The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-11
TaE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Comments OF the Press on the Deo'"ra''""
of the Convention.

of the Convention.
The agony IL over. The De'noo'"".
party. assembled regularly In hauo1ai
convention. pledges itself TO revive inc
,rea coinage OF silver at the ola rauo
Of is 70 1. and TO accomplish the inposi-
t,on Of an income tax. The Democracy oi
jefferson. from which have been ui"""
invariably the ideas which have give"
nolltical stability and Republican eh'hu-
siasm TO this country. has passed. ii'o
| the control OF jefferson diaine'ric opp
| ste the Socialist, or Communist or 40
| ne is now known here. the Popullst'
The Chicago platform cannot be accept
| ed. The United States was mace Deiiio-
| cratic. and It must remain So
| Free-silver coinage would be nauohai
| dishonor and a monumental anachronisn'
| Silver has had its day as a money s'anu-
ard The commerce Of CIVILIZATION "illch
! has used as n medium OF exchange pretty
much everything from shells 10 the higher
| metals has progressed beyond SILVER Az
has adapted itself TO gold, and 10 soid IL
Will stick until II finds something sun
more convenient The silver campaign -
! based on decisions which have no JUSTIN
| cation. and on statements which are not
| So 1t cannot prevail, and every sincere
| Deliver in fair dealing and In business
honor as Abe foundation OF commercial
prosperity. must put aside all other pur-
poses and unite for its defeat
In the different States the state candi-
| dates for the mortified and dlsheartened
members Of the Democracy 10 follow are
| yet TO be determined. In them, and es-
pecially m New York. where David Ben
nett Hill has struggled for HIS party
| against overwhelming odds. the nucleus
] OF Democratic regeneration must be
found. But from now until the night OF
eloction-day in November, 1896, the presi-
DENTAL candidate OF every Democrat who
fayors honest money and who still hopes
TO crush the enemies Of the fundamental
principles he was bred in should be.
without hesitation, evasion. or sop 10
prejudice. William McKinley.-New York
| Sun.
The resolutions supported by the minor
| ity at Chicago as a substitute for the
financial planks OF the platform. contain
a sound expression Of Democratic doc
| trine.
| There is need OF a party pledged TO
! this reform, for the idea embodied IN the
irredeemable legal-tendcr paper or nat
money is the real source OF all these
later hereses. For this year the most 70
| be hoped is TO check further mischef,
| but the reform Of the currency system
is the great task Of the immediate future
| and those who keep Il resolutely IN We"
| will be the leaders TO whom the country
| win turn The three hundred Delegates
! who voted for these resolutions AMI the
multitude whom they represented must
| form. IN good time. the nucleus OF re-
! vived DemOcracy-the old hard-mOney
party rid of its sOcialistic reYoluuonlSlS
| and prepared TO deal with the new
problems with knowledge and principle,
a. the Democratic statesmen or The Tast
dealt with Ike problems in their day
Philadelphia Times.
The wild Jacobins who have raidel the
Chicago Convention cannot 20 before the
people as the Democratic party n ufcer
it's STANDARD. They have not only IDu-
dated the cardinal principles Of Democ-
racy and cast TO the winds its honor
ed traditions but they have wantnly
denounced the only Democrat who has
led the party to victory since Tho var
and the one who has done the iiost> 10
save it from the Suicidal fate winch has
now overtaken IL. They have Launched
new party and must sail under rs COOS
the party Of silyerism, reputation ard
popuiism
The triumph OF silverism and populism
won by the politicians at Chicago is but
the beginning of the battle. The campaign
for national honesty honor ana safety
has yet to be taken up " the people
and waced 10 a finish IN NOfemner. Inc
people are both honest and patriotic.
They have only to be awakened TO The
new danger that menaces the country 10
arise I'm it's defence As they did ia ls'l.-
New York Herald.
The platform adopted yesterday At Chi
caco. admirable i'm everything else, out
lines a financial policy that is not salts
factory to Eastern Democrats, nor 10
the more thoughtful ones OF Inc west
and South. 1t involves confusion, dl7lIrs7'
and. as regards existing contracts par
tial reputation.
IL is absolutely impossible for the sl-
vel men TO capture the House OF Repre-
sentatlvcs without gross dereicuon on
the part OF the friends of sound money
The question for us, therefore is "ne'nei
Ne ought TO try TO elect fre9lueA1 wiz
a. iudependent, upright ana piosI esaN' -
free from any compromising o"'"''e'
,,.rts with sinister forces, ana ehlshle"-
ga I'm his views on all suDJecis Dut v'''
hut whose ideas on one topc u"e a.
never likely TO come before MN loi i'm
c,al action are uusOund, or Wheiher we
,hn,,ld prefer 4 man mOrgaged 10
rorr,ut oligarchy that would make Has
air, Illustration a national scandal
Al present the choice IS between tNe
reoular Democratic nominee ana Aic'>lI-
lev and in such circumstances the uuly
of Democrats admits Of no DOUBT. IL j.
10 vote for sound-money congresrAltn
and the. Rational tcket-NeW ioA"
Journal.
Whether sound-money delegations as
whole holt or not there VIII be sound
,,onev men IN the Cranktest who "li
walk out of H., leaving ii to impersonate
its own anarchy and - roar Us Owl
reputation r....
There are also many other Democrats
who Will support neither anarchy nor re-
mutation. And these men, being Demo
Gratis. should not be required 10 support
kepubHcanism. Nor should they be ioIccd
not TO vote at all.
For them should be provided al ron
est-money Democratic national pattern
and national ticket. In the provision Ct
II the Independent Democrats ~ ms
stale should lead off, headed by those
of Kings and New York counties.
We counsel an instant retdla'ion II
this need and a prompt NEE 'ng OF TINS
duty The requisite movement VIII eicT
As II goes The honor of at once ~ tai
ing il is TO be coveted IS LrcSeht OBJ
gaiion and a lasting distinction.
For country and for right conscHbce
Democrats and for them together ana
now brooklyn Eagle.