The citizen., 1897-03-26
Baltimore Sound Money Demo
Gratis" and Their Principles.
Westminster Advocated

given in recognition of Mr.. Maroney's
work in organizing the "Sound Money
League in Baltimore County,"
The guests and participants in the
banquet called themselves Democrats,
and the principal figures at the gather
ing were mostly Baltimore City people
who moved in the county to escape tax
alton by the city.
There were toasts and speeches. and
the principal speakers were Edgar H.
Cans and w. Cabell Bruce. Cans, it
will be remembered, fed long at the
public crib as Assistant States Attor-
ney for Baltimore City, and his falling
out with the Democratic party dated
from his failureto secure nomination
from that party as States Attorney.
He will be remembered, too, as the
lawyer who talked such nonsense at
Sparrow's Point and elsewhere last fall
on the money question.
w. Cabell Bruce was chosen State
Senator from Baltimore City, at the
dictation Of Boss Raisin, and it will be
remembered as the alleged Democrat
who at the organization of the last
Senate who declined to go into Dem
ocratic caucus, and who was so deter
termined to be President of the Senate
that he would have accepted nomi-
nation for that position from the Re-
publicans and voted with them all
through in return for their support.
Cans and Bruce are both assistant
Republicans, having voted with that
party in 1895 and 1896. They called
themselves Democrats at the Maroney
banquet, but both declared that they
and those who voted for Mckinley
must control matters or they would de-
feat the party. This is the plain
meaning of what they said.
To gain their support, every member
of the Legislature must be pledged
against Gorman's reelection and for a
gold standard man for United States
Senator They do not propose to 90
into the Democratic primaries and
abide by the decision of the majority,
but stand aloof, and if matters do not 20
their way to vote againt the ticket.
These men, in view of their position,
should not he permitted to participate
in the Democratic primaries. They
are not Democrats and have not been,
though masquerading as Democrats.
They probably allied themselves with
the Democratic party because it was
the dominant party and they were
ambitious for office and political pref
erment. They probably now think
that Wellington and his gang are firm
ly inlrenched in power in this State
and are preparing to openly come out
on the Republican side. Wellington
will not likely welcome them, for they
will be seeking office from the Repub-
lican party and will revolt when their
ambitions are not gratified.
Cans, Barnes, Bruce, Davidson,
Cowen, Fisher, Whyte and other Nc
Kinley Democrats may as well under
stand now as later on that they never
can control the Democratic party in
this State. They are German haters
merely, and have staked their political
all upon his defeat. No platform, no
candidates, would they support if they
thought any advantage would be de-
rived by Mr.. German. They are not
moved by principles. In them there
is no sincere Democracy. They stand
upon platform of hate, on the one
hand. and are the allies of corporate
power and greed upon the other.
| They believe in the contraction of the
currency, which means doubling debts,
| interest and taxes, which means lower
values, lower prices for farm products,
and general bankruptcy except to the
creditor class.
They mean to stand by the gold
standard plutocracy, and against the
people They have made their plat
form, these few thousand gold bugs,
and they demand its acceptance by the
| 104, 600 Democrats who believe in the
teachings of jefferson and Jackson.
These gold bugs of Baltimore City,
masquerading as Democrats, are gone
from the party. The only course for
| the Democratic press is to treat them
as Republicans and political enemies.
They are not wanted in the party,
these men of the Cans and Bruce
stripe. They are narrow, selfish, self
important and allied to the money
power. They are arrogant and dIcta-
torial and have no feeling in common
with Democrats.
The Democracy of the State would
rejoice if they would meet and unan-
inously vote to join the Republican
party, and quit their hypocrisy about
being Democrats and devoted to Demo
cratic principles. They have no con-
ception of the teachings of Jefferson,
but belong 10 the Hanna aud Carnegie
stripe, worship at the shrine of Nam
mon, believe in government by in
junction, have contempt for the plain
people, and are allied to the interests
of corporate wealth, trusts and com
bines.
There could be no objection to theil
opposition to Senator Gorman's re-elec
ton, but they, if they are Democrats
should be willing to abide by the ma
iority rule and go into primaries and
conventions and acquiesce in the viii
of the majority. But they will not dc
this. and they go farther and say they
will support no one for the Legislature
or no other office who is not a gold
monometallist. No matter what tht
majority believe, they are higher anc
better.
Hagerstown Election.