The herald., 1896-10-31
Begins a Two-days Tour OF
Talk
CONSISTENCY DON'T COUNT
And Democrats Also Once Opposed Free
Silver Coinsge
Bimetallism Is a Good Thing, but Benny
Objects to the Ratio Set by the
United States Laws.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 30.-Ex-
President Harrison started by special
train over the Panhandle railroad at
9 o'clock this morning on a twodays'
speaking tour in the eastern and north
ern towns. He was escorted to the sta
ton by the Mckinley and Hobart BIZ
cycle club
The train was in charge of Supern-
tendent +. o. Darlington of the Penn
sylvania railroad. The first stop was
at Greenfield. On a stand a few feet
from the railroad General Harrison
spoke for few minutes to 5000 or 1000
people. He addressed himself to a COM
parson of the financial planks of the
Democratic party of 1888, 1892, and 1896
He said:
A great deal has been said about the
consistency of individuals. This is not
of the highest Importance to the peo
pie. The question of a mans consist
ency may be important to himself. but 1t
is not very important to anybody else
The question of the consistency of par
ties is more important because. my
friends, my Democratic friends, if you
were asked today to condemn and to
denounce doctrines upon the money
question which in the campaign of '92
and in the campaign of 1885, you We're
asked to favor and promote, you may
well put those who give you that advice
upon showing as to why they ask you
thus to change your position In 1888
your platform did rot declare for the
flee and unlimited and Independent
coinage of silver at 16 to ]. but who op
posed the coinage of 50 600, coo a month
under the BlandAllison bill The Re
publican party did not favor the propo-
sition to stop this coinage of two mil
lion dollars of silver a month, and de-
nounced in their campaign of that year
the proposition to stop this coinage They
said they were in favor of bime tai llism in
that campaign. That does not involve
the free and Independent coinage of sill
Yer at the ratio of Is to l; it does not in
volve this idea of a double standard in
the sense in which it is row used by
many in debate. When you come to the
campaign of 1892 you did not then de-
clare for free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of Is to l. You de-
clared in favor of free coinage. but you
said, and you made it emphatic in your
resolution on the subject that the parity
of our coin, the equality of all our dol
lars, paper and coin. must be preserved
At kingstown fully ten thousand peo-
Were assembled on the public square
and General Harrison again discussed
the money question.
At Anderson and again at Muncie he
was greeted by enthusiastic crowds.
Gen. Harrison closed the first day of
his second Indiana tour at Fort Wayne,
where he spoke briefly at o'clock this
evening.
At Anderson he spoke to the charge OF
coercion. denying it.
Referring to Mr. Bryan's advice to
wear the Mckinley button, if necessary,
but to vote as they pleased. he said it was
not good advice. He said:
Il beg you as one who eSteems the
dignity of man without regard to the
question of his employment to be a man
and If you vote for Bryan wear the Bry-
an. l beg you not to consent to walk
these streets, to stand at the bench
where you are employed, proclaiming
to the world and confessing to your own
conscience that you have surrendered
your very manhood and your political
independence"
Brief speeches were made at Muncie
and Winchester Gen. Harrison confinine
himself to the financial question.