The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-08
HE SUPPORTED WIN. M'KINLEY
BUTTS NOW FOR JUDGE PARKER
Says if Roosevelt Extravaganza is Not
Checked the Government Will Have
to Issue BOnds--COst of Liv-
ing Increased.

BY the Associated Press
indianapolis. Ind, oct. 7. - n. f.
ingalls,, president of the Big -Four
railroad, was the principal speaker
at the democratic meeting tonight He
was escorted 70 the hall by a process,
marching clubs.
Mr.. Ingalls, Speech.
Mr.. ingalls, said in part
when the national committee telc-
graphed that they had assigned me
to indianapolis for a speech this even
ing. ! was delighted. This is a city
in which | have been interested for
many years, whose growth and pros=-
perlty have shared and have gloriei
in its success.
when ! came west many years
ago, here is where | made my first
and best friends, and | have always
priced my acquaintance and fellow
ship with Hendricks, Mcdonald, Har
rison. Porter, Baker Gresham and
other great, statesmen. who in their
lives, so adorned and distinguished
his city ana state
when | last appeared before you
1t was under different circumstances.
II was in this very hall in 1896 that
| made speech advocating the cleo !
tion of Mckinley. | believed then
that the election of Bryan meant an |
economic revolution which would |
bring ruin and trouble to our people, |
ami especially upon those who de-
pended upon fixed salaries and fixed |
wages. and therefore | felt compelled |
to forsake the traditions of lifetime |
and support a republican candidate.
Conditions Have Changed.
81 did not believe in the halfway |
measure of supporting Palmer ana
Buckner. but thought, If were right
in my theories. there was but one
course to pursue, and tina: was 20 sup
port Mckinley. II was only. however.
upon the one point OF preserving the
gold standard
That crisis IL past Today ;here Is
no question dOon: f. WhetEer regis
lAtion. as Somo clam. or inci eased
production If gold. as others say. !.
responsible for IT, nevertheless. it IS
true that no one In the land would
care TO go lack.
1T Is interesting to,lay to listen 10
the talk of the republican, leaders
about how they safa.l the country in
1896, when the fact rs LAT lprge {
portion of them n that time were he
itating anl hating. and nal no se.t.et
opinicns as 10 Asat the s.aniar
should be They had brought the
country into a parijous condition by
their trining WITH the currency. They
had passed the Shormau bin and they
hal reduced he financial 'trdt:an of
the treasury by their extravagance to ,
he direst extremity They were on
ly saved by the gold democrats-men {
who thought their duty to their coun- 1
try demanded hat they should leave
their party temporarily and put a a
stop to the false and vaccilating fin 4
ancial policy that was going ON. They 4
believed they could do this better by y
going with the republicans .han by q
staying with the democrats. =
This is what bolstered up McKin D
ey and the other republican leaders d
n 1896. Before this they we're halt e
ng and hesita.ing but the strength h
md the influence of the gold demo v
rats gave them courage. and 80 II 4
vas the gold democrats. and not the
that saved the county s
rom disaster in 1896. II
This Is a god line 10 look ~ er r,
he past and see what the republican n
,arty has done: what condition our n
'e0ple are In. and what Is proposed II
or the future. For forty years, al Il
most uninterruDtedly. the republican 81
arty has been in power They claim e.
n the honor Of whatever has been Il
lone. aud therefore they must take n
he other side ami is critici sms. te
RESPONSIBLE fcr Panic Of p
fses. 4.
Ia as look ar some Of the claims r,
nd acis Of the republicans. In the r.
rst place they claim that the panic 70
{ 1890 was causcd by the election Of =
'fefsiand and he democratic admin