The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-06
LINE UP FOR SOUND MONEY,
Chicago Business Men Organise foI
the campaign-Address OF
James HI. Eckek.

nearly every phase OF industry That ms
brought the city to its present stand
ing among the great commercial cities
of the world, met Wednesday night,
September 20, at the Grand Pacific ho-
tel and reorganized the Business Mems
Sound Money association. The princi-
pal feature of the meeting was an adj
dress delivered by James II. Eckels,
former comptroller of the currency.
The chair was taken by Joseph Beifeld,
who, after announcing the reasons for
the call, asked Chairman Nye, of the
committee on resolutions of the old as
ISOLATION, to read the resolutions drawn
up for submission to the meeting.
They were as follows:
Resolutions Praise President.
BE It resolved, That the Business Mems
Sound Money association of 1900 Is hereby
organized, and that II pledges Its member
ship heartily and Internationally to the
support OF Mckinley and Roosevelt. the
tried and true champions Of honest govern
ment, honesty money and commercial
honor
ut is with qualification that we recur to
the fact that every business prediction
made by the Sound Money association In
1896 has been fully realized. On the other
hand. the truth of the statement Is con-
coded that not one OF the prophecies OF our
opponents made at that time has been
borne out by experience.
1.-THE fuiillment Of the pledge made by
the republican party to pass the necessary
laws to put the monetary system OF the
country on a sound basis was prompt and
met with universal approval, resulting In
the absolute restoration OF confidence and
an increase in the volume OF trade that was
unprecedented. During the past four years
the total amount Of trade balances In our
favor has exceeded the total sum Of
trade balances IN our favor during
the hundred years preceding the pres
ent administration. The marvellous
growth of the savings bank deposits
during the past four years shows that
more labor has found employment and has
been better paid than at any time In the
history OF this or any other country. In
deed. the difficulty in securing the neces-
sary labor to move crops and to construct
| and reconstruct railways during the past
year has been pronounced, and stands out
| In strong contrast with the situation four
years ago. when SO many hundreds Of thou
sands were without employment
Resolved, That the prosperity which
has been so general and bountiful during
| the past four years-that has given employ
ment to the unemployed-that has brought
enterprise out OF stagnation and security
| out of chaos, had for It's foundation sound
money and commercial honor. andthat In
behalf Of a continuance of the blessings OF
prosperity we again pledge ourselves to the
support of William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt"
Chairman Beifeld then introduced
Mr.. Eckels as a man who had been and
| still was a democrat-"a true demo-
crat, one of the Cleveland and John NJ.
Palmer school, the kind that republic
ans had ever recognized as honorable
foes and as worthy antagonists" Mr..
Eckels said:
with each recurring presidential can
| vass for 20 years have thought II my duty
and privilege to address my low-citizens.
| / have done SO always as democrat, hav-
| ing full faith In democratic principles right
| ly applied and properly interpreted. have
| yet that faith, and am yet democrat.
| But my democracy Is not the democracy
| that finds itself the convenient lying-in
| asylum Of every element of discomfort and
| disorder in the country. When my duty
to my party cannot align with my duty to
the state l maintain my self-respect and
| my democracy by refusing to follow the
| democratic organization.
| This movement of yours Is fraught with
| good to the city, state and the country at
| large. 1t Is movement to demonstrate
| that the people Of this country hold II as a
sacred duty to retain unimpeachable and
| untarnished the honor and integrity OF the
| government II democrats could not ac-
| cept Mr. Bryan's views in 1896 because he
stood as the embodiment of a party that
| had put In its platform an assault on the
honor Of the land how can he be any more
acceptable now? What has he done since
| 1896 to convince any citizen of this repub-
| lie that he is any more capable of dlscharg-
ing the duties of the high Office he seeks
to-day than he was then? II the govern
ment was endangered in 1896 by the theories
of socialism. populism and Organism, is II
any less endangered to-day?
Duty of Business Men.
1.-THE business men OF the land owe II to
themselves TO band together against q
party pledged by all the acts OF its leaders
and by all the platforms 1t has made to q
! work that must be revolving to all right
minded men. party that has the audacity
to declare that, as far as II is concerned, the
sacred right of private contract shall be
| abrogated, a party that within its own fold
| Will not for moment entertain a single
| suggestion from those true democrats who
appeal to II In the name of patriotism and
honor. deny that that party Is any long.
er the democratic party and declare thai
the democrat who truly believes in demo.
| cratic principles demonstrates his fealty
to democracy by voting against Bryan ahd
assisting In the reelection Of President Nc
Kinley.
"A democracy that prefers Tillman. a
| Weaver, an Altgeld and Towne to a JEFF.
ferson. Jackson and Cleveland Is not a
democracy at ALL but hybrid-the result
| of an unholy alliance with an organlza tior
which always has been and always will be
| a prostitute In politics. What man is there
among you who fails to understand the mo-
tive back of the plank declaring against
what 1t calls government by injunction
| 1t lies in the fact that democratic presi.
dent, now repudiated by this hybrid or
ganization, had the honesty and the ster.
ling courage to say that In this city OF ours
law and order should prevail at all costs
and at all hazards.
National Currency Threatened.
1.-THE so-called democratic organization
to-day Is socialistic. populistic, Bryanistic
| There Is not a single democratic doctrine
for which II stands. 1t sacrificed the Is.
sue upon which II drew to itself the sup.
port of the business and Intellectual ele.
| ments of the country when Il allied Itself
| with the silver republicans OF the west and
| the silver populists of the south, and after
all Its professions OF a freer commerce and
trade accepted as Its doctrine instead the
worst kind of protection-the protection OF
the silver mine owner, which would have
| meant the debauching and debasement OF
the national currency.
above all others. the laboring man ought
| to repudiate this heresy as he would Crap
pie with man who assaulted his personal
safety. For the capital of the laborins
man is his daily wage, and when he has nc