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Vett"e bfshuNe Solumn,
From tAe courter.Journa,.
During the lost twelve years the popular yor-
diets have certainly been most caprlcious.
Cleveland in 1884 on tariff straddle. Hur-
rison In 1888 and straight protection. The Nc
Kinley bill and Cleveland again in 1899 on a
radical revenue only" platform. Mckinley in
1896, tho money issue absorbing all other is.
sues, and now, the Dinglcy bill following, n
Democratic revival In 1897. Who shall predict
with any assurance just what will hnppen in
1900 and in 1900f
Intense and eager partisans who doubt moth.
ing until they have stumbled over something
are already counting their chickens out of this
years basket of oggs; hut, taking their cue
from the lessons of tho twelve years intervening
between 1885 and 1907, men less optimistic and
confident will think twico before they venture
upon any forecast to gamble on
Meanwhile certain principles, which stand
back of party issues, and give tho breath Of life
to party leaders, remain upon the scene as act
ual and rs vital as they ever wcre immortal
for truth can never die; and here are threo
simple propositions in which good government
must intrench itself, from which it must draw
its sustenance, II we are TO turn tho corner OF
the new century n republic in both tho substance
and the spirit which were designed by the
makers of the Constitution.
Flrst-The Government has no right. either
equitable or legal, to tax tho people except to
raise money for its own support: every dollar OF
taxation diverted from this purpose Is robbery
and It is equally important that the money
legally collected shall be honestly applied.
Secondy-The right Of the people to local self
government is an inalienable right; to Local
option in the counties; to home rule in the cities
to all rights in tho State not expressly dele
nl e.. tI,t ~
preservation OF this right Of local self.govern
ment is essential to that just equilibrium be
tween liberty and law which are tho corner
stones of our system of Federal and State insti
tutions.
Thirdly-The money of tho country must bt
good money, circulating everywhere. unqucs
toned and unquestionable, recognized at once
and taken ut its full value. and that. to affair
this universal recognition and acceptance. II
must consist of gold and silver and paper, tn,
whole of interchangeable value. each converti
bic into the other on demand and freely circu
lifting side by side.
These propositions arc as true now as eve
they were. In general way they embrace th
political issues of the day. II they DO De
! mocracy, then we are a Democrat. If they b,
not Democracy, then wo are not Democrat
In our Judgment we cannot have enlightened
realized in all national and State legis
lation, and. as so realized, settled fnall
and for all time. We long ago naile
them to the masthead. and there the
are in the full view of all men. We shall no
trouble ourselves in future whether their SUP
porters be many or few, nor concern ourselve
in the least about the party machinery whic
may be needful to give them effect. Tho fate Q
the organized movement toward this latter en-
| disposes of that particular form and' method o
| impressing them upon the voters Of Ken
| tucky, and we shall certainly neither make no
| join any further effort in that direction
| On tho other hand, tho purposes and ten
denotes of tho Republican party are equally or
| posed with the excesses Of the radical Demo
Gratis to our ideas of go d government, and w
| shall not be party to any movement having 70
its object nothing higher. or nobler. than tn
| preference of ono set of extreme and obiectiona
bio politicians over another set of equally obiet
| tionable and extreme politicians. In the enc
perhaps, the people will come to see that neithc
| set Of extremists is good for them, for the bod
polite. or the body corporate.