The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-28


party. the government is ignoring the strug-
Cling masses and legislating for the
6 benefit Of capital oe. aIon Issus h II is in
the campaign still. / am sanguine enough
to believe that the Constitution will eventu-
ally be so amended that no Supreme Court
can build bulwark around the wealth. OF
the land and throw the burden on the
shoulders OF the struggling masses"
The money question" was discussed In a
manner that left no doubt Of Mr.. Bryan's
position. In the same spirit. said he, that
a Republican calls me an idiot or lunatlc'
or an Anarchist, 1 refer to the 'gold-stand-
ard man. The sentiment is not a pleasant
one, but II is the species or argument en-
ployed by the gold bug he uses either
contempt or satire. or both. The goldite pa
pers. even, do not pretend TO discuss the
questions. They say simply that the ques--
settled. n Is asserting itself day after day.
We had the double standard for eighty-One
years: for eighty-one years there, was no
between gold and silver. do not care what
definition is applied'to that administration
Of eighty-one years; II may not be called lied
please, but give US restoration of that
EMPHATIC ON 1s TO 1.
''In 1896 three parties declared In favor
of bimetallism at the ratio of 16 to 1. and
$4,000 voters marched TO the polls and
voted that the question be driven back to
England. from whence it came. 1 had
with those $4,000 than to have been elected
President with the 100000 and been obliged
to seek aid from English financiers.
Mr.. McKinley's commission went to for
eign nations and cried in every mart and
market for help to save the Republican
party. They went to secure international
Dlmetalllsm. but that was impossible, be-
cause English financiers control the English
controls the continent Of Europe. And the
bankers of England declared n favor of
Sodd standafd- The money question is not
ers declare their emancipation fiom the
yoke of the English financier. Events since
the election of Mr.. Mckinley have robbed
the Republican arguments of their sting.
Four days before the election 1t shout
ed that all that was necessary for the coun-
try was a restoration OF confidence. And
six months after the election more banking
and business houses failed than failed in
the six months of the preceding year. If
rad been elected all this calamity would
have been charged TO me. In fact. things
got so bad that some people thought / had
been elected; LLaughter;l In fact. every
the campaign of 1896 has been answered
by the administration itself. Yet they de-
clare that they will not retreat. Nor will
we: our platform was right in 1896; every
plank of IT was right, every word OF 1t, and
IL is right to-day
of the ratio. 1T is objected to-" he said,
by but two classes. The first is anxious
to anihilate the Chicago platform and the
second does not appreciate the value or the
meaning of that ratio At this ratio alone
can bimetallism be restored, and the DEM
ocratic party will not allow those who re-
scinded its principles In 1896 to define the
platform for IL In 1900"
On the subject of retiring the greenbacks,
Mr.. Bryan declared that ii was due to the
exertion of financiers who desired 10 see an
issue of bonds in their place. The result, he
claimed, would be increased taxation to the
common people and reduction of taxes on
the national banks. The banks would re-
ceive interest on the capital invested and
also be permitted the use of the capitai. But
the Individual would receive the interest
alone and his capital would be locked up
beyond his reach.
Il do not see how any one unless con-
nected with a national bank or who Is a
| fnancier can support the scheme. The gov
| eminent, such people assert should go out
Of the banking business, but We declare
| that the banks should go out Of the gov
/ erning business.
HE CONSIDERS TRUSTS.
more trusts have been organized in the
| last two years than were organized in all
| the previous history Of the Nation. The
i Republicans cannot defend the trusts. Even
| the Ohio convention under Mark Hanna had
to declare against the trusts. Therefore,
| the trusts continue to increase because the
Republican party now in power is not try
/ ing to destroy them. The trusts can be put
| down. The President can appoint an at
/ torney general who can prosecute them
i and recommend law, If the present one is
| not sufficient, to aid in the Punishment of
the moneyed monopolies. The attorney gen.
| eral, even, can recommend an amendment
TO the Constitution. But the Republican
party does not campaign against the trusts
| because the trusts helped TO place the Re
| publican party in power. While the Re-
| publican platforms are denouncing the
trusts. Republican papers are quietly ex-
| planning the benefits to be derived from the
combinations. The monopoly of the indus
~, ~ at, dc Ofo
| few people means an increased distinction
and a more definite division between cap
| ital and labor"
THE EXPANSION POLICY.
Mr.. Bryan then turned his attention to
the discussion of the expansion policy. His
remarks were introduced by declaring that
5000 soldiers were sufficient for the needs
of republic. but that an empire required
hundred thousand. The people again, he
said, must shoulder the burden of the in
creased taxation necessary for the support
Of such an army. "a war of conquest" he
continued. lis not necessary to spread re-
ligion. 1t is dangerous doctrine TO bore
| bullet holes into a mans body to inject re-
| ligious principles L am opposed to forcible
Christianity When you shout the gospel
out of a Calling gun the man who is hit
does not need the gospel any more, and the
man who is missed is too busy burying the
dead to- pay heed TO the tenets OF Chris
tianity.'
Then the financial complexion of the doc
trine Of territorial expansion was referred
| TO. Mr. Bryan declared that expansion
could only be supported upon the doctrine
of spreading Christianity the financial ad
vantages TO be gained and the advancement
| of the interests of politics. The financia
| question, he said, Was thoroughly defined
| by Secretary Cages words of philanthropy,
| and five per cent" This Nation should no
| sell its birthright for a mess OF pottage, h
declared, referring to the dollar and cent
reason advanced in support of the colo
NAL policy THE white people canpot g
to the tropics. and II the Fflipinos died to
| morrow the Americans would not settl
| their land. So ii is obvious that no grea
financial benefit is TO accrue from the an
nexation of the Philippines" He referred
| to India. saying that its statistics of popu
ation for $50 years declared against tn
emigration of the white man to the tropics
that its budget showed that the expense o
maintaining an army in the country wa
far more than the mercantile profits. Th
Philippines he declared, will be a picking
, | ground for syndicates. The expansion mean
that We shall conquer by force, hold b.
force, and that the people so held will hat
and despise Government can be derive
but from two sources, force and consent
Force is the element that establshe
monarchies and consent produces republics
According TO the Declaration of Independ
ence. the cornerstone of our republic, W
have neither right to wreSt away the Phil
ippines from the Filipinos nor right TO pun
chase their government from Spain. IT
inconsistent to arm people for the pun
: pose OF securing their independence, an
!. then make them subjects under a republic
men are created free and equal. and tina
the government derives its lust power