The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-11-15
What is the Gain ?

ing after the election over the defeat OF
German aid Rasin, as the victory was
termed. But why was it especially
necessary that German and his ring
should be beaten, squelched, pulverized
at this particular time? 1t is right ard
proper that all such corrupt combinations
should be driven out at any and all sea
sons and kept out. But all that was
known of the corruption of this famous
ring" this year has been known for ten
years and longer. Not man, woman or
child knows single reason why this
same ring should not have been squelch-
ed any year for the last dozen years. No
paper did so much to foster, encourage,
protect and excuse the abuses so loudly
complained of, practiced by German and
Rasin and their satellites, as the Baltimore
an open book to that paper and all rea-
sonably we'll informed persons in the
State, yet the party leaders upheld them
and the Sun defended them. The meth
DDS of this ring and all such conspiracies
aresvicious and deserve to be driven out
and delivered to the executioner, but this
fact doesn't explain or account for this
sudden spasm of democratic virtue. There
is a hidden hand i'll all this and con-
cealed purpose the people do not see.
And what assurance now have the peo-
hot croiyaH ot1uthinu
None whatever. They were carried away
by the club meeting, the brass horn music
and the war cry down German" A
virtuous deed to be sure, but what was it
all to profit the people? They want new
assessment bill, but these men who are in
control of both parties in the State don't
want the kind of assessment law the peo-
pie clamor for, without having any we'll
defined ideas of what that law should be.
They thought they wanted the Hayes bill.
The men whom they have boosted into
power with hurrah didn't want Hayes
bill and joined forces, democrat and re-
publican, to bulldoze both Governors
Jackson and Brown to veto such bill.
Then what does all this beating Cor
man mean-we are not defending Cor
man, he deserved to be beaten ten years
ago. But why this tremendous effort at
this particular juncture, and the Balti-
more SIN in the battle for the republican
party and the Roman hierarchy which
has given its great influence to the DEM
ocratic party of the city and State, in the
twinkling of an eye is found giving its
voice against the party it so long
upheld
This whole business is a strategic
movement ordered from the great money
power that stands behind the movement.
All over the country wherever an election
has been held the movement is the same.
The silver element of the democratic
party is to be humbled, coerced and
silenced, while the gold ring takes charge
and places candidate of their choice in
nomination for the party next year. They
understand too we'll the party cowardice |
of the rank and file of the democratic |
party and they propose to give them a
ticket of the goldbug choosing to vote for
as the regular democratic party ticket, |
trusting there will be sufficient of the old
following of the party stick to it to divide
and weaken the opposition, but not
enough to make more than a respectable |
showing in the canvass and prove no
SeriouS danger to the republican party |
With gold ring candidate at the head of
both old parties, the prestige which it
would give to the money power would
discourage the people in their battle
against it.
That power has selected the republican
party through which to make its great
battle next year, and it proposes to weak
en- the democratic party so that party will
be powerless to endanger its success,
while it will serve as pawn on the chess
board to battle the Peoples party with the
reform elements backing it. With the
democratic party out of the way the re-
publican party, with this money power on
its back, would surely be defeated by the
grand uprising of the people against it.
There is absolutely nothing for the
people in this democratic overthrow i'll
Maryland. The republican party cannot
hold the State of Maryland. 1t has
nothing to offer the people.