The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-29
GOVERNORS CLEAR STATEMENT.
Statistics as to PrOsperity-Dingley
Law Defended.


| seen him in the audience. The Governor, in
replying to this introduction, remarked:
You see the disadvantage that a man of
small stature is placed in-the very fact that
the president could not see my. presence
but that is not the main point-it is the
embarrassment Of following a man who is
a veritable Saul in Israel, towering head
| and shoulders above ordinary men,"
Continuing the Governor said:
II am proud to know that Indiana is rep
resented in the United States Senate by a
man OF majestic intellect as he has ma
Jestic physique. man who viii bring to
when represented by Morton or Harri-
son. Great applause) Mr.. Webster said
all its gold and silver mines. The Repub-
lican party in power always gives that con-
| hdence. and il l may judge to-day from
this large assemblage of enthusiastic Re
publicans Indiana will do her duty in keep
ing that party in power that inspires con-
fdence and hope. The Republican party is
progressive party. 1t meets great ques-
tions and great emergencies in a bold. ag-
gressive manner. The Republican party re-
deems its pledges and faithfully keeps its
promises. The platforms adopted by the Re
publican party, upon which 1t fights its bat
ties and gains its victories, become the
The people have confidence in a party that
is bold, aggressive and true to its principles.
The Democratic party is a negaa,ttivee r.e party.
stable and shifting, turning its sails to
catch some popular breeze, without stand
lHS lITLily 1iAtU upon pIluClplc. DO Il put
this too. strong? (Cries of mo, No.'D
THE induction of the Democratic party
into power, even before 1t had changed
statute, brought loss of confidence; distress,
brought ruin. disaster and panic to the
country. You have but to refer not to Re
publican speeches, but to the great COM
mercial journals of this country and there
read the record. r. G.. Dun & Co. said OF
the close of the grand administration lr, OF
General Harrison great applause): The
year just closed has been the most pros
| porous in the history of the American Ma
| tion in productive wealth, in the employ
ment of labor and in commerce. But what
| did he say of the closing of the first year of
a Democratic administration? He says:
| The year 80 was ushered in under the most
| favorable conditions, factories crowded with
| orders running on full time, labor every
| where employed at remunerative wages
| but he says the year has closed with such
| disaster as has not been experienced In TINS
| country for fifty years He said that it was
| a question if even the panic of 1887 was as
| disastrous as the panic of 1893.
| RESULT OF DEMOCRATIC MARKETS.
| But do you want further evidence? The
| statistical reports show that the exports of
| the United States in 1892 exceeded those of
any former year Our exports that year
| were more than one thousand million of
dollars. This party had promised broader
| markets. They had promised better prices.
| Did they fulfill that promise? We find that
| the commerce OF the country fell off hum
| dreds of millions of dollars, and while
| these promises were made, let me call your
| attention to the history and to the facts as
| to the fulfllment of these promises They
| promised to labor better employment The
| records show an unbroken promise. Qaugh-
| ter.) They promised to the business IN
terests of this country a golden era of pros
! perity, but they gave disaster and loss of
| confidence They said to the farmers, We
! will give you the broad markets of the
world, and then better prices will be the
result. What do the records show In
| 1892 the value of live stock in the United
| States was 81, ,4S5 100000. In 1896, after TOUR
| years of rule of this party, the value had
fallen. shown by their own statistics,
$S2S OG0 coo. The farm products for which we
were promised better prices shrank in value
| in four years over $740 100000. So We have
the record, tending to show that their
! promises We're not fulfilled,
I'm 1893 Mr.. Bradstreet said in his re-
| port that there were 300,0 600 idle men in the
| United States, and he said, allowing five
| to each workingman as constituting his
| family, there We're 100000 of people de-
| pendent upon the labor of men without en-
| ployment in the United States.
Already, since the induction of the Re-
! publican party into power, the dawn of
| sunshine and prosperity has burst upon us.
| Why, the State Board of Agriculture of the
| State of Kansas says the value OF farm
| products in 1897 exceed those of 1896 $40. Co.,
600. The value of live stock has advanced
this year $4,000 900 more-$40, 900 to the
! State of Kansas in agriculture alone.
I'VE find that wheat in this country is
bringing 50 per cent. better prices than 1t
w
| stock which was reduced during these four
years, is now beginning to multiply In
| stock in the United States. Low prices.
discouraging outlook; the farmers ceased
| to multiply their fiocks and their herds. In
| last October the Indianapolis Sentinel stat
| ed that following March, 1898, wool de-
cned IL cents a pound, and 1t said that
following last March wool had advanced
cents a pound and was now bringing in
more than q hundred markets In the
| United States over 20 cents pound. 1t
further stated that wool had increased in
value 60 per cent. / will not take the time
to review the whole field. Business men
are full of hope. Railroads report increased
| business. Everywhere in this country we
hear unmistakabie evidences of the return
of prosperity.
DINGLEY LAW SUFFICIENT.
But they tell us the Dingley bill is not
doing for the country what was promised in
that BILL Let me say to you during the
fiscal year of 1897 we imported 4,750,000
pounds of sugar The six months just pre-
ceding the passage of the Dingley bill We
imported 600 pounds of sugar, val
ued at $64,OOOO0O. We imported during the
fiscal year of 1897 35O,OOOOOO pounds of wool
free of duty. The six months mmedi ltely
preceding the passage of the Dingley bill we
| imported 2770OO,0OO pounds of wool. The
month of last April alone we imported 95,-
coo 900 pounds of wool. The duty imposed on
wool by the Dingley bill and the increased
Ouly on sugar dlOHe WOutu Iildhe tp the ut-
ficiency of the revenues. The Dingley bill
does not need changing in my Judgment
| applause and cries of mo. mo. } 1t will
meet the requirements of this country.
Great applause.) | have faith to believe
| that the Republican party, true to its pr1n-
| cples and true to it's platforms will shape
the expenditures of this Nation to comport
with the receipts. And when that is done
and | believe it will be done-we will once
more have revenue enough to meet the eX-
penses of this government, and not only
that, we will so back TO where General ltar-
rison left us, "A party paying off the nation
al debt. cloud and continued applause and
cheers.)
THE Republican party will meet the de-
mands of the country on the currency ques-
tion. That party believes in an honest dol
lar to pay an honest debt. That party will
favor a monetary system that Will give us
money the soundest in the world. 1t will give
us a currency elastic enough TO meet the
eXgencies of business and a volume sum
cient TO meet the growing demands of busi-
ness in this country. The past history of
that party commends to the confidence of
| the people of the United States its action.
REPUBLICANS WILL PAY STATE
DEBT.
| Fellow Republicans, you should be in
| spired to grander effort and greater zeal
by the success that has already come to
! business, come to this country under the
| administration of William Mckinley.
| Great applause.) / have confidence in his
patriotism; / have confidence in his ability,
| and / believe that he will stand by the
| principles of the Republican party enun-
ciated in the platform upon which he was
elected. and show to the people that the