Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-24
SENATOR PALMER TALKS
Carlisle's Chances of Being the Democratic
Presidential Candidate
Comments on the Income Tax Decision
The Silver Movement iu Illinois
and It's Future.

"Mr Carlisle stands better chance of
being the democratic candidate for the
presidency than any other man. His dis
| cuss!ons of money questions are wonder
fully simple and clear, and he has made
himself the great leader of this movement
in favor of honest money"
These were the words of Senator Palmer
of Illinois when visited by a Star reporter
today. Mr.. Palmer believes that the next
democratic convention will demand sound
money man, and ne sees no one with bet
ter prospects for success at that time than
the Secretary of the Treasury who is now
making a record on financial matters.
The Delaware SenatOrship.
Mr.. Palmer also believes that Mr.. Du-
points seat in the Senate will be contested.
'"The democrats will contend,' he said,
that under the laws of Delaware a sena-
tor called to fill the governors chair
through the death or resignation of the Of
fetal retains his vote in the senate. If this
contention is sustained the governor of
Delaware Will appoint Senator Higgins
successor, who will be seated to remain
until the legislature at its next session
elects successor
The Income Tax Decision.
CAS- to the decision of the Supreme Court
on the income tax" said Mr.. Palmer, 80
far as 1 know the people of Illinois care
very little about it. They regret the ruling
of the court more on account of the court
than because of any public interest in
volved in the decision. Plain men cannot
understand how nine great lawyers should
divide upon a question-four and four-and
the decision at last be lef! to resemble the
turning of jack by the dealer. The judges
who dissented from the majority of the
court made a very earnest and patriotic
protest against the decision, but whenever
we need an income tax to meet the urgent
necessities of the government it will be i'm
posed by Congress and we will have a Su-
preme Court which will sustain it. 1t would
be an improvement to our system of gov
ernnent to hold the judges of the Supreme
Court responsible for their rulings, and it
may be necessary hereafter to so amend
the Constitution as to provide for the cleo
ton of judges by the people. 1t is manifest
that they have differed not as lawyers, but
as politicians, as they did in the great con-
test between Hayes and Tilden.
Silver Movement in Illinois,
you ask about the silver movement in
Illinois. The truth is that Gov. Al.geld
and Mr.. Hnrichsen, secretary of state and
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee, are bold men, and are determined to
commit the democratic party of the state
70 the unlimited coinage of silver on the
ratio of 1e to 1 of gold. The governor is a
who are numerous, to conform to his wish
es. There is scarcely an important county
in the state in which there is not an ap-
pointee of the governor. He has railroad
warehouse and penitentiary commissioners
trustees of insane and other hospitals and
benevolent institutions.
The governor is no amateur politician
while Mr.. Hinrichsep is. The latter really
believes that because he is chairman Of
the Illinois state committee and has a
minority of the committee with him, that
he can dictate the opinions of the demo-
cratic party of Illinois. Mr.. Hinrichsen is
politician by trade, and cannot realize
that the great body of the democratic par
ty of the state are independent, self-reli-
ant men. 1t is said in some newspapers
that Mr.. Hinrichsen threatens to read all
of the democrats who refuse to indorse the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l out of the party. I predict
that the members of the state committee
who are loyal to the democratic party and
the Chicago platform will meet soon after
the June convention and depose Mr.. Hin
richsen from the craftsmanship, as they
well may, he having abandoned the demo-
cratic party and attempted to deliver it to
a new party. The reorganized state COM
mittee will invite Mr.. Hinrichsen and his
organization to come back into the party;
whether or not they will come is for them
n dpcide'