Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-27
declaration against retiring outstaud.

a declaration against retiring outstand.
ing paper money of the government.
Other plnnks declare In favor Of a
tariff FOR revenue only and Of a coisti.
tutional amendment making an income.
tax measure valid
The demand for the abolition of gov
crnnicnt by Injunction. whereby q Fed.
eral Judge becomes at once legislator.
Judge and cxccutioncr. will meet with
popular approval. 1t will he rcmcm-
bered thu, hill designed to remedy the
evil here complained OF. offered by
senator Hill. passed the Senate at the
last session of Congress. and doubtless
will puss the house at the next session.
The only reference to- Clevplnnd's al.
mipistmtion ia in the criticism of tho
Federal government for sending troops
into Illinois during the great strike of
1891. On the other hand. the admins.
t'ation of Gov. Altgcld Ia singled out
for cordial endorsement. which is not
unnatural. innsniiicli as the convention
voiced the governors will so closely.
He Ii especially commended for his at
tack on "boodlcism' In the Legislature
AMI for his vetocs of the No. called nonop-
oily bills. which were drafted In the in
terest of the gas trust and street rail
way companies of Chicago. The sup
portcrs of Gov. Altgcld do well to make
much of these vctOcs. for nothing that
the Governor has done has brought him
such general comEiendatiOn us his nc.
ton on these bills.
The revenue systcm Of Illinois IL con.
dcmned and its reform IL dcma udctl.
TIE pledge TO work for Il constitutional
amendment (which will allow local tax
alton for lCcu, purposes" Is Il COnces.
SION to singlc.tnxers. who see In such
provision an opportunity to nave their
plan put In practice
1t IL not hard to seq wha the trainers
of the platform mean by condcmning
the last General Assembly "for 80 Grip
ping the Industrial arbitration law az
almost to destroy Its value" and de.
handing "such legislation as will make
the arbitration law effective" The ar.
b!t.ation law itself IL all RICH, and
should not he tampcrcd with until II
has had Il longer trial. The only trou.
bic Il that II passed ut the special sps.
slcn after the appropriation bills were
out Of the way and no provision was
made for expenses. outside of the sal.
Varies Of the commissioners. All that
the next Legislature needs to do for
the arbitration law II to make an nppto.
pr.at.on for the expenses of the com.
mission in the regular appropriation
I'll.
The criticism of the last General Aa.
semlly for Its failure to pass a law for.
bidding chill labor Il well taken. how.
ever. ana the pledge of the platform,
ON that subject IL TO he commended.
The passage Of the fiag law by the
last Legislature makes good "a inpa Ign
material for the Democrats. something
which the platfoin-inalicrs did not
overlook. The party did well to declare
for legislation In behalf of good roads:
also for legislation for the protection Of
miners. There will he sympathy with
the general proposition to take prison
labor out OF competition with free labor
~ far ns practicable. hut approval or
dlsapprOvnl must le withheld until the
specific plans for effecting the reform
are presented.
On State issues the platform Of the
Peoria convention u a fairly good one.
hut In the coming campaign the sub.
Jec:s therein considered are likely ia
be lost sigh: Of In the suhserv fence Of all
| other iSslics IN thp min mia which -
the money guess iOn.-RccOpl.