The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-25

We come to speak for this broader
| class Of business men. All. my friends,
we say not a word against those who
live upon the Atlantic coast but those
| hardy pioneers who braved all dangers
Of the wilderness, who have made the
desert to blossom as q rose; those plo-
neers away out there, rearing their
children near to natures heart whore
they can mingle their voices with the
voices OF the birds-out there where
they have eredhd school houses for the
educat atl6n 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-
aderatlon cf this party as any people
in this country. Great applause.) We
have petptloned and our petitions have
been scorned. We have entreated and
our cntreatie have been disregarded.
and they have mocted when our cala1n-
ity came
We beg no longer; we entreat no
more; we petition no more We defy
them. Great applause and confusion
in the silver delegations)
The gentleman of Wisconsin has said
that he feared a Robesperre. 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
stood against the cncroachments of ag-
grandlzation of wealth (Great ep-
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 arc at
tempting to meet those conditions. They
tell us that the Income tax ought not
to be brought in here, that II Is new
idea. They crlticlSe us for our critl-
cisms 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 criti-
cisms. (Aplause) They say we pass
cd an unconstitutional law. / deny 1t.
The income tax was not unconstltution-
al when II was passed. 1t was not un-
constitutional when 1t went before the
Supreme co',rt for the first time. It 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
voice, "Hit 'em again.D The income
tax is just law It simply intends to
put the burden of government justly
upon the backs of the people l am in
favor of an income tax. (Applause)
When find man who Is not willing
to pay his share for the government
which protects him find a man who Ia
unworthy to enjoy the blessings Of
government like ours (Applause) He
says that we are opposing the national
bank currency. II Is true. If you will
read what Thomas Benton said you viii
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 Catallne and
saved Rome.
He did for Rome what Jackson did
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
Ia function Of government. We believe
1t. We believe 1t Is a 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. (Applause) Mr.
Jefferson, who was once regarded as
good Democratic authority seems to
have q different opinion from the gem
tlemcn who have addressed US on the
part of the minority Those who are 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
l stand with Jefferson rather than with
them, and tell them as he did, that the
Issue of money Is function of the gov
crnment, 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 It mean what II does
not mean. What we oppose in that
plank 10 the llf5 tenure that Is being
built up at Washington which excludes
from party representation In the bene
Its the humber members of our society.
I 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-
v!ding that this change In cur law shall
not affect contracts already made.
Let me remind him that there IL no In
tentlon 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 bc-
fore the change was made / want to ask
him where, n law ore, In
morals, he can Ind authority
for not protecting the debtors
when the Get of 1873 was passed, but
now insists that we must protect the
creditor He says ne also wants to
amend this law and provide that If we
fail to MAINTAIN parity within IL year
we VII then suspend the coinage
of silV cr We reply that when we nd-
vccate n thing which we believe win
be sutcessful we are not compelled to
raise Il doubt as to our own sincerity
by trying to show what we viii do Z
we car. ask him If no viii apply hls
logic 10 us. why he docs not apply II to
himself lie says that he wants this
country to try TO secure an intorno-
tional agreement Why doesn't he tell
us what he Is going to do f they fan
to secure An International agreement?
There is more reason for him to do that
than for us to fail to maintain the
parity. They have tried for 30 years
to secure an international agreement
and they are slill wa ting for II most
impotient!y and don't want 1t at all
(Cheers and laughtcr)
Now, fay 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, ! reply that If protection
has slain It's thousands the gold standard
has slain IT'S tens of thousands. If they
ask US why we did not embody all these
things in our platform In which we he-
Hove, we rep.y to them that when we
have restored the money of the oonstitu-
tlon all other necessary reforms viii be
possible and until that is done there is
40 rcforr" that can be accomplished.
lCheers) Why, 1 say that In three
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