The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-05-24
'TdEH AuD HOW.

TdEH AuD HOW.
Republicans Ueing Democratic Plat
form as Their Own.
In 1895 the democratic nationa
convention adopted a platform. one Of
the planks Of which follows: But for
this decision by the supreme court
(the adverse decision on the income
ta1) there would be no deficit In the
revenue under the law passed b7 .
democratic congress In strict pursu.
ance of the uniform decisions of Chat
court for nearly one hundred years,
that court having In that decision
sustained constitutional objections to
It's enactment which was previously
overruled by the ablest judge who had
ever sat on that bench. We declare
that it is the duty Of congress to use
all the constitutional power which r.
mains after that decision, or which
may come from, its reversal by the
court IS 1t may hereafter be constitu'
ted. 80 that the burdens OF taxation
may be equally and impartially laid,
70 the end that wealth may bear It's
due proportion of the expenses OF the
government.
That plank was denounced by re-
publican editors and republican ora.
tors, and democrats were called AN
archists" because they presumed to
''criticjse the courts"
The editorial remarks Of the Now
Yurk Tribune made after the election
of 1895 were fairly representative OF
the tone employed by republicans
generally In the treatment Of the
Chicago platform, and particularly
that plank above quoted. The Tti"
oune said that -"e democratic move
ment of 1896N "a malicious con.
spiracy against sle honor and integ-
rity of the nation," and added:
Its nominal head was worthy OF
the cause. Nominal, because the
Wretched, rattle. pated boy, posing In
vapid vanity and mouthing resound'
Ing rottenness, was not the real leaoel
Of that league of nell. He was only
puppet in the blood-imbrued hands OF
-, the anarchist, and --, the
revolutionist, and other desperadoes
Of that stripe. But he was . willing
puppet, Bryan was, willing and eager.
Not one of his masters was more spt
than he at lies and forgeries and bias
phemies and all the nameless iniqui'
ties Of that campaign against the Ten
Commandments. He goes down with
che cause, and must abide With 1t In
the history of infamy. He had less
provocation than Benedict Arnold,
less intellectual force than Aaron
Burr, less msnliness and courage than
Jefferson Davis. He was the rival OF
them all in deliberate wickedness and
treason to the republic. His name
belongs with theirs, neither the most
brilliant nor the most hateful In the
list. Good riddancs to it all, to con
spiracy and consplrators, and to the
foul menace of repudiation and snaZ-
chy against the honor and the life OF
the republic"
On April 1S, 1916, Theodore Roose.
velt elected to the presidency OF the
United States as a republican, sent to
congress q special message dealing
particularly with the decision of Fed.
eral Judge J. Otis Humphrey In the
beef trust case. Mr.. Roosevelt refer
red to the Judgment in the beef trust
oase as "a miscarriage OF Justice. !"
MI. Roosevelt also said II can hardly
believe that the rule Of Judge Hum
phrey will be followed by other
Judges" Referring to the tendency
Of the times, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
THE danger nowadays is, not that
Innocent men will be convicted Of
crime, but that the guilty man will
20 scott free. This is especially the
case where the crime ia one Of greed
and cunning perpetrased by man OF
wealth in the course Of those business
operations where the code Of conduct
is at variance not merely with the
code of humanity and morality, but
with the code as established In the
law OF the land" Referring to Judge
Humphreys decision Mr.. Roosevelt
said: "Such Interpretation OF the law
comes measurably near making the
law farce"
The plank in the democratic ma
tionsl platform of 1895 for the adop
zion of which democrats were de-
nounced as anarchists is decidedly
5ame In comparison with the Ian.
suage used by the president, elected
as a republican, In commenting upon
the decision in the beef trust case.
In 1895 democrats pointed In a mild
way to the fact that the courts decis.
ion in the income tax case was out OF
harmony with the uniform decisions
tor reafly one hundred years, and eX
pressed the hope, by implication, that
the c)urt as hereinafter constituted
might reverse the decision. But Mr..
r josevelt was not at all mild In his
arraignment of Judge Humphreys
leclsion. "A miscarriage Of justice;'
be called it., and he added such In.