New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-14
SHEEHAN WON'T STAND III.
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feated nv the Convention after Mr.. Bryan hlu
nroncIuded the speech which resulted in his nomna,
,ion Under free coinage gold would be exported
boarded and silver would become me 'ne eyernment
the country. The revenues OF ,he nor' o,icas
through It's customs and Internal revenue 30 ,hc
would be nothing but silver or II tne cream ~
Popust be realized unlimited nat paper nV Wy
with no coin behind 1t for redemption WIN ,,o
fiat paper money as our 9nS nan o can these
millions of United States bonds be redeemed !"
gold?
PACKING" THE SUPREME COURT.
With legitimate proposition TO increase 'ne
number of United States Supreme Court judges 81
to abolish within constitutional lines lie 'e"u',
office may have no controversy; nor DO ooJo''
to proner criticism Of Judges or public officials An
American citizen has the unquestioned rleht ~
critcise or praise official or judlclai ac'io"' ~
when an open, bald attempt Is maze 10 NV.
the number OF these judges with the a'o"e" p'
pose of securing decision on any dues''o" IL
PREDETERMINED way. patriotic and intelligent me-"
may well hold up their hands In hof'oi' -
of departed Democratic greatness Jun ~
such a spectre. -
The United States Supreme Court has always
been considered conservator OF HE anu p,V ~,
| a safe refuge for the weak and opprosseu' III" w
citadel between government by law ana gov.
by lawessness II this court can be pacheu "a up ~.
hold an incOmc-tax statute, II can ne Pnen.da, as
were the courts Of old. to carry OUT inc i'," an
of their creator no matter wn os '' NAV have been
judges may err at times; SOM ,,m.aa;,.rahIe 10 a
! corrupt but erring court Is p'eiei"'''
packed debased court = 49,, ,,or. NJ the
! Chicago Convention cannot suPpo,,,t reoularitv
The claim that Democrats should support the
ticket for the sake of regularity wouiu nddote
weight If 1t urged on behaii 9l ,nienent
whose Democracy was unsullied. the stat L. o
has been repeated often and not ae''yn 1ses at
Monnt Vernon. ill.,. Mr. Bryan publicly sala'
Il am not a Democrat" and that again, III 1919
he stated that if the Chicago Convention hau ue
clared for "a gold standard ne wouia IN NV mem
orv the party standard bearer stands as an ap S
gist for Democracy without taking BACK tn Droo
ation hut recently made that he was NOT ItIo
| rraf and without the courage to proclaim u'''
servedly to the world that he IS one believe in
| have always believed I'm regularity. l,nn,a ~
nartv organization No more earnest advocahle u
the necessity of party machinery IN This and
| other States / proved my devotion 10 pal.! - SIr
larity by earnestly supporting the i and nro.
test Of the delegates from his own state ne was dH
made the nominee Of the party Tor ted
making that nomination the Convention Nioi ,i
no party principles and committed no revoiutiote
airy undemocratic act IL oid hT tSe Convention
ignored the protests of the New-fork deeg'iTn,,,
Il was "A simple question or acq9ieGsuene mentally
VIII of the ma iority properly ana Iufiualier,iy IL,
expressed. Does party regularity uel nnuontion
and stupid allegianee 70 eryacv may do? If So
IL would become my duty to accept at u'is en- ' nro
such n convention a platform declaring lor pio pro.
s, ,Srif or one favoring the establishment OF
| @overnmenfal warehouses, because. forsooth there
! NAV he other panks in II that undeniany ere
nay ISoc Dr admit the impossbility Of drawing
platform that in all things VIII he SatisIdctoi
| an I' Damocrats But never before have we been
o rI,a1 80 make compromise between National honor
| and National degradation. COMPROMISE map - -,
made on many matters, the currency ISSUE.
| hut the immortality and debasement of compromises
on questions that directly afect th M a. NO
n,u Tbc Democrats who responded 10 President
Iincolns cali to take up arms for the maintenance
| If the Nations honor did not cease 10 DC Deiho-
crats because they proved themselves patriots.
THE PREVAILING UNREST
ooocri1a the fact that a great feeling of unrest
norvades the country. Three months ago Few seri-
ctsly considered the possibility OF electing De"o
| cratic candidate to the Presidency But suuuen'
| the situation is changed. and scarcely hau sicN'i'-
| ley been nominated when those VINO hau pee"
| camoring for a return to high protective principles
as panacca for all their ills wheeled about areu-
inc for free silver as the necessary and heaing s'e
| for their wounds This but exemplihes the unrest
| of the people. II is unfortunately true tha' III.
| great majority of our people are poor MANY u
| them are out of employment. Where snort 'iiiie
| AGO plentv reiened poverty now knocks at the
| ar p,,, +, shouId rot be forgotten that we are
stiU I'm the throcs of industrial war thdt has
been raging in country since the eac sinei,e s
the Mckinley law. The 81. Louis platform icio ~
uncertainty as to the tariff. The Chicago phtloIin
creates uncertainty as TO the currency WI r ,i,.
| the pecple cry OUT "A plague upon both your pa.o
! forms" The suddenness OF the change from one
form of expected relief to another WINE nj %
stra' ,hSt and conscience will ultimately prevail
and that tariff duties, whether hisn ~ nroat bv
dishonesty and makes market place or US honor'
rtn ,roid that is necessary light our furnaces
start orr looms employ labor, furnish the
purchasing power that aids produclon' II anu ,t,8
| Zen uaifinp The settlement of financial DIM
ovgn innr lines Of honor and reason. With this
| settlement there should come huus,ilai p Pnoi
which would be synonymous VII" N"''o
The last Democratic state Convention in My Mew
| York followed all its predecessors wheh sPea.
ing on the question, and declared unequlVocaily
for sound and honest money NO one siV - :.
claimed that those utterances were undemocIttc
or at variance with past platforms stat stat or
National the contrary. tins action WIS ue' a..
tory OF Democratic principle, sanctioned ps
prccedcnts without number. If that declaration
was sound principle of Democracy no supsequet u,
convention can make II less So IL II ~ wa
June 1t IS equally sound in september, ~ "@9
the result of the unanimous ana plsd D"moc
racy of the state. stood or mat pla'iOr .nei ~
| have never left it since, and DO not propose ~
now. Let those whose Judgment leaos mem , ~
different direction support the 'hlcdSo nolil
They have right 10 chSmsc res mon the men
who insist upon standing where they nave always
II is a grave mistake to charge that all the sup
porters OF the Chicago ticket are governed by uf-
nunr are Advocates OF awiessness anarchy
1t is undoubtedly true that the radlcalsrn ana IA
naticsm OF the country are supporting II; but II
must not be forgotten that a large percentage oI
our party favor it, and they are not ana never
have bcon believers in lawlessness or anarchy. IL
matters not that the chief reason for their support
is love OF party regularity; II they believe thcy are
should not be denounced as anarchists or law
breakers.
WHAT ITS SUCCESS WOULD MEAN.
1t is not pleasant to break old associations
wish | could bring myself to believe that the Chi-
cago Convention right and that National bless
! ngs might flow from the ratification OF It's work
but my conscience my judgment and the expert
| encc Of other nations convince me OF It's error
believe most firmly that the success of this ticket
would mean paralysis OF business that the EN-
poyer OF labor would be unable to secure the
credit necessary to conduct his business, and that
: the avenues Of Industry would be closed. Produc
ton cannot find profitable market in the impov
erishuent Of the people Panic disaster and ruiz