New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-25
SFN47OH HILLS PLATFORM.


Senator Hill will be the maSter-Spirit of the
Democratic State Convention. He will clrctrliy
the spirits Of the untcrrificd and open the WAY
for the introduction Of a platform which VIII
straielten out the crookcdnc>S Of the party
record at Washington during the last year. Ike
is well qualified for the duties of chairman and
platform maker. because he WAS the only Demo
cratic Senator who StrenuouSy opposed the Cor
man bill with its concessions to Trusts ana its
abandonment of payty pledges and principles.
He can he depended upon therefore, To reconcllc
the issues of Democracy with his own consistent
record AT Washington. and 10 rescu" his party
in this State from the policies of pcrfdy and
dishonor which have prevailed where the dead
'ly blight Of treason has blasted the colhSef> Oh
"the brave in their hour Of might
The Senator will not make the mistake Of
having the income tax Endorsed IN the STATE
platform as p triumph of Democratic principle.
Speaking in the Senate on June II. he remarked:
Il am tempted 10 suggest that the Democrats
"of Oregon recently sought 10 test the popular
'.ty of an income tax among the business men
land electors of that State by Inserting III their
platform clause favoring that tax; ana aWak-
"ening 10 their senses Sfter Hc election, they
discovered that their ticket was third in the
race. that their party was dcmoraZed and
that they had divided themselves instead OF
dividing their opponents. The most disastrous
defeat ever experienced by the Democratic
party in Oregon was the result Of the effort
ito substitute new tangled Populistic principles
for the good old principles of true Democracy.
Here and now | venture the prediction that
1.-The same result VII follow the same effort
"eyervwhere" The Democratic platform L. he
adopted at Saratoga will not favor income tax
alton The Senator will take care OF himself and
his party.
Nor will the Senator allow his party to com
nit itself 10 the German tariff. against which
he courageouSly cast his vote and which Prcsi-
dent Cleveland delibe. atcy refused TO sign.
The Senator has repeatedly declared in Wash
incton that tariff reform has been sacrificed by
its supposed friends, and that Democratic prin-
ciples have been bartcred away for PopuiStic
principles. He has preferred to stand with
Jefferson. Jackson and Tilden, and to repudiatc
the spurious Democracy Of these modern
apostles and prophets. who are part Mugwump,
part Populist and the least part Democratic,
land who seek to lead us astray after false
gods false theories and false methods. lie
will not allow the Democratic Convention to
express approval Of the German tariff when be
is on record as saying that there was not an
hour during the last session Of Congress when
- genuine Tariff Reform bill based upon Dem
"ocratic principles and framed within strict
revenue lines could not have passed the Sen
ate" He will look after his own record and
the interests of his party, and the Presidents
friends mindful OF the destructive criticism of
party policies in the Wilson and Catchngs let
ters will not be in position TO offer resistance
TO his prudent counscls and mpcriouS Will.
Senator Hill. as his iarty's sasacious mentor
during the tariff struggle in Washington and as
the Presidents chief defender during the closing
weeks Of the session. can be trusted at Saratoga
to draw up Il platform in line with his own
record and with his iustriOus 'clicnts' letters
TO Representatives Wilson and CachlDgs lie
NAV leave out in the cold Senator Murphy with
the tariff a local issue Of collars and cuffs, but
he can harmonic the Democracy by arraying il in
opposition to the German biz with cts outrage
Gus determinations and violations Of principles
its party perlidy and party dshoDOr,' and its
Inconsistencies and crudiics which ought not
"to appear in tariff laws in laws of any
kind" He can also fire the enthusiasm Of his
party by dcnouncing AT Saratoga as he did in
Washington, the organized raid made by the
Solid South and the POpulist West upon the
Empire State with its resources Of wealth, in
dusiry and thrift.