The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-09-24
Position Occupied by the German
PARTY in r1aryland.

committees III the edSlelu, ulluulS-"0otSi1
States, i'll short everywhere but in Mary
land, have the principles of the Chicago
platform of 'o6 been recognized as the
policy which the New Democracy must
maintain in the future or go out Of
business.
In Ohio the Palmer, or old gold DEM
ocrat party, have put up goldbug ticket
In Maryland they threatened to do so
unless silver was wholly abandoned, and
the plea for this cowardice, duplicity or
treachery to the people, the party and its
principles, is sought to be justified by
those who are in the blind pool, by plead
ing that the party's principles were not in
issue, as though party's principles could
ever be not in issue. IF the principles of
the party as laid down at Chicago, are
not in issue what is in issue? A lot of
small fry politicians who want to get into
office by throwing principle to the dogs i?
Mr.. German is the issue i'll addition to the
small fry, and he was given to understand
if the party did not foresware by silence
the principles of the party that they, the
old gold Democrats, would put up tick
ct. The old banking, corporation clique
element which has ridden the party since
before the days of Buchanan, won their
case in Maryland but nowhere else. Cor
man is one of them. If you scratch one
of the monopoly, corporation class you
will find a goldbug under the skin, as
surely as if you scratch Russian you
find Tartar.
This old gold element which has been
given virtual possession of the party in
Maryland by dicker with German, will
claim its leadership next year, when one
of the most important Congressional cleo
tions will take place eyer held since the
government was organized. These old
gold Democrats were all strong Cleveland
men, and the difference which arose be-
tween Cleveland and German grew out OF
a tariff on coal. Cleveland and Whitney,
with the Wall street gang, who owned a
WV
mines wanted to bring in coal from their
British American mines free of duty;
German, who was one of the syndicate OF
coal operators in the Alleghaney mines,
wanted to bar out Nova Scotia coal by an
| import duty. There was not particle OF
difference among them on the money
&c Tho T0iro1aU tariff
has destroyed the difference which for
merly existed i'll this branch of the gold
bug family and they are all of one mind
now. They know as we'll as they know
they are living, that German, if put into
the Senate for the next six stormy years
that are before the country, he will be true
to the oligarchy composed of the money
monopoly, railroad monopoly, coal mine
syndicates and all the other combines
that are arrayed OH the side of British
system such as the old Federallst party
and Wing party stood for and the present
Republican party is pledgedt to.
Having filled the Senate with two gold
members from Maryland, the battle will
come on next year i'll dead earnest. These
gold Democrats, having made a "lanbs
tail' of the party this year in the State
by offering to help place drove of little
local office hunters in good places at the
public pie counter, will claim that they
are entitled to dictate the policy and plat
form of the party in 1898 when six meni-
bers of Congress are to be chosen.
What will these men demand next
year? Policy will dictate that it were
not best to declare openly for the gold
standard by taking the leading plank Of
the Republican party to stand on, but
they will say as they said this year that
the Chicago platform must be ignored,
that it is not an issue, that a straddle
plank on the financial question must be
constructed, something after the pattern
of the famous German straddle which
contains the following:
"Bimetallism will surely come. 1t may
come through the instrumentalities set III
motion by the present administration
though in truth inspired by the intrepid
action of the Democratic voters. But II
will come, and the prosperity and hap
piness that follow i'll its train will be due
to the courage, the undaunted fidelity
and the intelligent patriotism of the
Democracy"
1t will not ''come" very soon if bimet'
allism depends on such Courage" and
'undaunted fidelity" as exhibited bysGor-
mans party in Maryland. This ridicu-
lous exhibition of courage" foreshadows
the policy for next year or the gold De
mocracy will bring out full fledged
ticket as they did in 1896 in order to help
the Republicans elect gold monopoly,
syndicate ruled delegation to Congress
from this State i'll the interest of Wall
street and Rothschild's agents. And the
pie counter delegation will accept it as
they have this year and tell US that the
money issue, or any of the Chicago plat
form, is not in issue, only the success of
the Democratic ticket in Maryland. it
matters little what that may represent.
With German as dictator it requires 10
prophet to foretell what that will be.
The entire delegate crowd from Pan
Handle to the Chesapeake is pledged to
German, which will insure the gold Dem-
ocrat contingent with its long purse,
complete control of the party next year,