The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-04-14
Position of the doIdbug Democrats.

Milton tells us that the devil squat III
shape OF toad was whispering poison in
Ewes ear and when the angel touched
him with his wand he sprang up full
nedged Beelzebub digest of all DISCUSSES,
in his repulsive nakedness. SO it was
when BRYAN touched Belmont with the
magic wand of the Chicago platform, he
sprang up an undisguised goldite, the
embodied essence of all the principle that
is the animating spirit of the Republican
party.
That touch was like all electric shock
to the toad which was preparing to poi
son Bryan and the entire Democratic
party at the dinner which would have
been as deadly TO every reform the great
masses are pining for as the forbidden
fruit, that Beelzebub, disguised as harm
less toad, was persuading Eve to eat.
The machine Democrats of Maryland
are in full accord with the political Beel-
zebubs of the Belmont and Croker stripe
as the Internal hosts were with Satan
when he tempted the innocents of Eden.
And they want Arthur P German for
their Presidential candidate! The good
Lord help remove the blindness Of these
hypnotized souls German as a Presi-
dental candidate OIL a goldbug anti
expansion platform couldn't carry even
the State of Maryland. The Republicans
would not vote for him and his anti
imperial humbug platform, the silver
Democrats wouldn't vote for him, and
his only followers would be the old ring
ster spoil hunters Of the State, whose
democracy consists in chance at official
spoils.
1t is not surprising that the Presidential
bee is buzzing in Germans bonnet. 1t
buzzes in every big boss ear, but that the
spoil hunters should be such gudgeons as
to snap at SO palpable an artificial fly is
we'll nigh astounding TO common sense.
Don't they see i'll the signs of the times
that no goldbug Democrat could be elect
ed on such bare bones policy as anti
expansion, that it would be as barren as
Cleveland's tariff REFORM" which was a
Cheap John policy, as Cleveland and all
his goldbug following were Cheap John
Democrats The ring Democrats of this
State are simply gone daft. A goldbug
Democrat as a Presidential candidate
would have no more chance than man
in his grave.
The money, or the financial question is
the question of the campaign Of 1900. All
others are but supplementary. Both
parties divide on the Philippine question
The essence of that question is not yet
developed. How best to get out of it no
one has any clearly defined ideas and
cannot have till time develops them more
clearly. But the money question is the
ripe fruit Of the hour. 1t stands at the
helm, as it were, and controls all other
political questions. The entire corpora
ton, trust and exploiting system is but
the rank weeds which spring up out of
the Republican financial policy like poi
son toad stools out of dung heap. For
Democrats to 60 after these heaten gods
of the Republican party is on the border
land of political insanity.
1t is all established axiom that when
two ride one horse one must ride behind,
and if two parties attempt to ride the gold
standard one of them must ride next the
tail and that one will be the gold DEM
ocratic" party.
We hope the party managers have the
common sense to break away from the
old German machine. 1t is certain defeat
to stick to it. The great silver contingent
of the party cannot be coaxed or driven
to follow the German lead, and without
them the Republican party must win.
They must come out this year or meet
defeat.
The only alternative is to get i'll line
with the national party or die politically
in the last ditch. The true party element
can, and we believe will, place a full
state and county ticket in the field by
state convention, under the Chicago plat
form, if the Croker. German Belmont ele-
ment persists in using the state organiza-
ton against the principles and organiza-
tiou of the national party. Last week
the machine papers sounded the insurg-
ent bugles against the national party.
Let the advance against them be made
at once.