Sharp County record., 1896-08-21

new disabilities and burdens upon them, TIL
all Of liberty shall be lost" Those who daily
follow the injunction, I'm the sweat OF thy
face shalt thou eat bread" are now, as they
have ever been, the bulwark OF Law and order
the source OF our nations greatness In time
of peace, and its surest defenders In time oil
war.
But have only read part OF Jackson's ut
terance. Let me give you his conclusion:
But when the laws undertake to add to those
natural and just advantages artificial distlnc-
tions-to grant titles, gratuities and exclusive
privileges, to make the rich richer and the po-
tent more powerful-the humble members OF
society, the farmers mechanics and day 10
borers, who have neither the time nor the
means of securing II favors for themselves,
have right to complain Of the injustice OF
their government Those who support the
Chicago platform indorse all OF the quotation
from Jackson, the latter part as we'll as the
former part.
We are not surprised to find arrayed against
US those who are the benedciaries of govern
flent favoritism-they have read our platform
nor to learn that we must, in this campaign.
face the hostility Of those who find pecuniary
advantage in advocating the doctrine OF nom
interference when great aggregatlons OF wealth
are trespassing upon the rights OF individuals
Such opposition is the highest Endorsement
which could be bestowed upon us.
We are content to have the cooperation OF
those who desire to have the government ad-
ministerel without fenr or favor 1t is not the
wish OF the general public that trusts should
spring into existence and override the weaker
members OF society; 1t Is not the wish OF the
general public that these trusts should destroy
competition and then collect such tax as they
n tlaip or 10
1t the fault OF the general public that the in
strumentalities of government have been sc
often prostituted to purposes Of private gain
Those who stand upon the Chicago platform
believe that the government should not only
avoid wrongdoing, but that 1t should also pre-
vent wrongdoing; and they believe that the
law should be enforced alike against all enc
mics OF the public wealth
The Chicago platform has been condemned
by some, because it dssentS from an opinion
rendered by the supreme court declaring the
income tax law unconstitutional Our critics
even go so far as to apply the name anarchist
to those who stand upon that plank OF the
platform. 1t must be remembered that we
expressly recognize the binding force OF that
decision so long as 1t stands as part of the
law of the land. There is in the platform nc
suggestion of an attempt to dispute the au'
thority of the supreme court The party is
simply pledged to "use all the constitutional
power which remains after that decision, or
which may come from its reversal by the court
as 1t may hereafter be constituted. Is there
any disloyalty in that pledge?
When courts allow rehearings they admit
thaterror is possible. The late decision against
the income tax was rendered by q majority oil
one after a rehearlng.
While the money question overshadows all
other questions in Importance, dosire it dis
tinctly understood that shall offer no apol-
ogy for the income tax plank Of the Chicago