The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-09-12
Political Notes.

Hanna and his Syndicate settled McKin.
ley's security debts and then nominated the
little Napoleon as their candidate for Presi-
dent, as the surest mode of reimbursement.
Wouldn't it be good scheme also for Hanna
to settle up with Miss Pollard and thus re-
lieve Breckenridge of his honest debts, and
afterwards withdraw Hobart and put the sold
rake" on the ticket? Would he not make an
A No. Vice President?
Lii Hung Chang, China's ''grand old man.
DARN, coupled his curiosity with good sense
when he asked Mark Hanna how he had made
his fortune, how he had gotten control of Nc
Kinley and whether he thought the latter's
debts were good investment. Hanna closed
his eyes and his lips and breathed very, very
hard while he was saving wood.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, the Hanna
cratic presidential candidate of the Shylocks,
the Plutocrats and the Gold-bugs of the world,
has proven his claim of being all things at all
times to all parties. He has been Demo
Graf, Greenbacker, a Republican, again
Democrat and now a remuneration Repub-
hean Hannacrat, and, besides, union SOL
der with real rebel Bolivar annex.
Robert c. Davidson, of Baltimore, formerly
a clerk in wholesale dry goods house in that
city, was complimented by its Democratic
citizens in being chosen mayor, the highest
office in their gift. He was opposed by every
independent Democrat and Republican of the
monumental city. His office as mayor Sc
cured him the position of president of trust
company, that pays him $4,000 year. For
his present position and salary he is indebted
TO the Democracy of Baltimore. Has he been
grateful to his party? Echo answers no, be-
cause he is today exerting himself personally
and financially TO defeat the national Demo-
cratic ticket in trying to elect Mckinley.
The daily circulation of the New York Jour
nal in Baltimore city is $500 and is increas-
ing weekly. Its daily circulation in Mary
land is over 1900 and most likely will be
doubled before another month transpires
The secret of its success is its Independent
and manly support of Bryan and SeWall, the
fearless representatives of the American peo-
pie. Its entire daily circulation is about
100000, the largest circulation of any paper
in the world.
Hon. (?) James A. Gary, having last year
had his Waterloo in Wellington's success, is
this. year soliciting subscriptions from his
Hannacratic Democratic friends to elect Nc
kinley, and is thus foraging, as it were, upon
his heretofore political foes for a campaign
fund to make himself again solid with the
party that sat so solidly upon him in 1866.
The Bryan and Sewall meeting held at Oar
ley Park, Baltimore, last week, was great
success and there were present between 1000
and 5000 people, notwithstanding the fact that
the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co.
laid off one-third of its cars in order 10 keep
the people away. Such is the dirty work Of
corporations dependent upon the people to
defeat their will, in order to hold their iniu-
ence with men who ride in carriages and own
their stocks aud bonds.
There will be petitions to the next Legisla-
ture of Maryland, signed by over 100, 900 vot-
ers of this state, demanding that the charters
of every trust company in Baltimore that has
squandered its funds for political purposes in
this campaign be revoked. Such reckless
and dishonest expenditure of their capital
surely makes them unsafe repositories.
The most just tax is an income tax The
most unrighteous judge is one who would de-
clare it null and void. The poor man, who
has sense enough 10 want the rich man to pay
his share of taxes, will have sense enough to
vote for Bryan and Sewall.
Let the people of this cor understand
that gold and silver are ne only issues in
the present campaign, for ~. reason that the
real issue with large majority of our rich
men is that the National Democratic platform
contains planks more distastefu to them than
the free coinage of silver, viz "A plank to
tax their incomes and another to have Judges
Of the Supreme Court appointed that will have
honesty enough TO own that an income tax is
the most necessary and just Of all taxes TO
equalize and consequently lower taxes gen
erallv