The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-05
aealns. Mr.. Mckinney on the silver plat

form for the nomination. ,oo ,t,
The virginia convention OF lss2 wnicn
scnt delegates TO the National conven-
ton. and OF which the Governor was
member. re-apDroved that deciaratlQ9h.
The Virginia convention OF ~, whiSh
nominated O'Ferrall. simply irdorsed me
National Democratic platform OF la9s.
mon which President Cleveland had been
the platform is as follows:
I'VE hold 10 the use Of Doth goid anu
| silver as the standard money of the couh-
try. and to the coinage OF both gold ana
silver without discriminating against enhsr
metal or charge for mintage, but the dol
lar unit Of coinage OF b0tn metals must
b. OF equal intrinsic ana eNchdheeapie
,,aluo or be adjusted by international
agreement or BY such safeguards or legis-
lation as shall ensure the maintenance OF
rarity of the two metals ana the equa
powcr OF every dollar at all tlmeS IN the
markets ard IN the payments or debts
n will be seen from the perusal Of this
declaration that gold ana silver were TO
bo coined without discriminating against
| either metal or charge for mintage. what
is this but free coinagef Inc adjustment
Nv international agreement is not put az
The sole method Of maintaining parity,
INT as an alternative method. and as an
alternative method not only 10 one lhln8
hut to two things-thc iirst thlng being
"the equal intrinsic and eXchangcablc
vsluc" and the second being the safe
guards OF legislation" referred 10. In
one way or the other Hay-in some one
OF three different ways-ye1- any way. we
were 10 have the coinage Of both metals
IN without discriminating against either
~ without charge for nintage and botn
tho gold and silver coined were 10 be
STANDARD money Of the country what
ala the Cleveland administration do 10
redeem that pledge? Not thing. And
how Is that pledge reconcillblc with the
platform Of Palmer and Ruckner upon
which Governor O'Fcrrall supported them,
which declared for the adoption OF gold
only "as a standard Of monetary me1s-
ure and the maintenance Of silver at a
MARTY with gold under suitable safeguards
Of law"
/ That the Governor, fresh from the
nominating convention, voted Tor fiee
coinage at all the ratios. .lus constituting
his platform 20 be I'm favor Of it-or else
repudiatiug his platform and gong for
free coinage any way.
2. That after getting the Office for which
he was u candidate. ne abandoned ms
party associates who elected him ana
who construed the platform according 10
his vote and adopted Palmer and BUCK
ncr and their single gold standard pla',
form-abandOned even ne international
agreement free coinage theory, 10 "hlch
be now enormously limits me meaning
of the national platform OF lo32.
8. Further, ! might show mat there
IS now upon the statute BOOKS OF me
United States I'm Tho act repeating lhe
sherman law the plcdre Cf the severn
ment of the United States-tO which Pres
ident Cleveland Is )arty. Tor ne s.gued
ito which ex-senator Palmer and Cow
ernor O'Ferrall are both parties, for tney
voted for 10 after Governor feIIdll .
nomlnatlon-a pledge 'to continue the use
Of both gold and silver as STANDARD
money. and to coin both gold ana SILVER
into money with equal intrinsic ana eA-
changeable value
And vet these are the parties who arc
now harping on the gold standard. and
some Of them talking about the neon
sistencles Of their associates who nave
not followed them in their devious, zig
gag paths
CHICAGO PLATFORM AND TARIFF.
Again the Governor does not ''remem-
Der Alright" respecting the chicago pat
form and the tariff. lie says.
1T abandoned the tme-honored piin-
ciple of tariff for revenue only onunciat-
ed bv every Democratic convention which
mentioned the tariff from 1870 70 1892.
Not so. The fact is that the Democrat
ic platforms OF 1854 and 1888 upon which
Mr. Cleveland was twice nominated ana
which were framed by his friends. did
not declare for tariff FOR revenue only.
The fact Is also that the Cleveland lead
ers i'm the convention OF 1877, led by ms
eX-Cabinet officers. Villas, Whitney, ana
others, stoutly resisted the FOR revenue
only" expression, and that every one OF
the Cleveland delegates from virginia
voted with them against IT. 80 II would
seem that If the tariff Is the matter tha'
Is VeXing the Governors spirit he sup
ported Cleveland twice because the TOR
revenue only" clause was Lett out, ana
afterwards opposed Bryan for the same
reason. Surely this cannot be the Gov
errors trouble. The fact Is that The
Chicago tariff plank is less protective
than the platforms Of 1854 and ISIS
THE ALLEGED ATTACK ON THE SU-
PREME COURT.
The Governor says "the attack (of the
Chicago PLATFORM on the Supreme Court
OF course meets my seVerest cOndemna-
ton"
am not sure TO what clause the Gov
ernor refers as he follows the example
of most critics Of the platform in hurting
condemnation point blank without specl-
fving The particular language IL is hurled
at Some critics have denounced the CIVIL
service plank. which begins: We are
opposed TO life tenure i'm the public SER
yicc"-which they seized upon as an at
tack on the life tenure of judges; but
when they are pointed out the fact that
the clause continues with the proviso 'eN-
cent as provided I'm the constitution ana
can have no possible reference 10 the
constitutional Nfe tenure OF Judges, they
nv To the clause respecting the income
tax. In that clause the PATTERN refers
to the fact that "thore would be no de-
felt i'm the revenue under he law passed
by a Democratic Congress m strict pur-
suance OF the uniform decisions of the
Supreme Court for a hundred years. that
court having In that decision recCntly
mado) sustained constr ItiOnal oh1cc-
lions TO its enactment Uhe income tax
which had been previously ONcrruled boy
the ablest judges who ever sat on the
bench" and II added. I'VE declare That
il is the duty Of Congress To use all the
constitutional power which remains after
tina. decision. or which may come from
tS reversal by the court as II may here
after be constituted. 30 that the burdens
of taxation may be equally and impair
tally laid to the end that wealth may
beal its due proportion Of the expenses
of the government
am unable to perceive what can merit
"the seVerest condemnation In these cX-
orcssions They are toned with mOdera-
ton. They are full of respect for the
law as enunciated by the supreme Court.
They utter no threat. They foreshadow
no revolt They do not even hint at re-
sistance to its decisions.
Put they take COgnzance Of the facts
well known to all who arc familiar with
our judicial histOy--hct for "a hundred
wears the Supreme Court by repeated de-
cisions held the income tax not To be
a direct tax. and not to be unconsttu-
uoual. and that then court divided
against itself. but by a majority over
ruled the income tax against the protest
OF Judges Harlan, Jackson, White, and
Brown.
They Justly declared it to be the duty
Of Congress to use such power as re-
NAMED within the decision given. or
'by the court as II may be hereafter con-