The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-12-22

Our esteemed contemporary, the up
beaE, has the following musing in last
weeks issue:
"Fewer brands and more ardent work
ers; more of the self-sacriicing. spirit and
less regard for personal advancement;
these and several other matters will re-
quire careful handling before the Repub-
1icans of this State can hope to win."
The Republican party made the greatest
political ten strike last fall i'll this State
they ever made. In order to understand
the victory which gave the Offices TO the
Democrats it is important 10 understand
what Republicanism means. There are
hundreds of thousands of Republicans
who do not comprehend its meaning. To
make State normally Democratic APP
pear that the people of that State en-
dorse the Republican gold policy is a
moral victory for the Republican party,
the value of which to the party can
scarcely be over estimated. The wise
heads of the party consider it cheap
price to pay for such prize, to trade the
small offices for it.
The Republican leaders are not striking
for the eoffices per Sc but for the power
behind the offices, the moral effect of a
Democratic State endorsing the gold
standard, is to them of ten times greater
influence than all the petty State offices.
This they succeeded in doing in Maryland
last November when they threw the
county Offices into the hands of silver,
Bryan, Chicago Democrats, but placed
three goldbugs in the State offices. They
now can point to Governor-elect Smith,
president of national bank, Isidor Ray
nor, Attorney General and Joshua w.
Herring, cashier of a national bank.
1t is the moral influence the gold
standard conspirators are striving for, to
support their game of bluff. 1t is note
worthy that the subsidized and slave
driven daily dress are using nothing but
bluff to sustain their cause. They have
ceased to attempt argument, and to besable
to point to Democratic State electing
only goldbug State officers exerts Won
derful influence in the councils of the
nation. They chose Cleveland in place
of Harrison because they knew that such
a stategic move would advantage their
cause directly, mole than the election OF
Harrison, and it did. They knew such a
result would demoralize and weaken the
opposition to their conspiracy, and it did.
As evidence of this view being taken
by the goldbngs, the election was scarcely
over when German, the leading goldbug
conspirator of Maryland, took his newly
elect Governor to Wall street TO exhibit
him and give him points to enable him to
shape his administration and throw the
gubernatorial influence on the side of the
money kings.
The confiding. honest Republicans do
not understand nor realize the object of
their party. They do not comprehend
that it is possible that fraternity of
international money kings could seize a
political party in this country and
through the machinery of the party en-
throne themselves in power in the gov
eminent and skilfully but silently turn it
out of the course of free. popular govern
ment into class-favored and protected
commercial and moneyed aristocracy.
This thing they have done. Not an act
has been passed by Congress for thirty
years, that favors the laboring class, and
not one that does not favor the aristorc-
racy Of wealth and privilege. The pre-
negatives vested in the government for
the protection of the peoples rights, have
nearly all been transferred to corporations
which now override government and
people at their pleasure. Any law they
don't want is pronounced unconstitutional
by their judiciaries if it favors the people,
and any law they want is always consti-
tutional, or it will be slightly altered TO
make it pass muster.
Oh, the appeal does not understand
what victory the Republican party
managed to win in this State last fall, not
victory for the poor fellows who think
that gaining the petty county offices is a
victory-to them it was defeat-but a
victory for the heart and soul of the Re-
publican party, the money kings, the
captains of trade and trusts.
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