The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-06
Ayers Hair Vigor.
Last Year and This.

On May 20, 1895, the following resolu-
ton was adopted by the Democratic
county convention at Elkton:
Owe are opposed to the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver as we'll as all
other schemes or devices calculated to de-
base our currency, or cause our country
TO lose its advanced position among the
commercial nations of the world"
This convention was directed by the
identical same parties who managed the
county convention this year, and whose
silence on the subject was so dense that
you might "cut it with knife'
On the 10th of June 1895 the State coil
vention of the same party was held in
Baltimore, whose management was in the
hands of Arthur P. German, who was and
is generalissamo of the Democrat party as
known in this State. Then and there the
following resolution was passed:
''Believing that the true interest of the
people requires that the earnings OF agr;-
culture and trade and the wages of labo r
should be paid in money that is intrin-
sically worth in all the markets of the
world what it purports to be worth, we
demand the maintenance of the existing
gold standard Of value, and, further, the
government shall keep all its obligations
at all times redeemable and payable in
money of the greatest intrinsic value and
of the highest standard adopted by the
civilized nations of the world, and we,
therefore, resolutely oppose the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of
IS to l."
The next month the National conven
ton of the same party met at Chicago and
turned down the gold Democrats" and
declared for silver I6 to I. This was too
formidable a position for our sepentine
Democrats Of Maryland to buck against,
so they silently fell in behind the pro-
cession and followed on. They never re-
pudiated the Republican party platforms
they had copied in substance, if not quite
i'll words, circumstantial evidence that
they still secretly adhered to them. An
other year rolls round and we find the
partyunder the slippery German gettingup
TIC ilOSl Ingenious SlTduule ever COnCOC-
ted by a straddler skilled by long practice
in intrigue. The Democrat arty of Mary
land has placed itself in such ridiculous
position before the world that 10 man
unless slavishly party-bound will have
anything more to do with it. If the can
didates do not come out over their own
signatures throughout the State and re-
pudiate Mr.. German and his dastardly
work, a convention will be called and in
dependent tickets put up, and the people
given an opportunity to cast their votes
for principle and against trckery.
Mr.. German has reached the end of his
race and his followers had better take
warming before it is too late. Mr.. German
has the idea that by his balancing and
ingenious political trickery he can secure
the nomination for President by the DEM
ocratic party in 1900. If the party is
tempted to follow his advice and tricks
there will be no Democratic party in 1900
to nominate anything.
Mr.. German is part and parcel of some
of the great trusts OF the country and any
man in that position has got to be a gold
bug or be fired out. There is no alterna-
tive Tor him-only the one choice.