The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-18

A~A' " dA4T Vl1 VI DCoAt0
but there has been maintained until the
last two years under our system of finance
n system by which it was possible Tor
spectators in Wall street and elsewhere
to make a bull market for gold and a
bear market for silver, but that system
has been changed, and the men who want
a bull market for silver to-day are those
who are backing Mr.. Bryan-the owners OF
silver mines" prolonged applause and
cheers.1
Mr.. Eckels's interrupter again arose and
sought to put another question TO the
speaker, but the audience considered that
a satisfactory reply had been given and
made such violent protest that the man
subsidized.
Mr.. CLARK's REASONS.
The speaker continued: "Why. 1 say does
Mr.. Clark, of Montana, want free coinage
of silver? Because he could turn into the
minis of the United States an article which
Is worth but 4S cents at its commercial
value and take out something that he
would make every man who had a debt due
him accept under the stress of law for 1oo
cents. [Great applause and cheers.l l re-
member when a very small boy-a very cal
low youth-of carrying on a correspond
ence with a very entertaining young lady
at a boarding school, who under the watch
full care of the mistress of the school, de-
prived Of ink and pen. found that ii was
possible to write with a sh~arDened stick
and a bottle of liquid backing. 1t was dur
Ing the time of the Bland-Allison act dis
cussion i'm Congress. when the East was
opposed to that piece Of financial legisla-
ton as being unwise and dishonest. Al
though only a school girl, she had a bet
ter knowledge of the fundamental prin-
ciples of finance and the underlying prin-
ciples of common honesty than Mr.. Bryan
and some of his followers. and she wrote
this piece of poetry, which contains a
moral that might well be studied in this
90 ~ nof b. oil tho ~ ~ nnnnl0s
In God we trust
That sixty cents of silver dust
VIII make a dollar good and just;
From wheels OF labor take the rust,
Give poor men bread instead of crust,
"'But if the Lord should not agree
To sanction such dishonesty,
In what a precious quandary
Would the people truly be
For putting on our coins, you see,
In God We trust
Laughter and applause.l
Il commend TO the American citizen in
this campaign the studying of the under
lying moral principles which rest beneath
this money question, for in its last analy-
| sis 1t is only a question of common hon.
esty, and when a question of common hon
esty is submitted to a people of our his
tory, and of our traditions, and of our &C
complishments. and of our place in the
world, there is but one decision that can
come-that decision is a decision for right,
for honesty, for honor. for the upholding
OF the greatness of a nation and the
strength of the Individual" lGreat APP
plause.]
POSITION RIDICULED.
Mr.. Eckels paid his respects to those
Gold Democrats who give as their reason
for supporting Mr.. Bryan that they be-
lieve he is right upon foreign issues, al
though they admit he is wrong upon de-
nestle questions. He ridiculed this posi-
ton numerically. He took up the subject
of Mr.. Bryan's advocacy of the treaty with
Spain. by which the Philippine islands
were acquired, and inquired why, if Mr.
Bryan believes in the rights of the Fill
pinos, he tri1ed with those rights by advo-
eating a treaty which places a cloud upon
the title of their islands He said that Mr..
Bryan claims to have taken this course In
order 10 teach the American people a les
son, and then propounded to the Neoras-
kan the pertinent inquiry: Why teach
Imperialism here at the expense of the
Filipinos there?'
In conclusion Mr.. Eckels said: 1.-The
Democrat who supports President McKin-
ley does so because he believes in some
things for which Mr.. Mckinley stands,
and because he disbelieves in all things
that Mr.. Bryan advocates. lGreat applause
and cheers.l The ADMINISTRATION ought to
be Endorsed by the American people. ZAP
plause.l AS against Bryan and Organism
4 L prefer 1r6Sluent mckinley ana tne
things for which his party stands [Great
applausel. and I would rather, for the
time being, advocate a reasonable, whole
some Republicanism than an emasculated
and BryaniZed Democracy. Laughter and
applause.l The administration has, at
least, accomplished, with the aid of a pa
triotic citizen of Indianapolis, Hugh Han
ma IGreat applausel, and those who have
stood back of him., aided by a sentiment
created by the Gold Democracy [Applausel
and the gold Republicanism IApplause],
the fixing of the gold standard in this
country. [Applause.l The administrator
has aided I'm improving the banking laws,
it has maintained the dignity of the gov
eminent at home and abroad. II has main
tanned untarnished and unsullied the Ma
tons credit lApplausel, and for these
things the Democrats who love Democracy
and its traditions and hate Populism and
it's errors ought to vote for President Nc
Kinley as against MI. Bryan. l would pre-
fer President Mckinley and his advisers
to Mr.. Bryan and his advisers. Laughter
and a%pplause.] 1 would have more faith in
their utterances as to purity In politics,
the sacredness of individual rights, the
protection or individual freedom, the puri-
ty of the ballot box, the best traditions of
the American people, say | would prefer
to go with President Mckinley upon those
issues than with a man who makes a spec
tacle before God and man of taking to his
bosom and his confidence Richard Croker,
of New York. Laughter and applause.l
"Fellow-citizens, in the interest of good
| SOV6THlucll, IOi tnc chihiiidtion u class
prejudice. for the bringing about of a closer
relation between labor and capital, for es-
tablishing more confidence as between en-
ployer and employe. for the purpose of
preserving intact the best traditions of the
country, making for your Children's chill
dren traditions and policies that will add
a still greater weight of glory to the Amer
lean people, submit that you ought TO
overwhelmingly defeat Bryan and make
impossible again his entrance into a ma
t;onal contest, and impossible the sane
tioning of the policy for which he stands.
and which, if you give him the power-un-
less he is dishonest and a hypocrite-he will
undertake to enforce"