The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-26

| and as Revolutionary" and his state
ment went unchallenged.
! BY his silence he admits the charge.
u I charged that the Senator con-
| demned the alleged bargain OF Malone
| with a Republican court, some years ago.
| and asked the Senator 10 draw the dis
| alnctlon In ethics or the effect on our in
1 stitutions between bargaining with a
| court and bargaining with men directly
| or Indirectly. who are appointed as MEM
| Ders OF a court
The Senator. by his silence, admits the
| charge.
10. ! charged that the Senator had no
| precedent for the action OF the Roanoke
| convention in reafiirming the national
| platform.
/ BY his silence he admits the charge.
| though with holiness he asserted in his
first letter that the action was In accord
ance with party usage.
a. I charged that IN 1892 he opposed the
INIT rule in the Richmond state conven-
ton when leading a minority and de-
manded II in 1896 I'm the Stanton State
Convention when leading majority.
He admits Il, and says that have re-
versed my position on that question which
is a mistake as / shall show later In this
letter.
Is. ! charged that the Federal interior
ence plank OF the Chicago platform as
construed by all the people except senator
Daniel, was pernicious and bad.
The Senator admits this charge, but
saws IL was improperly construed More
OF this farther on.
16 ! charged that the income tax, the
tax decision plank as construed by every
body except Senator Daniel would sap
the foundation OF our Jurisprudence
Inc Senator admits the charge, but.
insists that ali the people were wrong
in their construction. More OF this before
1 conclude.
L. 1 charged that more than 10000 Dem
ocrats i'm Virginia last fall declined 10
support Mr.. Bryan and his platform. and
gave figures to substantiate my state
ment
me senator after scanning my figures
admits their correctness by his silence,
and seems no longer 10 regard gold
Democrats" as myths. and does not de-
nounce them as in his former letter as
''outside enemies"
~ charged that the Senator had
never been an ardent tariff reformer.
he declined to answer the charge di-
rectIv. and contented himself with ref
erence 10 his record for years HOW
easy II would have been for him 90 have
refuted the charge II not true ! gave
his record for years" I'm my other letter;
ne had Il before him and by his silence
admitted that j had stated IL correctly,
which IS: Ist An internal revenue re-
pealer and "a let alone" tariff advocate,
"a. A tariff for revenue only supporter
3D. An endOrser OF the Chicago tariff
plank. acceptable to silver Republican
protectionists. He has been three-cor-
nered tariff man.
-. l charged that Senator Mills had
denounced the Chicago tariff plank as
I'M Democratic. and chat Senator Vest
had declared that If he had understood
II, he would not have toucned IT any
more than he would have laid his hand
on a live rattlesnake a hundred miles
from whiskey, and that II II be Democratic
doctrine God save US from the new evan
gel"
Senator Daniel by his silence admits
the charge
20 1 stated that the Senator. as reported
by the papers. said al Roanoke that
there was too much in the Chicago plat
form II would have been better If some
of IL had been left out" I asked him what
planks he thought ought to have been
expunged? l have looked I'm vain for an
answer in his letter. BY his silence he
admits the language imputed to him, but
he closes his shell and declines to en-
tighten the people as TO the planks that
ought to have been discarded. But Is 1t
not singular indeed that he demanded a
reaffirmance Of the Chicago platform
las a whole" when it contained according
to his own declaration Objectionable fea-
tures2 The Chicago convention OUGHT
TO HAVE LEFT THEM OUT. but the
Roanoke Convention MUST PUT THEM
IN. is this wise leadership? is this
broad-gauged craftsmanship?
Il. / stated that IL was said the Sena-
tor was changing his mind on the Sena-
torial primary proposition which he OPP
posed in the Roanoke Convention
To this the Senator made no response.
so we conclude that he is swinging to the
windward side. in fact, all doubt is re-
moved by the recent declaration of his
home organ which trumpets his views on
all questions great and small. and sneezes
when ne takes snuff.
-. ! suggested in my other letter that
n Senator Daniel had not felt secure I'm
his reelection, the Chicago platform
would not have been reaffirmed at Roam
oke I suggested that feeling secure. he
determined with power in his hand TO car
~ out MIR. Bryan's threat in his Rich
mond speech that no gold Democrat
should even receive recognition except
upon Bonded knees, stultfying and humil-
iating himself. SO forceful were my sug-
gestions that the Senator held his peace
and spake not word.
with all these twenty-five admissions
grouped. the people can see at glance
tho result so far Of my encounter with
Nirginias senior Senator. IL has become
so fashionable of late TO attack me- that
the Senator concluded he would try his
hand. and, perhaps. draw or attention
from his recent escapade at the Roanoke
convention 10 the handsome manner in
which he was lambasting me. Taking as
a pretext the simple mention of his name
in a connection in which IL had been
mentioned by thousands OF persons and
printed by hundreds Of papers without
rufling his temper or heating his blood,
he made his dash "heeter than the wild
horse of Burger to hew me down with
his Damascus blade. elf-preservation. the
first law OF nature. rebelled against THIS
unprovoked assault. and in my humble
way / ventured 10 defend myself with
the weapons at hand. and l find I am
still unframed, and ready and willing TO
continue the combat should IL be the
desire Of this supposed mighty Gladiator.
SO l say "lay on" and defeated is he
who first cries, hold. enough"
Pardon this diversion from the work
still before me. l shall endeavor to reply
10 all that my fierce antagonist has ad-
vanced in his four-column letter.
TARIFF.
The Senator asserts that 1 did not study