The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-12
Not One But All.

be taught. Some are strenuous in their
advocacy of the one lesson principle, . and
that lesson should be Finance" to the
exclusion of all and everything also. This
is contrary to all practice of the schools.
No teacher confines the child's study to
single lesson or one subject Several are
taught at the same time. A single stndy
would result in producing poorly equip
ped thinker. To thoroughly master one
subject study of several is necessary.
In the study of the principles of govern
ment the same methods pursued in the
schools is necessary. One question or
branch of the subject is not enough. Ifa
broad financial system is to be founded for
the future of this nation to rest upon,
it is all important that the people should
be taught the danger and the source of
power of monopoly, and they must also
be taught that no reform can be nain-
tanned very long under our present rep
resentative form of government. The
people cannot delegate all political power
to few men and hope to perpetuate their
liberties. They must keep that power in
their own hands, and hold the veto or
confirmation of all legislation. How to
keep control is as important as to gain
control.
Were it in the hands of the people
whether silver should be remonetized, by
popular vote, the question would be set
tied and settled definitely at once and in
the affirmative by such an overwhelming
majority as would silence all opposition.
For twenty years the successful manipu-
lators of our representative system have
been able to defy the wishes of the people
by bribery and other devices brought to
bear on the small numbers of men the
people have trusted to WELD the political
power they should have kept in their own
hands.
An example of this one lesson teaching
is presented in the Bimetallic League
announcing an independent party, with
nothing on which to rest but single
subject. They object to the Peoples
party because that party proposes to teach
like all other successful instructors, the
true theory of popular government, in
Guiding all the bimetal party propose
The argument that the public cannot
understand more than one question at a
time is not far from folly. Every child
will understand much better each one of
several subjects by studying them togeth-
er. And SO it is in the economic study,
by comprehending the whole system of
economics every branch will be better
understood
The old parties by their single idea or
one plank teaching have proven snare
and delusion to the people. They have
been teaching tariff and anti-tariff for the
last dozen or more years, and nothing
else. This policy has eventuated in the
mass of the people knowing almost moth
ing about the tariff or any other economic
question. 1t would seem i'll view of the
result that the best way to promote ignor-
ance is to confne your teaching to a
single subject.
Under this tariff teaching method Of
the two old parties, the greatest corrup-
ton and system of political abuse have
grown up that ever afflicted this nation
The liberties of the people have been
almost entirely stolen away from them
And so it must ever be by the narrow
gauge single subject teaching. We believe
the second sober thought of the people
as we'll as the great majority of their
teachers. will determine to advance the
whole broad system of political reform,
neglecting no part but dealing with the
parts in the order which seems the most
effective to complete success. A single
issue at time and all others wholly
abandoned would breed chronic confusion,
and terminate in splitting the reform
movement into a dozen factions, in place
of educating the people that the success
and maintenance of one makes the sue
cess OF all necessary. BY working together
all can be secured; by working separately
none can be gained
The American Bimetallic party pro-
poses nothing but what the Peoples party
have been contending for and they have
made it the leading plank of their plat
form. The plea that they object to some
other measures advocated by the Peoples
party is not valid. Let them specify what
they object to and tell us why, i'll place
of using general terms and specifying
nothing. The truth is if either of the old
parties will come out unequivocably for
free coinage of silver they will go back
and help perpetuate all its denominations
The more the bimetallic movement is
stndied the more the public mind will
rebel against it. 1t is deluding in its con-
ception and tends to disaster to true re
form. We do not doubt the honesty and
sincerity of the men who represent it.
They mean we'll but their methods are
bad. They have not lost faith in their
old parties. They find no fault in them
except their refusal to remonetize silver.
They have not discovered they are char
mel houses of political corruption. Those
who have had the management of the
Peoples party in hand are too slow, too
temporising. The three fighting planks
of the platform Money, Land and Trans