The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-06-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. d. C


party in the South. Republicans have been
declaring that the Alliance movement was
simply an attempt upon the part of the
Democrats 10 draw strength enough away
from the Republican party in the West 10
secure the election Of Democratic candi-
date. Of course all such declarations are
false and we're known to be false when they
we're made. To show how absolutely untrue
they are, it is only necessary to say that
President Polk in his paper, the organ of
the Alliance in North Carolina, has for the
past three weeks given the Democratic party
TO understand that the farmers would stick
to their position on the silver question, and
that if the party insisted on bringing Cleve-
| land to the front in the next Presidential
campaign there will be breach which can
not be bridged by any effort on the part Of
the Democrats. The third party has many
supporters in that State, and all Of its mem.
bers are from the Democratic ranks. This
means an unmistakable split. Democrats
outside Of the Alliance see this very plainly,
but are entirely powerless to check it.
Possibly, though not probably, after
reading this, the writers who have been de-
claring, in all classes of papers, Iudepen-
dsnt, Republican and Democratic, that
there would be no break in the Democratic
party in the South, will stop lying, though
that is hardly to be expected. The two
leading papers of New York to day, that is,
the Sun on the Democratic side and the
Tribune on the Republican side, show with
what alarm they view the third party move
ment. The Sun devotes more than col
umn 10 an elaborate article going to prove
that the third party movements in the past
have not succeeded, and deduces from that,
the failure of the Alliance movement. Now
it would be as logical for the Sun 10 prove
by the fact that becauye there was an earth
quake in Charleston few years ago there
would be another one there this year. In
its illustration of third parties the Sun for
gets two which it ought to be able to recol-
lect. Prior 10 1924 there were two parties
in the United States known as the Federal
and the Republican,. In 1921 third party
movement was made ard the Democratic
u rty came into existence. Before another
Presidential election had passed, another
third party was made and the Wing party
was evolved, and both the old Federal and
Republican parties disappeared forever.
In 1855 a third party candidate ran for
President Of the United States; he was
called the Republican candidate and his
name was John c. Fremont. In 1860 the
third party put another candidate in the
field his name was Abraham Lincoln.
Perhaps the Sun remembers whether he
was elected or not. That third party move
ment eliminate thed Wing party from ex-
istence and neither the movement in '23, in
80. or in go, started out with such power
full backing or such potent reasons for their
continuance as political party as there is
to-day for the continuance of the Alliancn
as political power in the land.
The Tribune heads its article upon the
subject, " The Farmers and the Alliance, !"
and rejoices with exceeding great joy, because
the convention of less than two hundred
members which met at Columbus, Georgia,
and of whom only 16l voted the vote beirg
Ga 10 So, refused 10 place candidate of the
third party in the field for Stale officers.
The New York Tribuneis the ablest as we'll
as the bitterest organ which masqueraies
as Republican news paper. It's last efforts
in behalf of its masters, the monopolists, is
to show than there is now in circulation in
this country 1894 per capita. To arrive
at this conclusion il diyided the one billion
FIVE hundred and four million, two hundred
and seventy eight thousand, FIVE hundred
and nine dollars, which lying Treasury
circular says is in circulation June 1st., by
sixty four million people, who are supposed
to reside in this country.
To make this amount given out by the
Treasury, its expert accountants assume
that since 1878 there has not been lost sim
gle gold piece or silver coin, of any denom-
ination, and they therefore assert that there
is five hundred and twenty-four million
dollars Of gold and silver coins in circula-
ton. They also assert that not one of the
travellers who leave this country every
year, for pleasure or business, have carried
away gold or silver coin. The amount
claimed as in circulation of gold and silver,
is al least two hundred million dollars in
excess of the actual sum Of the business
ofthe country. Then again these Treasury
experts say that there has not been lost or
destroyed single United States note, or
National Bank note, of those issued since
1864, and they count all of those as being
in circulation, making FIVE hundred and ten
million dollars more. OF course this cal
culation is nonsensical, at least half OF the
notes issued and claimed to be in use have
been destroyed by fire or water, and that
there is not to-day thousand million dol
lars of all kinds of money in the hands of
the people in the United States, and the
actual per capita circulation Is about fifteen
dollars, instead Of being as stated BY the
Department and the Tribune, $23. so
Secretary Foster is very anxious to con.
tinue paying interest npon bonds and hord.
ing money in the Treasury. The fihv