The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-09
He Makes n Target OF Secretary Gage
and Again Attempts TO Array La
bOr Against Capital.
IGNORES IMPORTANT POINT
SAYS NOTHING ABOUT "GRAND RE-
SUITS OF SILVER IN MEXICO.
Unrepenting Democrats Not Wanted
by Popocracy-EditOr Morss and
Mayor Taggart Listen and Speak.

quite a number of them from Iowa. Indi-
ana and Wisconsin, celebrated jackson day
by banquet at the fremont House this
evening. The Hon. William j. Bryan was
the principal guest. He reached Chicago
from Lincoln this morning, being met at
the depot by National Committeeman Ga
nan and others selected to welcome him.
For an hour or so prior to the feast Mr.
Bryan held reception in the hotel par
lors and shook hands with a large number
Of callers. Nearly five hundred were seat
ed at the banquet Mayor Harrison pre-
sided and acted as POSTMASTER. Mr.. Bry-
an was received with cheers when intro
duced and spoke, in part, as follows
1T is especially fitting that at this time
the American people should recall the name
or Andrew Jackson, and gather inspiration
ard encouragement from his public career
We are engaged to-day in a contest very
similar to that in which he played so con-
SplcuouS ana honorable a part. During his
term or office the national banks attempted
TO oVeraWe the representatives of the peo-
pie and control the government He grap-
pied with it and overthrow it. Arrayed
against him were the very classes which
nave forced a continuance of the gold
standard in the United States, in spite of
tne almost unanimous protest OF the peo-
ple-the same classes which are now try-
Ing 10 coerce the government into the sur
render of the sovereign right to control the
money of the country. 1t seems that every
generation presents a combat between the
producers OF wealth and the money chang
ers. The latter conducting their campaign
in secrecy, fasten themselves on the body
polite and prey on industry until their hold
public.
The present secretary of the treasury.
Mr.. Gage, is eminently fitted to be the in
strument or the financiers in their effort
to complete the scheme commenced TWEEN
ty-four years ago and continued without
interruption until the present day. He pos
SesseS a sublime faith in the superiority of
money over man and q supreme contempt
for the rights, the interests and the opin-
ions OF the people at large. He knows that
the gold standard was adopted in the
United States without any party ever ask
ing for it; he knows that for twenty~three
years after it's adoption no party ever dared
to commend 1t; he knows that in the cam
paign of 1896 the party composed of bolting
Democrats was the only party which dared
to declare the gold standard a blessing:
he knows that at the polls SO per cent Of
the voters registered their opposition to a
single gold standard. differing only as to
the means of securing bmetallism; he
knows that the President, to whose par
tiality he owes his position, sent a COM
mission to Europe to beg other nations TO
help us get rid of the gold standard; he
knows that the Senate and House, with
scarcely dissenting voice, appropriated
100000 of the peoples money 10 paw the
expenses of the commission while it was
seeking relief from the gold standard; he
knows that France, by joining in the de-
mand for international bimetallism, con-
demned the gold standard; he knows that
the farmers, the ltlDOrerS, ana 10 a large
extent the manufacturers, of England, de-
sire international bmetallism; he knows
that the maintenance of the gold stand
ard means unmerited advantage to the
money-owning and the bond-hoding classes
and undeserved punishment to the vast ma
jority of the people of this country and Of
the civilized world; and yet, in spite of his
knowledge of all these facts, he is delib-
erately planning to fasten the gold stand
ard permanently on the people of the
United States.
SACRED GREENRACKs.
mot content with advocating policy
which places the destinies of seventy
millions of free men in the hands of foreign
financiers and permits a few London bank
ers to control our standard money he now
proposes to give to the national banks full
and complete control Of the paper money
of tie Nation. In November, 1885, six million
and half of electors voted against the re-
tirement of the greenbacks and seven mil
lion supported platform which was silent
on the subject. The Republican candidate
for President in his letter of acceptance
pledged the Republican party to keep in cir
culation (and as good as gold) all the silver
and paper moneys now included in the cur
rency of the country, while only one party
advocated the retirement of the greenbacks,
and that party polled less than per cent.
of the total vote. Mr. Gage knows these
fdctS ana yet, IN spite Oh IndL knowledge,
he is seeking to organize a money trust
more dangerous. not only to the industries.
but to the liberties of the people, than all
the other trusts combined. AT Sucn q time
and under such circumstances the memory
of the hero of New Orleans ought to be in
voked in every State, county and hamlet 10
arouse the people to a sense OF their danger.
Twelve months have elapsed since we
celebrated this day q year ago, and every
month has borne witness TO the failure OF
Republican policies to bring relief to the
people. Just after the passage OF the Ding
ley bill our opponents were bolsteTous in
their announcement that prosperity had re-
turned. The Republicans were given full
swing. They framed just such law as
their hearts desired and their brains ad-
vised, and what is the result? Read the
daily papers and you will find the items OF
news arranged under two hears-the forma-
ton of trusts and the reduction OF wages.
"a few days ago 1 picked up copy OF
the st. Louis Globe-DemocTat and found un~
der the innocent and unpretentious head
line 'Weavers and Spinners. seven notices
of wage reductions from four of the six
New England States. One Of them from
lewiston Me, the home of Mr.. Dingley, the
father of the Dingley bill, reads as follows:
The agents of all the cotton mills In Lewis
ton and Auburn received directions 10 make
a general reduction in wages on and after
Jan. II. Notices conforming with these IN
strllctions have been posted. The reduc-
tion Of wages includes the Lewiston Dleacn-
cry and dye works. is this the result
which they promised would follow the
opening of the mills instead OF the nintsx
If our enemies boast that they have buried
bimetalliSm we point TO theSe wage EeaWS-
tions as the weeping willows which have
sprung up about it's temporary tomb.
'Why is not some court asked TO enJoln
the employers from uniting together to re-
duce wages? Can combinations among en-
ployers be innocent if cooperation among
miners is a crime? In most of the factories
can he found transparencieS and banners
promising good times. The mill owners
would probably dispute the right of a court
of equity to interfere and plead as de-
fense that the operatives have an adequate
remedy in the ballot.
HIS FEARS FOR LABORERS.
"a few days ago an association of mill
owners tried to justify reduction of wages
by laying the blame on the law passed
In mass for the protection of the operatives.
Their complaint is significant because II en-
phasizes the reactionary tendency of pres
ent conditions. If this grinding process
continues the laboring classes will lose all
the advantages which they have gained in
the last quarter of century. Instead OF
fewer hours for adults and more educatiop
for children we shall be asked 10 lengthen
the hours of labor and TO dwarf the INTEL
lects, as we'll as the bodies, of the children
by manual labor during the years when
they should be in school. How many
plaques will be required TO soften the heart
OF our financial Pharoahg Does he not