The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-04-20
Friday, April 20, 1900.
German as Dewey's Principal Bacter

German as DeWey'S Principaf backer.
Ifthe naked truth could be uncovered
there is little doubt that Arthur P. Cor
man would be found to be at the bottom
of Admiral Deweys unique candidacy.
German was reported by Holland, the
New York staff correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press. Immediately after
Dewey's announcement, as being on a
visit TO the Cleveland, goldbug leading
lights in the interest of Dewey's candi.
dacy. Holland" is not reckless, OF
sensational correspondent, and what be
writes can be relied upon as having sub
stautial foundation for it. The following
paragraph from Hollands" letter pub
1ished in the Press Of April 10, shows SC
much of Corman's method as TO carry
conviction that German is giving his
best efforts to advance Admiral Dewey as
an available Democrat candidate
"The astute politician from Maryland
suggested to Mr. Lamont that there were
political ways and means by which the
Democracy could concentrate upon Adj
miral Dewey in such manner as TO prevent
the nomination of Bryan, nomination
which Mr. German seemed TO think would
be the chief obstacle to the success of the
Democratic party next fall.
"He is reported to have had little doub
that with any other candidate than Bryan
the Democracy would get back ali the
voters that it lost in 1896; would have
practically the entire independent vote in
the United States and with skillfuily
worded platform could attract the anti
imperialists without in any way making
Dewey's record inconsistent"
The effort to advance Dewey's candi
dacy may be chinierical but it shows the
animus of German, and his implacable
enmity to Bryan's candidacy and the
Chicago platform. For four years he,
with his machine, has kept the State
alien to the Democratic party as organized
at Chicago in 1896. No declaration BY
the machine organization has ever been
made at any convention placing the party
in Maryland in line with the National
party, and this Dewey business SO well
dovetails with the yelled policy which
has rested like an incubus on the party in
the State since 1896, shows the.last des.
perate effort of forlorn hope 10 reinstate
the old corrupt policy and methods of the
Cleveland regime.
McLane, Mrs. Dewey's brother, gave a
dinner party in Washington to select
few in the interest of the Dewey candi
dacy at which Perry Belmont was prom
inent guest. The Admiral is now off on
an electioneering tour TO Chicago and the
principal cities in the middle West, fol
the purpose of cultivating his Presidential
BOOM
It would seem that Germans New York
friends did not share his faith in being
able to prevent Bryan's nomination al
Kansas City, and he does not share theii
faith in the future as expressed in the
following quotation from Hollands
letter:
'.Mr Whitney and the others are look
ing ahead to 1904. They expect after the
election of next November, that the pc
1itical humiliation Of Colonel Bryan and
reputation of those principles which hi:
name suggests will be so complete thai
Democratic leaders can get together, re
organize, put the party again upon the
fundamental principles as they under
stand these principles, and have fonl
years preparations for what they deem
will be the greater campaign of 1904. +"
III the future of politics German j:
wiser than any of his New York asso
ciates. He believes that Mckinley will
be beaten by Bryan if things are per
mitted to shape themselves, and in thai
case there is no future hope for the old
corrupt machine element that calls itsel
the gold Democracy.
He has noted McKinley's waning pop.
ularity in the searchligbt, which has
shown up his weakness and changing like
a weather-cock in the wind He believes
and with firm ground for such belief
that if Bryan could by any means be
shunted and candidate like Dewey be
placed in nomination by the party, that
Republicans in droves would desert the
banner OF Mckinley and flock to Dewey
that all the goldbug element that used te
rule the roost would embrace the Demo
cratic Admiral candidate to man, that
money would pour into the campaign
fund in food, that the money trust and
all sthe trusts and exploiting syndicates
would rest on their oars and make nc
great effort to help Mckinley, and that
the new Democratic candidate could be
elected, that in short the Cleveland trick
of electing Democratic President in
name and a Republican President in
policy could be successfully repeated.
For something Of this kind German has
been preparing while he has been retired
in the shade for these lonesome years
Maryland has been held as money
State, and last fall the most artful o.
Gorman's political games was played
The county ane local offices we're given
on money" platform to the rank and
file in exchange for the three State offices
III which German had placed three sonnd
gold Democrats, in order that he coulc