The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-23

action bound the members of that party as
strongly to the support of honest money as
the Fifty-first Congress had committed the
Republicans of the country TO the support
of the same doctrine.
with what bad faith, therefore. with
what disregard for right for justice and
honor any citizen now demand that
the government shall enter upon any set
tlement of our debts or scheme OF coinage,
the confessed result of which would be to
destroy the parity between dollars, drive
gold from circulation and reduce the value
of silver and paper dollars still circulat-
ing nearly one-half Hamilton and Jeffer-
son, Jackson and Lincoln or Grant and
Cleveland never taught d doctrine so peril
Gus as that. The people of the United
States will never adopt so discreditabie ana
dangerous a course; nor Will they 1ail TO
brand it with their condemnation when
ever an opportunity is given them through
.'The idle talk about the dollars of the
fathers and the principles and men of
1I76' will do no HARM but 1t VIII IL feVer con-
vince the honest citizen that Hamllton or
Jefferson any other of our reVered fath-
ers or patriots ever viewed with toieratlon
any scheme of dishonest hnance or con-
templated for an instant the idea that the
United States would cheat its people IN
their money or repudiate any obligations
it ever made either by expressed terms OF
MY feliow-citizens, it must never be
written that this Nation either encourages
or practices dishonesty Good money we
will continue to have. What we want now
money We never had better currency
than we have to-day. and we never had
1892 what we want is to get back those
good times, and the people. .oa are only wait wait
ing for an opportunity IA 1850 bey 70 eave un
four years ago. We want no Tree trade
in the United States. We want the Amerll ae1end
can workshop protected and defended
against the foreign workshop for the bene-
fit of American workmen
WHAT FREE SILVER MEANS.
Free silver means free trade Suppose
you could pay the duty with fifty-two-
hn 1rO-
lection you now have almost one halfY My
fellow-citizens do not be deluded. NO mat
ter how much money we have or may
have in this country there is but one way
to get it. and that is to give something
for it. What we want just now is some
body who wants what we have to give
aim Labor cannot wait. The capital of
the workingman is in his strong right arm.
If he does not use to-day just that mucn
of his capital has gone forever Ihe cap io
italist can wait on his dividends, but the
Workingman cannot wait on his dlnner. ana
there is nothing so we'll calculated to injure
labor in the United States as dePreciated
currency l want to read what Webster
said March Is, 1887 in your great state;
He who tampers with the currency
robs labor of it's bread. He panders in
deed to greedy capital which is keen
sighted and may shift for itself. but ne
ing and too busy with the present 70 cal
culate for the future. The prosperity, OF
the working classes uVeS, moves anu hstS
it's being in established credit and q steady
medium of payment. All sudden changes
destroy it. Honest industry never comes
in for any part of the spoil5 IN that
scramble which takes place when the cur
rency of country is disordered. Did wild
schemes and projects ever benefit the in
dustrious? Did violent fluctuations ever do
good to him who depends on his
daily labor for his daily bread? Ger
tainly never. And these things may gratify
greediness for sudden gain, or the rash
ness of daring speculation, but they can
bring nothing but injury and distress to
the homes of patient industry and honest
labor
And now, my fellow citizens, grateful
indeed am l for the honor of this call. L
recognize you as citizens of Chautauqua
and CattarauguS counties when first ap-
peared this porch l recognized the
Chautauqua salute and the Cattaraugus
cheer. | remember to have been in your
State in 1894 and in your county, and l re-
member that the subjects that were agi-
tating you then are agitating you now,
and | remember that when you cast your
votes in November you gave TO that splen-
did citizen of New York. Levi p. Morton,
more than 600 majority. What will your
answer be this fall? (Cries of We will
make it 100000 for you!@ Well. my fellow
citizens, if you will do that Ohio will be
well satisfied. 1t will give me pleasure
now to meet and greet each one of you
DerSOnally,''