The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-19
Free Coinage of Silver.

in favor of the reconciliation of silver
without regard to the wishes or opinion
of any other nation on the globe, is dying
out, has reached its high water mark and
will rapidly recede. This fake claim by
the daily monopoly press has lost its
power to longer deceive the people, and
that press has changed its tune. Since
the democratic State conventions gave the
plainpeople an opportunity tobe heard, the
fact can no longer be concealed, and that
press whose mission is to deceive the peo-
pie by concealing the truth, is compelled,
as matter of current news, to reveal the
fact that the plain people are well nigh
unanimous in favor of free coinage. In
confessing this fact under torture, as it
were, one of the Rotlschild gold press, in
accents of lamentation, declares that the
group Of seven great central States is
about unanimous for free coinage of silver.
These States are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee
seven Commonwealth ranking among
the most important in the Union.
The same paper expatiating on the ini-
portance of this fact continues "These
seven States form the core of the United
States. They contain over 342, 900 square
miles of territory and at least 20, 600, 900
of inhabitants. They will cast III votes
in the electoral college. There is no area
of equal extent OH the surface of the earth
which contains more natural resources,
mineral, agricultural and manufacturing
1t is an empire in itself on which king
might look with envious eyes"
These proofs of the public sentiment i'll
favor of free coinage, demonstrate how
futile have been the boundless misrep-
reservations and falsehood which have
been persistently INDUCED in by this
hireling slavery press.
Had there been as fair opportunity for
an expression of popular opinion at
the republican State conventions in
favor of free silver, there is little doubt
it would have been almost as unan-
imous. Care was taken that any expires
sion of the plain people through the
republican party should be prevented
This will not prevent the expression of
their sentiments at the polls, and an over
whe1ming defeat is i'll store for the gold
ring next November. From this on the
silver tide is going to overwhelm every
thing which opposes it. The weight of
this tide is so great that in all probability
the republican convention next week will
place Mckinley on a straddle platform,
If they do, after all the goldbug boast
ing, it means overwhelming defeat to the
party, and if they don't, in the face of the
almost unanimous uprising for free silver.
almost certain defeat awaits them. The
republican party was never before so near
the condition of the man placed between
the devil and the deep sea.
A map constructed on recent develop
ments, shows the five New England
States, New York, New Jersey, Penrsyl
vania, Delaware, Maryland, Wisconsin
and South Dakota, as declaring for the
gold standard, with every other State
ranged under the silver banner. AS fol
South Dakota and Wisconsin placing
themselves on the side of the gold-ring
on election day is preposterous.
But who, being sane, is willing to trust
the democratic party again with its record
of infamy before him? In the forty
ninth Congress the democrats had a
majority of forty-two, and that Congress
killed a bill providing for the free coin.
age of silver Is 10 I. The ffty-second
Congress having majority of I4S, killed
a bill providing for free coinage I6 to I.
The same Congress OH July 18th of the
same year defeated another free coinage
bill, even after it had been passed by the
republican Senate, and President Harri-
son had made it known he would sign it
| if the democratic House would pass
the bill.
The fifty-third Congress, elected in
1892, had a majority over both Populists
and republicans of eighty three, and the
ten Populists voted for silver, thus giving
the democrats majority of 1903 in favor
of silver if they wanted to pass such a
bill, yet that Congress voted down bill
for the free coinage of silver Is to I, by a
two-thirds vote, in August, 1898.
In Octobeo, 1898, the United States
Senate having democratic majority of
three over all were joined by four Popu-
list votes, giving them eleven majority for
silver, if they desired to pass free silver
law as a democratic measure, voted down
Senator Stewards amendment providing
for free coinage.
In 1898 they repealed the Sherman act
and entirely stopped the coinage of silver
This is partial list of democratic thrusts
at free silver, after the members had been
pledged to free coinage and elected on
free coinage platforms. In the face of
this damning record are the people will
ling to trust that party again on any
pledge their politicians may make !?
Here is an infamous record of promises of
free coinage TO their confiding constit-
uents at home, and of goldbug votes in
Congress. There is but one party that
can be trusted to pass free coinage law
and that is the Populist party.