The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-16

was not unconstitutional when it wat
passed. 1t was not unconstitutiona
when it went before the supreme courr
for the first time. 1t did not becom,
unconstitutional until one Judge chang
ed his mind, and we cannot he expect
ed to know when a Judge will chang,
his mind. The income tax is a just law
1t simply intends to put the burdens o
government justly upon the backs o
the people. I am in favor of an incoIn,
tax. applause, When I find MAI
who is not willing to pay his share o
the burden of the government which
protects him l find man who is I'M
worthy to enjoy the blessings of a gov
eminent like ours. (Applause.)
NO USE FOR NATIONAL BANKS.
"He says that we are opposing the
national bank currency. 1t is true. Il
you will read what Thomas Benton
said you will find that he said in search
ing history he could find but one par
allel to Andrew Jackson. That was
Cicero, who destroyed the conspiracy
of Cataline and saved Rome. He did
for Rome what Jackson did when he
destroyed the bank conspiracy anC
saved America. (Applause.) We say
in our platform that we believe thu
right to coin money and issue money il
a function of government, We believe
it. We believe it is a part of soyer
eighty, and can no more with safety b.
delegated to private individuals thar
we could afford to delegate to private
individuals the power to make pena
statutes or levy laws for taxation
(Applause.)
"Mr. Jefferson, who was once re
garded as good democratic authority
seems to have different opinion from
the gentleman who has addressed us OF
the part of the minority. Those wh'
are opposed to this proposition tell III
that the issue of paper money is ,
function of the bank, and that thu
government ought to go out of tn,
banking business. Istand with Jeffer
son, rather than with them, and tel
them, as he did, that the issue of mon
ey is function Of the government an(
that the banks ought to go out of thu
government business.
''They complain about the planl
which declares against the life tenur,
in office. They have tried to strain i
to mean that which it does not mean
What we oppose in that plank is til,
life tenure that is being built up a
Washington, which excludes from
participation in the benefits the humble
members of our society. I can no
dwell ON this longer in my limited
time.
ANSWER TO MIR. HIhL.
"Let me call attention to two or tire,
great things. The gentleman from New
York says that he will propose al
amendment, providing that this chang
in our law shall not affect contracts
already made. Let me remind hin
that there is no intention of affectins
those contracts, which, according to tn,
present laws, are made payable in gold
But if he means to say that we can no
change our monetary system withou
protecting those who have loaneC
money before the change was made
want to ask him where. in law or il
morals, he can find authority for no
protecting the debtors when the act o
1878 was passed, but now insist that W.
must protect the creditor. He says h,
also wants to amend this law and pro
vide that if we fail to maintain part,
within a year that we will then sus
pend the coinage of silver. We repl.
that when we advocate a thing which
we believe will be successful we are no
compelled to raise doubt as to on
own sincerity by trying to show wha
we will do if we can. I ask him, if h
will apply his logic to us, why he doe
not apply it to himself ? He says tina
he wants this country to try to secur
an international agreement. VIII,
doesn't he tell us what he is going to d
if they fail to secure an internationa
agreement? There is more reason 70
him to do that than for us to fail t
maintain the parity. They have trie
for thirty years for thirty years t
secure an international agreement, an
those are waiting for 1T most patientl
and don't want it at ALL, Cheering
laughter, long continued. 1Nt
a s.te6.ftt .@ss hssgFs9i t.
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE.
"Now, my friends, let me come I
the great paramountissue. Ifthcy as
us here why it is that we say more 0
1.-THE money question than we say upo
the tariff question, I reply that if pre-
lection has slain its thousands the gol
standard has slain its tens of thousand,
If they ask us why we did not en-
body all these things in our ptatforl
which we believe, we reply to thel
that when we have restored the none
Of the constitution, all other necessar
reforms will be possible, and that unit
that is done there is no reform that ca
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