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

OF IndICOnTCWLS
who met at indianapolis and who failed TO
| poll per cent. of the vote. Why should
we fail to adopt il By waiting for European
| nations 10 give their consent. When Mr.
/ Bryan addresses that to the ordinary con-
! stituency, what answer are you gong TO
make to It? You are bound TO say that the
significant as their vote may have been,
! were the men tho stood earnestly and fear
lessly Tor honest money and honest meth
| DDS. (Applause) Now, gentlemen, there is
another thing. good deal has been said
| about the South and the West. l have lived
| in the South all my life. The complaint we
have there is the unequal distribution of the
loanable capita! of the country. (Applause,
and cries OF That's it, that's IT'D
THE people OF Texas are not ignoram-
uses. We nave got a schoolhouse on every
hilltop in that State. We have university
which VIII compare favorably with any UNI
verSity IN TINS Union, and we nave got
enough land devoted to public school fund
to make dozen States as big as some of
them Oaughter) Our people read the
papers. They take a good many of them.
We know, and the people there know, that
there IS money enough in the country to do
the business of the country. There was
money enough in the country in 1893 to have
transacted all the business in the country
but it was hid away. There Is super
abundance of money to-day in the country
but it is uneyenly distributed. 1t is con-
gested in the North, in New York, in Phila-
delphia and in Chicago used, perhaps, in
specializing IN cotton futures, which our
people don't like very well Qaughter), but
1t ought to be in the South, devoted to le-
PROSPECTS IN TEXAS.
Nov, this bill promises a more equal dis
tribution of the loanable capital of the coun-
try, and l tell you, while 1 propose to be
perfectly honest-I am always a frank man
Il don't believe a man running for office
in Texas on this bill would stand much of a
chance to be elected. 1 don't believe that.
The silver sentiment is very strong there,
hl1f do half I In ha pa
people in Texas and the South generally
despise hypocrite. We love honest, up
right, outspoken men. Come out and make
this fight fairly and honestly for the single
gold standard and for a banking system as
expressed in this measure, and assure you,
gentlemen, that you will receive support
from the creeks and hollows and places you
little dream of. 1t will not be confined 70
the cities. The people will respond to the
measure if it is properly and fairly pre-
Sented to them. Now, one more WORD. am
afraid that some persons may present an
amendment to the currency report as pre-
pared by the currency commission. Gentle
men, it ought not to lay on the table a
every man in this house except its author
should move, to lay it on the table face
down: (Applause) 1t will not do; tn ms
question is too important. 1t will not DO
for men to undertake to interpose their IN
dividual opinions against the united Judg-
ment Of the men selected to draft this meas
ure (Applause.) | am frank to say that
there are some features in it | do not APP
prove But suppose | don't; who cares and
who is hurt by it? (Applause.) 1t does not
affect the world or single solitary transac-
ton in the world whether l approve or IT
or not. have no doubt but what that Dill
is prepared as honestly and as CONSCIENTIOUS
ly and with a purpose as patriotlc on the
part of it's authors as inspired the men VINO
framed the Declaration of independence.
Great cheering, the cheering breaking out
again and again and part OF the audience
rising to their feet and waving handker-
chiefs and hatS.)
Now, gentlemen, who are those men?
Their ability cannot be questioned is
there man in all this country who Will
dare to say that any man VINO assisted III
framing this great measure had poltlcal
ak to grind (Applause) What purpose m
1uenced Senator Edmunds and his col
leagues? Not to serve themselves not TO
serve their party not to serve their secton,
but to promote the common welfare OF all
the people (Cries of Good, good }, ana Tor
that reason I say we ought to stand by the
measure. No man should dare to set up ms
individual judgment against the combined
judgment of those men. Let us remember
which has been characterized as the grand
est instrument ever emanatlnS from the
brains of man, is the work of compromise
and concession. Every section III II before
it was enacted was the result OF the Surren-
der of individual convictions in behalf OF the
common good. No man claims tnat tnaC
bill is perfect Perfection is not an attribute
of humanity, but we must go before the peo-
pie courageously and advocate this meas
because it is right: do it actuated by the
same motives which Influenced Colonel Bul-
lock, General Buckner and hundreds Oh
others to turn their backs upon Chelr po-
litical associations of a lifetime ana Stanu
up with their political enemies ana say
We won't be party TO IL. NGreal APP
Now. gentlemen, just one word. The
people have been msinformed. Thelr educa-
ton has been sadly neglected. with shame
7 confess it that in my country, at least,
our public men. as a rule. have been stu
dents of public opinion rather than ed I.Ss1
| tors of public thought Great applause
But we must quit all that. we must go 70
| the people in an honest. frank and manly
| way. and l do honestly believe we can I'M
| press them and make them see that we
| are on the right line. AS was once SAID by
| one of the grandest men who ever llVed
| cline. you can fool all the people some or
| the time. you can fool some OF the people
all the time, but you cannot TOOL all the
This tribute from the South to Abraham
| lincoln with which Judge Crawford closed
| his address, was received with uproarous
Mr.. Weissinger, of Louisville, Ky, rose
| and said he desired to ask question. Sald
| he: Il want to ask one question address
! ing Judge Crawford.) You have spoken, sir,
/ with such signal ability and honesty Inat
! it seems to me that the mantle OF Gay
| and Breckenridge has fallen upon your
| shoulders and / desire to ask you, sir, II
| YOU are not from Kentucky, by way Oh
| Texas" Great laughter)
| A DELEGATE FROM Arkansas.
| H. L. Remel, of Little Rock, Ark, being
| a delegate from another Southern state,
| was recognized by the chairman and pro-
| ceeded to the stage and spoke as follows:
'I want to take a little exception to my
| friend Bullitt. l agree with him in part,
but 1 must disagree with him on one or
| two propositions, one at least. He speaks
of the South and says that negro domina-
ton kept many men from voting the sound
| money ticket. ] want to say to Judge Bull
lit that in my State OF Arkansas last year
thousands of men rallied to the sound
money standard and further than that,
| that in every community there is sprink-
ling of sound money men, and while they
have the oStracism of the Bryan element,
| yet they are men of convictions and they
| have dared to stand by their convictions,
as my distinguished friend from Texas, and
| Judge Bullock and thousands Of others did,
| and | as a Republican recognize the value
| of the sound money Democratic vote In the
last election. / will not say that we are
| the most intelligent people in the world IN
| our State of Arkansas, but we have fair
degree of intelligence upon general mat
| tiers, but when it came down to the flnanclal
| questions, up to 1893, there was dense lg-
| norance. AS an Illustration last year rep
| resentative for the Legislature in one of
his card from his name l6-l. Ih1s was
true of the cards of all candidates
| from constable up. That was their plat
| form. This representative went to a sound
| money Democrat, asking for his support
| The voter looked at the card and said, Six
teen to one-you are for 16 to l, are you?
| Yes We'll, what is this 10 to i; what does
that mean% Why, is TO 1-lt-means-WhS