The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-06-18
On the Home Stretch.

There is no question but the tariffs the
last card the Republican party has to play
and that they are rapidly losing faith in
that. Their papers scold Mr.. Wanamaker
because he told a plain truth that six
months had come and gone since Mr..
Mckinley was declared President, and
that times were not bettered but worse.
1t is very plain that the party does not
believe that the passage of the tariff bill
now before the Senate will improve con-
ditions. Mr.. Wanamaker told the coun-
try that not single one of the lavish
promises made before the election has
been fulfilled, and people who believed
and were deceived are fast arriving at the
belief that not one of them will be full
filled. III fact it is an inpossibility to
bring back good times by the methods
that destroyed them. They were destroy
ed by the gold standard, that is by con-
traction of the money of the country
That is what gold standard means. No
body now sees gold i'll circulation. 1t
used to be plenty when silver was plenty,
in the sos.
But the tariff will be law in a month
or six weeks, the opposition in Congress
mean to express their dissent to certain
per centages, but they do not intend to
obstruct its passage. That would give
the party i'll power an excuse for the lack
of return of prosperity. They are not
! going to be furnished with such excuse.
When the tariff becomes law and the
same stagnation to bushes remains which
has brooded over the country like bird
of evil omen for years, what can the Re-
publican party appeal to the people OH ?
There is nothing, absolutely nothing.
Mr.. McKinley's bimetallic commission
which he sent to Europe, sends home no
encouraging news to cheer the President.
are declaring against the reconciliation
of silver in any shape or form, and Secre-
tary of the Treasury Gage is for gold and
the destruction of greenbacks, which
means more bonds, more debt and more
interest and taxes for the people to pay,
with less money and lower prices.
That the Republican party is nearing
the end of its rope is too plain for the
most bigoted partisan to fail to realize.
The next Congress is morally certain to
be overwhelmingly in opposition to the
administration, and in all probability
have majority i'll favor of free coinage.
With the utter collapse of all the prom
ises of the Republican party how can they
appeal to the people for support? 1t will
be impossible. The collapse of the party
may be greatly assisted if the opposition
this fall every where reaffirms the Chicago
and Peoples party St. Louis platforms
and endorses Bryan. He embodies the
principles set forth in those declarations
and the entire opposition can be united
on Bryan as the standard bearer of free
coinage, death to trusts and monopolies,
more money and better times. We trust
the Democratic party of this county and
the State at their county and judicial con-
ventions will not fail to boldly proclaim
the doctrins of last fall and make the
battle continuation of the presidential
campaign and strategic position for the
congressional contest i'll 1898. No fooling
with gold Democrat. Let that handful
go into the Republican ranks where they
belong. BRYAN and free silver is the
logical battle cry of '9S, and it had better
be raised in next falls campaign. 1t will
serve to unite the people against their
common enemy.