Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-20
TitEMAN'S SPEECH.

"A AAANAO ~ my hCAN~ a
shall 80 glad TO hear them. Where has this
man sunk his personality Whom has hN
consultedI Whom has he FeeogniEedy
Whose advice hos no followed None but
that of the bootlioks and sycophants who
havo Crawlod ON their knees for tho crumbs
Of patronage and betrayed their cOnstitu-
cnts for the offices in his gift.
In the entire history of this country the
high Office of president has never boon SO
prOstituted, and mover has tho appointing
power been SO abused. Claiming to DO tho
apostle Of civil service reform, no has de-
bauchGd the civil service by making up
pointments only Of those whose sponsors
would surrender their manhood and with
bated breath walk with submissive head
in his presence. With relentless purpose
ho has ignored his oath of Office to uphold
and obey the law and has paid out gold
instead of coin and Issued bonds to buy
more gold, by both actions overriding tho
law and giving no heed to tho interests Of
any but his mOneyed friends-I might say
his owners or partners.
Whatever claim Of legality may be put
forward for the redemption Of treasury
notes in gold, there can be none as to the
redemption Of grGenbacks in anything but
coin, and tho option was given him to re-
deem the treasury notes in either gold or
silver While to this besotted tyrant coin
has come to mean gold alone he cannot by
his mere ipse dixit change the law Of this
land and pervert tho plain meaning of the
English language. lilo has sold bonds to
buy gold with which to redeem greenbacks
when there was large quantity of silver
in the treasury which, according to law,
should have been used, and the law only
authorized the sale of bonds for coin. His
Republican predecessors and allies who
set the unrighteOus and unlawful example
which he has so persistently followed and
encouraged him In it and still encourage
him to the utmost extent cannot escape
the condemnation of tho honest, working,
business men Of the country ms equal
partners In his guilt.
The repeal Of tho Sherman law, which
was the first point Of Rttaok of this unhOly
alliance, was only accomplished through
the aid and In conjunction with majority
Of the Republican senators, and this Dem
Ocratic president so called accomplished
whit was not possible for any Republican
executive under tho circumstances to have
brought about. A change Of the party In
power had left large number OF offices In
his gift with which to buy votes. Harri-
Eon would have had no such advantage.
Tho Democratic party had demanded re.
peal OF the entire Sherman law rs u make.
shift for free coinage. But thAt would
have cut this so called endless chain Tho
parity clause was absolutely necessary to
give excuse and color to demand for the
retirement of thu greenbNcks as q means Of
stopping the Tissue Of uncnding bonds. I"
So they repealed only so much Of 1t as
suited their purposes.
But let us consider what the honest
meaning Of parity in tho Sherman law
was and Is What is the meaning OF
parity" as given in tho dictionary The
language is:
"To maintain the two metals on parity
with each other upon the present legal RI
ito or such ratio as may be provided by
law"
Now, II should lie down on this floor,
my head and feet would be on parity, 81
far us tho floor Is concerned. II stand
up, my body is still on tho floor, but my
head Is up here and my feet down there.
The head in this instance represents gold,
the feet silver, and that is the parity which
this paragon Of presidents has given us.
1t did not say the parity Of coin, mind
you, meaning the coined dollar. 1t said
the parity of the metals, tho ratio of 16 Ia
1. The words could not mean that upon
one metal was to be imposed the duty Of
holding up tho other and Of redeeming by
itself the paper dollars based on both or on
silver alone.
The object was to have them assist ench
other, to hold silver up by holding gold
down, and an honest secretary of the
treasury, who should havo resigned his
office rather than submit to the dictatiOn
of q besotted Chief would have paid out
silver to protect the treasury from the
gold gamblers and bond grabbers, us the
law and his oath Of Office required. But,
alas, the old breed of southern statesmen
like Calhoun, who, after life spent in
the public service, had to be buried at pub.
lie expense and his debts paid by the state
of South Carolina, appears to be passing
away.
Gold Standard Responsible.
Mr. President, If there has been one idea
moro Professionally and prominently pre-
scented to the American people by Presi-
dent Cleveland than any other, 1t has been
tho iniquitiCs of tho tariff and the demand
for its revision. In season and out Of sea
son, with "damnable iteration, " he has
sung this siren song in the cars Of tho
farmers. Listen to this paragraph from
his message Of 1887:
In the present state Of legislation tho only
pretense Of any existing executive power N
restore nt this time any part Of our surplus
revenues to the people by its expenditure CON
sists Ia the suppOsition that the secretary Of
the treasury may enter the mark't and pur.
chase bonds Of the government not yet due at
q rate Of premium to be agreed upon. The
only provision of law from which such power
could be derived Is found In an appropriation
bill passed number OF years ago. and it Is
subject to the suspicion that Il was intended
~ temporary and limiting in its application,
instead Of comforting = continuing discretion
and authority. No condition ought 10 exist
which would Justify the grant Of power to a
single OfaOial, upon his judgment Of Its neceS'
hty, to withhold from OF release TO the bust
ness Of the people In an unusual manner mon.
ey held In the treasury and thus affect at his
will the financial condition Of the country, and
II 10 IL deemed wise 70 lodge In the SECRETARY Of
the treasury the authority IN the present June.
tuFs to purchase bonds 10 should be plainly
vested and pro9idsd ~ far hs possible, With
such checks and limitations ~ will define this
ofhcial'S right and discretion and at the sams
time relieve him from undue responsibility.
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