /. The money question is the only
one on which the revolutionary majority
TO be able to win. And think of the man
they selected to lead the fight on this is
sue, Last week in a speech at Niagara
apostle and dnancier of the modern-day
Popocratic combination, said: I used to be
indifferent TO the money question. Until six
years ago ] thought anybody was a crank
who talked about money Think of it!
has mastered all the Intricate questions of
finance in six years, and now proposes to
reform the whole monetary system of the
world without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation.
The Republican party has adopted a
platform upon which every honest. patri-
otto. law-abiding citizen can proudly stand.
There is not a sentence in it that smacks
of Reputation, disrespect of our courts, or
license to the lawless elements to DEFY au-
thority. 1t appeals to the patriotism and
honesty of the people, while the Chicago
platform appeals to sectionalism. repudi-
ators. and the mob. A very dangerous ele-
rrent controlled the Chicago convention. It
was therefore natural that a threatening
declaration of principles should be adopted.
WHAT REPUBLICANISM MEANS.
The Republican party stands for the
preservation of the Nations credit. for
morality. for the majesty of the law, for
the quelling of mobs, using the strong arm
of the government to accomplish this
end. when necessary, thereby preserving
the lives and property of the people; for
a tariff that will protect American labor,
encourage home Industries and furnish
revenue enough to run the government;
and, above all things. it stands for honest
money. 1t has selected as its standard
bearer a man who, at the age of nineteen,
laid down his schoolbooks to take up a
musket in defense of his country. and won
a majors shoulder straps for his heroism
on the battlefield; who, when the war was
over, soon gained distinction at the bar
before he entered public life: who has
served fourteen years in Congress and four
years as Governor of the great State of
Ohio, thus equipping himself by a ripe ex-
perience, to till the great office of PreSi-
dent. The PopOcratS have chosen a young
man to oppose. him, who has only had four
years experience in public life, all told,
having served two terms in Congress. He
man 1t is a moral certainty that one of
these two men will be chosen as the Ma
tons chief magistrate, for our sound
money Democratic friends can only hope
to help administer q well-deserved rebuke
TO their former associates, the Popocrais.
by the nomination to be made here this
week
1892 Governor Mckinley Numbered his
warnings in the ears of the people all over
the land not to reverse the Republican
policy of protection. and pictured the very
conditions that have existed for the past
three years. in case they should fail to
heed his warning. At the same time, Will
liam j. Bryan prophesied. and these were
inf " poWer IN ali the departments Of this
government. it will not destroy industries,
st will not injure labor, but it will save to
country a larger portion of that wealth.
II will bring prosperity and joy and happi-
ness. not TO Il IeW, OUT 10 every one, WIFI
out regard to station or condition.
Here is not only a boy orator for. you,
but a boy prophet; one SO young that per-
BILE for the woeful plumbers he made.
while we pity him for his childish pratt
tie of four years ago, and will generously
forgive him for his false prophecies, we
must insist that he be left at home this
time. He is too ignorant or reckless to
rrophesy for a great nation. The people
of his district returned him to Congress
in 1852 iby n greatly reduced majority, thus
giving him a chance TO work out his proph-
ecy. BY some peculiar influence he sue
ceeded in getting on the committee of ways
and means, and contributed his part, by
voice and vote. toward repeating the Nc
Kinley bill, and committing that greatest
of recent congressional outrages, the pass
age of the Wilson-Gorman bill. This ae-
ton Of Congress. for which William +
Bryan was one of the parties primarily re-
sponsible, has closed thousands of Anleri-
can factories. pauperized tens of thousands
of American citizens. and kept hungry and
half naked for three weary years millions
of honest laboring men and their wives
and children.
which will you choose. the patriotic.
American tariff for Americans. or the false
prophet. who Helped 10 repeal this wise
law and gave us u free-trade law for Great
Britain? / hear you say, Give us McKin-
ley and so say /. In my opinion the people
will say so in November. by a tremendous
majority. This NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OUT
fit won't do. The combination sounds too
much like anarchy. free trade and repudi-
alton. Any man who contends thar tho