New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-24

declaration Of principles 1t cannot approve or DIS
approve in detail of acts of legislation which may he
amended OF repealed entirely within year. Mr.
Palmer thought il wOud be popular thing for the
Democrats to demand a repeal of the Resumption
act but still moro popular for them to pass repeal
ing act themselves in the House.
What the Democrats themselves will do with the
financial Uuestion is of course. yet mere conjecture
It is rumorod-but 1t is only mmor-that an effort
will be made to pass the same currency resolution as
at Cincinnati thus endeavorng to cancel the issue
and throw it out of the carnpaign There is Likely,
however to be strong effort tor some emphatic dis
approval Of the Resumption act. Ex-senator d. H.
Doolittle, who was President of the Baltimore Con-
yention of 1872 and has been mentioned as posi-
BILE compromise candidate for President said yeser
day that he was in favor of declaration by the St.
Louis Convention for q repeal Of the Resumption
act so far rs il fixed the time of resumption Of It's
present date. Only two years and half now re-
NAMED before the tine fixed by that law for resuInp-
ton, and it already evident that resumption
was not possible ut that day without too great a
shock to the business interests of the country. lie
was opposed to imitation but he was also opposed to
violent contraction. lie was in favor OF having
silver made legal tender. and considered that act
of Congress which demonetized silver an outrage
on the debtor class. When ASKED whether he would
90 so far as to demand the repeal of that portion OF
the Resumption act which fixed the time of resump-
ton without giving any definite pledge OF legislation
to bring resumption about, ex-senator Doohttle ad-
hered to the ground taken in his recently published
letter to Gen. Thomas Ewing of Ohio. In that let
ter it will be remembered, he gave it as his opinion
that if the Ohio Democrats had simply demanded
the repeal of so much of the Resumption act as fixes
the day. they would have carried the State in spite
of "tbe Pope and jeff Davis" Besides the declara-
ton already mentioned, ex-senator Doolittle favors
the immediate restoration of standard silver dollars
as legal tender IN payment of all sums-hat Is, to
their value as is existed before the act of Feb. II.
1873; and the passage of an act by Congress pro-
viding for the monthly retirement OF million or
haf-mllion OF grecubacks, or az Judge Doolittle
calls it, "war money" This, he believes, would
steadily but surely bring eenbacks to par with sill
yer. and then to par with gold. If it should take
five or ten years to do this, Judge Doolittle thinks
no harm would be done; "by going slow
we shall take no steps backward" With
regard to Democratic candidates Judge Doc
little had nothing to say, but 10
expressed great satisfaction with the nomination of
Hayes and Wheeler, because it averted the campaign
of mud and affidavts which the nomination OF either
BIr. Blaine OF Mr.. Morton would have brought on.
The high personal character of the candidates most
prominently named by the Democrats-Goy. Tilden,
Judge Davis and Gov. Hendricks-mado 1t almost
certain that we should have campaign dealing
with principles and not with the records OF candl-
dates. lie considered such campaigns as those thc
nomination of Blaine or Morton would nave pre-
ciptated very demOraliZiDg The country was
to be congratulated the nomination OF
such men as Gov. Hayes and Mr.. Wheeler. Judge
Doolitte il delegate from Wisconsin TO st. Louis,
aud will undoubtedly make himself felt in the dis
cussIons there. d. L'