The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-03-04

The three formidable political organ
izations that are opposing the money OIL
igarchy whose ambition is the economic
enslavement of the wealth producing class
of the world, more completely than it
ever existed in any chattel slavery period
of its history, are steadily drawing closer
together, are beginning to discern more
clearly with an eye single to the great
task that lies before them. National
Chairman Jones of the Democratic organ
ization, Chairman Towne of the silver
Republican organization and the Populist
members of Congress have each for the
organizations or party for which they
speak issued earnest, patriotic addresses
to their parties and the public, impressing
the great necessity of united action
against this common enemy of the human
race. These addresses point out the
common danger that menaces all and the
imperative necessity of ignoring every
other question, and all other motives,
than the one of making a united and de-
termined stand against common enemy.
When we use the term euenly it is not
in the ordinary political party sense
which has become so familiar to all as to
have little or no significance, but in the
sense that the word is applied to an in
vading army whose object is pillage and
enslavement of the inhabitants of a
country.
These addresses ring with the earnest
ness of conviction and the imniinence of
danger. They urge to forget party names
in forming common union, while retain
ing their several distinct organizations, as
the several grand divisions of an army
while forming one grand whole moved
by one management and direction.
AS this great enemy fought the people
in three presidential campaigns under the
Federal and Wing party banner, when
the people called General Jackson to lead
them, so the same old money power
enemy is now confronting the people
under the symbol ofthe Republican party.
The people have been led, and CALAMITY
led, i'll one campaign by the young hero
Bryan, and as they recover from the
partial repulse the necessity forces con-
viction that the old lines must be again
reformed and their old leader in the canl-
paign of 1896 they see is their logical
leader in that of 1900. The leaders of
the three organizations see and feel tie
absolute necessity for united attack by a
solid column composed of the three army
divisions and those three addresses are a
bugal call to fall in line and be ready to
win the first victory in the congressional
election of next fall, and there remains
little or no doubt at. all that a common
cause and common congressional ticket
will be the result of the coming together
of this great army of the people for the
purpose of overthrowing the money
oligarchy (which has spread desolation
and want in the homes of the people and
strewn the country with tramps and en-
forced idle people, while darkening the
land with crime and suicide as the ashes
and smoking villages mark the parth of a
barbarian army.
Every State is showing its colors in
scribed with the principles of the Chicago
platform and preparing for common
effort in a common cause except Mary
land. The Democratic party of this State
has never in an authoritative declaration
subscribed to the principles enuncated in
that platform, but instead has put forth a
straddling, meaningless announcement
with janus face, or the head of an owl
that can face on all sides without moving
its body. The gold democrats" those
political nondescripts, have been encour-
aged and strengthened by this reasonable
course of the leaders and will exert their
utmost to send six Republican members
to the next House as they helped to fur
nish that party with a United States
Senator this year.
1t is time the people were knowing
what position the Democratic party OF
Maryland intends to take, or that the
Populists were moving to reorganize and
call the people to rally to the standard
under which the grand army ofthe masses
are enlisting against gold ring oligarchy.