The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-09-04
was finally restored and Mr.. Bryan
continued.

| desert to blossom as a rose: those pio-
| neers away out there, rearing their
| children near to natures heart where
they can mingle their voices with the
| voices of the blrds-out there where
they have ered1ed school houses for the
education OF their young and churches
where they praise their Creator and
cemeteries where sleep the ashes of
| their dead-are as deserving of the con-
stderatlon OF this party as any people
In this country. Great applause.) We
have petTtloned and our petitions have
| been scorned. We have entreated and
our entrea ties have been disregardcd,
| and they have Knocked when our calam-
| ity came.
We beg no longer; we entreat no
more; we petition no more. we dety
them. Great applause and confusion
in the silver delegations)
The gentleman of Wisconsin has said
that he feared a Robespierre. My
friends, in this land of the free. we need
fear no tyrant who Will spring up from
among the people. What we need Is an
| Andrew Jackson to stand as JACKSON
| stood against the encroachments of ag-
| grandlzation of wealth. (Great an-
plause) They tell US that this plat
| form was made to catch votes. We re-
ply to them that changing conditions
make new issues that the principles upon
which rest Democracy are as everlasting
| as the hills, but that they must be APP
piled to new conditions as they arise
| Conditions have arisen and we are at
tempting to meet those conditions. They
| tell us that the income tax ought moi
to be brought In here, that 1t Is a new
idea. They criticise us for our critt-
clsms Of the Supreme court of the Unit
ed States. My friends, we have not
criticised. We have simply called at
tention to what you know If you want
criticisms, read the dissenting opinion
Of the court. That will give you crit-
clsms. (Aplause) They say we pass
cd an unconstitutional law. l deny 1t.
The income tax was not unconstltution-
al when 1t was passed. 1t was not un-
constitutional when 1t went before the
Supreme court for the first time. 1t did
not become unconstitutional until one
Judge changed his mind. We cannot
be expected to know when a Judge Will
change his mind. (Applause and a
voice, "IIit 'em agaln.D The income
tax IS a just law. 1t simply intends to
put the burden of government justly
upon the backs of the people. 1 am In
favor of an income tax. (Applause)
When find a man who Is not willing
to pay his share for the government
which protects him l find man who Is
unworthy to enjoy the blessings Of n
government like ours. (Applause.) lie
says that we are opposing the national
bank currency 1t Is true. IL you viii
read what Thomas Benton said you Will
find that he said In his story that he
could find but one parallel to Andrew
Jackson, and that was Cicero, who de-
stroyed the conspiracy of Cataline and
saved Rome.
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when he destroyed the bank conspiracy
and saved America. (Applause.) We
say In our platform that we believe that
the right to coin money and issue money
Is a function OF government We believe
1t. We believe 1t IL o part of soVer-
eighty, and can no more be delegated to
private individuals than we could afford
to delegate to private individuals the
power to make penal statutes or levy
laws for taxation. (ApplauseJ Mr..
Jefferson, who was once regarded as
good Democratic authority. seems to
have a different opinion from the gem
tlemen who have addressed us on the
part of the minority. Those who ara op-
posed to the proposition tell us that the
issue of paper money Is a function OF
the bank, and that the government
ought to go 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 gov
ernment and that the banks ought to
go out of the government business.
They complain about the plank which
declares against the life tenure In office.
They have to make 1t mean what 1t does
not mean. What we oppose In that
plank Ia the life tenure that Is being
built up at Washington which excludes
from party representation In the bene
fits the humber members of our society.
/ cannot dwell longer in my limited time.
(Crles of go on; go on.') Let me cali
attention to two or three great things.
The gentleman from New York says
that he will propose an amendment pro-
vldng that this change In our law shall
not affect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there Is no IN
tention OF affecting these contracts,
which according to the present laws,
are made payable In gold. But If he
means to say that we cannot change
our monetary system without protect
Ing those who have loaned money be-
fore the change was made, I want to ask
him where, IN law or In
morals, he can and authority
for not protecting the debtors
when the act of 1873 was passed, but
now insists that we must protect the
amend this law and provide that II we
fail to maintain parity within a year
we will then suspend the coinage
of sllve er We reply that when we ad-
vOcate a thing which we believe win
be successful we are not compelled to
raise a. doubt as to our own sincerity
by trying to show what we will do (
we can. ask him II he win apply his
logic to u.s. why he docs not apply 1t to
himself He says that he wants this
country to try to secure an interna-
tlonal agreement Why doesn't he tell
US what he is going to do + they fail
to secure IN international agreement?
ThePe Is more reason for him to do that
than for us to fail to maintain the
parity. They have tried for 80 years
to secure an International agreement,
and they are still wa ting for ii most
impatently and don't want It at all.
Cheers and laughter)
Now my friends, let me come to the
great paramount issue If they ask US
why 1t is that we say more upon the
money question than we say upon the
tariff question, l reply that II protection
has slain its thousands the gold standard
has slain its tens of thousands, If they
ask US why we did not embody all theae
things in our platform In whloh we be-
Iiovt. we reply to them that when we
have restored the money OF the constitu-
tion all other necessary reforms viii be
possible and until that Is done there is
no reforr" that can be accomplished.
(Cheers.) Why, l say that In three
months has come such change In the
country. Three months ago, when II
was confidently asserted that those who
believed in the gold standard would
frame our platform and nominate our
candidate, oven the advocates OF the gold
standard dld not thlnk that we could