The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-07-16
SUGGESTION TO MARYLAND DEMOCRATS

INTO the otdte SaTlpdISn.
AsuGGssTIoN TO MARYLAND DEMOCRATS
tl'ublished by authority OF the Maryland
Democratic Editors Associationl
The Republican League of Business Men,"
recently formed in Baltimore City, with a
view to maintaining the fortunes OF their party
in the coming campaign, commence their dec
laration of principles" as follows:
In 1895 the Republican party of this State
in its platform made three distinct promises
the people. 1t has fulfilled all three.
''First-That it would enact an election law
by which the people should be guaranteed
fair elections.
assessment law; and
'.Thrd-That it would submit civil service
act to the people at the polls.
For the accomplishment Of these reforms
the people of this city and State witnessed
for fifteen or twenty years one Of the most
bitter struggles Waged in any State in the
Union. How well the party kept the pledges
Of its platform is well known.
Then, apparently taking alarm at the painful
truth conveyed by the last sentence, they abb
ruptly leave the question of their stewardship
of the trust conhded to them in State matters
and dwell at much length and with amusing
vigor upon the extent to which the financial
question was a factor in the last campaign,
State and national, and affirm that there must
be no step backward in the coming campaign.
They declare that lin 1896 men of all parties
together for the protection OF the ma
tons credit and the sound money candidate
for the Presidency was elected and conclude:
1T is idle, therefore, to say that only local IS
sues are involved in the present campaign"
This same spirit of fleeing from a defense
of their record in State affairs and taking
refuge behind the financial question as ma
tional issue is manifested by the Republican
press and politicians throughout the State, who
have shown 4 disposition to run to their bomb
proofs all along the line upon the first shots
fred by the Democratic press into their sham
reforms, in State matters
The previous articles of the Democratic Ed
TORS Association have been devoted to show
ing in some detail and particularly how we'll
the Republican party has kept that pledge OF
its platform" FIRST; above enumerated, as to a
future articles during the tendency of the
campaign, TO demonstrate in an equally cir
cumstantal and conclusive manner how com-
pletely false to its trust it has proved IN re-
AN equitable assessment law and tae eiVA
service act.
the public records the absolute bad taith CT
the Maryland Republicans in ter effort TO
again deceive the people by injecting he I'm
ancial question into ne State campaign.
1t is quite true, as stated in the above quot
ca declaration of principles that many
democrats contributed their votes in 1906 to
a aa Is eest a Of Major Mckinley They did so;
ma. ms party could be depended upon to sup
port the gold standard OF monetary value as
emu in the Indianapolis platform, and
that, IN difference to the influence which thus
secured his election, the Republican admins
tIation would adopt conservative course on
erson to the pRd o give sons
mus interpreted. To this mistaken belief on
IN, IN, PART OF Democrats the astute managers of
and. aside from, the frank admonition Of Mt
Harrison in his New York speech. it NAV he
s said that the whole Republican campaign in
the Eastern States was run with the sound
money" idea. as expounded at Indiananol;s
LOT Inc paramount principle. Especially was
ms ms, the case in Maryland, where the Repub-
loudly proclaimed that the election of McKin-
ley meant the permanent establishment of the
g3ld standard. Deceived and deluded by these
1 n promises, several thousand low tariff
Democrats in Baltimore CITY and elsewhere
cast their votes for William Mckinley, the
great high priest OF extreme protection.
But the records Of Congress afford conciu-
sIve proof that these promises by which Mary
land Democrats were deceived INTO voting for
a Republican President were deliberately re-
pudiated as soon as the Republicans were in
power Instead OF holding the tariff question
IN abeyance,as had been promised, and adopt
ing measures looking to the permanent estab-
hshment Of the gold standard the distinc-
tive measures Of the Republican Congress,
which assembled one month after the election,
were IN precisely the opposite direction.
The tariff bill upon which they immedi-
ately set to work, and which after eight
months OF contention among themselves over
the division OF the spoils of protection it
ries; has finally been enacted into law, is gen
orally conceded to be, measure of extreme
protection, in advance even of the famous law
OF 1900 which bore the name OF Mckinley.
p The International monetary conference
bill, prepared by Senator Wolcott, the great
friend OF free silver (who claimed to have
ing in the West financial doctrine exactly
the converse Of that promised in Maryland)
which was introduced in Congress in the first
days of the December session, and which, by
the solid support of the Republicans of both
branches was promptly passed. open,
unequivocal endorsement OF the doctrine OF
the free coinage OF both silver and gold and
essentially based upon that idea
This monetary conference bill openly
denounced the floor of the Senate by
Senator Nilas the confidential friend OF Mr..
Cleveland speaking for the gold Democrats.
as a breach of faith with the sound money"
sentiment Of the Democratic party. and prac-
teal concession of the fundamental aSsump
ton OF the Bryan campaign
MR. Villas STRONG PROTEST.
Tie following is an extract from Mr.. Villas
speech in the Senate:
Mr.. President. l desire simply to express
nv opposition to this bill, not to engage in a
three points OF objection, and them briefly.
In what it says, still more in its impca-
tons the bill is than useless-it is high
ly vicious. 1t is another of the ambiguous
and timid uttcrances, of the projects, illusory
perhaps it is not too much TO say deceltful
by which those Of countrymen who put
faith in the declarations OF Congress. guid
cd by wisdom, pcryersely taught miscon-
ception OF the true principles OF Government,
Of finance, and commerce.
Il do not charge that the scheme Is not
supported with sincerity, nor that IN TACT no
conference is purposed TO be held, or Il held,
no practical result Is pated-though Tor
this there might be grounds OF suspicion, as
the Senator from California (Mr; Nhite) in
timated yesterday. | take it rather as being
what its words indicate, and there ind II
worse in effect than if merely insincere
1T proffers again to the public as sound
and wise theory that bimetallism, in the sense
OF value NAV be compounded OF the two met
ais gold and silver, both enjoying Tree and
unlimited coinage, at an arbitrary ratio, II only
many nations will try It together instead OF
ours alone. In that it dehes the teaching OF
history, the advice of experience and expert
enced men, and the deductions OF sound
I'm either aspect the pursuit of b;metallc
standard of such a character is as idle as
would be human effort to divert the Gulf
Stream or warm the climate OF the poles.
But still more, this bill implies to the
public mind, and the inference is certain that
such standard of value is far better and
more desirable than the present. 1t is com
plete acknowledgment OF the fundamental
assumption Of the Bryan campaign that gold
standard of monetary measurement: however
freely silver may be used within the sphere
of its practical usefulness, is wrong, not right,
a false not a true. standard, the product OF
evil law, not of just and natural law, an in
iury done society by human which can
be in some way redressed, and therefore ought
to be- And it fairly leads to the recent issue
that but for the wicked resistance OF other
countries the grievous wrong might be righted
and the woes of mankind, here and elsewhere.
vastly alleviated. Sir, no wonder men listened
to the siren tones that lured them toward this
fancied blessing and said: Let us by it
alone, let us be free and independent let us
have the boon of prosperity, without the con-
sent of any other nation on earth