The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-11-03
To the Democratic Party of Maryland.

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The election of the Democratic State
ticket i'll Maryland this year, in our judg-
ment, would be the greatest misfortune
that could befall the party. Not that Mr..
Smith, Mr.. Herring and Mr.. Raynor
would not make as competent and faith
full officers as any of the nominees for the
same Office on any ofthe numerous tickets
which are on the election ballot. We
believe they would compare favorably i'll
every essential with the best of those
named on lhe other tickets, as admins
tratve officers. The gravity of the result
involved will not be confined to the State,
or to the administration Of the govern
ment of the State, but lies outside of its
borders, and is national.
There is the deepest design, a plot by
the most dangerous enemies TO the institu
tons Of the government which has here
.ofore never risen. The plot or conspiracy
connecting is to send e"ough delegates to
the National Convention next year to
defeat the reaffirrnation of the Chicago
platform and the nomination of any can
didate who would represent the principles
enunciated in that platform.
Such a result means annihilation to the
Democratic party. In short the design of
these plotters is to secure enough dele
gates to hold controlling power i'll the
convention, of what is in common par
lance known as goldbugism; delegation
representing the money kings, the trusts,
monopolies, the class of exclusive priv
ileges; and continuation of the policy
pursued by the Mckinley administration
which is shaped, nodded and directed by
this plutocratic class.
Maryland has been selected as one of
the States to send such a delegation
labeled Democratic delegation" to con-
tend for the policy which was represented
by Palmer and Buckner i'll 1896. Every
movement by the controlling influences
in the Democratic party in Maryland for
the last three years, bears unmistakable
evidence of this purpose. Two OF the
candidates on the ticket are national bank
officers of controlling influence in bank
circles, and to claim that such men are
not of the money king, corporation, trust
political faith would be about as rational
as to assume that fire would not burn raw
cotton or dry pine shavings when brought
in contact with them. AS for the third
party of the trio, he has always been the
open, avowed advocate Of the gold ring
policy, and bitter enemy of the Chicago
platform and every principle that the
Democratic party ofthe nation now stands
for and represents.
The shifting, meaningless platform
which was formulated by the convention
that foisted this ticket OH the party, is
evidence Strong as proofs from holy
writ" that the Interior design is to com
init the party to the policy most repug-
nant to the rank and file of its members;
but by the power of the organization in
the hands of the friends OF. the predom-
mating principle of the Republican party,
send sixteen gold delegates to the
National Convention to misrepresent the
party in this and every other State
That there is a deep plot laid with this
object in view, and Maryland is counted
OH as one of the most promising States to
aid the diabolical conspiracy, does not
admit of a doubt If the Republican
State ticket is elected the plot will fall
through. A true Democratic delegation
will be sent from this State to the
National Convention next year, with no
contestiug delegates and the party freed
of the goldbug barnacles that have chung
TO it and defeated it in the State for the
last several years If you value the well
fare of your party, Democrats turn down
tine State ticket and uphold your local
ticket. That will give goldbugis,n in the
party its death blow and set the party free.
Eli T. REYNOLDS. druggist, guarantees