The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-12
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quate and unjust as the present Law Is. 1
collection of the revenues authorized Dy lis
terms would go far toward covering the
current deficit in the receipts, We nseo
somebody In charge who can tell the diner
ence between dollar collected and a DOR
lar borrowed.
For one I want to exact equality of pa
per with coin, and OF all existing CONS OF
the same denomination with each other IN
violably preserved. That man is poor
student of the national welfare who wouid
tables to the centers of American business.
tnat thieves may again fatten on ihe nut
tuations of the money or the American peo-
leader, we are justified in the conviction
that the troubled interests or trade aEa
commerce would find a welcome security
generously commended to Garfield in the
letter OF Mr.. Blaine, which is at once
tribute to Senator Allison's profound mas
and a memorial of the friendship which be-
gan on the day they entered the House or
Representatives together, and ended only
in the valley of the shadow OF death.
''For months the maintenance of specie
payments has been made. difficult. not Dy
any fear of our own people that our paper
money is not good; that is 10 say, VIII not
be paid on demand, but by long-standing
shortage in the treasury, coupled with IN
dustrial conditions that have induced
steady drainage OF gold out OF the country.
in addition to its usual movement, to pay for
goods and merchandise bought abroad and
no longer fully paid for by the sum total Oh
''The way out of our misfortunes lies in
giving back to the workingmen or the
United States the opportunity to do the work
remedy entirely ignores the sources of the
trouble. 1t proposes TO keep on borrowing
money, exposing the treasury on the one
profits of taking gold out and leaving II
helpless. on the other hand against the thrift
Of those who seek the profits OF putting gold
in. 1t protests that there Is money enough,
or soon will be, and has kept publishing
estimates OF receipts that have never come.
with an enthusiasm that indicates in the
bosom of the Secretary a serene triumph OF
hope over experience.
1.-THE Populist remedy, a remedy in which
an influential group of other parties unite.
present basis of American business, on
which all existing contracts stand. and TAX
ing refuge from public and private credit
ors alike in the unlimited issue of silver
dollars gratuitously manufactured for the
owner out Of material worth In the neighbor-
hood of 90 cents.
''The Republican party, without concealne
its desire to continue the largest practical
use of silver short of introducing dangerous
elements Of disturbance and :luctuation into
either. The true remedy lies, not in peril
Gus experiments in banking currency and
coinage, but in the prompt provision or an
adequate national revenue. That Is the flrs
| step. and IL cannot be taken too soon. Bu
| the increase of revenue, in order TO be use
ful, must be brought into the treasury in
such way as VIII protect the occupations
| Of our own people.
'1f we never knew 1t before we know now
| that the best customer Of the farm is ar
American artisan, with steady employment
| and good wages. sitting at the head of hi.
| table, surrounded bv his family, with a fixed
prejudice against oieomargarine and fillet
| cheese, and an established taste for fresf
meat and white bread. That is the customel
| for whose prosperity the State OF Iowa, fol
| lowing faithfully the counsel Of William b
Allison casts its fu vote in ~ both houses O
| er. We do not want his job transferred Il
| the other side. nor his wages reduced to ths
| in coins and currency about the value O
which good men are likely to differ. We in
tend to defend that customer, and we be
lieve that all his interests will be safe in th'
| hands of the great Senator whose construct
/ i've statesmanshiD has been influential in
| framing every protective tariff law that ha
] found place In the statute book for quar-
| ter OF century. He is Drotectionist, no
| for the sake of particular industries. but be
cause the wage level of the United States
| cannot be degraded without injustice TO IN.
F! American workingman and without infinit
perils to our institutions.
| 1.-The need of these times is not so much
| for leader to rally the people to the Re
publican banner, as for master OF the ar
/ of administration, conservatives and strong
/ able to hold the victory after it is won
Nothing can keep the American people from
year No man has been proposed for tn
nomination whose election would not brinj
| honor to the chief office of the people. bu
among ell the illustrious men who are pre-
| sented for the favor of the party, in thi
year of hope and victory, not one outrank
| IN ripened preparation for its duties, the un
/ assuming leader of Iowa Republicanism
| whose name Is on the lips and in the heart
| of all our people to-day"
The address was frequently interrupted
by applause. which became tremendous Al
| every reference to Allison. After the ap
taken.