The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-14
FRIDAY. JULY II. 1899.
,,,v,su,NcrON POST OPPOSES

rho washington Post IS always ei'he'
80 or nothing. and IT'S much ofteneT
nothing than funny. 1t undertakes To
80 the Times proposition that the
Derocratic party return to its platform
~ 1909 with RIGHTEOUSNESS, but the o''y
,o,eb raised is at the expense OF the
Post. 49,,
+, tho nlatform OF 1902 expressed the
views and opinions Of all Democrats at
that time. why should 30 not be cor
roe, expression Of Democratic teneS at
,Js and I'm an future time? II was
concrete expression of the views an"
o,,oions Of an Democrats who had pro
,essed the faith Up 10 1892. and not
ncu.ocrat I'm the United states eXpresseu
any dissent from iis propositions when
the Democratic National Convention OF
1902 nut IT out as Democracy's creed
what has happened 90 make it any less
.v,rossion Of Democratic faith than
q then was?
Have Democratic tenets changed or
have the shifty opinions OF those Who
had the opportunity 20 write the plat
form Of 1896 changed? Democratic tenets
are interchangeable and impossible or
o,o,ee # is a change therefore I'm the
,hameleon-llke opinions OF those VINO
,.ro,e the piatform of 1896, and the SOON
cr Democracy disavows those new IDEAS
and returns TO her old profession OF ialth
,he better 1t will be FOR Democracy.
rho chief assault Of the Post is upon
the tariff plank OF the platform Of 1872.
1rpon that subject It has the following
10 say:
who, &c there I'm that tariff plank Of
800 OF I'm the associations connected with
a. mat should inspire in any Democratic
mind n desire for its repetuont Nhat
is there I'm the whole or any part or De-
mocracy's long fight against protection
mat should nourish a hope Of success
II that party IS capable Of learning from
experience. It's soul must be saturated
and flooded with the conviction that IN
starting out to reform the tariff II missed
its vocation.
What IS there in fl that should inspire
in any Democratic mind a desire for fits
renetition? There IS everything in IT,
The campaign Of 1892 was a campaign OF
education. Competent speakers and
writer's devoted themselves increasingly
20 a discussion Of the tariff at a time
when interest in the subject had been
aroused and when men listened 10
speeches and read discussions in the
press and the nation was being made TO
understand that the system OF a pro-
tective tariff was nothing but scheme
no which one set OF American citizens
we're enabled 10 use the physical power
y, the nation 20 rob another set OF
American citizens for the benefit OF the
orst set. a healthy and sound public
ocinion was being created that Woulo
.,ya brought tour government 10 the
,,,e basis Of Republic in which all
men are given equal opportunities ana
m. laws are made 20 bear In exactly the
same way upon all
I'm, Jus, at the time when the fofna-
81. process had got 10 a condition from
which order and consistency ana results
could have been evolved, the wild men
Who controlled tho party at chicago IN
,sqc got hold OF its machinery-and with
,oe haf approval Of the Post, ioo-and
switched Democratic thought off from
,b. sound and healthy lines upon which
a WAS moving to the ridiculous, absurd
and contemplate theories that the Post
had half encouraged. and we had the
Democratic party making spectacle Of
itself before the world. dishonoring its
traditions and making ali wise Democrats
ashamed Of a party hat they had loved
next 10 their own homes.
There Is everything in the Democratic
partys long night against protection 10
make II nourish a hope Of success 1t
was nearing success when the Tillmans
and the Aligelds pulled Il off-with the
secret encouragement Of the Post-into
the mud in which It now founders. and
IL Il will so back 70 the platform OF 1892
Il will again present united front OF
earnest. sincere. enthusiastic members
working for an end that IL based upon
moral considerations and nothing can
then keep II from succeeding,