The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-03
New York SUN.

some personal response seems to be due
20 the numerous trlenos VINO have sought
aron ar,,n me an expression OF my individual /
OPINION as to the duty in the present polIr-
lcal Campaign of those who aonere TO the
principles which hitherto nave character-
Eeo the democratic party. =
:, Inc declaration OF notions adopted IN
the name OF the democracy by the Chtcaao
~ tsa Is ZOE the most part so nos.lle
the democratic party In the past as TO de-
mand its reJection by all those who would
~. ianas aDaaoSa osea the oemocracy's essential
AosAS dEo peSt traditions.
Inc chicago platform invites US to es.
taDlisn currency which will enable al
man to pay his debts wllh half as much
property as he would have to use in oruer
70 pay them now. This proposition is as
honest. 1 90 not say that All the advocates
OF tne Iree coinage OF SILVER are dishonest
thousands or tnem-milIions, il there be
SO many-are doubtless honest in tntenrion.
6aa i5, l am unable to reconcile with any
lueaI OF integrity change In the law
Wnlcn VIII permit man who has bor-
rowed 500 to pay his debt with sIUU. eacn
as each dollar he receives from the lender
Ine Cnlcago platform sanctions the use
RpS Of tsa sa IN
clary III deciding questions OF consutu-
Eonal law. 1t contemplates a change In
Ine personnel OF the supreme court Of the
United States to the end that the recent
decision declaring the income tax uncon4s
st1tutional may be reversed. Strange times
indeeo. are these, when a man Is told that
IN order to be democrat he must favor
the imposition Of an income tax, and the
ciaryI
stin more alarming is the clearly i'm,
pned approval OF lawless violence con-
dominated in the platform government
by Injunction" Velled in the language OF
mGdesa sb3nes ib,a dlen; the wild light Of anarchy
In my opinion. without reviewing the
Chicago platform further: the declara-
tions in regard to the currency, the SUI
preme court, and the income tax. and the
repression OF forcible lawlessness by The
AID OF 1nJunctions, are enough to demand
Its rejection by all good citizens and the
dereat OF the candidates who stand upon it.
i regret exceedingly to find disposition
quite prevalent to array the West against
the East in the discussion Of these mat
ters. see no occasion for making our
d1nerences sectional. Here there is no po-
ntical hostility toward the West, such as
is expressed toward the East by some
western newspapers and public speakers.
GOOD citizens can perhaps best aud the
cause or honest money and law and order
by devoting more time to rational argu-
ment and less to inefficient abuse.
All questions relating to the tariff have
become Insignificant for the time being, in
view OF the possibility, however slight.
that the abhorrent principles of the Chs
eago platform may prevail. The duty and
the necessity to compass the final oyer-'
throw OF that platform by assisting In the
defeat of William J. Bryan are most inns
tainly be accomplished by voting tor the
electors pledged to the support of William
mckinley; but have no quarrel with any
democrat who adopts any other course
which seems to him well adapted or better
adapted to the same end. C.. A. DANA.