Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-11
W. J. DRYAN's SPEECH.


l1p0k' I'Hl Ufal plECsl
when IL was passed.; IL was
not unconstitutional when IL went to
The supreme court for the first tine.
IL did not become unconstitutional
until one Judge changed his mind,
and We cannot be expected TO know
whenn Judge will change his mind.
The lnco nc tax Is a Jus Ilaw.
at simply intends to put the burden
OF government Justly upon the backs
OF the people. am In favor Of an In.
come tax When ] find man who Is
not willing to puy bis share Of the
burden of the government which pro.
tects him, | lind man who Is un.
worthy 10 enjoy the blessings Of a
government like ours.
"lle says that We are opposing the
national bank currency. 10 Is true.
II you will read what Thomas Benton
said, you will find he said that In
searching history he could find but
one parallel 20 Andrew Jackson; that
was Cicero, who destroyed the con-
splracy Of Cataline and saved Rome.
He did for Rome what Jackson did
when he destroyed the bank conspIr-
acy and saved America. We say In
our platform that we believe the
right to coin money and issue money
Is n function Of the government. We
believe II Is n part OF the sovereignty
and can no more with safety be dele
gated 10 private individuals that can
afford to delegate 10 private lndlvld-
uals the power to make penal statutes
or levy taxes.
"Mr. Jefferson, who was once re-
garded as good Democratic author.
ity, seems TO have had different
opinion from the gentlemen who have
addressed us on the part OF. the mi
nority. Those who are opposed TO
this proposition tell us the issue of
paper money is II function of a bank,
and that the government ought TO 90
out OF the banking business. | stand
with Jefferson rather than with them,
and tell them, as he did, that the issue
OF money Is function OF the govern
ment, and that the banks ought 70
20 out OF the government business.
"rhey complain about the plank |
which declares against life tenure Of |
office. They have tried 20 strain IL
20 mean that which il does not mean. |
What we oppose In that plank is the
life tenure being buIltat Washington
which excludes from participation In
benefits the humber members OF our
society. cannot dwell longer In my
limited time. ICrles OF 500 On!" $50
onp1
LET me call attention 10 two or
three great things. The gold man
from New York says he will propose
an amendment providing that this
change In our law shall not affect con-
tracts already made. Let me remind
him that there Is no intention of af-
fectlng those contracts, which, ac-
cording 10 the present laws, are made
payable In gold. But II he means 10
say we cannot change our monetary
ystem without protecting those who {
nave loaned money before the change
VAS made, l want to ask him where (
n law or In morals he eau ilnd au-
'hority for not protecting debtors !
vhen the act OF 1873 was passed, but ,,
low insists that we mnSt protect the :
'reditors. lie says he also wants 10 /
mend this law aud provide that II we 1
all % maintain parity within year i
hat Ne will then suspend the coinage 4
silver We reply that when We ad- \
Dcate that which we believe will be =
lecessful, We are not ..eompeiied to1 4
lise doubt as 10 our sincerity by try g
" 10 show what We viii do II we can. ! z