The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-10

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mortgage and sell the property, end he
| would do it long before the era OF GER
| tain free coinage.
Perhaps some of you who have done
| me the honor TO listen thus far would
inquire If the conditions to which have
referred will surely come to pass In the
event of free silver, why there Is not
! now r-ore evidence of unrest and ap-
| prehe Sion, when we are within two
months of the election. My answer to
that question is that the American peo-
pie are now confident that no such
calamity will befall us. Their intelli-
| gent Judgment Is rising as barrier 10
stem the tide of socialism and fanatic
| ism.
Again YOU hear the free silver advo-
| Gates declare that we have not sulli-
cient volume of currency; that free Sill
| yer will increase the amount. Nothing
| could be farther from the fact. free
silver will at once drive $620,OOO, 600 or
gold into hiding. 1t will be eliminated
| from the current monetary channeis
and the United States for time at
| least will transact what business there
| is to be done on two-thirds the present
| volume. 1t will not do to say that fIee
! coinage of silver will at once swell the
| amount. All the mints i'm the country
| cannot coin more than sixty million
dollars year. and 1t would take Ten
| years to get the volume back 10 the
| starting place. But they argue tnat
free coinage Of silver will advance IT'S
price and eventually bring IL back 10
one dollar and twenty-nine cents per
ounce. There is nothing but the allie
cation to support the ct@tm. 1t dis-
| proves Itself Did big supply OF
wheat ever advance its price! III tne
| product of all the iron-ore mines. or tiii
| mines. or copper mines were dumped
| into this country and reduced 10 ths
form in which it would he most uselui
To man, free of cost to the owner, Wouiu
il have tendency to advance the price
of the finished product of iron, TIN or
copper
This same Chicago platform de-
clares: I'VE are opposed to the policy
and practice of surrendcrinG to the
| holders Of the obligations OF me ihittu
| States the option reserved by law 10 tti'
government of redeemins surn opriSs'o,o nrh;a oan
| in either silver or gold coin. rms caii
I mean but one thing: that Is, TO pay OH
the remainder of the war deDl s,nu oti't,
| bonded obligations of the governments w
deprecated silver. This Is the hrst Me-
| mand for reputation made during thirt!
, years that have passed since the war
| When our institutions were IN GahSrr,
! when the loyal men of America fushed 10
| the defense when armies were mar'hihS
to the music of the Union, when homes
We're robhed of the best and bravest mem
bers of the family. when millions ol
money was needed when the ne haiaUnc ma,,nn
| then il was that her sons rose 10 the ue-
| mands OF the hour and pledged the last
soldier and the last dollar to those VINO
| would furnish the money to l.ihcoin anu
| Grant to fight the battles of American
, freedom to a successful ending. Then II
was that an obligation was gwen wIit'en
in honor. sealed in the blood OF patriots
! 4, ,tvill h,.r ral,anaI
American manhood and American hohor
snail triumph over popuiism' "lSho">s'!
| and anarchy.
as will prevent our citizens from making
| contracts for the payment ol obiSatlons
in the best money IN the land IL snsses's
an additional reason FOR maintaining me
| integrity OF the courts which 1t would "e-
Stroy. ,
" hen the same party demands that pri-
| Vate obligations which were contracted 10
| be paid in coin conforming to q SILVER
| standard ~ Il time when that Stahuafn Is
| dcbased to - cents on the uollar IL makes
Il dishonest demand to which the Ameri-
| can people Will not respond
The people OF the country are called
| upon to determine whether they Will
place in power II candidate and party
| who have openly avowed their hostility 10
| the highest judicial tribunal in the ltSi
who have threatened that when the od.
| preme court. exercising its constitutional
| power and duty, gave an interpretat tlon
| to an act of congress that Is not sa,is-
| factory to the legislative branch Of the
| government they VIII increase the number
| OF judges and pack the court TO get the
| decision which they want.
| Waether the president of the United
States has the right to enter state. as
| President Cley did in Illinois, to queli
a local disturbance, is not new question
in FennsyNania. In 1884 a mythical char
| actcr named TON the Tinker repre-
! senting Il large number of distiilers who
| resisted the federal excise law, succeeded
| in bringing number of counties in West
crn Pennsylvania into open rebellion
against the enforcement of the law. Presi-
| dent Washington. without asking leave
of Governor Mtiiiln, raised an army most
| /. from Virginia, New Jersey and Mary
land and, placing Harry Lee. of Virginia.
| in command. accompanied the troops in
| person into the state, bringing with him
Alexander Hamilton, then, secretary Of
| the treasury. he made short work Of
the whisky insurrection" and received
| the thanks of the people, includ!ng the
governor. From that early period 10 the
! iatciu, day in July. 1855, when Gettysburg
| sylvania failed to welcome the strong arm
OF the government or the troops oi sister
states when law and liberty were In dam
| ger.
BULWARK TO BE CRV SHED.
They would trample under foot consti-
tutional bulwark erected by our fathers.
The legislative branch 0f the government
is happily divided into two coordinate de
partnents. the one coming fresh from and
rejecting the will Of the people, the other
having IL longer term of service. and.
therefore. not so readily affected by chang
ing tides of thought ana impulse. The
Suprem court interprcts the laws as they
are placed upon the statute books and the
executive eniOrceS the laws SO interpret
ed. When any one or two of these branch
es of government shall come under the
control of the other the cOTIcr stone Of
our institutions will begin to trcmblc. The
| "a ('hinnpn .n "a
the idea that Bryan, Tillnar ana Alt
geld aad their adherpntS ar" determined
i they come into power 20 compel the
federal courts 10 conform their iUdgmen s
AT least 10 the leGislaliv" If not the cXecu-
tive branch Of the government.
From the day that Joan Marshall laid
| aside his continental uniform and flint
lock musket at Yorktown Iur the ermine
of the supreme cOurJ of the United States
down to the present time, that august tri-
bunal has maintained the confidence and
the reverence of the American people. 1t
has stood between the Oppre ssor and the
oppressed; it has protected the veal; against
the strong: it has been the conservative
hulWark against which have dashed in
| vain the waves Of uYarice and passion, Of
| treason aud rebellion.
/ walked through the streets of Chicago
! on" day when they Were iilled with angry
| men whose impulse ANA action were con-
! troiled by those whom. like the leaders
in the late Chicago convention, were en-
, eayoring 70 array class against class,
section against section. labor against cap
HAT; who dciad order ana tramped law
under their feet: whose leaders had the
daring and ability of those who COM
manded che French tribune.
1t was. indeed. Il "reign of terror" Cit
zens with banched faces and trembling
lips feared for their lives. The night came
and with it increasing terror. and the mid
| night skies were made lurd with miles of
hame. The work of obstruction had given
| place TO one of destruction. The munic-
! ipal authorities seemed powerless. The
! strong arm of the state was appealed 10
TO arrest further work of spoliItion and
frenzy. The business of the country was
paralyZed. the great arteries of trade and
commerce ceased their pulsation Thu
| wires were kept hot with messages to