The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-28
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| future policy. The ballot of the humblest
citizen, thank God. is as powerful as that
| of the most exalted. The vote of the poor
est citizen counts as much the vote of
the most opulent. There is no inequality
| under our Constitution and laws, and those
who seek to make distinctions are not the
true friends of the people of the country
tApplause) In voting, every man is a free
man and every ballot should express the
best opinion of the voter. He should con-
suit both his intelligence and conscience
before he deposits his ballot. 1t is trust,
therefore, of supreme Importance which is
conferred upon the American citizen and
carries with it grave doubts which affect
not only the country but every home and
| fireside in the land. Our government. more
distinctly than any other. rests upon the
consent of the governed. and is controlled
in its policies by the will of the majority.
My fellow-citiZens, there have been few
times in our history when the ballot II was
more to the country in its credit and well
fare, its honor and prosperity (Aplsp l
means principally the hough or the pastern
of the horse, so called because it bends
When a horse is lying down and wants to
rise on his legs, 1t is this joint which is
thrown into action; and when, horse
which support him. Metaphorically' says
the dictionary of phrase and fables, voters
by it is supported Whether this definition
be true, or not, 1t accurately Describes
the Dh1lOSODny OF sovereignty. Inc IN
teligent and weIi-directed use of suffrage
can alone lift 1t up. Nothing else can
do it, 1t has been borne down by mis-
taken policy, and it is threatened with
further prostration arising from the men,
ace of a debased currency. 1t wants to
get up on it's legs again, and we want it to
do So (Applause.) Suffrage must be
brought into action to accomplish it, They
can elevate it to its old and better stand
ard and start it again on the pathway of
progress and prosperity. They can pre-
serve its untarnished credit and lift aloft
of h
| appeal to every citizen to use the ballot
this year so as to conserve the national
bring to every fireside and American heart
light hope and cheer. / thank you for this
call and your assurances of supp )rt.'
Speech by NJ. E. Ingalls,.
CHICAGO, Sept pm e. ingalls,, presi-
dent of the Big Four and the Chesapeake d
the Auditorium on the issues of the political
campaign. The. address was primarily for
the body of the house being reserved for
them Despite the weather, which was
rainy and with a strong northeast gale
blowing off Lake Michigan, the railroad
were out in full force and took UP
many more seats than had been set apart
for their use. The rest of the hall was
filled and Mr.. Ingalls, greeted by an
audience of fully 1880 people who cheered
and applauded him in an enthusiastic man.
ner.
In opening his address Mr.. ingalls, pro-
ceeded to make an argument to show that
of silver, but will drive gold out of circula-
ton that it will contract the currency and
produce panic; that the present pre- har Gi
that the greatest development in the past
was when the country was on that stand
ard, and that the only hope for future de-
velopment was by continuing it.
The talk about raisi.g the price of silver
has been abandoned" he said, and now
the Populists talk about the large sum due
the bondholderS and creditors, and that
there must be a cheap dollar with which
doh fhn
creditors of this country? Not the East
ern bondholders that Mr.. Bryan abuses.
country owes him more each month many
fold than 1t does the bondholders The
railroads. for example, pay out each year
nearly $500, 900, 900 to their employees in
wages. If you adopt the scheme of the
Populists and debase your currency, you
axe from these men more than 500, 900, 000
For twenty-five years you have toiled
and worked in order to get your wages
advanced to where they are now. and, in
anywhere from 50 to 25 per cent You may
any country on the depasement of the
standard is rise in the cost of the neces-
proves conclusively, and no one knows it
better than the workingmen, that the last
thing to rise is wages. In reference to the
railway wages, it would be impossible to
get them increased. The same hand which
proposes to debase the coinage proposes to
reduce the railway rates If it did not,
competition alone would fix them. The rail-
ways can earn no more, and would be
paid in silver, worth one-half the present
are payable in gold, and silver would have
to be reduced to a gold basis, and many
Of the railways even with. with the greatest
ruptcy under free coinage: at any event il
would involve less work and greater econ
omy. which means less men and lower
wages there is another objection to this
scheme from a point higher than dollars
and cents: it is that the whole plan is dis
hOnpSt-an anneal the ignorant and dis
honest side of humanity.
Il have heard much talk about the coer-
cicn of railway employees by railway cor
porations. l do not believe that there is a
particle of truth in it. So long as / have
the. power every man connected with me,
high or low. shall have the right on cleo
ton day to deposit his ballot for whoever he
sees fit. This. 1 believe TO be the sentiment
of every railway manager in this country.
All that we say to our employees is that we
believe that this proposition of Bryan $ Is
fatal to the prosperity Of the country; the
your interests as employees. We ask you
to carefully read and consider, so that on
election day you may vote as your Judg-
ment and conscience dictates.
There is something higher in this cam
raign than the mere cheating f your cred
itors it is a question of the honor of your
country, which is of more consequence than
the few dollars which you might make by
beating the bondhoder. Think OF what IL
is for a Nation like ours TO live without
honor, to have the finger of scorn pointed
at us by the civilized world, as the one
debased its coin to cheat its
bondholders This Nation is the last hope
of man Here has been the experiment OF
free government. So far we have kent our
honor as we received it from our fathers,
pure and untarnished and the question
D escnted to each and all to-day Is whether
we shall heed the call OF duty. and. regard
less of party crush this attempt to dishon-
or the Nation and hand it down to our
children unsulied and fair as il was when
we received it.
No Fusion in blackboard.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Sept 26.-Sev-
eraI weeks ago the Populists decided to
fuse with the Democrats in this county.
When the day of the Democratic conVen-
ton came around the Popuists were ig
nored entirely. Since then they have been /
disgruntled and to-day placed a full ticket
in the field The Democrats learned of
their intention and arranged TO bring here I
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