The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-01-29
Friday. Jan. 20, 1892.
Plutocracy Whipping the Party
into Harness.


Plutocracy Whipping the Party
into Harness.
Wall street with its partisans in both the
old parties is ut present intent on making q
supreme effort TO control both parties, and
force them to nominate its choice for the
head of their tickets. This accomplished.
the money power care but little which party
is successful at the polls. Their financial
policies being the same IL matters not what
the minor details are.
Another campaign tariff racket has been
determined by the money power, and word
has been passed to that effect among the
leaders. The Tariff Reform Club Of Balti-
more opened the democratic nominating
campaign few evenings ago on this line,
The "key note'' sounded at that meeting
was cleveland and iariff-reform." Wall
street has given notice to the democracy il
these instructions are not followed that nc
funds may be expected from that source 10
conduct the campaign. and Ohio is pointed
to as a warning. Mills, Carlisle and their
followers have known this all along, but the
South and West resisted this order from
Wall street and succeeded in defeating Mill
for Speaker of the House. This SO disguised
The wild Texas steer that he threatens to
run Congress on his own hook, and the first
organized movement TO coerce the South
and West was made by the Tariff Reform
Club of Baltimore last week.
This program Of the Triumphant Plutoc-
racy is 10 consolidate and secure the fran
chises and special privileges taken from
the people through Congress during the last
% years, and place these fayors among that
class known as s'yested rights This they
have the Republican party committed to. i
is the SO cslled "policy" of that party. Il
is now become more than policy; it is a
principle of the party. 1T stands firmly with
its feet planted on class legislation and
special privileges.
The Democrat party is to be coerced il
possible into the position Of Cleveland and
tariff reform" which is utterly meaningless,
in itself, but secures non interference with
the Triumphant Pluiocracy. They care
little whether Cleveland could be elected Oh
not and with the demands of free coinage
men and the agricultural class entirely ex.
cluded from their platform, there is not 8
shadow Of doub: of but defeat at the POLL
for Cleveland if forced on the party by the
Plutocracy. IF three cornered contest
throws the election In the House, the hope i:
that the present majority in Congress would
elect the candidate which Wall street
succeeds in forcing on the ticket. Cleveland
is one of their own kind, an aristocrat Of the
aristocrats.
The present financial system is TO BE-
maintained at all hazards, and to this end
everything is being bent, and Cleveland il
the best exponent of that policy of any mar
in the party, hence Wall street is deter
mined to force him on the Democratic ticket
il possible; and to refuse campaign funds ia
case their wish is not complied with, is the
powerful influence that is being employed
by the money power to carry their point
The pretended "tariff REFORM their speak
ers and newspapers keep up repetition Of is
idle and empty. 1t means nothing and
aims at nothing. The financial system il
what the gold ring and Plutocracy are
laboring to maintain. A system of finance
which almost banishes money from circula.
tion, and instead substitutes credit, is the
system that is to be contended for. This is
ahe hidden question that stalks behind the
shadow of Cleveland and tariff reform, ,,
and " Harrison and protection" These are
idle phrases, thrown to the people to amnse
them. The business of this great nation
whose internsl commerce is greater than
that of Great Britain, France and Germany
has to be transacted by species of money
unknown TO the constitution. every imagin.
AIRY dollar of which has to he obtained from
corporate class, at heavy rate of interest
The class who have obtained by special
grants from the government, this more than
imperial prerogative, is striving by all the
power and influence it can WELD, to consol-
idate and secure for all time this priucely
gift, Of coming credit and loaning it to the
productive classes, as substitute for the
money Of the nation. Ninety-.wo per cen
ofour money is Of this class, and the people
are paying tribute TO banking class for thi.
fictitious money that costs them fabulou,
millions every year, and is filling th,
country with bankrupts, idle men, hunger
and want.
To perpetuaie this Infamous robbips
financial system IS what the political organ
iziDg and candidate making is being rd
in motion to secure. "Tariff reform" ane
all other questions are but the idle sound o
wind. The Republican party is frml,
planted on the credit money system. tt
fix the Democrat party on platform tina
will not interfere with it is the aim Of pol
iticians Of the Cleveland, Mills and Carlisl,
school working under the direction of tn,
Trium plant Plutocracy.
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