La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

the regimental qusrtermaster OF the
\ Seventh infantry. the regular Seventh
| formerly stationed here. and who per-
formed such gallant conduct before San
/. taGo. and he told me that all urount
! there in the volunteer regiments he woulC
| see great pro;usion OF supplies but entir.
| inability TO know how to eeonomize them
| but said that In the march toward San
'iaEo many of the volunteers impeded by
| their supplies and rattous, would throw
| them away trusting to find food at the
! front and then would he hungry because
| they did not have anything for day OF
| TWO but he said there was never an army
| in the world SO lavishly and plen,ifully
supplied with all the necessaries of life.
ASK any old soldier here tonight of the
| hardships of the war and he viii tell
you that the hardships and the stories
that these yellow journals have manufac-
tured fan far short OF tn. suffering and
deprivation that was undergone by our
own soldiers during the civil war. And
lie fought In the tropics and in an un-
healthy season In the first war that this
country has ever undertaken where We
had to move troops from our own soil.
TO my mind. fellow citizens. this
triumph OF our army on Its wonderful
march and its wonderful results. with SO
little suffering and death. constituted the
greatest triumph In history and not "A
misconduct Fellow citizens. those who
criticise our president seem 10 forget that
he is the commander -In-chief OF the navy
of the United States as we'll as of its
army ard there was no pretense any
where tha. he ever was unequal 10 the
needs OF the navy. because our navy was
20 largely ofHcered 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 he SOlpudfh of tho
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 party
of construction and not party of OBJ
struction. The Republican party Is n party
that builds up and not party that tears
down. The Fusion party In Colorado is a
party for Colorado and against the union.
The Republican party or Colorado is q
party for Colorado and the union. (Ap-
plause.) New vistns are opening before
us. We are fitted to 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 tho 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 would take our place today or
nayer taken our place among the nations
of the earth. and the Republican party
proposes to continue II while IL remains
in power and during the past two years
IT has continued Its policy in that respect
After the Mckinley bill came the Wilson
bill which robbed our revenue and brough,
up q deficit OF hundreds of millions OF
dollars. and two years ago the Republf-
can party gave US the Dngiey bill which
has greatly stimulated the revenues OF
this country until when war was declared
haI fnH HrSt TIVE oil ha top
Republican president had been in power,
made our income equal our expenditures.
That bill. fellow citizens. was one which
appealed to every citizen of Colorado in
Its protection to hides. In Its protection
of the wool industry md in its protection
of every industry and manufacture
which can bring prosperity to Colorado.
and l regret to say, fellow citizens, that
when that measure came up for Its final
passage. in this great state. more vitally
interested In its great principle of pro-
lection than any other STATE OF the union,
unless 1t be Pennsylvania, I was the only
person among our delegation who voted
in favor of that measure. Then, fellow
citizens. came the Cuban question. when
the Democracy sought to embarrasy the
administration by forcing II to recognize
the insurgents who We believed had no
existence In large numbers. and attempt
ed TO precipitate war before We were
ready. And you will remember how our
stppu OUpOSIlB II until II WAS
no longer possible to be avoided and then
We invoked the god of battle and the De-
mocracy. finding that war was inevitable,
and that the people demanded 1t because
of "A warship of ours In the harbor of Ha-
vana, they Joined the hue and cry and
demanded immediate war. And the next
question that came up was how to pay
our troops. We had voted to Increase our
navy enormously We had voted to in
crease our supply of transports and we
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 q
member. reported the war revenue mea-
sure and they put into 1t that the govern
ment should borrow money at per cent
Offering 1t first to private subscription
and giving to everybody the subscrip-
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 bonds 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
ment of almost every man in public life
In Washington. the Democracy, after q
caucus. decided to oppose the raising of
money to pay the expenses of war which
they were egging on. They brought US
no excuse and In substitution for It. q
measure Tor the issue OF $lbO. 600 OF irre-
deemable Greenbacks and that fellow citi-
zens. brings me back again for only
to this great silver question that
has been discussed SO much all over the
state of Colorado. II there II ono basis
on earth for the bimetailist, 1t is that
he is believer In hard money. gold and
silver. 1t Is that he is not a believer in
paper money. but that he Is q believer
in metallic money. and II you once issue
paper money, fellow citizens, how can
you ever get the metal back Of II to re-
deem 1t? 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 moro money. Here was
this Democracy. pretending to be for sill |
ver clamoring for $50. 600 of irre-
deemable 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 is the opposition we had to meet. |
and then they introduced an amendment |
for the coinage OF seiniorage and we /
1t by slight amendment. chang |
ng the term but xtill recognising the prin- |
ciple and finally, fellow citizens, because |
we fought within our party our Repub- |
lean brothers recognized that there was /
Justice I'm our demand and they gave US
n the conference the coinage Of the sein-
orage for which the Democrats had been |
:lamoring and to secure which tho Demo-
rats had offered the amendment and 10 |
and behold. when we had got the sein-