The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-20
MACK REPLIES TO METCALF.
THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC PLAT
FORM-HE OUTLINES Ut.
He Thinks the Factions In the Party Ousht
to He Able 10 Agree on Money rlank
He Would Leave Oct ern,ininE OF Hauo
Between Cold and silver to Congress


Norman F.. Mack, New York member o
the Executive Committee of the Democratic
National Committee, replies as follows u
the open letter addressed to him by Rlchart
l.. Metcalf, editor of the Omaha Word
Herald, regarding the Democratic plat
form to be adopted by the National Con
vention next year:
a,e,ors Dyr 1iea Il Ea 10 T%y a. leGsl
DEAR SIR In reply to your open letter r,
the Rorla- ReyaId. beg to aek1owisds E.
first Of all, the admirable spirit Of franknesf
which animates its contents ana to assure 81 re
You that in response. ! will endeaVor 10 pe
guided by the same sentiment, - -.
On the whole It seems to me that we are
net very far apart II Inc no oo S much 10
ask Democrats to eliminate indlvidual pre-
erences, If BY this you refer to TIE , can ~
candidate should be a man whose record or
and character would Justify popular conn, ~
fsRHe tb that pa Re Toq padssn
II goes without saying. trust. that would
counsel the n9mlnaton o. no man Wno o sGui n
= ! would counsel Democrats to become in
different as to the character OF the 9Iatiorm =,
though doing me the Justice to ADD s,,cb an AN
vice" ] would be the last to give such al
vice. A candidate must represent his party.
and sincerely to the tenets Of that party rs
laid down in If national platfo It If be,sv.
to the money question would avoid mourning
the hostility of Mr. Cleveland and his follow
Fra frsntl 40 nh s HST IN" woad i "a
to construct platform without financial
plank. for finance is the bone and sinew OF
of the nation. Monetary conditions have
changed vastly since the adoption OF ,nee
Chicago thanks to enrs
sspp pH1" Of ro Old By resso@ Of the KondiEe
Ss hss arc err bou the
same result which the Democratic party
Se1abv t to Ss polon Of The
platform Of 90 How long this condition
will last no man can say. should the nat nra'
supply of gold fall on to its former dimen-
sions. or should unforeseen circumstances in
the international word of commerce and
finance operate to contract or monop9litz IL,
the supply. we would he again confronted by
the old problem. While am frank to say
that do not believe this will occur in the near
l l"ppy e of Ss Seow
Africa and elsewhere, yet II would in my
opinion. he uniwse not to make provision
against the possible contingencies OF the
future
am not, prepared nor do ! think any
man U.s., TO dec lare just what ratio, should be
parity between gold and silver.
This. OF course, is the bone of contention
party: while lie | h have been firm believer in
and upholder Of the principles enuncated
in the Chicago and Kansas City platforms:
contained in the next national platform. it
seems to me that the adherents of those two
platforms could meet the 9thers who n viii
that Congress exercise the function Of deter
to be etstabished between the Two metals,
as their respective values fuctuate according
to the law Of supply and demand.
inquire. the Democratic attitude must re-
main un shaken. The evils of trustism have
from the exactons Of mon opoly,. than since
the last Presidential election s., So no ITO, p
publican admin stration, in Difference to the
not to- be -misun derstood demands Of the
PEOPLE. has deemed i e1 ps en,,,t TO- out
Bearing, in mind the temper Of the people
form Of next year viii undoubtedly contain
Of P en- ev fEo On thi s pons Pemocracv must
the record Of our naarty will assure the people
Of its sincerity, This will give ms an i'm
HRha p"ssS be % any,
sincerity Of intention in the matter OF trust
Right in line with, trust control, because
absolutely inseparable therefrom. must
date aHboIition Of ali duties and son;s-
but a proper mod fcation Of existing sched-
ules so as to conform to tho needs, Of the
h of III. h whc
favored BY the high tarin rates constructed
Il their 4. fpvS ssy not T" s br
that same tariff wall also prevent the en-
trance Of Europeaan rivalry, and thereby
a peors n their s
men. to pay It is time that hi. "pro,ec-
to the American consumers j, is merely
projection to the monnppolists who are thereby
] think all right minded. unprej JUDGED
men will agree that tariff revision, In view
sirabie' The Dsmoc Democratic principle Of tariff
tS;dsy Than v svsr Is %hsn W. "a. {%poTt..
the benefit Of privileged class and for the
creation of an enormous surplus in itself
is ndeed lime m aa hall snd 10 aEe
some measure of relief for the ordinary
As to the income tax. J. am aware that
there are those In each of the two great po-
litical parties " no are opposed to such an
institution; yet ! am frank to say that the
body one Of the farest principles Of taxation.
AZ to the propositions involved in the
Aldrich, bill, it cannot be denied that oc-
rency are favored by certain men Of either
political faith But hat the whole matter
Is in most unsatisfactory state is evidenced
by the numerous and varying financial bills
considered by the late Congress
The Democratic protest against govern
ment by injunction is a manly protest. as
Il also the condemnation of the blacklist,
The CONTINUATION of the methods employed
timony OF Gen. Miles. Comm ar der-in- Chief
OF the Army. have not served TO lessen the
n snnn, dislike Of Americans for measures
say9rng strongly Of imperalisw on the
enthusiasm and the hero" worship which
20 largely dominated the last national cleo
ton have died away and the Filpinos have
the Cubans, the attitude OF the Republican
ADMINISTRATION in this, particular, as in it's
indiherence TO monopoly injunctions, black
emplined not only in national but in State
administrations. points Enthusiastically to the
IN American policy of central ization Of au-
thority-not only, monopoly Of manufacture.
sidy bilD and Of finance. but monopoly of
government by the few. The plain tendency
Of Republication to-day seems to be dlrected
by the spirit Of Alexander Hamilton and his
II seems TO me that the friends of Mr.
Bryan and those Of Mr.. Cleveland can unite
in opposition to these things without sur
principles, The selection OF the candidate
must be secondary to the enumeration OF
the platform. which must not be ambiguous
on any proposition. but couched in terms
by his party in national convention assem-
bled he must subscribe. looking not to the
acknowledgment Of him self or his fortunes.