The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-30
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political atmosphere OF the county some
what. The race track business, purely
local matter, threatened for time to form
a dividing party line and absorb the at
tention Of the people Of the county to the
exclusion of all other questions. The two
party conventions which hoped to make
that all issue, had both declared i'll em-
phatic language in favor of the abolition
of the nuisance, but the Democratic con-
vention resolutions OH the subject were
framed in such circumlocution style that
the Republicans attacked them at once,
charging that snake was concealed in
the pile of words The Prohibition con-
vention dissipated this assumption by
publicly declaring that the two old parties
were worthy Of belief in the sincerity Of
their platform declarations against race
track gambling, which takes that hope OF
the machine politician out of party
politics.
In view of this fact what do these two
old parties stand for? The Democratic
editors have organized a literary bureau
to direct the campaign and their whole
stock in trade consists i'll ringing the
change OIL Republican extravaganza
in State and local government and such
other petty carping as can always be
found to urge against an opposition party,
or if not found can readily be manufac
Dr,f1 X1,air lot thiS
county, and OH this shore at least, are
silent as the grave on every vital question.
The Republicans are Saving wood"
They can afford to do so. There is no
doubt in the whole nation about what
they mean. The vital question in this
campaign in this county and this State is
the election of a United States Senator
by the next legislature.
The purpose Of the Republicans is to
elect a goldbug Senator. 1t was not
necessary for them 10 declare anything.
Everybody knows their purpose. There
is no denial or evasion needed, and they
could gain nothing by agitation and
might prejudice their case by stirring up
the matter.
But how does it stand with the Demo-
Gratis? They are silent as the grave also
i'll their convention in this county and
the Eastern Shore generally, and in most
other parts of the State. When reminded
of this they point to their candidates and
assume that they are sound silver men.
There is no public declaration on record
to that effect. But suppose they are
Sound" and the party in its State organ
ization happens to be the other way.
Which is to wag, the dog OF the tail !?
There is the most imperative necessity
that the Democratic party should declare
itself in the most unmistakable terms this
year, while there is no necessity that the
Republican party should do SO, and it
may be policy for them to say nothing.
The Democratic party took new depart
ure last year, foreswore Clevelandism at
Chicago and nominated a Populist cam
didate-Bryan voted for the Peoples
party candidate for President four years
before. The goldbug, Cleveland element
of the party focked by itself, organized a
party, declared from the housetops and
proclaimed it in the streets that they were
the true National Democrat party, that
the other, the Chicago-Bryan party were
Populists and heretics. They canvassed
this State all over, denouncing the Bryan
Democrats as hypocrits. Their speakers
read from every platform the resolutions
of their last conventions in the State de-
claring i'll favor of the gold standard and
placing the organization in Maryland on
that platform, and the nezO Democracy i'll
this State has never repudiated in any
public declaration that old State party
platform. IF they mean to be honest and
vote for silver United States Senator, it
is the first and paramount duty to declare
that purpose on every authoritative oppor-
tunity, in every county, district, State
convention and mass meeting. If thor
oughly sincere and honest in conviction,
they would hasten to do it. And what is
their excuse for not doing so? They fear
they will ofend the gold Democrats 7Oho
last fall 0Oted for Palmer and Bnckney or
for DZch1nley! God save the mark Do
they suppose these Cleveland, goldbug
Democrats are geese to be fooled by such
chaff? On the contrary they are organ
izing from Wall street and setting in
motion their National Democratic"
party machinery in Maryland, Ohio,
Kentucky, and every other State where
an election is to be held involving the
choice of United States Senator. In the
light of these facts, who can believe that
the silent dodge being practiced by old
party thimbleriggers of this State will
catch single goldbug Democrat? On
the other hand, suppose a majority of
silent Democrat members were elected to
the legislature. They are pledged to
nothing, the party is pledged to nothing.
They have made no public party declara.
tons, are entirely free in this respect
Then come the "gift bearing Greeks" to
Annapolis, from Wall street, from I.om-
bard street, from every railroad corpora
ton, from every trust, from every Bank
ers Association, all bidding, threatening,
clamoring, coercing, trading for a gold
bug United States Senator or sham sill
yer man with backbone made of the