New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-03

In many years with the necessity OF dra1ung
document which shall not merely DC denlai
of what o Republican convention has previously
declared to be the principles Of tho party put
which must stand independently upon It's OWN
merits The task is not easy one. Indications
that there is lively time ahead are unmistaKapie
Colonel Watterson. and uncomprom,sing lfee-trau-
ers like him, declare that the convention must
come out boldly for revenue reform. On the
other hand. men like Barnum and German are
undoubtedly disposed to be more conservative
Between the two factions, ~ is propaDie snas
compromise in the nature Of the platform adopted
M ted TO the Convention That such course
will be Disappointment ;,t 20 inc s,v W"g
1srsSn no, p ssRsv the sGMS agwump Clement either
which through its mouthpsce me NV n rG,N
Times. denounced the New-lork Democratic pat-
lsmentable want OF moral courage, The Pres
q a'n' : tariff plank 81. in II, The n platform
who remember what difficulty the party managers
had, when that message was written, IN restrain,
sasS Shs seeSe That 's0 weEnSwn Free Trader
scarcely less prominent in his partys councils than
Colonel Watterson himself, was reported at the
time as saving: /" It's all We could do TO catch
on to the old mans coat tails. If we hadn't he
would have run away completely"
Chief Barnum is just now believed to be en-
coat tails He arrived here this morning uncom-
municative as ever W. l.. Scott and senator
German were the same train. The former was wa,
at once accused of having the platform. lie hadn
heard such thing mentioned. not he ocooo
knows all about it, he said; ask him"
The Pennsylvania boss was once more in'e Wbo
do you think will be the Republican nominee!
Isn't this glorious weather we're having| ,.,,
After little while the conversation urii'eu
back TO the platform, however. ,...u g,
No IN
do not think it is the business OF d Nauoh mai
convention to ndOEse 6 measure reason psnan do
not believe that the Mills bill will be mentioned
In the platform A convention cannot approve
bills, but must deal with principles; ou l. that
Part of the floating gossip OF to-day Is that
Mr.. German did, Notwithstanding his DENIAL,
start from Washington. with the platform as ar
proved by the President in his possession, but
or not is doubtful, something. occurred which
led him - chang his mind and to make a ma
lutely necessary. 1t was, therefore, returned to
Washington for the purpose p o. Gss ob bUt
more submitted to the IN prcSi Sc Jo Dds
by tomorrow morning in charge of a special
messenger This platform is said TO be the Joint
work of Messrs Scott, German and Whitney. There
are no doubt other platforms in existence, of
which may be submitted TO the proper committee
when it is appointed. Manton Marble, for IN;
stance who drew up the platform Of 1884, and
has had a hand in the framing of nearly every
other Democratic platform for the last twenty
years has, il is reported, evolved one ana Colonei
Watterson may certainly be depended on Tor an
other.
SAMUEL J. RANDALL NOT MENTIONED.
But in all this talk of the platform likely to
be adopted, it is significant tha.
the name of S. ]; Randall
has far scarcely been mentioned The desire
TO ignore him completely is too evident to escape
attention. Chairman kesSner, OF the PennsyVahia
State Committee, who is regarded as w L. SCOTS
man Friday, only shrugS his shoulders whel
nIalI nd tha fppat m
received at the hands of the Administration Is
mentioned. Whatever the platform adopted may
be, II is reasonably certain to say that OUTSIDE
of its tariff plank it will be broad and meaning
less enough to allow not only Mr.. Cleveland pnt
his partner on the ticket as WELL to stradole
1t with comfort.
prominent delegate to the convention, who
also represents his State on the National tXecusc
tive Committee. and is, moreover a member OF
the Kitchen Cabinet, remarked today that tie
platform would closely follow the lines OF the pat
form adopted by the New-Yorll Democracy. That |
doctrines affirmed in the last annual message of the
President to Congress that unnecessary taxation Is
unjust taxation, that taxation Tor the mere pur |
pose Of unfairly benefiting the few at the expense
of the many is q perversOn OF the National power |
that the correction of the evils resulting from such
n system will best the healthful condition
of American industry and enterprise and promote
the public welfare, that n large surplus IN the
National Treasury drawn by Vicious taXi'tion
from the channels of trade is dangerous and
indcfensible abuse and that in reducing taxation
the interest ofAmerican labor should be care
cd resolutions declaring that the combinations |
of capital commonly called trusts are inconslst |
cnt with Democratic principles, oppressive to the
people and detrimental TO the pubic welfare, In |
This especially that they tend to monopoly destroy
competition and trade prevent the employment
and reduce the wages Of ahor. arbitrarily control
the production and enhance the price OF
the necessaries and conveniences of life aggrand-
lie corporate power circulate and concentrate
wealth in the hands of particular classes and so
create and aggravate inequality OF fortune lncom-
patible with popular institutions, that by defeat
ing all legislation for the suppression OF trust
combinations and monoDoes, the Republican mag
jority in the recent Legislature furnishes another
and fragrant instance of the subservieney OF the
Republican party TO class interests and its IN
difference TO the rights of the people; that the
Democratic party vgilant and faithful in its
socitude for the interests of the people, pledges
itself TO an uncOmpromlslng warfare against this
new and most formidable enemy of the public well
fare; all of which will be surprise no doubt to
the delegates in the convention who have been ac-
customed to look TO the Kentucky Whiskey Trust |
and the Ohio Coal Oil Combination not to men
tion w. L. Scotts little anthracite coal ring, for
the doodle with which to debauch voters and de-
fraud the ballot box.
The Pacific Coast delegations which are the first
on the ground, talk of forcing into the platform q
silver plank II is doubtful whether they can sue
coed. large majority Of the party, of course, is
committed TO a free coinage of silver. but il is
fronted with Mr. Cleveland's first message, the
letter addressed by him, while still President
elect, TO Messrs Warner, Bland and Others, which
so greatly disguised the silver men.
q 1t was the greenest thing he did, silver
man remarked to-day.
We'll, not any greener than that blank Civil
Service letter which he wrote to G.. w. Curtis"
added an ld-time Democrat standing near by.
GORMAN'S VIEWS ON THE PLATFORM
1T WILL BE GENERAL. NOT SPECIFIC-NoT ABLE
TO PREVENT THURMAN's NOMINATION.
St Louis. june (SpeciaD,-Senator GOtman was