The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-03

1870 - - a0SNi AniG IL IN rlmnlN m
other irrepressible conflict Not on. ,h.,
10 70 come At some future time. but on.
that IL actually upon US. Let us tax ,u.s
one glimpse at the situation. The national
90. unslns eo,porAncns. the gold gamblers.
the bullion brokers whom Thaddeus STEW
ems used TO call the thieves In tbs d.ns n,
wall street: all these vast interests hsy.
combined. and are determined To faster
soid monometailism upon the country as
= permanent financial system. They arr
further determined that the goyernmens
shall forever surrender ITS sovereign corr
stitutional right to provide for the peopI.
= paper currency. This supreme function
Ii 10 be usurped and monopolized b, IN.
national banking fraternity. Either in
nation or contraction OF the money sunnlx
may then be had. not to suit the con.
Ntniences or necessities OF the producing
classes. but 10 satisfy the selnsh PURPOSES
OF a few money kings. These demands "a
which the people are asked 20 give their
formal and final sanction. are In perfeci
harmony with other demands having for
their primary object the subjugation of al
who toll.
s"-caiied Protective System.
II, as farmers. our national environ.
ment Is such that the so-called protectty,
system cannot possibly benefit us: II natur-
al conditions exclude us from the bene-
fits II dispenscs TO others. then with no in
tent OF being hostile TO capital. we have.
right to protest against the system. n
as Is easily demonstrable. We are COM
Dtllcu 10 sell l.t result OF our labor an a
free trade market. We have the God-efyen
right To ask that We be accorded the nrly-
lege OF investing the proceeds of thi.
labor in the same market. To ask IN.
right TO buy where We are compelled 10
sell Is neither lemagogism. radicalism. an
archy. nor bad hnanciering. But this right
sacred as IL is. the manufacturing corpora-
lions have. at least for a time. de-
stroyed- During the life oil the Dingley bin.
the farmers of Iowa. and of the whole Mls.
sour valley who raise grain and produc.
meat. will be compelled TO sell in a IRE.
trade arket and buy in { protected mar
ket. In other words. they will be compelled
to submit tat least for some years. 10
partial conhscation OF their earnings. And
this is not so much for tie sake OF public
revenue as for the purpose of refmburs,ns
a hundredfold and more the shrewd cor
porations who united In the patriotic work
of raising a fund of SIG. O00.0 900 with which
Mark Hanna prosecuted a presidential
campaign. that did more to degenerate
the manhood of the voter. deaden the con-
science of the people and generate distrust
In the efficiency OF free institutions than
all the r ascalities practiced n ali the cam
paigns combined since the government was
founded As under the combined pro-
visions OF the prohibition and mulct laws
OF Iowa. the privilege can be bought from
the state 10 commit a crir-a against So
ciety. so the manufacturing corporations
bought with cold cash from the republican
party the privilege TO rob Nd plumber their
htipitS6 NltAAHS-
Dingley Hill Not Asked For.
I'VE are told that the people voted for
protection last fall. and that the Dingley
bill Is but the natural response 10 this
vote. This Is not true. the national dem
ocrats decided the presidential election.
Their vote elected AsKinley Not one OF
these asked for the Dingiey iniQuity.
Every one OF these men -urses deep down
In his heart the heartless provisions OF that
heartless measure. In 1889 these men were
tho fnranonGf IN fha nnffnnal dananraftN
convention in waging war on the then Nc
kinley law. They denounced that law as
unconstitutional. They characterized II as
public robbery. Every one OF these men
Will unite with Us to-day In even a more
vigorous arraignment OF the new law.
They VIII not stop short Of denounciug II
rs a crime against the people
Republican Rule fn Iowa
THE republican state convention was
held yesterday. and as l lave not had the
time to carefully consider I , proceedings
] shall not treat OF state Issues In this
opening speech n. fully as ! will hereafter.
The situation in this state, for which the
republican management Is solely response
BILE. is of such a character that IL Will be
a difficult task TO discuss IL with the use OF
temperate language. One feels tempted
to step over the boundary. The democratic
platform makes use OF no milk and water
phraseology in its indictmsn Mt of the dom
inant party's managers. II plainly charges
them with the crimes they have deliber-
ately committed against the people and the
law.
THE disgrareful disclosures made
through Investigating committees Of the
twenty-sixth general assembly give to our
state a high rank among rotten com mon
wealths. The ascalities DCI petrated were
not Of a tih.:d kind. They possess every
Characteristic of bo,dness The perpcira-
tors were In no sense restrained by the
caution instinctively practiced by the ten
derfoot. Their operations srow they were
acquainted with the lay OF Tho land They
had unlimited confidence w heir own de-
pravity and n positive contempt for the
people Of the state. The Immense republic
an majority regularly given inspired TINS
li~ght-ingcred crew with The holiness iney
displayed. In a state with doubtful a
shifting majority. pilferrr schemers
would be beset with difficulties. Here me
steadfast majority al their back not Only
led them into temptation. but MADE thfse
treasury plundercrs careless IN thtir rAHs
Not content with moderate hauls. they en-
larged their thefts and In fact finally threw
of Almost all disguise and commete.a
stealing open and above hoard. THIS boe
conduct is recOncilable with 70 ether the
DRY than that OF complete reliance on par
~ suDrt macy. 1t Is useless 10 ~ 70 pAs
all the guilt Of this maladministratlon OF
state affairs upon one or two. TIE manhe.
of management OF the republican party OF
this state Is primarily resrc-sib'e LOT '"e
loathsome situation.
government by Injunction.
Let me In conclusion refer to one more
subject. : want TO express 10 you my ever
lasting adherence OF government by m
junction. Unless In positively extreme
cases when destruction of pro.erty IS I'M
minent the injunction should te avo'red
as we avoid the p~estilence. An indiscflm.
mate. sweeping use OF this lower "a sad
condition into which We seem TO be drtt.
ing) Is no more compatible with civil anu
political liberty than Is the ukasc power OF
the Russian car. The one Is as poisonous
and deadly TO human freedom rs me
other. a conceded plenary use OF TINS
power I'm the hands OF partisan judges
would be an organized despotism FAR more
destructive than the despotism OF the Eng
lish king and parliament against ~nlc"
your ancestors waged a even years war.
= war which involved In Its broadest sense
the entire question Of free gosernnsnI
After the lapse of over a century OF time
are we going to surrender the fruits OF that
victory by toleratiny in our midst a form OF
oppression greater than your ioIeistne
threw or II we cannot maintain the right
Of free speech we shall md ourselves vi