The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-08-18
Bluff.

There has been great gathering of the
old betrayers Of the people, at Saratoga.
This gathering of what is known as gold
Democrats is ostensbly for the purpose OF
drinking the water of the mineral springs
to help them get clear of the govt and
other blood corruption, caused by high
living, late suppers, champagne and
whskey drinking. This gathering is
composed of bosses and bunco steerers OF
the old Democratic party of the Cleveland
brand, whose object was spoils for the
leaders gathered from corporations for
the sale of franchises and collection OF
campaign funds. These fellows were all
thrown out when the people rose up in
their might and indignation at Chicago
i'll 1896.
They are now holding meetings at sum-
mer resorts to try and devise some
scheme to get back into their old places.
In order to accomplish this presidential
candidate must be found to forestall
Bryan in the hearts of the people. Judge
Van Wyck, Ex-Governor Pattison of
Pennsylvania, and Arthur P German are
prominently mentioned, with some minor
lights, but none seem to fill the bill.
These conferences of the old pie counter
and bunco steering Democrat leaders,
bring to mind the story ofthe rat congress
TO get rid of certain old cat whose Wig
lance and sharp teeth and claws made
life burden to the thieving rats. The
end of this famous rat conference was
resolution, passed unanimously, to bell
the cat. But which one of the rats was to
undertake the job? No one was willing
to risk his hide i'll such dangerous
enterprise.
This is exactly the condition among
these old Democratic rats. To get the
Bryan cat out Of the way no one can be
found who is willing or who the COM
pany will trust with the job. German
intimates in his smiling, silent way that
he would like to try it if he could only be
assured that enough rats coald be induced
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humiliation, but nobody is willing to
give him any such assurance. In the
meantime the old equity rats will con-
tinue to drink mineral water and discuss
without reaching any plan how to cheat
Bryan out of the nomination in 1900, or
emascnlate the Chicago platform till it
looks something like the German what
IS it, produced by the late Democratic
Maryland state convention that put three
goldbug candidates on the ticket, two of
them national bank officers and the other
a Jew agent of baron Rothschild of the
Bank of England.
In the meantime the gold commercial
press is trying to help the political Demo-
cratic rats to get rid of Bryan and silver
by the biggest game of bluff ever wit
messed in this country.
While this big game of bluff is going
on to fool the people and get rid of BRYAN,
Mckinley stock continues to fall OH the
exchanges, where his only hope for a
second nomination rests, on account of
his awful Philippine criminal aggres-
sion" and benevolent assimilation" To
add to the perilous condition of the slip.
perry politician of the White House
Roosevelt is preparing his trough
riders" to make charge OH the national
convention and capture the Republican
nomination. He is telling the CONNER.
cial banditti that he is prepared to carry
out their wishes with bold hand and
serve them far more effectively than the |
trembling, nerveless Mckinley if they
will seat him in the White House, and
they are considering the proposal serious.
ly. But Bryan and free silver is the lion
in their path and bluffing can't put them
out of it.