The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-06-23
German i'm the Saddle.

There is all herculean effort being made
to divert public attention from silver and
the money question and place the Demo
cratic party back in the hands of its old
boss, mercenary leaders. The trusts are
now occupying pages of the goldbug
papers daily, and no end of advice, and
interviews are published by the gold
papers giving the opinions of goldbug
Democrat, whilom leaders of the party.
These opinions are invariably against the
Chicago platform and especially against
making silver prominent i'll the platform.
fit can't be eliminated entirely--and they
confess it cannot-then give it as little
prominence as possible, push it as far back
as it can be placed and not word about
16 toI, is the sage counsel of these wolves
in sleeps clothing. There appears to be
no class of people so much concerned
over the possible defeat of the Democratic
presidential candidate in 1900, as the class
the goldbug papers speak for. They
prophesy, and with many deep drawn
signs, that if their advice is not taken,
silver dropped and the Chicago platform
altered in its most popular and strongest
features, the party is doomed to suffer
annihilating defeat in 1900; but if the
party will take up anew the old tariff slo-
gan and beat its tom-toms over trusts
down with trusts !" and Imperialism,
the Democratic party will stand golden
chance to win out in 1900. This kind
advice and encouraging predictions all
come through goldbug papers, of the
Mckinley brand, and goldbug papers of
the Palmer and Buckner class, the "gold
Democrat" papers, such as the Baltimore
Sun, Philadelphia Record and birds of
that feather, which no sensible person
ever thinks Of trusting for all opinion on
the vital issue Of the times.
German is proclaimed openly now by
his friends, as again in control of the
Democratic party i'll Maryland and his
purpose of taking an active part in the
campaign this year and naming the can
didate for Governor. He is also announc-
ed through the Republican papers as the
gold Democratic party candidate for 1900,
with Croker and the New York gold
Democrats of his brand in full accord
With the Chicago platform and Bryan out
of the way, and German down with the
he &c ;,
and mild protest against expansion,
the Democratic party again united would
"sweep the country" With this kind of
nonsense the air is thick, and strange to
say the Democratic party of Mary laud"
under Gorman's coat tails appears to take
this combination of folly and treachery
seriously. 1t is reasonable to suppose
that the plain people who compose the
rank and file of the Democratic party and
cast the votes which are 10 give the party
success, had learned something by exper-
fence, but it looks more and more as time
passes as though they had not. They
really seem to have been phynotized by
German in times past, to such degree .
that it is impossible to wake them again. |
The 'Jeffersonian" Democratic Asso- |
citation, who take their stand on the
Chicago platform and have made a wordy
battle against German and Gormanism,
like blind mice ran into the German
Rasin trap set for them in the Mayors
election, and voted Hayes in. This Incl
Gent was taken as an affirmative declara-
ton that this strong silver and Chicago
platform contingent, who held the bal
ance of power in Maryland, had surren-
dered to the gold German democracy,
and that German was invited to come
out from his retirement, take his old
position as leader of the party in Mary
land and be crowned as the National can
didate to lead the Democratic hosts TO
victory i'll 1900 under the old battle cry
tariff reform" and down with trusts |"
If the Chicago platform, silver organ
ization with headquarters at COZ w. Pratt
street, doesn't call a mass convention and
put up State ticket after the German
gold ticket is formally nominated they
had better close up headquarters and 20
out of business. Augers that wont bore
are of no use, was one of Horace
Creeley's maXims.