Cañon City record., 1898-10-13


supplies and there was more or iess incon-
venience- talked the other day with
the r<Efmental Quartermasfer OF the
Seventh infantry. the regular Seventh
formerly stationed here, and who per<
formed such gallant conduct before s<sn-
tiago. and he told me that all around
there In the volunteer regiments he would
see great profusion OF supplies but entire
inability to know how to economize them,
but said that in the march toward San-
tiago many of the volunteers inpeded by
their supplies and rations. would throw
them away trusting to md food at the
front. and then would be hungry because
they did not have anything for day or
in the world so IavishIy and plsntifuiiy
supplied with all the necesszries Of life
Ask any old soldier here tonight OF the
hardships OF the war and he will tell
you that the hardships and the stories
that these yellow journals have manufac-
tured fall far short OF the suffering and
deprivation that was undergone by oyr
own soldiers during the civil war. Ara
he fought In the tropics and in an un-
healthy season in the hrsf war that this
had to move troops from our own soil
TO my mind fellow citizenx the
triumph of our army on Its wonderful
march and its wonderful results. With so
little suffering and DEATH constituted the
grcatc-t s>sumph In history and not a
misconduct Fellow citizens. those who
criticise our president seem to forget that
he In the commander-fn-chief of the navy
army and there was no pretense any
where that he ever was unequal to the
needs of the navy. because our navy was
so largely ofiicered that trained men could
be taken from the regular stan and put
upon transports. and In the new issues
then OF this vital question, heaped against
the president of the United States for the
supposed misconduct OF the army
would like to see some praise accorded
him for the splendid conduct of the navy.
The Republicans of Colorado. fellow
citizens. on the other hand have positive
issues which they desire to present to the
Republicans of this state at the coming
election The Republican party IS a party
of construction and not a party of OBJ
struction- The Republican party is party
that builds up and not a party that tears
down. The Fusion party in Colorado is =
party for Colorado and against the union
The Republican party or Colorado is =
party for Colorado and the union. Cap
pIause.l New ristas are opening before
u.s. We are fitted 10 share by reason of
our Indulgence and our character in their
settlement. and the Republicans Of Colo
rado propose to do their part like men
IN the determination of the great national
questions which are forging to the front
We stand first on the great question of
the protection of American labor and
American industries Without that policy
We never Wouiu take our place TQ0Ay OF
never taken our place among the nations
of the earth. and the Republican party
proposes to continue It while IL remains
in power and during the past two years
1t has continued its policy in that respect
After the Mckinley bill came the Wilson
bill which robbed our revenue and brought
up deficit of hundreds of millions of
dollars. and two years ago the RepubIf-
can party gave us the Dingiey bill which
has greatly stimulated the revenues of
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We had for the first time since the last
Republican president had been in power.
made our income equal our expenditures
That bill. fellow citisens. was one which
appealed TO every citisen OF Colorado IN
its protection to hides. In its protection
Of the wool industry and in its protection
Of every Industry and manufacture
which can bring prosperity to Colorado.
and regret to say. fellow citizens. that
when that measure came up for its final
passage. in this great state more vitality
Interested in its great principle Of pro-
lection than any other state of the union
unless 1t be Pennsylvania 1 was the only
person among our delegation who voted
citizens came the Cuban question when
the Democracy sought TO embarrass the
administration by forcing II to recognise
the insurgents who ne believed had no
existence In large number, and attempt
ed TO precipxtate war before We were
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president stood opposing 1t until it was
no longer possible to be avoided and then
We invoked the god Of battle and the De-
mocracy. finding that var vas inevitable.
and that the people demanded It because
of a warship of ours In the harbor Of Ha-
vana- they Joined the hue and cry and
demanded immediate var. And the next
question that came up was how TO pay
our troops We Ind voted TO increase our
navy enormously We had voted to In
crease our supply of transports and ue
had voted for every possible facility for
the war and we had TO pay them The
Republican party. through its finance
committee of which / happened to be a
member. reported the war revenue mea-
sure and they put into II that the govern
meut should borrow money At per cent
Offering it first to private subscription
and giving to everybody the subscrsp-
tions at par provided that the smaller
subscriptions should be received at first
to the exclusion OF the others These
bonds should be not gold bonds or silver
bonds but bends payable In lawful money
like all other bonds of the United States
and we would not have authorized their
Issue unless they were actually needed
And. fellow citizens. TO the utter amaze
rnent OF almost every man in public life
In Washington the Democracy, after a
caucus. decided to oppose the raising Of
they were sgEing on They brought Us
no excuse and in substitution for 1t
measure for The issue of y15aoopuoo OF ire
dcemable greerbacks and that, fellow citi-
zens. brings me back again for only a
minute to this great silver question that
hns been discussed SO much all over the
state of Colorado II there is one basis
on earth for the bimctaiifst II Is that
he IS believer in hard money. gold and
silver. II is that he Is not believer In
paper money, but that he Is a-believer
In metallic money. and II you once issue
paper money. fellow citizens. how can
YOU ever get the metal back OF 1t to re-
deem itr You can only borrow It. and the
great basis for their demand for the
opening of the mints to silver has been
that we needed more money. Here was
this Democracy. pretending. TO be for sill
yer. ciamorfng for $isc.coo.ooo Of ire
deeaiahic greenbacks which il they had
been voted. and II the president had Sign
ed the bill. would have settled the silver
question for TWENTY-FIVE years to come
That IL the opposition We had to meet.
and then they introduced an amendment
for the cofnaEe of seinforaKe and we
changed It by a slight amendment chang
Ing the term but sttl recognising the prin-
cipie and finally. fellow citizens. because
we fought within our party. our Repub-
iican brothers recognized that there was
Justice In our demand and they gave us
In the conference the coinage OF the sein-