The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-23
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The Charlotte Observer one OF the
Yz...sacst D-moct attic pupc.s in the
eSs!sn. rtpIoauces some comments OF
aisiss on senator ttlils departure from
sss.aD.snea pliaciines. and adds:
inc more one reflects upoa Senator
8 Hi pas.uoI in TINS matter the moe
amazing 1t appears. lie mas ever been
u l,cmocfats OF Democrats. a Hebrew OF
the iIcpiews. In tii the night OF dark
ness. sInlc 1886 his stai. has snone with
q steady hight. Ale rs a great intellect.
great ia wyer. a 81 eat Democrat. and was
u great governor and a Erca. senator.
AS has been remarked by one of our
n ontcmpOrar.es.3 no man ever rade
inner or more lasting reputation IN one
term IN the Senate: he was the equal N
pi II he did NOT over-match, Every ic-
publican Senator who went against II M
In DEBATE. SO street a conStrucionlst
was ne that nc even opposed tae income
tax, upon the ground that itis not Demo
cratic In the Kansas City Convention
Of 1885 he made a noble light for the
principles OF Democracy. and though ne
was ovcrthrown.s bis argument was never
answered. He IS now sixty years DID,
H In the evening OF his age. as may be
said, he mas struck his Tag. The strike
Is settled and the false issue which he
has raised Will be an issue no longer.
ndlun winch a,taches on account OF 1t
to him anG to his part. 1t IS now no
more than "a deocyIng fish in the moon
light, which st1nks and shines, on ac-
count o; It, II for nothing else. MS party
@i.i be defeated iii New York III NoyeIn-
per-
To he both wrong and beaten is I'M
zpeakabIe.
Senator HIS Socialistic plank was bad
enough. even when the coal strike was
on ana when 1t seemed Impossible Tor
The mine operators and the strikers 10
come to terms. But now that the strike
has been ended. that plank in tho New
York PLATFORM has an out-of-date an-i
pcarance and is ridiculous. We should
Ike to near Mr. Hlll on that question,
now that the strike has been settled.
IN the light OF recent events. can he now
stand UP before his people and make
nlea for government ownership or the q
anthracite coal mines OF pennsylvania?
With the miners all at work upon salts
factory terms. and With the mines CIV
Ing out as much coal as can be pro.
nuced. witt, everything gong on ln8the
usual way does Mir. Hill now ask that
The government step in and take ioTclb @
,,ssossion Of the mines and own and
operate them IN rs own account
Senator 1911 has put the party In New
York in pitful posi.on indeed. and
mas MADE II the laughing stock Of the
nation.
All this goes to show how necessary
1t is for the Democratic party to stand
by Its principles IN all emergencies and
never TO lose IT'S head 1t is in time OF
national distress that the sober judE-
rnent and sanity and conservatism OF
The national Denocr - is>most needed.
Tor At is then that men are apt TO lose
their reason and resort to extreme mca-
srres. In the nard times OF 1876 the
Democratic party permitted extreme men
to lead 1t away from its principles and
traditions and bitterly has the party
rcpenteu. AT that tine Mr. Hill repre-
scented the conservative element But
when another emergency arose in this
year of our Lord. Mr.. Hill lost his rea-
son and Went over othe extremists.
First came Roosevelt. the Republican,.
with proposal to take away from The
States the power to control their cor
porauons and vest that power in the
Federal Congress Then came Hill. the
Democrat, with a proposal for the
Federal Government to go into the bor-
ders OF sovereign State. seize coal
mines belonging to citizens and own and
operate them! what are coming to?
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