The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-13

O dara. Delegates-J. A. Kautz, kokomo;
gansport John Watts, Marion. Alternates
Il l.. Quick New WaVerly; w. >. Marun,
Russiaville; Ed Purviance, Andrews; ,. Il.
Twelfth District-Manager II. w; lie
Sage. Ten Brock. Delegates-W. Fl. Kins-
ley, Columbia City: Oryile Carver, Angola;
Joe S. Conlogue, Kendallvile; j. II. Rose,
Auburn. Alternately. A. Geigers Cheru-
busco; F. H. Ramsey, Angola; p. C. p
Shaw, Lagrange; c. A. Bishop Auburn.
Thirteenth District-Manager George A.
Kurtz, of South Bend. Deegates-R. 2.
Oglesbay, Plymouth; C. b.. Bennett. War
Kurtz, South Bend. Alternates-C Charles
Kelly, Knox; A. b. Graham, Mishawaka;
M. A. Stutz, Middleberry; - Huber, Re
wanna.
REMARKS OF GEN. WALLACE.
Mr.. Francis Johnson asked the privilege
of the floor for personal statement. An
old criticism of his upon '"rhe Fair God"
written twenty-seven years ago, had been
dug up by the Lafayette Journal, Demo-
cratic, and republshed. Mr.. Johnson de-
nounced this as an effort to attack General
Wallace, whom he regarded as, next to
Benjamin Harrison, the most illustrious son
of Indiana. There were loud calls.for Wal
lace, and he was given an ovation when he
appeared upon the platform He did not
refer to the incident, but made telling
speech upon the situation.
General Wallace. after apologizing for the
hOdrSeneSS OF MS voice, que 10 a cOlu
caught the night before, spoke in part as
follows: II beg to assure you that l am
a believer in organization. That faith came
to me from my service during the war.
saw organization everywhere at that time;
some people called it red tape. After
while / came to believe in red tape mean
ing organization If you meet a few stray
Cling men IN uniform gong along the
street, one or two at a time they do not
excite much attention Wait until the regi-
ment is formed and goes tramping down
the street. Then your attention and adj
mration is excited That is the moral effect
of organization, yet 1t is probably the least
of it's good results. When the battle comes
ible"
After adiuring each member to go home
with the expectation of working day and
night in the cause General Wallace re-
marked that in his speech he was going
to undertake very dangerous and difficult
thing, namely to give a calm and dis
passionate review of the present political
situation of the country. Never" said
he ''in the history of the Republican party
since the time of the rebellion, has the
situation been as full of interest as 1t IS
at this moment. ] desire simply to lay 1t
before you without expressing my own
opinion, but to give you the facts as / see
them in order that you may think about
them. The first point that presents itself
to my mind is the situation in regard to
Hawaii. 1t has come to be a matter of
great prominence and subject of general
consideration. Those who believe in an
nexation put forward these arguments:
First, these islands are Indispensable for
holds them holds strategic position from
which our Pacific coast, with its splendid
cities, could be ravaged. Second, ii the
Nicaragua canal is built the possesSor OF
these islands will hold the key to the COM
merce of the East Third, if left TO itself
Hawaii will become a. prey to some foreign
power England. Japan or Germany, no man
can tell which; and in dread of this we are
urged to annex the islands. On the other
side we are told that the islands are too
far removed, that it takes ten days by
swift steamer to communicate with them,
and that if we take them we must fortify
them. dismiss the commercial view. In
my opinion, the matter of greatest interest
to our commerce is the home market, which
is worth all the other markets put to-
gether. Better Tar than millonaires and
more important than corporations are the
laboring men of the United States, and
so regard them on account of their SOW
ereign intelligence, the excellence of their
workmanship and the high wages they re-
ceive. By the annexation of Hawaii we
should take in as citizens one hundred
thousand ignorant debased natives, and it
would mean that the Japanese would be
admitted to citizenship without let or him
drance IF the Chinese are worth keeping
out, so are the japanese for the same rea-
sons. Their habits of life are utterly I'M
like ours and their moral standards are
such as we cannot tolerate. They live
little or nothing, and when they have ac-
cumulated the trilling bit of money that
serves them as a fortune they depart to
their homes and shake the dust of Ameri-
ca from their feet The main point of OBJ
lection to annexation is that it would open
the gates to the Japanese in our country.
1.-THE next question of equal if not great
er, Importance is that of Cuba One party
has it that we must make war upon Spain.
They excite our sympathy for the natives
of Cuba, and by pointing out the terrible
sufferings of the Cubans. their helpless
women and children ground into the dust
by the iron heels of tyranny, they appeal
to our sympathies in a way that is ire
Sistble On the other side, they tell us
that Cuba should not be interfered with
that Spain is poor, miserable, bankrupt
and if let alone must in a short time abate
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policy of the President of the United
States; rather than to plunge our country
in war, to let the matter run until the in
we Interfere and establish Cuban liberty,
annexation must follow, and here arises the
same objection that obtains in the matter
of Hawaiian annexation. 1t would mean an
accession of population as unlike us and as
impossible to asslmilate as the Kanakas or
guage, they have different habits and diff
ferent standards of thought, and are OBJ
Jectionable from every point of view eX-
cept the fact that they are moved by the
same impulse that moved our forefathers
to fight for their own liberty
Last and most important is the question
of the reform of our currency. 1t is upon
us; we cannot put it away as we would put
aside cup of coffee. We have before the
people propositions by the President of the
United States, by the secretary of the treas
ury ard by the monetary commission. all
looking IN the same direction, and we have
opposed 10 THESE the Bry an Democrats and
Populsts with their banner of reputation
and their demand for the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver. The Republican position
is wen defined. The party is for monetary
reform by the retirement of the greenbacks
with the substitution of a strong and elastic
bank note currency. Allow me to ask YOU
in simple phrase why should the greenback
not so. Is it the best currency we have ever
had? They tell US that while it has served
a good purpose in the emergency of the
war, il stands as a menace to our govern
ment: that to keep ii at par we must main
tain a reserve of $100,000 900 in gold heavy
burden upon the people What is the sane
tty thrown about the greenback2 Salmon
+. Chase and Abraham Lincoln are repre-
sented as the criginatOrs and indorsers of
the. greenback idea. Now that is not his
tory. 1t is injustice TO the names of
these great men, When Lincoln was elected
President and the war came On the solvent
banks of the country loaned to the treasury
by the purchase of bonds, all the coin they
had but 1t was not enough, and President
Lincoln asked Mr.. Chase, in his capacity as
secretary of the treasury, to furnish plans
for the replenishing OF the governments
depleted funds Secretary Chase made a re-
port in December 1851. in which he offered
two plans. the treasury note, or greenbaek
plan, and the national bank plan. In view
Of the common belief on the subject. it is a