The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-18
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senator Henry NJ. leiier' OF ,''"i."'
go. at Morrison. III, Monday sep
.l,Isr :. the following being a com
..rehensise summary Of his spesch'
~ believe the question the Amsriehn
...'nls are called upon nov 10 settle - =.
,rore Importance 20 them thah ans - 80
.,,~stion that has ever been Tnul'''' ..,, 49,
1ur5esso'' ~, thcir consideration ana de-
..,,,nafton 30 not FORGET. nave ~
e.',~t,oke 81 that in this audience 'het' -.
., many men who carried huaNN
"a marched under the nag =" ,e... s.s \
~, Integrity OF the American rePen,' &C.,
,r,ved everything that our nae ''.,- .,'r-
go ! united and not hl71pps'- - |
80 -. a. not believe. however hu0h
49, 80. M sake. ] do not DfNeeN
human suffering ana 50 inueH
i8 have come 10 the Ar.esiean f -.
4, ~. had been divided ana theit Ne, .,...,
- r.n1l,lics established on tnls -. a. 80
800 ~ one. as Will come 10 " = 49,, IN
HsIe'- '..,..,tor, now submitted 10 you ahA4i
t.,,.,,, decided, and We shaii 'n'si
,.r a monetary system thh' ", - a
800 last for all time. or NJ ieas' 49,. ~,
danger that II may. that y as,t ~,
srsr and threatening. Ia my Juus ~, ,he
orlx IN. prosperity OF the Pe"i,, ana
.-a,,,I,y OF free government nsr. 80
49, .,,,-srnrnent In all other couh'I''H'
rsr !. ,r,,,st he true that X TINS Hi.a'
..,,,.,t,. should fail 20 fischa'n .,.,.,,.,
- Incumbent on repuul..' -" -,
- aowrn in disaster ana ~. 49,,
.,,ld Nc no further eil'i 49,. s,-s.,.-
w. ~. upHftlng and thr suS' i't.'-
men TOT nv y-rsrs would be. In my judg-
ci t,L our destruction, the emo %
~. ',,.~.,-arnunent throughout the "oiiN'
III" 80 that this question. then IN
-, ne interest Of my American e1l'x' ~,
.nat il Involves the interest 81 az
shiFi 49,, ,,.orle and Of all the people
<AfftfA there RG "A ETagtfT
H'-s .t,, submitted 10 any people tAan
"a could there De any other pte-
re +ba world better qualified and b't-
~ ,,,t,rad 20 settle this great question
,hon ia. American peopleE may y, mis-
,,kan. the question may not he as sfeai
thirk II is ! may have ovcrstafed
!, ana overestimated Il. but All admit That
n Is great question
.rrumeut and Reason Ia Determine
.r.t me say here. before begin my arFu-
mont that n j. a question not % he deter
,,,,re,i ~ personal attacks upon those Who
advocate IL. not by slu-s not ~ siAnitr.
not bv abuse. The American people are
roo Great and too wise and too good ~
s.rsle an important question iiA@ this Upon
sf-h points as have ramcd we must set
IL down im this campaign 10 argument ana
reason
..Why in tho name ~ heaven should
come here to talk 10 you unless have an
Interest IN your welfare and ~ tAe welfare
OF the American people? What interest
have I in this country that You have not
rote s0mebody-some newspaper may tel
YOU that am an agent OF the great silver
Producing people Of this country. that
am directly and personally interested In
the production Of silver Let me say here.
that ordinarily would not say anything
81 myself or make any reference 10 my
self hut some Of you have been rly neign-
tcre. many OF you knew me more than
a generation ago You knew me IN my
youth and in my carly professional life
have seen a number Q; my old acduain-
fanc.s here to-day. believe that in the
few years that l have lived ia your COM
ruurifv cSia blished something Of char
ar,rr Tor decrncy and truth. I have en-
deavoreI IN all my life. public and nri-
yat. 10 deserve the commendation OF my
f.ffsw-citizeus. because | am honest and
truthful. and outspoken in my opinions
concerning public matters. and ~ me say
have no more interest IN this question
than vow have. lCheers-l
Has Investments IN Gold Mines.
~ never mined an ounce OF silver in my
ne. / am not silver miner. own no sil-
yer property. (Renewed cheering Al
mos. eli my fortune. be u little or great
4. involved and invested in gold mining II
my state. tChcers.l have been connected
with gold mining for nearly " years-yes
quite x years. and IL had any persona
Interest X would be In the appreciation o
goll Now. / have said enough on tha'
question and that is all want 10 say per
sonally Of myself
Great Distress iE the Country.
II believe need spend no time discussinl
the question that the financial condition
OF this country j. NOT good. believe tina
you take notice OF the fact that IN ever
part ~ this land OF ours after = year
OF absolute peace. with no foreign com
ylicaiions and with no domestic difficult
.ias. wc are in greater distress than W
have ever been in the history Of this land
and there are more Idle men. more house
les and homeless men-more men travers
In the country and begging for cpportuni
ties for labor than at any other time i
our history Is IL not fact2 Is u not tru
that this condition existing here exists i
every country under the sun that has az
tempted 70 maintain the gold standard
IChecrs.l
~ arm cling TO talk TO you later ahou
.he remedy. but want 10 say before se
% IL. that we propose nothing new
propose no experiment: we propose no un
tried system IL " our opponents who pro
pose a system Of finance that had OIL
the support. up 20 lssl. OF two nations
and only two-one the great creditor ma
tion OF the world. Great Britain. and IN
other the poverty-strickCn and cespiSe
country. Portugal Up to lSIi those Nv
countries were the only goii-standdr
countries under the sun. That Great Brit
ain did not feel the effects Of the col
standard on her commerce and trade aros
from the fact that all the rest Of the wori
save Portugal was either using the siiNs
standard or the double standard. usln
both silver and gold
A. tn an Honest Dollar.
let me say a word about the homes
dollar The friends Of silver ask for 2
dishonest dollar. lGreat applause "
ask for no cheap dollar. In the sense ina
our detractors. our slanderers. claim "
say the American dollar as now const
tuted has too high purchasing power N
will purchase too much OF the production
Of man and too much Of his labor. ID
farmer has to sell too much Of his proc
ucts 10 pay his debts. and We ask for
dollar that shall not be rising doiia
We do not want dollar that buys NOR
to-day than II bought last year. hut
dollar that shall maintain the equity
contracts between men and shall buy Z
more to-day than IL bought ytsterda.
lGrcat applause.l
Have you a dollar to-day with the Sarf
purchns sing power that II had - veal
ago. Everywhere IN the world goid'