The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-21

State-no Republican does. Our candidate
to the States the powers reserved when the
/ Constitution was formed, undimln' shed ana
! uninvaded Our adversary stands for
declaration that does diminish the powers
of the national government and subordi-
+ mates it to the local governments OF the
/ ''In the Chicago platform the arbitrary in
/ terference of the general government IN 10
/ that declaration had reference TO par
| ticular event. Mr.. Bryan Will not contro-
Vert this nae TO ee Inev oI
| in connection with the riots at Chicago.
! Governor Altgeld, of illinois, in a speech
| made only Saturday night in New York city
| distinctly declared that this was the event
! aimed at by that resolution. So that 1t be-
| comes important for us to know what view
| Mr.. Bryan has of the federal power. The
| Constitution gives TO the national govern
| ment absoiute control over commerce be-
| tween the States 1t gives to the national
| government absolute control over post
! offices and post roads; and every one OF
| the great railroads of this country has been
! by act of Congress declared to be post
road.
| "At Chicago, growing out of the strike,
| the anarehistic element of that city, the
turbulent and disorderly-for the working
| men of Chicago by their resolution en-
| deavored to separate themselves from the
crowd who wrought this mischief-these
people stopped railroad trains, they tore up
railroad tracks, they burned railroad
depots, they interrupted passage of trains
| carrying people j0urneying from one State
| to another-carrying freight from one State
to another and carrying the. mails of the
United States. Mr.. Cleveland, charged by
the Constitution and his oath of olSce to
enforce the laws, sent the United states
troops to put out of the way this obStruc-
ton that the interstate commerce and the
mails might move on freely (Applause)
''It is mans right to tear up railroad
tracks: no man has a right in this country
to burn stations: no man has right to IN
terrupt railroad trains upon which you and
l want to travel or upon which our wheat,
corn or other produce is being carried to
| market. It was an infraction of the laws
of the United States, and Mr.. Cleveland
used the national power. not cruelty, but
simply to put out of the way this obStruc-
ton to the just progress of the mails. Now
that is denounced. It is said he had no busi-
ness to do it; that that was Governor Alt
gelds business as Governor Of Illinois;
friends We had this same contention in
1861; 1t was said that the government
to whip the rebels in Tennessee without
the consent Of the Governor fn th hkenfpdiky; 1itSd
States bearing it's flag, may go anywhere
in this country without asking anybody's
consent (cries of That's right and APP
plause) if they keep on the public, road,
Now that same issue is revived again: in, -
Altgeld said that the marshal of the South
ern district of Illinois, finding. himself un-
States Stat courts. appealed to him (Governor
AltgeId) to help him; and he says he did
help him Qaughter); and he complains that
the United States marshal for the North
ern district of Illinois did not call on him,
but called on President Cleveland. Now he
States The process that he held was the
process of the United States courts. Would
you have this great at Nation SO ~ to ID. DEPART art
| Governor to enforce its own process and
DEGREES? (Cries of No, sir!)
my countryma IN, whenever we come to
that position we have surrendered the thing
we fought for in 1851. (Cries. of That 9
The consent of a Governor is not necessary.
1t is humiiating to ask it. The govern
ment of the United States has the ,consti-
power to enforce its laws applause.
BRYAN'S POSITION.
''Now, Mr.. Bryan resents the suggestion
that the Democratic party is not in favor
of enforcing the laws; and yet he COM
| mends and indorses the Chicago platform,
which denounces President Cleveland for
enforcing the laws of the United States
against the obstruction of the mail routes.
and against the obstruction of interstate
commerce of the country, and the OBJ
struction of the due process of its courts of
law He says-and in this connection. If
you will pardon me. for I want to be full
and fair upon this question, I want to read
you first a part of a resolution introduced
in the Senate of the United States imme-
diateIy after these distressing Chicago
events. by Senator Daniel, of Virginia,
who, you will remember, presided over the
Chicago convention-this is what he says,
and this resolution passed the Senate of
the United States without vote being
recorded against it:
=" Resolved, That the Senate indorse the
prompt and vigorous measures adopted by
the President of the United States and the
and repress by military force the interfer-
ence of lawless men with the due process
of the laws of the United States, and with
the transportation of the mails of the
United States, and with commerce among
the States
HE then declares that it is within the
plain constitutional authority of Congress
to have exclusive charge OF it's trains and
that the oath of the President required him
to do this thing. And then he says the
ton of the President and of his admins
of the people of the United States. and
will be supported by all departments OF
the government and by the power and
sources of the whole Nation.
THAT was the declaration of the Senate
of the United States. 1t declared that the
United states stood behind the President
in enforcing the laws. Mr.. Bryan does not
stand behind him. He assails him for what
he has done; and John W. Daniel has
classified those who do oppose that action
as not being among the law-abiding peo-
indorsed that platform. 1t is his pledge to
the people of the United States that if he
is elected President, ard Governed Altged
who is again candidate for Governor of
Illinois. is elected Governor of that State
ana a ike MOP SnOulQ stop our mail and
interstate-cOmmerce trains = William j.
Bryan is pledged not to exercise the power
of the United States. Does that commend
itself to the patriotic judgment and hearts
of these soldiers of Morgan county?
(Cries of No. no!) Does it commend itself
to these patriotic people who fought and
who opened for their comrades many a
lonely grave in the South in order that the
just supremacy of this Nation might
be established in all the States? Cries of
NO. noI and apDlauSe)
aside from the silver and financial
questions, he have here an isue of mo-
mentous Importance. If Mr.. Bryan has
spoken sincerely in his Endorsement of that
platform. and if Governor AltgeId has in
terpreted its meaning correctly, then I re-
peat that William j.. Bryan is pledged to
subordinate the authority of the Nation to
the consent of the Governors of our States
"They are asking Republicans to become
Democrats this year. L,ughter.) NY Re-
publican friends, put that off till better
time. Laughter.) Put that off till the
Democratic party is in better standing;
don't rush into it when almost every great
leader they ever had is running out of it.
(Cheers) Don't turn back the hands which
mark the progress Of history. Don't de-
again the doctrine that the consent of a
State is necessary before the United States
can execute its law / leave this thought
with you: Whatever you may think of
other questions, can you afford to elect
President who has declared that he will
ask Governor Altgeld to enforce the laws
of the United States instead of doing it
himself" (Cheers)
AT the little hamlet of Paragon several