The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-13

the times not long ago when the man who
had paper money did not know, when he
went to bed at night, what his money
would be worth the next morning, and had
to consult a banker or read the market quo
tatfons in the morning paper before he
would know Did any OF you make any
money during those times on account of
the cheapneSs of money or on account OF
its fiuctua tons? No, it was the money
broker-the man who had capital and made
a business of buying and selling money
just as you buy and sell sheep and mer.
chandise. That would be the condition If
the money of this country should become
again deprecated and depend upon The DAT
ly market quotations for its value. 1T
would not be any of you, but IL would be
the money broker. who would make money
by the fluctuations.
A POSER FOR BRYAN.
Taking up two Mexican dollars and hold
ing them aloft the speaker said: Here
are two Mexican dollars 1 bought for a lit
tie more than d dollar two years ago IN
Omaha during my canvass for the Senate
against Mr. Bryan when we met in joint
debate. / held them up to Mr.. Bryan at
that time and said to him that if he would
answer one question for me / would con-
cede that ne is on the right track. If one
farmer sells wheat and receives an Ameri-
can dollar for it and another farmer sells the
same amount of wheat and receives these
two Mexican dollars for it, is one any pct
ter off than the other? | asked, presumlng
for the sake of the question that these two
Mexican dollars are worth one American
dollar, istead of a few cents more. Mr..
BRYAN did not attempt to answer that
question then, and he has never done SO
since Until he can answer that question
and show that the two Mexican dollars
are better than the other one, his free
silver idea is worthless.
Mr. Thurston knocked the wind out OF
one idea that is held by many free-sllver
men very effectually He said that many
people had a very faint idea of what Tree
coinage means. Some think it means mat
le.-7f Will a n
ing machine and into one end the mine
owners will dump the silver. Coined dol
lars will roll out of the other end and the
people will take turn about holding their
open pockets under the silver stream UNI
til they get all they want. 1t is true, he
said that the bullion owner would dump
his, silver into the forward end of the ma
chine. but there will be strong iron boxes
at the other into which the dollars will
fall and not man will get one except
he exchange his labor or property for 1t,
and then it will not be worth dollar, but
he will have to take it Why continued
the speaker those bullion owners might
get enough silver dollars in this way 10
build a pyramid to the skies, but you could
not get one of them unless you nave
some labor product of labor which you
can take to them and have coined into
a dollar; that is the only way you can
get one"
Senator Thurston likened the free silver
craze among the people TO measles. II
is prevalent to a certain extent in all sec
tons Of the country" he said, lat differ
ent times, but like the measles. it comes
suddenly and runs its course ana thcn IL
is gone without doing any HARM but, best
of all, it seldom attacks the same person
twice" This was such an apt Illustration
that it brought cheers that continued
long enough to give the speaker little
rest.
Another homely illustration he used was
greeted with great cheers. He spoke about
the statement that Bryan has made many
times that the free coinage or silver would
were going into the douLAng business /
would begin with something else-eggs, for
INSTANCE nee We have lots more more hens hens
too Let's have the government
stamp on every egg, this is two eggs and
make people buy it and eat it for two
eggs. Don't you see how much longer our
eggs would last. and how much more
money the farmer would get for his eggs?
Why that would be a grand thing and
the hens could stop working overtime TO
inches foot. We may have big war
some time, and with that measurement We
could send out an army of giants that
so near home to the crowd that they
were received with much enthusiasm and
many suggestions from the crowd similar
good work and make two barrels of -four
out of one. 1t would give the coopers
more work to make the barrels, and they
need work now, since We can't sell flour
to Cuba
Senator .Thurston's speech made him a
very popular man with the people of this
city. He used arguments and expressions
illustrating them that were so homely and
yet directly TO the point, that all will
remember them and use them in their little
neighborhood arguments with good eff
feet.
Senator Thurston was escorted to the
Indianapolis train by the Marion Club and
left here at $50 for the capital city More
him leave and bid him good cheer and
health to continue his good work for the
cause of sound money.
The rally wound up with one of the best
meetings of the campaign at the Grand
Opera House tonight. One of the rail-
roads brought in two special excursion
trains for this meeting. The Columbus
male glee club, composed OF twenty-four
young men, sang some lively and inspir-
ing campaign songs. Representative J.
| Frank Hanly was introduced by Mayor
-Balsiey and made a ringing speech. His
arguments in favor of sound money were
clnching and showed that the speaker had
| given the subject much thought. His
! applause. He spoke for an hour and a
| half. after which ex-Lieutenant Governor
! Thomas Hanna spoke for a few minutes.
! During the speaking the streets We're
! crowded with people who We're una BILE to
| get into the opera house, A number of
! glee clubs paraded the streets during the
| speaking singing campaign songs, kand the
I night was made hideous by the small boys
| with their irrepressibe tin horns. The Re
publicans of Seymour well satisfied
with the success of the rally, and there is
doubt but what the cause of sound
money has been greatly trengthened by
! ton, Representative HanIy Thomas Han
! NJ