The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-27
Populism VS.. Prohibition.
FORT DEPOS1T,
Sept. Doth, '95.

PORT DEPOSIT,
Sept. Goth, '95.
Copied from the Christian Union,
(the outlook of New York city,
which states that the ultimate union
of the Prohibition and Peoples par
ties continues togrow more probable.
At present the Prohibitionists are
making most of the concessions.
Their State Convention in Nebraska
demanded equal suffrage, public
ownership of railroads, telegraphs
and other national monopolies, the
initiative and referendum, and the
issue of legal tender paper money,
| based on the credit of the nation,
to displace both gold and silver.
except for subsidiary purposes. In
like fashion their recent conven-
lions in Ohio and Iowa Endorsed
all the essential parts of the Popu-
list platform; and even in conven-
ton in New Jersey they went so
far as to demand the public owner
ship of the railroads, telegraps and
municipal monopolies. Along the
same line was the outcome Of the
national reform conference at Pro
hibition Park, Staten Island. Most
of the delegates present were either
Prohibitionists or Populists and the
platform finally adopted with re-
marlable unanimity Endorsed the
most radical demands of both
parties, including direct legislation,
adult suffrage, public ownership of
all monopolized industries, prohi-
bition of the liquor traffic, and the
free coinage of silver and gold at
the old ratio. Some of the con-
sentative delegates expressed their
opposition TO some of the demands,
but were willing to indorse the
platform so long as it put direct
legislation first, and thus made the
adoption of the other measures
dependent upon their prior accept
ance by a majority. No great party
can be built upon a platform de-
handing so many radical changes;
but that the radicals along the two
lines Of temperance reform and
labor reform should be so nearly in
agreement is an important feature
of the present political situation.
1t appears then, if the Christian
Union presents the correct outlook
of the prohibition question. that it's
platform is based upon the broad
grounds of nationalism. In Mary
land it appears otherwise, it is pos
sible that seventy five per cent of
the party in the State have not
given their party platform any
particular attention. Their nominee
for Governor is contrary to all NOM
nations heretofore made by the
party. A gold bug sound money
candidate on silver coinage 16 to
l platform, is certainly at variance
with the broad moral and political
question of national prohibition.
The one issne-liquor, like silver,
is all right as far AS it goes, but no
great party can be built up and
continued on a single issue, be it
gold, be ii silver, or the moral
lquestion of prohibition, when ether
and equally as great issues are con-
fronting the people which we find
in the broad question of nation
alism. Rum has slain its millions.
| Gold bugism if continued will over
lap it in time. Gold bugism con-
traction of our money yoinm6 in
the last decade has broken up more
homes, created more suicides, plas-
tered more mortgages on the farms
of the country than all other con-
ditions of cussedness combined.
Consistency is a jewel. The Pop
ulist party is not prepared to
receive advances by any party on
any one issue alone, aud more
particularly not on the single issue
of sound money and gold bugism as
advocated by the nominee of the
Prohibition party iii MARYLAND.