The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-27

be removed and no money shall issue except
1t be based upon coin. or upon the assets oI
a well-organized bank, that principle VIII DC
properly understood.
"fThere are principles and memories grow
ing out of the days of the war which, re-
gardless of present conditions, our people
look upon with great favor. There is a
principle that has been given to We younger
people who advocate and believe IN the pen
sion system 10 those who sacrificed llmo
and life for the cause of the flag OF the
Union. There also was a recollection or the
days when states rights were pitted
against national sovereignty, which our
people remember now with great favor.
1ined So en9 a onI i, OF tbe ss+ion and
maintenance of the great institutions or
America. which we all love and in which
we believe. About these things are cluS-
tered sacred memories, which. when once
attacked, we at once put ourselves on the
defensive. Our people believe that as soon
as an individual questions the retention or
the greenback in our currency that at tnat
moment they have the right TO br1ste up
and say, You are attacking the principles
or patriotism growing out or the war;
Suppose a man has lost his wife by death
and he executes his note to the undertaken
for the burial expenses, and when that note
is presented for payment he says, My dear
sir, you are narrowing the memories or my
dead wife. ] remember all the qualities OF
that good woman, and that note was given
at time when was impressed with the
loss of my helpmate. and to ask me to pay
it is to ask me to repudiate the memory of
my wife Great laughter.) But my time is
nearly up. (Cries of Go onp Go on!D
You know the custom of a congressman;
he talks just as long as people Will let MIN.
and that is that this is no time to think
of stopping in this movement. (ApplauSe
ton is the outgrowth of an effort originated
by few individuals of this city, and which
rapidly spread to the surrounding States of
the central West. 1t no longer is part of
Indiana--it belongs to the country. (Ap-
plause) 1t is the duty of each individual
interested in its success to maintain the
same degree of interest and courage which
caused the origin of this convention. l am
reminded my friends, every day of the i'm
portance of this movement and its success.
The camp-fires of the opponents of this
system the advocates of silver monometal-
lism, ere to be seen on every hillside. The
battle cry Of those people is to he heard
everywhere There has not been conven-
tion-neighborhood township or state-since
the election of 1886 but what the advocates
of the absolute free coinage OF silver nave
reaffirmed the doctrines and principles or
the Chicago convention. The leader of the
movement in the Senate has received q
resolution to obligate the government
to pay it's obligations in silver coin, and
this means the silver standard If they can
effect it. With these things confronting
you and me, it is not necessary that should
urge the necessity of continuance of ac-
tivty upon our part until we shall have
succeeded in this movement. 1t is not
question of to-day or tomorrow, but SUI
ficient time in which to engraft into stat
ute the principles which we advocate
1T may be well, before l take my seat,
to suggest, on account of my connection
with this measure in the House, what is
taking place among the members on this
question. l have found by three years of
association with members in the lower
house of Congress that they are pretty
good class of men. They come from districts
which have presumed that they could rep
resent the best thought of the people of
those districts. They realize the Importance
of conservative action on their part, the
necessity of careful study of any new ques-
ton. / think 1T is to the credit of members
that they hesitate to accept Immediately,
any new proposal which comes.
Years ago the national SenatewaS great
conservative factor in American legisla-
ton, but l say without boast, because it
seems to be the fact to-day that the lower
house is the conservative element ZAP
plause and cries of Right you are.O 1t is
only natural under that condition, that TINS
report, but a few weeks DID, should be
studied carefully by its members, and that
there be no spontaneous outburst of fapproV-
al or disaPproval l have confidence in
those men. There are over $50 people there,
each man seemingly sometimes with $50
ideas, but as rapidly as time permits an
investigation, they usually arrive at the
proper conclusion l have the utmost re-
spect and confidence in the man who pre-
sides over that body. lie is a man of in
comparable energy, force of character and
genius. / say to you without the slightest
authority on his part, but prompted only
by my faith in him. that any movement
looking TO better principles of government,
and good substantial currency reform, will
not be retarded by Tom Reed (Applause)
| have confidence further that if time is
taken by the forelock by those of us so
interested in this movement that the ex-
pressions, we utter, and embodied in your
report, shall be widely disseminated, so
that the people in the various districts of
the country may familiarize themselves
with it and telegraph their members their
feelings, that we need have no fear of the
action of the lower house. 1t is my hope
that the energy and intelligence displayed
with such credit first by your committees
and second, by your convention, shall con-
tinue until we have succeeded, if we under
take it now, and if at the first repulse we
may suffer, even though We may be de-
feated, we will not be conquered" Gap
ulauSeO