The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-24
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The Virginia Convention this year
will be the largest representative BODY
in many years. The contest for candi-
dates is secondary consideration com
pared with the platform upon which We
are to contest the Republican party.
There are two disagreeing opinions as
to the specific gravity Of that declara-
ton Of opinion One is that the party
should be put on a defensive position,
with tariff plank that can be bal
ancsd like a see-ssw. with the ADJUST
ment arranged according to the partic-
ular opinion Of the person who per
forms.
You may argue between Protection
and Free Trade and Tariff with Incl
dental protection and make speeches to
defend halfway positions, but the
Democratic party cannot, if it would
get out Of the position it has taken
which is simply positive protest
against high tariff duties on the neces-
sarv articles Of life to protect the few
monopolists and make the masses Of the
people pay tribute to the few favored
monopolists OF the Republican party
The High Protective Tariff, on which
the Republican party posts itself Il
not a sound political idea Of good men
nor is it popular idea Of the people.
LISA dogma OF ring OF pampsrsd
favorites who in the privileges ac-
corded to them represent the worst OF
aristocracy. 1t is vulgar stealing
aristocracy Of rings that give bags OF
money for bribery and corruption IN
elections and personally represented by
the Carnegies and Wanamakers.
The Protection party is the exponent
ola system Of legislation that Is false
20 the spirit Of our institutions, and to
the letter Of the law, and would be
fatal In our existence as free people
il the Republican party gets the per
manent lead Of power at which they
aim by the disgraceful methods III
the last election. And the men are as
bad as the ways they use. Do the peo-
nile forget .he tattooed man of 1884, and
the steal Of the Presidency IN the cen
,ennial wear Of our Independence which
made tho anniversary such mockery
The party that worked all that wrong
doing with the smaller crimes smaller
that is by comparison, like the star
Route Jobs, is the same that IN the inso-
lence Of i'll gotten office, comes now to
impose on the people gigantic fraud
of taxation when the money Is one
hundred millions in excess OF expenses
every year, with only Tanner and his
bogus pensioners to use as an excuse to
depIeting the surplus by steal.
A part that Virginia has in oil this is
the part OF every Southern State
question Of self-preservation.
The Republican party evidently IN
tends 10 overrun the State with money,
md to meet the attack we need to under
stand our political position as it should
be and take aud maintain it. We can
not dodge the tariff issue, for that Is
already forced on us.
We need rot dodge It. because the
true Democratic idea Of taxation to sup
port government is the right one. But
besides the tariff issue, we have one
which rs more commanding than rolitl-
cal. social or material questions, and
we are glad that Chairman barbour re-
fers TO il in the interview we publish
this morning in the simple words OF
truth and common sense to the effect
that the white people OF Virginia can
not afford to be ruled by Malone and
che negroes.
Tus remarks of Senator John =