Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-10-05
THE SPEECH,


Jenkinson and the following is briei
summary of his able address:
THE SPEECH.
Judge Taylor in the beginning OF
his remarks, referred to three reasons
why Republicans should continue to
be Republicans and why they should
feel proud of the fact that they belong
to this party. He then proceeded II
give his tnreesreasons, explain 1g! escI
one as he went along in a logical, con
vlncing manner and causing hIs
audience to listen with breathless at
| tention. He first took up the ques
| ton of expansion and the additIora
requirement of territory by the United
States and gave may reasons why the
| United States should be Progressive
| I-~ston and stand foremost among ths
1etker nations of the world. He traced
Ina fofcISle manner, the steady
growth of the United States Ia the lasi
century, touching particularly or
(the commercial and industria.
| growth. He said that ths
condition which the United
States has been IN for years, was jast
| beginning to dawn upon the people
since the war, and the necessity for
| more territory rs becoming more ap
parent each year He told of the
great increase in the populat on on ae
count of allowing the people of ali
| nations to come to our shores and OF
the immense amount of employment
We provide for them. During the past
| fifty years the growth of machinery
a l.
| narkable, and this is another reason
for expansion, as this machinery has
taken the place of men and left them,
IN many cases, without employment,
penned up, as it We're, and waiting for
new fields of labor to open up. The
war has done this almost before the
people had given the matter
a thought, and the great question now
confronts US whether we shall allow
these people to remain idle in oul
midst or send them forth in newly ac
quired territory and into new fields of
| labor. The time has come for us to
i grow and to bring about this
end we must have those
islands brought under our
care by warfare. 1t is not because We
have grown suddenly ayaricious, but
the time has come for Us to widen out
SO that we can rank with other nations
of the earth in commerce and trade
We can not achieve success in com
meree AID ship our goods in English
ships, but we must have ships OF our
own in all parts of the world and ports
aud harbors for them. Like every
thing else, the expansion would bring
take care of savages and establish law
and order on the islands, aad devise
new schemes of government aad estao-
lish new patriotism for the world.
Mr.. Taylor gave other convincing
reasons why the time has now come
for the United States TO spread oct
an And RsFsass e sns not Snly in ares bur IL
Mr.. Taylor next took up sAssz-..
ton of money, giving this subject as
the second cause for the Republicans
to put mp good fight in the coming
campaign. He said that the free sill
yer issue was not dead, as has some
times been stated by the Republicans
this year. In certain sense tina:
may be true, but in a certain other
sense it is not at all true. The judge
then gave brief review of the history
| of the silver question from 1774. when
the first attempt was made TO establish
money on better basis, until the
present time. In 1892 the ratio wa
fixed at 10 to l and after thorough
trial it was found that the gold dollar
was worth more as merchandise than
as money, and in 1884 the ratio was
accordingly changed TO l6 TO l. After
this change was made, it was found
that matters had been exactly reversed
u that the silver dollar was wortl
more than the gold. In 1878 the
government proposed buying up 5
Large amount of silver bullion in order
Ito place it on par with gold. The,
did this, but instead of the silver in
ereasing in value it fell from 93 Il
some point in 90, and in later year
even lower. The last step was Il
leave it in the hands of an interna
tional commission, and trial is neces
sary.
The third topic taken up by tn
Iiudge was the miserable attempt of tn
Democratic party to make an issue on
of the alleged mismanagement IN tn
recent war. and he scored them roundl
ifor being mean enough to take up
subject resulting from the falls
, charges of newspaper correspondents
He read the part referring to thi
issue in the platforms of the New Yor
E and New Jersey Democrats. In tn
c first place." said Mr.. Taylor. this
{ no issue. The mistakes of war can
c paign is no reason why voters shoul
vote one way or the other" 81
went on to say that there is DO dout
some mistakes were made, that il VS.
: an impossibility that such q short. tel
rible and effective war should
twaged. with few weeks preparation
without making some mistakes, {
without getting few men in the rsnl
of oyerseers, as II were, who were Il
lcompetent and unworthy of the ehare
IS intrusted to them. In the short spa,
t of a lew weeks, clothing. shoes, ar
n other army material for quarter of
f million of men had to be contracts
b for and made. and 1t is nothing mo
than would be expected that some
Y this should be faulty and give cause f
c complaint.
e Judge Taylor is one of the mo
:. forcible speakers that has been IN tn
{. city in years, and his words are OF Il
r, convincing sort that allows no roo
d for the deoater 10 get around. He y
listened 70 by fair sized audiene
ie with profound admiration and respes
Of and seldom has an audience of Repu
ia heans been given better proof II
J. they were on the right side than Is
q night. The Judge does not pride hil
self on his gift of howery speech. b
a. he certainly goes farther by gIvil
II what Richmond Republicans alwa
re like better than anything elSe-faei
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