The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-22
A Dummy Party.

The democratic machine has been so
shattered and wrecked by the reckless
driving of its late driver, Cleveland, that
to repair and put it again in effective
working order is considered by the best
political engineers and mechanics i'm
possible After thorough examination
by experts it has been determined to
utilize the broken parts by constructing a
dummy machine furnished with silver
Journals, the old democratic machine
label to be fastened onto the new device.
The object of this new continuance is
to harvest the votes of such men as have
continued to vote for General Jackson as
their frightening shadows show their
approach to sunset, and whose religion is
81 was born a dimocrat, have always been
dimocrat and mean to die a dimocrat,"
and they know they are following the
right machine as long as they can see the
label. The other element the new ma
chine constructed out of the wreckage is
built for, is younger class who never
read much for information but depend
upon the village lawyer, who for want of
practice has plenty of time to work
politics, and on the 'deestrick" boss who
gets his political tips from the village
lawyer. This ubiquitous individual keeps
in touch with the old Jacksonian voter
and his younger inlitator of the same
shadowy faith and keeps them strong in
the old faith. The dummy machine that
is being built out of the wreckage of the
old one that driver Cleveland smashed to
get it out of the way of the gold ring, is
to be worked by the ''deestrick" boss,
under the eye of the village lawyer while
he is waiting for clients The purpose
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label of the old machine, in sight of the
Jacksonian voter and his younger sans
knowledge comrade, while the "dees-
trick" boss keeps them in line by point
ing to the label and the silver journals
and ornamental plating, assuring them
that they are following the genuine
Observation-Disclosures machine that is
sure to grind out prosperity for the people.
Without this dummy machine this
honest bnt - element, which is the
very climbing and daubing" of the old
party, it is ten to one they would drop
into the populist ranks, where they find
so many of their old associates have gone.
To hold this Greek phalanx of the old
democratic party together and keep it out
of the Peoples party is the sole purpose
of the dummy machine with the silver
ornaments.
The fellows who wear seal rings, cut
away coats and silk hats, and have been
running the democratic machine for these
many years are going bag and baggage
into the Shylock party, where they know
this honest contingent which followed
the old machine before driver Cleveland
smashed it, will never so, and if by the
we'll paid services of the 'deestrick'' boss
and briefless lawyer they can be inveigled
to throw away their votes on the dummy.
Shylock may be enabled to hold the fort
for four years longer. organize large
standing army and navy, select Federal
Judges to do his bidding, and strengthen
his position generally, so as to defy the
will of the people for an indefinite period,
if not to establish the Empire. And this
is the purpose of the dummy democratic
machine with silver journals, the best
engineers of the old wrecked party are
preparing to build.