The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30
scondnnt Of Marcus zuFerlus T.

IL
/ wish had time to take up and discuss
the financial measure recently introduced
in congress. back of which this gentle
man and Wall streets monetary commits
sion are standing. But l oan give you
briefly an idea Of this bill, a. l get II from
Mr. Hanna himself. A friend to whom
he addressed letter In support Of his
measure was kind enough 10 hand the
same TO me. He says: "The bill Is pol
itically the best measure that has been
prepared" The word politically he has
under scored, and l suppose he means
thereby to suggest that 1t will call forth
the sinews Of corruption when the fight
Is on. Then he continues: 1t meets the
expectations of those who believe there
can be no permanent business prosperity
until the grcenbacks are retired, and 1t
does not oppose the prejudices Of those
who favor the green books" Now, II you
can conceive a measure embotying two
theories OF finance 6iametrioaIly opposed
and yet every part working harmoniously
with the whole you will at least have a
faint conception OF what MIR. Hanna
imagines he has In his bill He Is beyond
question the right man to be at the head
of the visionary commission which is pre-
tending to believe 1t should supercede
congress in determining the monetary
policy Of this government
A candid Investigation will fail to es-
tablish the right Of the Republican party
to leadership On hna ncial questions. 1t
has rendered complex and thrown into
confusion our mouetary system. Its
statesmen have latored to unravel the
web of idiocy running through its hnan-
cial legislation, but to no purpose. In
making this charge do not overlook It's
financial policy during the rebellion, but
the I.olicy 1t then adopted Tor the saliva
ton OF the nation it now condemns. IL
asseyerates with great pretensions to wis
dom In favor of the single gold standard,
and yet you may take any two Republic
ans Of your own selection and have them
each evolve theory Of finance bottomed
on the single stanuard idea and you will
find their conclusions TO be as wice apart
as the polos.
An Appeal For = Union Of Foroes
Iappeal, then. to those Democrats who
do not fully indorse the financial theory
for which their party Is standing. to eivs
IL their counsel aud support. beg them
to remember that the party with which
they have affiliated in the past tie party
OF their choice and the party of their love,
Is greater by far than any one idea.
point them to Its glorious past, and to
taem predict for IL n still more brilliant
future. 1t has been fighting for q cen tury
the tyrannical and ccntralizing influences
In our national life. Wherever the bra
zened features OF monopoly have shown
themselves the Democratic party has
challenged their RI int TO extort and fatten
Oft the product Of honest labor. And, IL
its credit, the party of the sage Of Monti-
cello and Of the hero Of New Orleans has
never in Its great career joined hands with
organized greed to assault the best inter
eats Of our country to pauperize the bone
and sinew OF our land and fasten about
the throats of Americans the vicelike
grip Of plutocracy
On the other hand, however IL has al
ways stood for that form Of go-ernment
and for those measures and laws that
take into account the citizenship Of the
man ut the forge. In the factory and In
the shop; Of the boy In The ditch and In
the mine; Of the woman at the spindle, by
the loom and over the tub. and guaran-
tees To each and all Of them their fair
share i'm lifc's achievements.
party with such u past can be trusted
In the future And for the future Of our
country we have much concern. The four
quarters Of the earth are at this time anx-
iously watching American statesmanship,
and on every hand the concession IL made
that the destiny Of this republic IL largely
dependent upon the question Of annexa-
ton. 1t Is we'll for Us, therefore, to reflect
In this hour Of feverish excitement that
territorial aggrandizement may lead to q
national Weakness and degradation. II Is
at least suggestive that the late secretary
of state, Senator John Sherman, who was
fair representative Of the ripest states
manship Of the Republican party reserved
the last paragraph of his Forty Years In
the House. Senate and Cabinet" In which
to sound a note Of warning to his country
men on this question. In conclusion l
quote his words:
The events OF the future are hey md the
vision Of mankind, but l hope that our
people will be content with internal
growth and avoid the complications Of
foreign acquisition. Our family of states
Is already large enough to create embar-
rassment In the senate, and republic
should not hold dependent psovinces or
possessions. Every new acquisition will
create embarrassment Canada and Mex
leo, as independent republics, will be moro
valuable to the United Suaucs than II
carved into additional states. The union
already embraces discordant elemen t.
enough without adding others IL my life
Is prolonged | Will do all I can to add to
the strength and prosperity Of the United
States. bot nothing to extend its limits or
to add new dangers by acquisitions OK for
eign territory"