The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-24
LEAVES PARTY.
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right to complain OF the treatment each
has received az the hands of the ocher.
In the language OF one of the distin-
guished anti-expansion Republicans" most
active I'm the affairs of the recent Demo-
cratic national convention $50 largely con-
trolled by those who never were Demo-
crats) and whose address was one of the
features of that assemblage, / can say.
II have been hOnored highly by my party
in the past. have served that party well
honor / received. and the account Is bal
anced now. Life. human life. is but a
narrow span between two great unknown
eternities and life is too short for a man
to sacrifice his principles or his love OF
country"
WHEN re LEAVE A PARTY.
I believe in parties and have always been
a party man. / believe i'm party organiza-
ton and majority rule. and that under
general conditions the will and desire OF
the individual should give way 10 the col
lective wisdom of the party majority, but
in a great exceptional crisis like the pres
ent, when the honor of the country Is at
stake, its credit attacked, it's judiciary de-
| nounced. the supremacy OF its laws
menaced, the glory of its flag assailed and
by the open advocacy of the principles OF
anarchy the very existence of The Republic
endangered. party fealty must give way
10 public veal. and the party that arrays
itself against that which is politically
honest, honorable and true must be OPP
posed. let the consequences to the indi-
Vidual be what they may. Those of us
who follow the dictates OF conscience IN
this supreme hour must expect abuse and
MISREPRESENTATION OF every conceivable
character TO follow our action, but must
go on unswervingly and without compro-
mise. In the eloquent words of the great
Charles Sumner, uttered at a trying period
of his political history, there are matters
~legitimately within the range of expediency
and compromise. but the questions now
| before the country are Of another char
acter. These questions will not admit OF
compromise. These questions are not
within the range of expediency. To be
wrong on these questions is TO be wholly
wrong" Upon these great questions, then,
i'm the consideration of which neither COM
promise nor expediency can
hold a place and upon which to be wrong
lis to be wholly wrong i take my posi-
| ton Individually for the right as IL Is given
me TO see the right, and as "A free and I'M
trammeled voter, with no personal inter-
ests to be affected except such as affect
every other good and loyal citizen. The
'monopolist" has no terrors for me-, as 1
am in no way engaged in the business or
money lending. hold no mortgages for
money loaned and own nc stock whatso-
ever in any bank, insurance company, rail-
road, trust, monopoly. corporation or COM
bination.
ALWAYS A SOUND-MONEY MAN.
III the unlnllhllS may tudTtS lAdt u
have not been consistent. in the seeming
abandonment of old party fealty-to a
party that has itself abandoned the old
party principles, l think can show that
I have ever been personally consistent and
persistent in defense of the principles to
which / to-day give my support. AT no
time during my political career have I
stood with the apostles of an unsound sys-
tenn of inance. and at all times have openly
and boldly opposed those who endeavored
20 commit the Democratic party to a finan-
cial policy OF national dsshonor and ma
ton dishonesty. In former days when those
who were commonly known as ''Greenback-
ers' were as clamOrous and as insistent
as are the free silver partisans OF the
present, the records will show that / AS
earnestly opposed the iat-money heresy OF
that period as / do the kindred Ie-to-1
heresy of to-day; and that as a member
of the Indiana Legislature OF that time
| was one OF a half dozen lonesome Demo-
Gratis. standing for the proper and legiti-
mate use OF gold and silver, but not silver
monometallism who separated from the ma
Jority of the party in the House OF Repre-
sentatives and voted with the Republican
minority against a joint resolution calling
upon Congress TO repeal the specie resump-
ton act and to initiate and depreciate the
currency by further injurious and unwar-
ranted issues Of so-called "greenback'
/ laper money. The SILVER mOnOmetallfStS N
the present are the legitimate heirs and
SUCCESSORS of the irrdeemable paper
money champions of the past, and the In
auguratlon OF the policy OF either would
impair the public credit and debase the
national currency.
When, during the campaign OF 1896, the
outrage on true Democracy was perpe-
trated OF placing five Populists on the
Democratic electoral ticket In Indiana. pub
licly, over my own signature. l denounced
IL as "a cowardly and disgraceful abandon
ment OF Democracy On Nov. Z. the day
following the presidential election OF 1896.
in an interview published I'm the Indian
apolis Ne. 8. 1 said that while could not
at that time bring myself TO the sever
ancc of the old party relations which i had
held so long. l could not take the stump 10
advocate such heresies as then wore the
badge of Democracy" / further stated
that II had protested against the out
rage of fusion with the Populists." and
added. II cannot regret that Bryan has
been defeated. and cannot say that 1 am
even the least sorry for IT."
Previous 10 the election OF 1895. when. on
my return from Cuba. the Democracy Of
the Seventh congressional district. with
practical unanimity. expressed the desire
, that 1 should accept the nomination al
their candidate for Congress-. I positively
and peremptorily declined. stating openly
and upon all occasions. to all my political
friends that. aside from all other indu.
! ences. there was no possibfo state Of cir,
cumssancss that could induce ~ - y