The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-12-04
Friday, Dec. A, 1891.
A Prohibition Organ Badly Mixed


New York Voice challenging us TO prove
that it had been subsidized or that the Pro-
hibition party was acting in the interest Of
The gold ring, stating that similar chal-
lenge had been sent to Mr.. Dunning, editor
of 1.-The National Economist, but no answer
to the challenge had been received.
AS we had never charged the Voice was
subsidized we did not feel called upon to
reply to that count. but having prepared an
article some time previous to receiving the
breezy letter from The Voice, which seemed
to fit the occasion and be fair answer to
what was demanded we at once forwarded
the paper.
The following week The Voice published
the letter, with a little advertising flourish
explaining il had been sent to editor N. A.
Dunning, Of the Economist, ard the
MIDLAND JOURNAL, and a reply would be
published in the Voice. After several
weeks had elapsed The Voice last week
published the article we had sent to its chal
lenge, with editorial comments, which COM
ments out of charity for the Voices morals
we will term childlike. An almost total mis-
conception or demonstration Of the posi-
tion we take marks the reply. With two or
three blunders that partially destroy the
sense of the paragraphs in which they
occur, that paper lays it before its readers
with the following frisky prelude. Much
stress or emphasis appears TO be placed on
the word s'evidence" which is embraced
several times in the editorial comments in
inverted commas. Why this diverting
signal is held out is not apparent.
y After making one Of the most futile at
tempts by way of rejoiner we eyer remember
to have anywhere met with, the common
tator says: ''We feel like apologizing for
its four article] Insertion" No doubt the
intelligent part of that audience of 100000
farmers" which The Voice boasts Of intro
ducing it to will feel the editor of that paper
owes them an apology, for publishing such
an APOLOGY; for a reply.
But here is the Voices prelude 10 the
article which we publish, corrected, on the
fourth page. We ask its perusal and mis-
take much if the intelligent reader doesn't
find pretty strong evidence that the Pro-
hibition party is being manipulated in the
interest Of the gold ring"
"a GREENBACKER's ASSAULT.
"ARRAIGNING THE PROHIBITION PARTY AS
IN LEAGUE WITH THE GOLD RING.
ia few weeks ago The MIDLAND JOUR
NAL stigmatized the Prohibition Party as
4 in the interest the gold ring We at
once wrote the editor, Offering him the use
farmers if he had any evidence that the
Prohibition party was manipulated in the
interest of the gold ring. The following
article comes as a response to our challenge
for evidence We comment on the article
on the adjoining page.-Editor of The
Voice.p
This comment" is at very considerable
length, occupying more than column Of
the paper, and is too much of it to follow in
detail, but is fairly characterised in the
term childlike which we have applied 10 it
AS ''evidence" Of this we will take tn,
Voices comments on finance. Article Z o
the Prohibition Party platform, which viii
be found in the article on the 4th page, il
commented on as follows by the Editor o
the voice.
"This means as plainly as words car
mean that the government ought to issue al
money and not the National banks. Is thi
a declaration in the interest of the money
power? Is this position that either of tn,
two old parties dares to take? Is tn,
destruction of the national banks as bank
of issue thing of no consequence? No
does this plank refer back to gold as tn,
only true money. 1t does not even provid,
for gold as money al all. 1t endorse
treasury notes redeemable in gold and silve
(hullion not coin is meant) which woule
leave these metals for use almost exclusively
in commerce with foreign nations, where /
is indispensable"
Here Is richness indeed. Was, ever be
fore such tumble as this written on finance
The writer doesn't even know what tissue
of money means. The DEGREES of Congress
issue all the legal tender money in tn,
country. The Treasury department super
intends printing the notes and places then
in the custody of the banks on their demane
for distribution. The national banks ar,
mere distributing agents of money the gov
eminent issues, endorses legal tender, anG
takes bonds from these agents for the per-
formance of duty prescribed by law. The
acts of Congress have so tied the hands O
the treasurer that no medium is provided
for the distribution OF its currency but
National banks. and only so much as thos,
banks choose to call for, which places it il
their power to make immense profit on thes,
limited issue oftbe government. This ex-
PLANTATION answers all your queries, FRIEND
Voice. '.And it does not even provide fol
gold as money at ALL" All, indeed Why
you are coming out greenbacker Aat-footed
You start out by attempting to siigmatize VI
as "a greenbackern in your caption. 81
endorses treasury notes." says the Voice
"redeemable in gold and silver (bullion moi
coin, is meanf which would leave thest
metals for use almost exclusively in com,
merce with foreign nations" Warehouse
gold and silver bullion and then sell it Il
foreign nations, eh ~ Why friend, you
are getting down to the ''pawn shop' and
subireasury Of the formers which you and
ST John talk so giihIv of when ecboino Tbs