The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-03-21
A National Party.

The music of re form is beard everywhere
in the air; and these reforms move on many
lines, each having its advocates. The SAN
guine expectations of the advocates Of each,
that their measure would prove all sufficient
lift could only be adopted. would hardly be
realized, but the probability is that each
has niodicum of good which when achieved
would prove to be a step forward in this great
movement which aims for the betterment of
the conditions OF those who toll necessarily
and create all, which by the operation of
unwise and unjust legislation is pouring the
wealth of the world into the pockets of
plutocratic class whose animating spirit is
greed.
The hope of mankind is that the common
sense of the people has more wisdom than
learned doctors, and when the advocates of
all the reform theories have laid bare their
merits that the people sitting out the dross
will take up the pure gold. All these re-
formers, though organized under different
associations and led by men Of different
views on public measures, appear to be
moving toward one we'll defined object, the
curtailment of privileges enjoyed by favor
ed class, who have manipulated the govern
ment 10 promote their selfish ends. And so
openly corrupt has this favored class become,
that there are signs everywhere of a wide
spread revolt, and breaking away from poo
litical party lines.
Political corruption and open bribery at
elections has so shocked the moral sense of
the public, that the Australian ballot is
every where being demanded and by menu
bers of all parties, except the bosses and
machine men, and this powerful, corrupt
element of both old parties wherever found
to be in the ascendent, oppose the Australian
ballot. This makes the reason of their op.
position obvious.
Single tax and free trade have clasped
hands and just now appear to be making the
most rapid advance. The free trade element
of the single tax party has captivated the
ear of the democratic party and the rank
and file of that party who rise above the
densely ignorant portion are Inclining
towards absolute free trade very precept-
ably, and threatens to throw over tariff re.
FORM" and advocate tariff abolition. Rev.
olutions do not move backwards or stop
halfway. Tariff reform is very indefinite.
1t is a republican doctrine as much SO as
democrat policy, and ultra men on both
sides in their last presidential campaign de.
clare the one in favor of a tariff so high as
to exclude every article of foreign manufac.
ture from American markets and supply
every thing by home industry; while the
ultra men on the democrat side talked free
trade without IFS or ands.
| The Knights Of Labor and farmer organ
izations are holding conferences, and they
find their aims are the same and the
methods they propose have scarcely diff
ference. This conscious political strength
in numbers is infusing new courage and in
dependence of party in the farmers, and
they promise 10 move on independent party
lines, REGARDLESS of the dictum of their old
party leaders. The pressure of the times
has alarmed the farmers for their future and
| they are beginning 10 discover their secret
enemy in the incorporated money power
which has robbed them to the point Of
bankruptcy by having been permitted full
control of the national finances since 1868.
None who champion these different re-
l, oh ha fold
shape except the prohibition party. This
party did not occupy position in National
politics sufficient to raise the ire of the old
parties ill 1884. Since then it has received
the attention of both those parties, which
have waged an unrelenlins warfare on the
little third" party which, however, has
steadily kept the field and steadily gained
though slowly. AS party of the future,
sing iehanded and alone, its most far sighted
and discriminating friends cease to expect
if they ever did-its final triumph. But the
several embroy parties which we have
named and others, have declared in favor of
the total prohibition of the liquor traffic by
Law. And as one of the great monopoles
against which this uprising of popular feel
ing is directed the liquor traffic could not
escape. All monopoles have common
brotherhood and will stand or fall together.
They are found sustaining ard upholdng
each other and making common cause
against the people.
The great party Of the future is likely to
march TO victory under the banner of the
National party, in which the organizations
we have named and Others appear moving
toward.