The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-30

all. we have the workingmen OF this city.
With the farmers up the State and the
workingmen OF this and other large cities
in the interior Of the State: Wen play
tag with the gold-bug politicians.
Furthermore, were going TO put up a
silver candidate for Congress in every con-
gressional district. even If there isn't a
prospect of some of the candidates getting
more than two votes. There Is a double op-
ject in this. First of all. we want TO do al
the harm we can to the republican canon.
dates for Congress, as well as TO the gold
candidates of TIE Democrats Then We
want to show that the cause OF silver Is
alive In the East. OF. course. this idea OF
Congress candidates Is largely a biuh. out
it's all for the sake of Bryan,
when our campaigners get here they VIII
bring enough silver literature with them
draw our chief support from the laboring
class and from the farmers, who are Tor
the most part little informed on the nnan,
cial question. We will have literature 10
catch them. 1t will be in the form OF tracts
and parallels written in the simplest style
and filled with prophecies of the countrys
ruin should the gold bugs triumph. Ihis
literature will tell of the conspiracy TO
wreck the country on the part or wan
street, and it's tales of woe will he as terri.
bic as possible. That kind of literature VIII
catch plenty of ignorant votes.
''Of course. We'll take a hack at the eau-
Gated voters, but We don't expect mucn
from them. Wen have Senator Teller and
the two Joneses-Arkansas and Nevada
and Senator Stewart and other able silver
citizens to talk TO the educated folk. and
We will send them able treatises on the
financial question to study
Where are YOU going to get the money
TO carry on such an exhaustive campaign
Mr.. Downing
Where does the Bimetaliic League ger
the money! - S...as
Why. those people are not only giving their
time TO working for the election or bryan,
but they are contributing to the campaign
fund. each in proportion TO his wealth..
For instance. | know "A man in Lovelock ;
who has a ranch. a small one. and ne Is
not worth. all told, above 5000. That man
has given $500 TO the campaign fund he
is hut an instance of the way In whicn the
citizens of the silver States are hgntlng
Each one of the silver States is SEIZED.
uled to send a certain NUMBER OF rnen ST.
that seems doubtful for Bryan: FOR IN
stance. Nevada is scheduled TO look a.ter
vada folks have been going up and down
those two States talking free silver anu
hammering the idea into the heads OF tne
people for nearly two months Two nun.
dred citizens of Butte. Mont. have been
working in Illinois. with ~headquarters III
Chicago. for two weeks, and now ooiora mn,
and Idaho will soon descend upon Ne"
York. other silver States Will senu cam-
paigners into New England.
Il tell you the people In the west are
terribly in earnest about this matter. we
haven't any morey. We can't get any, anu
our Industries, mining and farming are
paralyzed. TIL Western farmers are WIN
US to a man. They believe they have the
right of the financial question, and they
will never give up. Let me tell you some
thing: uo.,
since silver was demonetiZed. Things have
been bad enough with us since 1888. but
since Cleveland was inaugurated the last
time our condition has been worse. we pc
lieve that the heayy shipments OF gold
abroad during the past two years nave no,
been made to pay off trade balances. but
were simply part Of a conspiracy beween
the issues of bonds which we have hao
and which We believe are nothing but mort
cages on the country.
ballots. If possible. and by bullets II neces-
sary. i tell you that if this question isn,,i
settled. and settled in our way. there VII
be q war in this country. in comparison
with which the late civil war was child
play"
happen to triumph in the campaign. nov
do you propose to settle foreign trade bal
ances?" asked the reporter.
"Oh. that matter doesn't concern us. We
In the West have nothing TO do with com
merce with foreign countries. Let the Eas'
take care of that matter as best IL can
What We want is 10 be able to mine our
silver. take il to the mint. get IL coined
into dollars and pay off the mortgages or
our farms. That's what We want. ano
that's what We'll have. or we'll fight"
under whose benign rule the citizens who
get silver dollars for their silver shall make
a gift of the dollars TO the citizens who owl
the mortgaged farms, concluded Mr.. Down
ing'S statement.
Mr.. Downing prepared for college. al
Saratoga, n. Y. but gave up his college
course TO go into business in this city. Hs
is now the owner of a cattle ranch of 81
acres. He Is secretary of the Bimetallit
League of Humboldt county. and he in
tends to remain in New York until after