The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11

Indianapolis Ind. Sept s.-The Repub-
/ lican campaign in this city was opened tO-
night with a street demonstration by the
/ Marion Club and meeting at English's
/ Opera House Notwithstanding the heat
the theater was crowded. and the audi
ence enthusiastic John l.. Grifaths. can
didate for the nomination Tor governor be-
+ fore the last State convention. presided
George G. Tanner. OF this city, the first
/ speaker. who was Gold Democrat In iSls.
/ declared tonight for Mckinley AT the
conclusion OF his address Mr.. Grlffiths In
| trcdueed Senator Charles A Fairbanks.
WnG delivered the address OF the evening.
The Senator's speech.
| senator Fairbanks said, In part:
We come before the people with no apology upon
our lips. but with a luminous record Of righteous
1 deeds DONE with promise wrought into fulnllment
We are not ashamed Of our cid issues. nor afraid
/ to frankly espouse ones. Our reeord Is be-
fore the people, and Il is part Of the enduring
history of the republic. We could not change 10 "
We would and we would not IL We could.
No one has shared more 10 the prosperity stimu-
lated by the Mckinley administration than the
farmers Of the U1itse States. No one suffered more
1 than they du-ipa the last administration Their
/ gain In the enhanced value Of live stock and The
staple crops In four years Is more than a billion
/ dollars Add to this millions more in the In
creased value OF Eool butter. eggs. fruits. veseta
/ bic lands. and other property. and shall gain
some conception OF the benefits OF the present ad-
| ministration 10 the farmers Of the country. The
ranks Of the employed have been increased By hun
dreds of thousands; labor has had work; t has not
/ baa, sor -. n gba arftu Ia
has been building homes: IL has been educating
| children; it has been increasing the deposits In
building and loan associations and in savings
banks. Shall reverse this gratifying conditiaEs
/ Shall We again increase the ranks Of the unsm-
pOyed? Shall work continue to seek labor shall
We return to return to the days when labor vas
anxiously seeking work?
| The declarations Of the Kansas City convention
and its candidate a menace to the credit Of the
country and to our Industrial progress The free
coinage Of silver and gold az proposed would drive
from circulation every dollar Of gold and reduce TO
| silver basis the silver and paper currency re
| naming thus producing a radical contraction Of
our circulating medium.
/ Geld standard Endansered.
| 1t has been said by soma who have certainly not
given careful and serious thought to this vital sub
! feet that IL Mr. Bryan should be elected and carry
| the House OF Representatives the gold standard
| would be secure because OF the Republican Senate
| Is it wise to take chances? Is IT a part OF con-
servstive policy hazard prosperity for years
| 10 come on such an assumptioni Unfortunately, his
| election would be accompanied BY enough seats in
| the Senate before the expiration Of his term to
place 1t absolutely In his power TO accomplish the
great purpose Of the campaign of 1886 and the real
and overmaste-ing purposes OF the pending cam
| paign free silver coinage or silver monometsIism.
/ p,. ha fun,
diate possession OF the Senate. his election would
| be a menace to the integrity Of our currency gs-
\ TEN. The apprehension alone would cause hes.
| itancy. commercial strophy.
| The loss resulting from the free coinage % ALL
| yer would fall not only upon the capitalists and
| workinEmen with cruel severity but II would Sc
rousy injury the ss3 900 pensioners Of the republic.
We shall not consent that they shall he paid IN
| DEPRECATED or ascent dollars. Our soldiers and
sailors rendered unselhsh service in the tragic hours
| Of the republic. and the government should never
consent to pay those who upon the pension roll
| in money less valuable than the best.
| Those who toll should not be defrsuded Of the
| fruit Of their labor. There is device which 80
surely cheats iaboT a deprecated currency. and
it is the part Of good government TO provide for a
circulating medium hich shall be as good In the
hands Of labor as in hands OF capital. II must
defrsud neither the the other. There Is
| something almost cruel. 1t seems the very irony
Of fate for the owners of silver bullion 10 attempt
to secure the support Of those who toll TO the de-
basement Of the currency which they must receive
for their labor a
Eject on Wage Esrners.
Wages are none too high. The overthrow Of the
gold standard and the establishment Of silver
| monometsilisn would mean their immediate and
inevitable reduction. A reduction in the vslus Of
money in which wages paid is. In effect. re-
duetoE in wages
II is unnecessary to eBvmsIste all who would uuf-
fer from deprecated currency. The eatsIogue ia
too vast. No scarcely would escape injury.
Even the great silver bullion owners would have
but temporary advantage.
Referring to the Philippines, the Senator
said:
TIE future rests within the supreme control OF
The American peopIe. II rests within tse sound
discretion Of Congress Until Congress shall other
wise decree. the President OF the United states
must 60 forward In the sork OF Dselheaton, In ths
work Of establishing civil government.
| The Republican platform makes solemn pledge "a
the FipinOa that the largest Of sslf-gov-
ernment consistent with their welfare and sur au-
ties shall be secured to them By law" This
pledge Is not Imperialism. It is the Very founds
tion principle upon which have held every ter.
ritory from the Louisiana Purchase 10 this hour
II the possession Of the Philippines Is imperiaste
Mr. Bryan's insisteboe upon the ratification OF the
treaty was Eiss and iRdefensbls. What think
you Of statesman who would advocate the ratIhos-
tion OF a treaty which Is inimics 10 the republic
and which lays strong and hrm the foundation OF
an emplre7 II Mr.. Bryan Is right now his potential
support Of the ratification Of the treaty vas a stu
bendous blUader II. however he was right then.
1
the rstlnesti0h is utterly insxeHssbie.
Path of Duty 10 the Philippines.
we must discharge our obligations without no.
ETet 10 a msnful way. in an American Nay. cen
seious OF the fact that have dhs power. The
manhood. the patriotism. and the Christian spirit
necessary 20 DO a. Responsibilities Onos assumed
must Be h0nor4bly discharged. not dishonofasiy
abandoned
coagfess may be relied upon in the future. .s /,
has been in The past. 20 provide for the new pos.
ssssioss such legislation only a. loosl conditions
| rsqusH and such a. - In hsrnony With the spirit
| Of our snstiigtlonz.
On the subject of trusts. the sens.
said:
The Republican party recognizes the honsst 60.
! operation Of capital 70 meet ssw Sasinsss eos1l.
tioss ana promote ths extension of our foreign
trade. II is insIor3biy opposed. however. % am
s>nsis&tions trusts rtshcss 70 ssifs falF e5,n-
petiti~n. 20 create moaoDoiss 10 oontrol prices
Tss Republican party Is credited With u. only
natioasi sEislstl0n Shlch has elective IN the
regulation restriction Of combinations ia any de-
grse. Il enacted The Interstate eonmsres Law sn6
shsrman's anti,;fus, law tNo issssarss Shieh hsxa
1esR shoiss0ms in tsslr eject. thossh nst ss CON.
| srshsHssze n thsiF eject a. essirss 1hs esu.
pisH Feisiisns Of Federal ssd state authority have
mzzs i fnoFs o. less 9laegii 70 dsaI sith ths sse
gsef Hsss e IA tfasts ioesi sithia ths 70
sgsetlys ssSsss ssd bsyoas che lafisdieion 0: Goa
/ sfsss BIZ psss-a re k2sss Of Representatives
al the last session q csnzfess to1klaE 70 an
smsa6msst 20 thS Constitution iHysssisg lAs Con-
Ersss sfth fgsi power ths ehtfs SUBJECT sist-
10 the States. bgs Il Essbofsiy ergossd sy th.
! DsmoeEaiie EssnheFs. SnIY Eve yotinz for e The
bsil Sla net reach the seasts a tiass ior eoasdsf