The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-17
Friday. June IL, 1892.
Harrison and Reid.

ne denomination OF Harrison Tor freS-
dent did not take the public by surprise.
It was a result foreseen by all impartial oh
servers of the political game, for months
previous to the convention. II is the re.
gret of The friends of Blaine that he had
the misfortune to fall into the hands of such
an INSCRIPTIONS set Of political bamboozelers
as Plat, Quay and Clarkson who would
trade their grandmothers for a political
pull. The tide IN the life of Blaine had
passed lis flood some years ago and his
future voyage was inevitably bound among
Had he been nominated it would
have been battle against Blaine and the
party would have received secondary atten-
ton, but with Harrison it mnst be against
the republican party and its policy. Har-
rison has kept closely within the lines and
never manifested any desire to be a leader
or suggest any measures that could be criti-
cised as Harrison's policy. His whole stndy
has been planning for a denomination, and
the game of official chess has been carefully
played for the last three years. The votes
which nominated him prove how successful
the game has been managed. The southern
States and territories which can give him no
help in the election are the States that re-
nominated Benjamin Harrison. The north
ern State and territories gave HIM 25S votes
in the convention, and the southern states
239 votes. The territories gave him Is
votes. The Blaine and McKinley's vote,
which was virtually the Blaine vote, was,
from the northern States 299 and from the
southern States and territories only y.
The southern States and territories are con-
trolled principally by Office holders who
owe their positions to the administration.
Harrison was probably the strongest
candidate that the party could have selected.
No personal fight can be made against him,
and all opposition must be against the party.
1t represents Corporations enthroned in
power" as Lincoln expressed it: and class
legislation to perpetuate this condition it is
tacitly admitted shall continue to be the
policy of the party if continued IN power.
The platform reiterates this policy and is
but an epitome of what the party papers,
speakers and administration utterances have
insisted on and steadily proclaimed. The
silver question was the only one about
which there was any uncertainty felt as to
the expression of the platform, and but few
could have felt any doubt on this point.
The silver plank reflects the policy pursued
by the party, promise to the ear ever
broken to the hope. The following is the
silver plank as it is fitted in the Minneapolis
platform:
"The American people, from tradition
and interest, favor bimetallism, and the
Republican party demands the use of both
gold and silver as standard money, with
such restrictions and under such provisions,
to be determined by contemplation, as will
secure the maintenance of the parity OF
values of the two metals, so that the pur-
chasing and debt paying power of the dollar,
whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at
all times equal.
1.-THE interests of the producers of the
country, its farmers and its Workingmen,
demand that every dollar, paper or coin,
issued by the government, shall be as good
as any other. We commend the wise and
patriotic steps already taken by our govern.
ment to secure an international conference
to adopt such measures as will insure
parity of value between gold and silver for
use as money throughout the world"
Any one can see this is not very ingen-
ious arrangement of words which mean
nothing and were not intended to mean
except that the banking class of
the party don't want and don't mean that
silver shall eyer be used as full legal tender
money on parity in all respect with gold,
ifthey can prevent it. This has been the
financial policy of the republican party all
along, dictated by the national banks and
the English gold bankers, and if the party
can hold on to power it is to continue to be
the policy.
The next most significant plank is the
Nicaragua canal which is:
''The construction of the Nicaragua
Canal is Of the highest Importance to the
American people, both as a measure Of
national defense and to build up and main
tain American commerce, and it should be
controlled by the United States govern
ment."
II controlled by the U. S. Government it
should be built by the government. This
is not what the above paragraph means.
II means that syndicate of capitalists OF
this and foreign countries shall undertake
the work, issue tonds 10 raise the money
guaranteed principal and interest by the Coy.
ernment. This syndicate to have entire
control of the money, the half of which they
would steal and leave the government in
control of the debt, not of the canal. The
scheme is an exact duplicate of the Union
and Southern Pacific railroad "enterprlse'
and Credit Mobiler fraud. That debt is
now in the hands of the government and
the roads in the hands of Jay Gould and the
Vanderbilts.
The following sturdy expression in the
interest of temperance cannot fail to please
that element of the country hugely, and
brighten the saloon out of its wits:
''We sympathize with all wise and legit.
innate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils
of intemperance and promote morality"
Those three lines must have delighted J.
Ellen Foster, who made speech on the
platform and who three years ago engineer
ed the non-partisan w. G. T. U. In order to