The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-19

TO work employing labor and developing
the resources of this great country. Cap
ALLEGED COERCION.
You ask why it is that anybody in this
community can favor a gold standard.
will tell you why some people in some
communities that 1 know of have favored
a gold standard. / have known merchants
who were notified that unless they sup
ported the gold standard they could not
obtain an extension on their notes at the
banks, and that is brought about by the
fact that some banks are notified from
New York that unless they use their in
fiuence in favor of gold standard they
cannot discount their notes in New York.
and the New York banks are notified from
London that if do not have a financial
policy run on the European plan English
money lenders will not let us have money
tApplause.) Our opponents tell US that
we must maintain the gold standard in or
maintain the gold standard will never
be able to do anything but borrow money
and we will soon be at the end in that
because our property will not be fit to bor-
row on. Tremendous aDplause.)
do you tell me that we do not need any
more money in this country? | point to the
fact that the advocates of the gold stand
ard rejoice whenever any money comes to
this country. They point to it as evidence
that there will be better times. If we have
enough money in this country, why should
we want any money to come from abroad:
would be too much. and surely nobody
wants too much money in this country
Enthusiastic applause and yells and cheer
ing.) If it is desirable to have money come
from abroad, then il is evident that we have
not enough money here now, and If we
have not enough money now 1t is better to
let the money come out of our own noun
tains and be our own money than to bor-
row from abroad and have to pay it back
with interest some time. (Applause)
They tell us that the election of the
Chicago ticket will drive gold from this
mere nomination of the candidate for Presi-
dent on a free-slver platform has been
few weeks. Great applause My friends,
If nomination will start such a flow of
gold to the United States what will be the
enormous flow when we actually have
President who is for free silver? ZAP
plause.) My friends. our enemies tell US
that If we have the free coinage of silver
that foreign nations would get gold. !
want to say to you that the moment this
Nation opens it's minis to the free coinage
OF silver the creditor nations of Europe will
have to join us in the maintenance of the
value of silver at a parity with gold in
yer as they do now. (Applause.) You tell
me that we must have a gold standard be-
win have bimetallism and then let England
have bimetallism because we have bimetal-
lism. (Applause)
you say that it is un-American to brag
about what we can do. / reply that 1T is
English, you know, to doubt that we can
do anything. applause cheers and laugh
teri But we are notified that we cannot
maintain the parity because Mexico can
not Every man who Things that this Ma
vote the Republican ticket. 1t is the only
place he will feel at home. (Appause)
This Nation can create a demand for sill
yer ten times great any demand that
a Republican who still doubts that this Ma
ton is greater than Mexico let him remem-
ber. that the United States and Mexico to-
gether may be able to do what Mexico can
not do alone. (ApplauSe.)
WHAT is A FINANCIER?''
''Our opponents tell that not
fnanciers. What is a fnancier? My idea
of a financier is not man who is able to
attend to somebody else's business, but the
man who can attend to his own business
(Applause.) And friends. l want you to
prove to the Eastern sfinancier, who thinks
shat all wisdom will die with him. l want
you to prove to him that you are a fnan-
cier yourself. / want you to go to the bal
lot box and by attending to your own bust
ness to no longer give your business into
his hands. (Applause)
4 want to call your attention to
the difference between a bimetalliSt and
a-and a-gold bug. daughter.) Now ]
want to explain to you that when l use
offensive sense. When / use the words
gold bug | use it In the same kindly spirit
that he uses the word lunatic, when he
speaks of me. daughter and cheerS.) !
call your attention to this marked differ
ence between the bimetallist and the gold
bug. You ask a farmer why he wants BIZ
metallism and he says he wants it because
1t is good for himself, he is not worrying
about other OF h;s people He has troubles
the laboring man why he wants bimetal-
ism and he tells you he wants it because
about others. He too. has troubles of his
own. lLaughter) You ask the business
man why he wants bimetallism and he tells
you that he makes his money, not from
the men from whom he borrows money
but from the men to whom he sells goods |
and therefore he wants a financial policy |
that will enable people to buy more goods, |
SO that he can make more money and |
therefore he is for bimetallism because 1t |
is good for himself But you ask an East
ern advocate of the gold standard why he |
wants gold standard and does he tell you |
that; Applause)
These linanciers want the gold standard
because 1t is good for other people. He |
wants the gold standard. he says. because
It Is good for the farmer; he wants the |
gold standard because it is good for the Ia |
borers. He is for it because it is good for |
the business man. You tell him that those |
people are willing to risk bimetallsm and |
height of his moral stature, ne tells you |
that th;ana he cannot according to his con-
serves. Applause, laughter and cheers |
II the Eastern financier is troubled with |
the cause; he simply tells him to quit |
worrying about the poor people of this
SouutIy anu go TO steep. daughter and |
applause) My friends, when you try to
convince him that the great masses of the |
people have right to voice in the legis- |
lation in the country in which they five |
he tells you that while he would profit by |
the free coinage of silver, that because he |
loved others better than he loved himself |
he will run the gold standard down their |
threats whether they want it or not. CAP |
plause.) DO you believe, then, that when |
they tell you that they entirely dis
interested. (CrieS of No, no!) 1 do not.
Nv hen / find man who wants certain |
financial policy because it would be good |
of a man, and that / have seen men like |
him before. But when find a man who is |
alwa avs wanting to help me against my !
will, who is trying to do something for me |
that / don't want, who is always feeling |
for me, watch to see that he don't reach |
me when he feels for me. (Applause) |
When these advocates of the gold standard |
asserted that the free coinage of silver |
would be good for them it took a great |
load off my mind. For twenty years these |
people according to their say so, have been |
sacrificing themselves for the rest of the |
people; do not believe they ought to be |
good Applause and laughter), and when |
these people insist that free coinage would |
be good for them I thought, our time |
has come. We will pay back this debt that |
has been accruing for twenty years and |
we will make them enjoy the benefits of |
free coinage all the rest of their natural |
lives and we will bear with fortitude what |
ever evils come OF it. applause and |
iaughter.)
Now my friends. I must close. (Cries |
Of Go on. go on,) have been proving my |