The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-29
The Political Outlook.

HC SOltI u uSt anu 4NCW 1OlA DdhhCA
ring, Notwithstanding their staggering
and Boosting, it is plain are a good deal
nervous about the presidential campaign,
and their leading organs are suggesting
hedging on the tariff. The Philadelphia
Press has lately come out strongly in
favor of placing the tariff first in the plat
form and making it the dominant issue or
leading plank of the platform, and
"sound" money the secondary issue. 1t
is plain, with all the brag their lying
daily papers have kept up, the goldbugs
are afraid of direct money issue.
Mckinley was selected by the gold
conclave with the idea of making "pro-
lection" bear the brunt of the battle in
Pennsylvania and other manufacturing
States, and with this in view the proba-
bility is that the republican platform will
be something of straddle, with the hope
of holding the silver vote, while the gold
ring will have secret understanding
with the candidate.
The gold bank ring has paid Mckinley IS
debts, bought him as it were, set him on
his feet and propose to use him as they
used Harrison and Cleveland. They
appear to be exercised whether to frame
gold or silver platform for the Demo-
cratic party. One party suggests a
Sound" money plank and hand over the
party organization to the Wall street end
of the of party, while another suggests a
free coinage platform with free coinage
, or hybrid bimetallist candidate, with a
view of dividing the silver forces, while
the goldbug part of the party goes quietly
to the Republican party. This policy
might disrupt the party so that the gold
corspirators would lose control of it, and
be unable to play one party against the
other to keep the people divided as they
have done for number of years past.
This ring of New York bank conspir-
ators has arranged the presidential nom-
nations for both parties for many years,
there is scarcely doubt, and that Nc
Kinley has been chosen by them as the
Republican presidential candidate, every
thing that has transpired goes to prove.
Why was he selected and purse made
up to start his boom ahead of all the
other candidates Why had all the gold
ring papers the tip to sound the great
popularity of Mckinley? All these signs
prove he was the chosen one by the band
of bank conspirators that has conti oiled
for their own use, the two old parties for
years.
A hollow pretense is made by the con-
spirators 10 compel Mckinley to come
out openly for the gold standard. as
Morton and the other candidates have
done, while they secretly caution him to
keep quiet and refer them to his record,
which ought to be sufficient TO stamp him
goldbug Of the goldbugs, when that
and the company in whose hands he is is
considered. The silver voter who casts a
vote for Mckinley, with the hope he will
turn his back on his gold handlers if
elected, will have cause to rue his folly
aud weakness before a year rolls round
after his Inauguration. The bank gold
crowd never mistake their man.
The delegates to the Democratic con-
veniion stand seventy in the majority for
free coinage, and it's a question with the
bank ring whether to bride and buy
enough Of them TO control the convention
or allow the silver delegates to control,
aud by putting free silver plank in their
platform aim TO draw off from the Peo-
Piles party a large vote that party would
get by the Democrats putting up gold
candidate on a platform like the Repub-
liean party.
The Republican nomination is as good
as made. Mckinley viii have no oppo-
sition and he will be placed on some
what blind platform, with a lot of tariff
timber to conceal the sills and frame
work. The structure will be of the
Hebrew gold style Of architecture, with
tariff veneering to deceive greeuhorns
Who never learn.
II by hook aud crook the gold conspir-
aioFs can eaiole enough voters to elect
MeKiuley--and il Is by no means GER
tain they ean-and they have sufficient
power ia Congress to prevent the bond
laws from being repealed by which Cieve-
land has loaded f162. ooo.o additional
debt on the country, and will pile on
another fIoo.ooo.oo 600 before his term ex-
pires, si.ooo.ooo.ooo Ia all probability.
will be- aided 10 the pile during the
Mckinley administration.
The toiiers Of the United States have
paid la interest. principle and bonuses or
premiums nearly eve thousand million
dollars. and have reiaeed the public debt
dfaxing interest beiow . Thousand mil
liens. inclu,liag additional debt added 10
4 ~ Cleveland.
The people % Great nfitaiu and Ireland
are crushed undrr a kauf thoasand mil
ilou dsla which Nrinsls The lie oai Of The
iaboring people Of thAl coumtry foF the
bsne6t u the goid rus. uhich Is workine
10 place q still greater load q national
dsts on ths psopie ~ ihs United States,
and they are playiug cess oli party against
tie other Coz ghai purpaae. McKsnlry Is
seieetsd faf theif nsxt taes afler Cleveland