The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-11

the same class OF men and repre-
| senting the. same constituency ms
, those who boltsd the Chicago plat
, form. An effort IL now being made
by those beltiug democrats to put u
new gold t,cket in the field.
Where IL the necessity for this?
There IL NO excuse for IL, their place
is with Mckinley, for there alone
can they hope for success. l want
70 see going up and down through
this country during this campaign,
arm In arm, Grover Cleveland and
John sherman, Secretary Carlisl.
and ex-Secretary Charley Foster,
Senator Lodge and William ID.
Bynum, Bnrk Cochran aud Thomas
&. Platt.
In discussing the money question
II Is well to keep in mind that
money IL the creature 81 law. That
gold and silver are hut products OF
the earth. like wheat ana corn. 1t
Is only by the fiat Of law that these
metals become money. The use of
these metals rs the measure Of val
ues dates back for hundreds Of years,
and have boon found by the expert
ence Of mankind we'll suited for this
purpose. 30 that when our govern
ment was formed and our oonstitu-
ton adopted,it was perfectly natural
that its trainers should select these
two metals.
In the eighth section OF the constr
tuition IL Is provided "that congress
shall have the power to coin money,
regulate the value thereof, and Of
foreign coin, and Ak the standard of
weights and measures" And in the
tenth section 1t Is provided shat no
state shall coin money, emit bills OF
credit, or make anything but gold
and silver coin legal tender In pay
ment OF debts" In carrying into
effect these constitutional provisions
among the first acts of congress IN
1892, a Law was passed establishing
minis and providing for the free
coinage OF both geid and silver at q
fixed ratio, as standard money.
This law with but slight changes IN
the ratio remained In full force and
effect for 81 years, giving perfect
satisfaction to our people and
healthy and sound medium Of ex-
change. The government was pros
porous beyond that Of any other
nation on the globe. The law was
applicable TO the rich and poor
alike, and was so near perfection
that during all theee years with
chaging administrat ions, in times
Of war and In times Of peace, 10
statesman Of either party (there
were statesmen In those days.
ever even proposed by legislation to
form Of government consisting OF
he N In Ia Asaa
form Of money was adopted, the one
to be a check upon the other, as
well as to provide q cafe and sound
medium Of excha' q FIR our people.
Our fathers were vi.e men and
even wiser than they knew.
The wisdom OF that instruments !,
A american liberty for over century |
and eventual history, which has pro- |
A merican citizen at home and |
abridged for any light and transient
cause. In 1878 q new class Of states.
men appeared In the halls Of our
congress. They assumed greater
wisdom than Washington, J effefson,
Adsms and Hamilton and their
and greater wisdom than
the constitution itself.
They nulllfied the law Of ~ years.
and In direct violation of
he constitution itself, as Is believed
~ many jurists, struck from our
the silver dollar which had
,een the unit OF value for all these
ears, and subs tituted In its stead
he single gold standard.
Twenty-three years have elapsed
fnce THE radical change was mad
md the wisdom of the fathers set at
,een compared with the 81 years Of
which 1 have apoken? Those are
he times OF which, Abraham Lin
,oin and James q. Blaine spoke In
he extracts / have read In your
rearing, when wealth is aggregated
n the hands Of the few-"ttmes that
,rove distressing to millions and
disastrous to tens Of thousands"
now come to q BRIEF examination
Il the present financial system, and
iere les me say that In Its entirety,
1t be good or bad, II Is tile
product OF republican Legislation,
Mr.. Fairbanks q candidate for Y. y.
enat0r from Indiana, n nd temporary
chairman Of the st. Louis conven-
ion. said not only that all the finan-
ia1 laws were enacted by republic
ans, but he gloried In IL; ana made
t the cause OF special eulogy. He
aid 1.-The present currency system
$ the fruits Of republican wisdom"
10 that by this high authority the
party Is limo wise re-
ponsible for the system, and can
lot forbear to say In this connection
hat 1t was a very mean act upon the
,art Of that cow ention to claim the
,lOry Of the system and yet denounce
Lr. Cleveland In unmeasured terms
or executing IL. What has Mr..
, cleveland done in the execution OF
his system Of ws that he was not
'ound to do under his oath Of office?
The one hundred million gold re-
erve must be kept up ar the ma
ions ability to redeem its green
Jack outstanding obligation would
10 demonstrated, and financial panic ,
ensue because Of distrust
nd the law only provided one wav
o keep 1t up Tor get gold) and tina.
vas the sale OF government bonds. I
Ir. Cleveland sold government
onds and applied the proceeds to
he gold fund as required by law