The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-05
THE SHAM DEMO CRAcY
The Haanacrats Pit Up An Excellent
Imitation Of asaaiionaI Ticket.
THEY ARE THE ALLIES OF M'gIALEY
All Voters for tho BoIter Candidates
Are Helpful 10 the Republican,
iho Platform Embraces Little 10
Attract One Outside of Bank Par.
iors-' Giimpses of the Campaign.
New York Journal.)

| AS" 1OEk
The counterfeit Democratic Conyen-
tlon at indianapolis has nominated an
sSceiient imitation OF national ticket
III the venerable Senator Palmer can
ger the votes OF all the men with whom
ne mas been politically associated in the
| reer. he will be the strongest Candidate
tnat mas ever run for the Presidency
since Monroe. He will have the entire
hepuoiican. Democratic, Greenback sill
Verlte. Gold bug and Hannite vote. for
AT one time or another he has been n
trusted comrade in each of those cams.
re mas never been formally enrolled MS
Populist. but he holds his present
position by the votes of two Populist
.,enipers or the Illinois Legislature and
.neSe votes were said to have been OBJ
tanned on the pledge that he would sun
uort .ne Tree coinage of silver whenever
me SUBJECT came before the Senate
HeHerai Palmer were Il little young
ea ne woulu make highly entertaining
campaign. but when q man five wears
older than Ii Hung Chang is nominat
eu for the Presidency il must be exnect
ed That he will make his oratorical tours
IN sedan chair. However, the candi-
Ta .e tan PROBABLY keep up appearances
ioI Two months. and that will answer
every purpose of his nomination. He
anu MS colleague on the ticket with
tneir aggregate age of one hundred and
hltV- TWO years. are not expected i'm any
uuhrter 10 De under any necessity of
concerning themselves with public ar
falrs after election
me nomination of the eX-Confederate
nero OF Fort Donelson, for Vice-Presi-
dent is an encouraging symptom of tho
uiosreSs Oh national reunion. The little
siie-show factions are doing a good SER
vice to the country in eSnnrimentinn
WIN southern candidates IT ia ljl,elv
Gat Nv the next campaign one or both
OF me great parties will be encouraged
10 Follow their example
The platform of the bolters ofyors n,
tie TO attract support outside of Lanl
o'ir'ors. us demand for the gold stand
ara Is not instigated even by that in
nocuouS suggestion of possible inter
lia.lohal agreement which Mr.. Platt
conceded to the defeated silver forces NJ
ST. Louis. 1t insists upon gold monoN
metaIllsm now. henceforth and forever
resaru!css OF the action of any other
nation 1T sustains this demand by |
Use statements of alleged racts-a
thlng not sufficiently unusual i'm tbic |
document to attract special atten,inn
me experience of mankind" II re
marks. has shown that, by reason of !
their natural qualities, gold is the nec-
cssarV money of the large affairs of |
o oF me, ana business" If the author
oI mat statement will send to the
Sound Currency Committee of the Ro-
FORM cub for copy of the famous
british Bullion Report and read about
uie WORKINGS or the Hamburg bank cur
rencY. based on deposits of silver bnl |
hon. he will learn that gold is not n + |
III! INDISPENSABLE in large affairs.
IL was hoped that this convention
would at least display sufficient in
uependence to advocate the theory. If |
NOT the practice. of an income tax. but
IL mas not even done that, although II |
NAV be thought TO have been indirectlv
rebuking the unpatriotic citizens that
eVaded the tax when it said oil ne Su
nreme Court: We condemn all efforts
TO degrade that tribunal or impair the
confidence and respect which it has de- |
serVedlv held" Certainly the Court ha g
never been so degraded as it was by ,
me efforts of the tax dodgers, and If |
This condemnation was meant for them
1t was thoroughly deserved.
The sham Democrats at Indianapolis
nave had the effrontery to charge tho
Democratic party-which has nominal |
Ell n free trader for the Presidency. and
whose success would make 1t impossible
10 alter the present tariff in an upward
direction-with desertion of tariff re- |
FORM. while their whole movement is
aVowedlv meant to secure the election
or William Mckinley, the author of
the eliminating atrocity of class Iegis-
lStion." Mckinley and tariff reform
the conjunction furnishes the measure
Mt once of the sincerity of the Secederc
ana OF their sense of humor