The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-08-04
Gold Democracy, Ignorance, Venality
and the Party in rIaryland as it is.

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There is mighty site of blufing going
on just now by that nondescript political
element known as gold Democrats. They
insist against reason and facts that the
Democratic party should throw over
Bryan and reconciliation of silver and
in fact pretty much all of the Chicago
platform. Unless the party will consent
to a hybrid platform such as these So
called gold Democrats propose, there is
no hope for the party TO win in 1900.
The Republican papers are as busy as
they can be publishing interviews from
unknown nobodies, setting forth their
opinions that unless Bryan, silver and the
Chicago platform are dropped there is no
hope for the party winning in 1900 1t is
| logical to presume that if such policy
would tend to strengthen the Democratic
party the Republican papers and prophets
of evil who are having themselves inter-
viewed in order to get their names into
print, would advise against it and try to
silver was the only hope for the party
defeating the Republicans. That they do
the very opposite is the best evidence that
of all things else these wolves in sleeps
clothing, the gold Democrats, who pretty
much all voted for Mckinley, and their
aiders and encouragers, the Republican
papers and politicians are convinced that
i'll Bryan and the Chicago platform is the
brightest omen ofdefeat to the Republican
oligarchy and plutocratic party.
Suppose the Democratic party were to
act on the advice of these deceivers, and
attempt to form platform to their liking
and place candidates on it, would it not
be a repetition of Cleveandsm? The
American people will never be fooled
again by such Democrat bastard as
Cleveland in this generation. With such
a Democratic party as the Republicans
and their gold Democrat missionaries
advise the two parties would resemble a
lovers paradise
1.-TWO souls with but single thought,
| Two hearts that beat as one
And that one heart a heart of gold.
The managers of the Republican party
and administration would freely give up
every other Republican dogma if they
could secure all undivided sentiment in
both parties for the gold standard. All
else to them is as sounding brass. III view
of these facts-and they are facts-will
any honest Democrat with five grains OF
common sense, if not densely ignorant,
advocate such policy as the gold Dem
ocrats and their Republican allies are
attempting to bluff the honest democracy
into?
But let us come near home, right here
i'll the State of Maryland and in Cecil
county. Are our people content to be
tricked year in and year out by lot OF
political dodgers who have no conception
of economic questions or political prin-
ciples but whose alpha and omega is to
gain control of dozen or so of offices,
who cannot go OH the stump and intel
ligently discuss single political issue
that divides parties at the present day.
They CAN dig up some dead and buried
question which has had its day, and slash
round and gesticulate and howl over
But ask them to discuss the gold standard,
our banking SYSTEM monopolies, trusts,
etc, and they are dumb as sheep at the
shearing
For lack of this ability and faith in the
principles of the party, the Republicans
hold Maryland more from public disgust
of dark lantern leadership. whose policy
is silence Don't say anything and the
fool people will not find us out We haye
fooled these people by this artful trick of
silence on every public question of any
merit and let us keep it up as long as we
can. If we get the lions share of the
public money expended to divide among
dozen or two Of us what need we care
This upplies not only to Cecil county but
to every county i'll the State. How long,
oh how long are our people going to sub
NIT to suffer under such degrading
conditions?
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