The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-12-07

gave was that coal and iron tOl
New England was not ON the free
list, and that that question was to
be fought out before the people.
The Presidential candidates on
the Republican side have one and
all talked tariff of some kind-they
did not say what. They do not
propose to radically change the
existing tariff, but still insist that
the tariff must be the issue. | was
in position to observe the policy
of the Cleveland Democracy and
New England Republicanism dur
ing the two sessions of Congress
that have just passed, and if they
have differed in any particular it
was in words and not in actions.
The repeal of the Sherman law was
satisfactory to both; the tariff
schedules were arranged by both,
and the only difference that 1 have
been able to discover between the
two old parties is which shall have
the offices and the benefits of serving
the Rothschilds.
The most insulting argument
used by the politicians is the con
tention that the consent of England
must be obtained before silver can
be remonetized. England has de
clared over and over again that she
will not consent for the reason that
she is a creditor nation, and that
the world outside of the United
Kingdom owes the United Kingdom
more than ten thousand millions,
which, if the world can be kept on
a gold basis, is worth twice as much
as it would be if silver was remOn-
cited. Gladstone, in discussing
this question, ridiculed the idea of
restoring silver, and declared that
it would amount to a vast donation
to other nations for which they
might be thankful, but which would
not enhance their appreciation of
the wisdom of British statesmen.
The determined attitude of the
Cleveland Democracy, acting jointly
with the Republican party, pre-
cludes all possibility of relief from
either of the old parties.
The only hope of liberation from
the CALLING oppression of the gold
standard is in the Peoples party.
If there were no Peoples party the
subject of free coinage of silver
would not be mentioned in the
present campaign. The only ref
erence now made to it by any lead
ing Republican with one or two
eXceptions) or any Cleveland Dem
Ocrat is in terms of ridicule and
denunciation, except where there is
danger Of defeat by q Populist.
Harrison, Reed, Mckinley, Hill,
Russell, of Massachusetts, and Will
son of West Virginia, are all silent
on the subject of money, but each
attribute the distress of the country
to the infamy of the opposite party
and tariff legislation. They know
full well that the universal decline
of prices in all gold standard, and
the stability of prices in all silver
standard countries does not result
from any local cause, but is the
result of the demonstration of sill.
yer. Their allegiance to the gold
standard combination, and not their
convictions of right, compels them
to continue the sham battle over
the tariff to deceive the masses.
The assertion that tariff legisla-
ton in the United States should
depress prices in Italy, Austria, or
any other European country is alb
surd. Prices in Europe are not
depressed by reducing the tariff in
the United States. Cleveland
knows this fact as well as Harrison.
The fact that the sharks of the gold
combination have made notes and
mortgages payable in gold is no
objection to the free coinage of sill
yer. If silver was remonetized and
gold went to premium, it would
be much easier to pay these con-
tracts in gold than now, The ire
mendous demand by the United
States for gold enhances the value
of gold at least % per cent. If the
United States were out of the mar
ket and would open their minis to
silver, there would be no premium
ON gold but silver would pay debts