The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-03-18
On the money Line.

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Students of modern politics can
not fail to note the precarious exist.
ence which threatens the democratic
party on the lines it has occupied
since the war of the slavery rebellion.
Its position on those lines was clear
ly untennable from the first, but by
both parties making the worst use
of the angry passions and prejudices
engendered by the war an alignment
has been kept up which has served
well the politicians and Office hunters
in both parties, and assisted in pro-
noting the class Legislation which
enterprising, unscrupulous spirits
have delighted in maintaining, that
fostered system of legal gambling,
speculation and "plunging" the mag
nitude of which has never been be-
fore witnessed in the history of the
world.
The scene in the House when
fixing the day when the free coinage
bill shonld be taken up, brought the
future of the democratic party as at
present constituted, more clearly to
the eyes Of the ordinary observer
than it had appeared to him before.
There are two antagonistic elements
in the party which Is impossible to
harmonize as to mix oil and water.
Those irreconcilable parts are the
plutocracy and the plain people.
The plain people element went before
the country in the West and South in
1890 with demands for free coinage
and radical reform of the condi-
lions which have characterized the
policy that has controlled the nation.
al government since the close of the
war. The candidates bearing cre-
dentials as nominees of the demo-
cratic party in this largest geograph-
ical part of the country, in order to
secure their election, were compelled
to pledge themselves to free coinage
and the majority of them to other
measures of reform which the labor
organizations had been advocating
and agitating. The result was the
placing a majority of $50 in the
House of Representatives. and con-
verting a strong republican majority
in the fifty-frst Congress into slim
minority in the fifty.second. The
test came on Monday, 9TH of March,
when the democratic party was
called to book" and compelled to
answer to its pledges made to the
West and South. That part of the
party answeared aye! with an over
wheImning shout in response to their
pledges; but there is another irrec-
oncilable part which halls from the
Eastern and Middle States whose
allegiance is pledged to unfolding
monopoly and class legislation in
their most enslayiDg forms and that
part appear to arrogate to them
selves what they consider the "dem-
ocratic party" and deny to the large
majority elected by the plain people
any political rights they. the aristo.
cratic class are bound to respect.
This controlling minority have been
the spokesman of the party hereto.
fore, have issued its orders, conduct
ed it's campaigns and assumed entire
management of its affairs. The
lieutenants OF this governing class
of the party, Mills, Carlisle, Springer.
George. ct. al, residing in the South
and West, have attempted to compel
their party mates to obey the orders
from Wall street and the East, but
insubordination and mutiny broke
out in the ranks on the silver bill
when the vote was taken to take the
measure up for consideration on the
22d, 23d and Oath of March, which
alter sharp debate was carried by
an Overwhelming vote.
The Eastern and Middle States
wing of the party declare they will
not support or even countenance free
coinage or any other measure which
looks to change of present condi-
tions, and vainly try to persuade the
people that tariff reform" is the only
question true member of the demo.
cratic party can in any way concern
himself with. That this is no longer
possible is evident, aud that nothing
is more apparent than that the dem
ocratic party as at present organized,
with headquarters in Wall street
and Tammaly Hall, must go tol
pieces. The monopoly and class
claimant thot rallioa ronnd CLEVELAND