The Elbert County tribune., 1898-10-13

Inrmcriy stationed here. and who per-
formed such gallant conduct beforr SAN
tiago. and he told me that All around
thera In the volunteer regiments he would
see great profusion OF supplies but entire
inability TO know how TO cconomixc them.
but said that IN the march toward SAN
tiaEo many OF the volunteers impcded by
their supplies and rations. would throw
them away trusting TO ind food at the
front. ana then would be hungry because
they did not have anything for n day or
TWO. but he said there was never an army
IN the world so iavishly and pisntifuily
supplied with oil the necessaries OF life.
Ask any old soldier here tonight of the
hardshipa of the war and he viii toll
you that the hardships and the stories
that these yellow journals have manufnc-
tnrcd fail far short OF the suffering and
deprivation that was undergone by our
own soldiers during the civil war. And
he 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 soli.
TO my mind. fellow citizens the
triumph OF our army on ifs wonderful
march and It's 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 20 forget that
ne iE the comfnander-in-chlaf Of the navy
OF the United States nv wen rs OF its
army and there was no prctcnsc any
where Tint he ever was unequal to tho
needs OF tho navy. becnure our navy was
70 largely officercd that trained men could
DC taken from the regular stan and put
upon transports, and In the new tissues
then OF this Vital question. hcapod against
the president OF the United States for thu
supposed misconduct OF the army l
would like TO some praise accorded
him Tor the splendid conduct of the navy.
The Republicans OF Colorado fellow
citizens. on the other hand have positive
Issues which they desire 10 present 10 the
Republicans of this state at the coming
election. The Republican party Is a party
OF construction and not party OF OBJ
struction The Republican party II a party
that builds up and not n party that tears
down. The Fusion party in Colorado is n
party for Colorado and against the union.
The Republican party or Colorado Is a
party for Colorado and the union. fAp-
piaunc.) New visias 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 the great national
questions which are forging TO tho front.
We stand first on the great question OF
the protection OF American labor nnd
American industries. Without that policy
we never would take our place today or
mover taken our place among the nations
of the earth. and the Republican party
proposes to continue II while II remains
In power and during the past two years
u has continued its policy in that respect.
After tho Mckinley bill came the Wilson
bill which robbed our revenue and brought
up deficit Of hundreds of millions OF
dollars. and two years ngo tho ncpubli-
cnn party gave ua the DinRiey bill which
has greatly stimulated the revenues OF
this country until when war wan declared
we had for the FIRST time since the last
| Republican president had been in power
| made our income equal our expendlturce
That bill. fellow citizens. wns ono which
appealed to every citizen OF Colorado in
| Its protection 10 hides, in It's protection
| 2t the wool Industry and In Its protection
OF every Industry and manufacture
which can bring prosperity 20 Colorado.
and l regret to say. fellow citizens. that
when thnt measure came up for it's finni
/ passage. In this great state. more vitality
| interested In Its great principle OF pro-
| lection than any other state Of the union.
| unless II be PsnnAyivanin. / was the only
| person among our delegation who voted
| In favor OF that measure. Then. fellow
| citizens came tho Cuban question when
administration by forcing It to recognize
| tho insurgents who we believed had no
| existence in large numbers and attempt.
ed to precipitatc war before we were
| rendy. And you Will remember how oui
president stood opposing II until II wa,
no longer possible To be avoided and thar
we invoked the god OF battle and tho De
mocracy. finding that war was inevitable
| una ttiHt tue people demanded II beCnu4,
of n Warahlp OF ours In the harbor of Ha
vnna. they Joined the hue and cry ant
demanded immediate wnr. And the mex
question that came up was how TO pa,
our troops, We had voted TO increase oul
navy enormously. We had voted TO In
crease our supply OF Transports and W.
lhad voted for every possible facility fol
the war and we had to pay them Tho
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
mont should borrow money at per cent
Offering II first to private aubscriptlon
and giving 10 everybody the subscrlp-
tions at par provided that the smaller
subscriptions should be received at first
to the exclusion OF tho 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 a
| caucus. decided to oppose the raising Of
money TO pay tho expenses Of war which
| they were ogging on. They brought us
no excuse and in substitution for II. a
| measure for the issue OF $50 900, 900 Of ire
| decmable greenbacjts and that. fellow citi-
/ zons. brings me back again for only a
minute 10 this great silver question that
| state OF Colorado. II there is ono basis
/ on earth for the bimctailist II IS that
| he fs a believer In hard money, gold and
| silver. II Is that he n 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 IL TO re-
deem 1T You can only borrow Il. 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. clamoring for fl500o0,o00 of irre-
| deemabie grecnbacits 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 10 meet.
aud then they introduced an amendment
| for the coinage OF seiniorage and we
changed II by slight amendment. chang
ing the term but still recognizing the prin-
ciple and finally. fellow citizens. because
we fought within our party. our Rcpub-
lican brothers recognized that there was
justice In our demand and they gave us
in the conference the coinage Of the sein-
forage for which the Democrats had been
clamorins and TO secure which the Demo-
Gratis had offered the amendment and 10
and behold, when we had got the sein-
forage clause ingrnfted on the revenue bill
every Democrat but two voted against
the passage OF tho bill.
And then. fellow cItizena, came the
conduct OF this war OF ours. II lasted
III days from April zf. TO August 10.
when the peace protocol was signed, ia
days, fellow citizens. and the most flor-