Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-26

Supreme Court as to secure a reversal
os its decision upon the constitutionality
OF the income-tax, and assigns as the
reason that as he d did not make 1t
in this form before. / (he) could not so
notice IT. How hypercriticall How he
stickles about form! What matters tho
form II the substance is there? He
seems TO require the particularly or n
criminal indictment. and unless II VIII
stand the test OF demurrer he will not
answer
'Why did the Senator. trained as he
says he was, from his youth TO respect
courts the son and grandson OF
'honored judges allow the charge
shouted by Senator Hill from the stage
OF the convention that the plank
MEANS. AND 1T WAS OPENLY
AVOWED IT MEANS. THE ADDING
OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE
COURT, OR THE TURNING OUT or
OFFICE AND RECONsTRUCTING THE,
WHOLE COURT Why did the Sena-
tor allow this grave and defiant charge
to go unrefuted? If the Senator be-
lieved then as he declares now, why did
not this distinguished scion Of honored
stock. trained from his youth TO re,
spect courts rise in the majesty OF his
strength and defend the platform. and
huri the charge back like a thunderbolt?
What explanation is there? First, that
his mind has undergone a change since;
second, that while he was at the con-
vention, he was virtually not in IL; or,
third, that he had stags-fright, and his
tongue was dumb"
COURAGE AND FIDELITY.
The Governor. discusses the unit rule,
touches briefly on the question OF pre-
cedent In State conventions reaffirming
national platforms, and continues:
1.-The Senator in his letter uses the
terms courage and fidelity TO friends
frequently In a kind of enigmatical way,
which / 90 not comprehend. Courage in
Virginia is not at premium; 1t Is found
everywhere and in every gar5. Fidelity
to friends Is a Virginia characteristic.
IF the Senator's use Of these terms is
aimed at me personally, 1 will say that
as to my fidelity TO friends. the hun
dreds, yes, more than hundreds, whom
/ have served during my public career,
will rise up as witnesses for me. If the
Senator thinks ] should have abandoned
my principles last fall 10 save friends in
office, ] will say that as much as | love
my friends, / love my principles more.
/ Will sacrifice much for my friends, but
never my manhood.
"As to my own personal courage, l
shall not speak.
FAITH IN THE PEOPLE
'Tn referring to my expression Of faith
I'm the people the distinguished Senator
asks, What people? Then answering
himself, says:
In the clan that spent $16OO 900 TO buy
the State for Mckinley last fall'
Here are two aspersions: ]. That
am in sympathy with the Republican
party q That gold Democrats were
purchased IN the last campaign like cattle
in market overt
These reckless aspersions Indicate
that the iron Of just criticism had touched
the quick and reached the mar
row of the Senator and that like tor
mented man he was striking wildly in
every direction. SO far as his fling at
me Is concerned. / treat II with the same
indifference l have treated the many
puerile inslnuations that have been
hurled at me since l took my position
for true and unadulterated Democracy
last fall.
The wish is father to the thought with
the Senator. He would revel In delight
II / would forsake my Democracy ana
embrace Repubicanism, but his wish VIII
never be gratifed. When he stands en-
eulfed I'm Organism and Populism, and
every other ism that promises dowry
of some votes, he Will find me stu az
Democrat. ] say further that as mighty
as he imagines himself TO be, wearing,
as he does, the pronoun ~ as his coat
of-arms. he could never read me out or
the Democratic party even If he could
read his own title clear. My principles
are in my bone and blood. There Is no
place i'm the gift OF the Republican party
of a political nature I would accept
There IS no Republican tenet that / en-
dorse. except that OF sound money, and
that is a Democratic tenet as well.
am a Democrat. simple and pure. I'm
polIuted by Populism untainted by Bryan
ism. and uncorrupted by Republcanism,
and i'm the faith of Democracy / shall
live and under her banner l shall die.
Now. as to the second aspersion. "One
hundred and sixty thousand dollars"
says the Senator, were spent to carry
the State for Mckinley" Who were
bought? Not Republicans, Of course. but
Democrats The Senator seems TO be
so well posted as TO the use of the Re-
publican corruption fund upon Demo-
Gratis. will he tell us how much was spent
in the purchase of the 1,000 gold Demo-
Gratis in Lynchburg, the 2,SOO in Rich
mond. the SO IN Petersburg, the 1.4ll in
Norfolk. the 3IS in Portsmouth, the 440
I'm Manchester, the 2O6 in Staunton. the
702 I'm Roanoke, the 400 I'm the Valley
counties. and the 5000 In the other cities
and sections of the State?
The Senator has impunged the integrity
of men who are his peers any hour of
the day I'm all the attributes of manhood.
and he has made a charge that. like Ban
auo's ghost. will not down. and cast an
aspersion that all the briny tears Of re-
pentance that the Senator may ever shed
will never efface from the memory Of
the brave men who in the courage Of
their convictions and the exercise of their
rights as freemen refused to follow his
blind leadership in the late presidential
campaign.