The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-10
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Democratic convention.

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party has great advantage over the
silver wing in its aggressive and
incorporating attitude. The
Cleveland Democrats openly de-
clare that under no circumstances
will they support silver men, and
IN every possible occasion they
vote against silver men in the Dem
ocratic party. The refusal of gold
Democrats to vote for silver Demo
Gratis gave Kentucky to the Repub-
licans and has driven out of power
many such distinguished silver
men as Bland. The fact that the
qold men will not compromise
makes a union of the Democratic
party for silver Impossible. What
is more, a large number of the
leading Democrats of the South are
constantly declaring that they will
support the nominee of the Demo-
cratic convention, although he may
be a gold man.
In other words, it is party first
and principle last with the great
majority of the leaders of the Dem
ocratic party of the South. This,
at all events, was their position be-
fore the last election, and no prom
inent man among them has since
indicated determination to stand
by silver in the same manner that
the gold Democrats of the East
stand by gold. Even if the silver
Democrats should succeed in the
national convention, nothing would
be accomplished because the gold
Democrats of the North would
either remain away from the polls
or vote the Republican ticket.
Under no possible circumstances
will the silver Democrats as DEM
ocratic organization remonetize sill
yer. Silver can only be restored by
a union of all parties who are i'll
favor of its restoration. The DEM
ocratic leaders are laboring to make
such union impossible. They join
withe Republican leaders in denuns
oiatio4 of the Populists who have
left both parties on account of the
distress of the country occasioned
by the joint misconduct of the two.
Whatever may be said of the
Populists, they are opposed to the
English gold standard and English
commercial supremacy, and are in
favor of an Independent financial
policy of the United States. All
hope for silver in the Republi-
can party has been long since
lost. 1t has been consistently, as
a party, in favor of endorsing
the infamous legislation of 1873
and maintaining the gold standard
at all hazards. The only hope for
silver and for the country is for all
who are opposed to the horrors of
the gold standard to get together,
and so far as | am concerned, if
they will fight the common enemy,
if they will fight combination which
controls the bonded debts of the
world which now about equal the
assessed valuation of all the prop
erty of the world, if they will OPP
pose bank rule and declare in favor
of an independent financial policy
fol- the United States and a SAT-
hcient volume Of the circulating
medium to maintain stability Of
prices, ! care not what else they be-
lieve or advocate, because if we
cannot have money reform there
can be no reform whatever, and
those in favor of money reform are
the friends of the people and they
are my friends.
The South at heart is against
gold monopoly. and if the South
would say the word gold monopoly
would be overthrown. When the
South will come forward and say that
under no circumstances will she
support gold man for President Of
the United States, that ends the
question, because there are enough
voters in the West to join them on
that basis and elect a President of
the United States by an oVepwhelm=
ing majority.
The most discouraging and I'M
fortunate part of the whole bust
ness is that so many Southern lead
ers declare that there shall be no
reform outside of the Democratic
party. which party everybody