The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-07

ousilcAns bring forward 70 answer az COM
pluints agaln~l the administration VIII nov
deceive the farmer ne SHOWS ne.
factors enter ..to his income; f'1rst' the
size Of his crop. and. second the pi4Se
which he receives Tor the same he ooe-
not return thanks 10 the party IN powerior
favorable weather and bountiiui hat'c.-
and ne knows that the republican Pa'ts
mas no policy which insured permanent
Increase in agricultural prices. since nc
sells his surplus IN "a foreign Market ne -
F, not a beneficiary OF the tarin. ana s'nee nc
produces merchandise ana nor nones'
/ does not prort b. the appreciation Oh w
| dollar He knows that the much vauh..o
prosperity. OF which he has never hau ne
/ share. Is on the wane In spite OF me unuse"'
and unnatural stimulation when IL mas
ceived during the last three years.
Lnows that each month OF 1860 shows a
,r..r number OF failures than the CORE
spending month of 1899. ana that tne'e
already a marked tendency TOWARD 9s
crease ia the output OF the iaceor.es
Knows also, that discoveries Oh so.u
f.min.s abroad and war on three CONF
n.nts have not been able to raise the price
of farm products as rapidly AZ trusts anu
combinations have raised the price VI '"e
things which the farmer buys.
81, "a sometimes urged by partisan pop
ulists that four years more OF repupiiea"
misrule would so aggravate ecoho"s. 80
ditions as to make reforms easier NJ ons
can afford to aid in making matters
in the hope of being able to make the" ~
- . f,arward for in so doing he assumes
asropsihilities for evils which he may ho'
he able to remedy. No populist. howese'
sa,ruine believes IL possible to elect pop
ulist president at this time. pu. .ne php",har
t marty may be able to determine wnethei
a democrat or a republican VIII DC e'ec.eu'
: Mr.. Chairman. the populist cohseh,io'n'
= which your committee represents .houe
j. II better TO share with the democrats III nv
: honor of securing some OF tue rel ms
=. s,rsd nv vour party than to bear the ouium
g Of remaining neutral in this great Crisis, ~
E. OF giving open or secret aid TO the rpuo,s :
u an party which opposes all the reforms ~
q which the populists contend.
e ..,.,.a.- no lahor 10 improve the condi-
Al tions which surround their fellow-meh are
G. ami 10 become impatient; but they must re.
J member that 1t takes time 10 "oiA W.
= great reforms
of ~ have called attention to the issues
q. which brought the democrats and popuiis's
IN together and which justified their coopera.
C. ton during the last four years. Lei me no =
invite your attention to new ques'ion
which would justify cooperation az al -,
at economic questions IL Is not our fauit ina
n these new questions have been thrus. -. = =
e. the arena OF politics; II is not our iau'' .ia
10 the people have been called upon " ~
"a sider questions OF ever-increasins mas,'
nd ,rda In 1880 the tariff question was N
ie- nrincipal subject of discussion, anu VI
no democratic party contendedtn at tne Hasss
ie- were carrying a burden Of unjust anu "a
tly racassarvtaxes In 1892 the tartn questio
at - IN the nrincipal issue between IN
lat democratic and republican parties -
me though In the west and south the inone
Oh question was assuming greater ana - GOV '..
IN proportions, and the popunsts were co'
CT Tending that our monetary system
'ial more responsible than the iarin laws -
OF ,ha deprcssion in agriculture and the ui'
vor trsss existing among the wase-eai ~
en- In 1896 the whole question OF taNauoh y
aey came OF secondary importance peeaus'
the increa sed holiness of those VINO oppos'
lile the gold and silver coinage OF the cohsti'
Ma ton. When the republicans declared
an ST Louis that the restoration OF piile Z,
de- ism in this country. aithoush ues"a -
icy, us impossiblc without the aid OF the lea
and 90, commercial nations OF the old w =
pay the populists and silver republicans john
with the democrats in asserting the rs
sing and duty OF the American people 70 sha
on their financial system for themselves,
the =. ralass of the action of other natioi
OPP THE failure of the republican party 10
pro- cure international bimetallism ana It's op
PEN espousal OF the gold standard sun Keep
money question in politics. but no ecohon
question can compare In impor'an.s ~,
the a question which concerns the prihciP
tire and structure OF government. systems
d at taxation can be changed with iess diHcu
nan than hnancial sysueHs ~. sa..~.r !
,hen TENS can be altered Win iess u". -
and less disturbance to the country thai
sue. vital doctrines upon "HiS" i'Se eo'
arty rests.
only In the early COS. wheh we ~e's .ns
-eat- In A contest which was 10 ueteIm
/ The whether we should have one repupiic
bsti- two. questions Oh hnahce ~c' 20 ,s 80 :
silver was at a premium over gold, and
In an and silver were at a premium over gre
emo backs and bank notes. but the people co
lie IN not AFFORD to divide over the money ~
10 so lion in the presence of greater ISSUE
ether so to-day we are ensaseu ~ = 49, -
here which will determine whether we are
eem- have a republic in which the goverhm
reen- derives its just powers from the cons
alton of the governed. or an empire III -
lican brute force Is the only recognized sourc
sys power ,>,
debt I'm a government where the people
yra,- every wrong can be righted nd every
~ I'm remedi.d but when once the dociriL'
lily as self -governmtnt Y iihpaiieu 80 'rta
that any question will be settled corre'
! pop ImpcrinIism.
party "a colonial policy would occupy
iidinS neople with the consideration OF the
n the psn,p, ,"reirn nolicy that domestic q
icient w. i .o,,,s " neglected who will
y 'ne down the fiar? or stand by the presiu
would be the prompt response 10 e
ow az criticism OF the administration ana
much a.t., IN snacial privilege would III
n ard 80, ~. cove- ~ PATRIOTISM
upon ~, q, M, strange that the popu
'eason should oppose militarism and imperial
party for both are antagonistic TO the prime
which populists apply to other quest
favor 49, -, ,,,astians from the standy
If any 100 ,ras,,cor 81 wealth. rather
which " ~ 80, s,.ndnoint az the speculat or
- OIL nopulist recognizes in miltarism a
neh, slant and increasing burden. The
AZ Chi $50 .'h,.h occa sionally DESTROYS a
be ex 49,, IL not nearly so dangerou
enemy TO the farmer as a large star
~ e"- army which invadcs every Held OF ino
imerce and exacts toll from every crop.
,ro.ee9 '.If 10000 men are withdrawn iron
NINA ranks OF the producers and placed as
cessivc s',,,s,,, ~, hacks Of those who rems
must mean longer hours harder worl
no SCI greater sacrifice for those who toll. an
iapor farmer while he pays more than his
: head. - 80 axnanses OF the army has no