, 1881-01-03
HURD's PLAN FOR RE0RGANIZ1NG THE
DEM0CRhTIC PARTY.

npMnCRArIC PARTY.
Mr.. Frank 1Iuril, Representative from tho J
rro,cto 10Y district. Is undoubtedly ono OF |
tic obIcst Of t),e Democratic 1untorlty!n Con-
gress. f,ut l1u IS too sincere and outspoken
In his couyfctions to be elthor uopular or |
efficient rs II uolitlca( leut1cr, lie believes
In the REORGANIZATION Of the Democratic party |
ruon what lie ealts Its old principles n,,tt III
II regent interview will, II washington cor
respondent outlines his plan to accomplish
t,,nt vuruose, Ills basIs ct REORGANIZATION
,aay BIZ briefly stated; ~ An abandonment
OF the old Statc-soyere1gnty Issue on the the
ory that tle adoption of the Fourteenth I
Amendment changed tho rclntlot,s between
tic Statcs a1d the General Government rs
they were defined BY Jefferson: {:} the atlop-
f{fo OF q .,ard.money doctrine, Which shall
include several extre,,,c measures wlncl, WI
sl,uIl describe further OH: nnl f3) Il crt,sa,lv
III fnypr of fren trale. or n tariff Tor reyp}t,,s
min Perhaps no project for tho rcorsan.
ization Of Tia De,npcratic party could be de-
ylspd which would be more llnpracticuble or
more certainIy assure tho complete dfsrup.
tion of TINT party.
/, Tie proposition to abandon tho State
Sovereignty heresy mt admit TINT the Four
tcc,,th Amendment ,as given tic United
States Government tic power to protect tho
citizenship which TINT amendment has de.
fined has certainly great merit, but there Is
10 reasonable hope that the Democrats can
/, bc united u,ol, that basis. Tile State-sover-
eIeItty t|Ieory Is regarded rs the cornerstone
Of Democracy by tho grcat. ,natorlty Of the
: Democratic politicians, Tie Southern DEM
orr,.ls arc as obsttnate antl stubborn 1t. their
adherence to tl,ls hercsy rs they were before
tho war which brought about tito Fourteenth
Amendment. Even taIr. 1Iura himself pro-
rr,scs on1y n uertInl H1tl aualIIlel ncuuiescence
In tile new systen, Of Natlonallty, lie de-
slres to lavn tha }ssuo Of State-Y1xlts el.w!-
mated froul active politics, but he speaks Of
tha Eourteentt, A,nctilIntent onty rs a rew
poyer t|e,egatet. to fIie General Goycrnmcnt
,by the States, rs subject to repeal BY another
constitutional amendment which should re-
store tho oll raglmer; ;and rs limited by tho
Jeffcrsol,ian rule. Tho result OF t!,fs condl-
:tion Of things, no ssys, ais TINT we hnye n
nav Nation creatctl by this amendment. not
viii, n biz M hit with tlttle mss MIR.
| IIur,l.. oyu statement Of the caso shows how
| ltttlo uay be expected from Democratic
prctense Of change and psogress IN the rela-
tons between tue Suites aud tho General
| {;oyernment. Nj
I Q. 'rle scheme Tor ap agreement among
the Democrats uuo1,t.' n har.l.moncy policy
,ynu,f ho homeless ,,nf1er any circumstances.
The history of tile marty on thu financial
ouestIon since ISIS. ~ it was poIntc.!ly re-
totel by Zen. Weaver on the dny OF Ills row
with tho pe,nncrnts In Congress. Ia suolcEpnt
| eyidence of thu fnct. 'But Mr.. Iturtl prouoscs
| tn compltenta tho auostlou by malln1 several
lnnrocticab,e md unpouu1ar conditions Il
,mrt ~ his hnrtl.tuo,,cv program. lie would
culnrae rho ws,rht OF thu standard silver dol
| tnr In ctrresnontl with lts ,,rescnt bullion
vn,no In go,d wbtcl, wo,,ld stmp,v bo n
n,,o,,a tn ,rivo it ont: nj circulation within n
verv short t,uc, la, would caucet md dc.
rtrnv Mi tl,o lcral.tcntiar uotes ,,s ra,,1ty ~
thov cnmo hnelr INN I'm srrcnaurv- ann ueyet
oraln, unnn auv emergency. confer the
t,c,r.rovino nttoijfv ,,nou nnv issuo Of naua,
mo,,av n, t,,Ix rrs,,oct In wouhl assume r
noa,tinn whit, I'm ,,nti, of Euronc. no matte,
inv n,,,,,,nue wrai,hy. nr s,.curn, Inns eyn,
,,aroi ~ corc,, IN tat,e In ahnrt In wnu,l
rc,,,,cc Inn ,cval.ton,ler tlrbt.noyinn ,nonn,
,tnck nj t,,Is .ron,,trv tn po1tl ntnno. Sucb ,
nron,sIt,nn woulu mt tul cauntennnco n,
en,,,,,,rt yro,,, Tho t,nuncrs,Ic ,,ortv or oo.,
nv. un,v r,cr,,ty IN ,but or1nu,zot,nn onts,I,
.ro c,,,ttuctnd on,1 ua,nu, cJ,ejo IL 1va,
stroat "a II .urrus,,ou Yor mrt,. rooruon
I..,;", - +. a., ;n,,roctfcnf No fo In ntnost MI
sur,i Auotnar ,n,nngiho nation of Nr
1,,,ri,, H. ,bn+ thn Notioroi. i.hnur avato,,
.;.a,h1 ,,a ~, ro,,olo,.l oa r., r.,nn thc ,rcs
,,. ,,,,,far ,os',., ~ ,,,rronov Will, ito ,utor
o,nn@oo,lli,v o,nn,tr tha varjo,,s Statcs In
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