The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-12-04

now can any sensible person expect It
to receive scratch, panoplied as it is
10 armour forged BY the United States
Government
To show that these old parties are
one and the same on the financial ques-
ton we have bat to read their recent
platforms. The following is by the
Prohibition Party Of New York in its
last State convention, which reads:
81. That the issuing Of National
currency belongs to the sovereign power
alone, and should not be delegated to
private individuals or corporations. We
favor the issue Of legal tender Treasury
notes. rcdeemable in gold and silver,
and the maintenance Of q metal reserve
sufficient for that purpose"
This piece Of financial wisdom "The
Voice. oommends to our platform
makers in all the States,'' and "The
Voice" of New York carries the Prohi-
bition Party in it's vest pocket.
The Republican Party differs from
this in only one point. It is the
national bank party and would issue
currency based on warehoused bonds
and on gold and silver bullion, and
prefers gold to silver. It stands near
est Of the three parties to the great
money sanhedrim of Europe. The
Democratic Party has no financial
policy differing from this. The under
lying principle of the parties is that all
debts and money in use shall refer back
to gold as the last resort and final ex-
tinguisher Of debt. and be declared the
only true money. Everything ia the
nature Of money must be based on gold
and many times its value issued in
paper lies, all promising redemption in
gold. This is the financial law pro-
mulgated by the money trust Of Europe
and these old political parties all
affirm and adopt its decree.
1 The Alliance is wholly opposed to
any such a financial policy, and has
taken the 6eId to fight every party that
upholdsit.
We have shown that the saloon can
not be reached while it is upheld by
the liquor monopoly, and the liquor
and every other monopoly is upheld BY
the money trust through its methods
and while the three old parties accept
their financial law from that trust il
will remain intact as long as the old
parties maintain their standing and
control the Government. That the
Prohibition Party has the ghost Of !
hope for electing Congress or gaining
any controlling influence by directing
its efforts solely against the saloon, M
: one but crazy man believes.
The Alliance is not political party
but the party that will soon take thu
field, inspired by its teaching, will d.
rect its attack FIRST to delivering tn,
Government out of the hands of th,
money trust. Then will follow til,
overthrow of the liquor monopoly, ant
II
with its extinction by the withdrawal o
Government protection from it the sa
! : loon will be left without money or back
ing,to the tender mercies of an outraged
people. and must gol The Alliance i
the only practical Prohibition Party
The small Third Party which sport
the name Of Prohibition Party, as
National party is wearing cap and bell
to amuse the money ring.
The three old parties are united t,
fight the Alliance, which is the mos
aggressive Of the labor organizations
and to fight the political party which i.
forming to carry its principles to the
polls. No SANDER or misrepresenta-
ton is too malicious for these old
parties to use against the farmer
organizations.
The following is aspecimen sneer Of
the New York cold water monopoly
party, which "The Voice" speaks for
and dictates the policy Of. 1t is only
one of the great number of specimens |:
eff we had to choose says that
paper, " between the system Of public
loans to private individuals as carried
on BY Quay. Bardsley, Livesey & Co.,
and that proposed by the Farmers Al
lance, we should have no difficulty 10
choosing the Alliance scheme, unwise
as we deem it to be-"
Here we have the animus of the
mouth-piece of the English gold ring
carrying on a mock battle against the
saloon to disguise the real motive of it's
existence, plac ng the farmers and their
cause beside the hooters Of the Treasury
of Pennsylvania. Is stronger evidence
needed to stamp this National Prohibi-
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