The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-07
The Party AS It Is.

trusts are iiIegal. mere are laws WHICH
would suppress them if they were hon
estly enforced, and other laws could be
made to supplement them without consti-
tutional amendments. The Republican
party will never suppress trusts because it
collects large contributions from them for
election purposes, and that is the exact
reason the party will never make an effort
TO destroy or control them They say
they cannot be abolished or controlled by
law, which is the same as saying they
are above law.
But if they did not contribute millions
to the Republican party to conduct polit-
cal Icampaigns, soon means would be
found to abolish trusts, which everybody
admits are robbing the people. Is this
government of ours peoples govern
ment and they have no power to defend
themselves from robbery? The people
have the power but do not use it. They
persist in keeping party in power which
they know receives brides amounting to
millions of dollars, from the trusts, to
purchase immunity from law and license
to rob the people. Why do the people dc
this? 1t would seem because they are
not willing to trust the Democratic party.
Is there any other plausible reason for it
There are several superficial reasons
given which will not bear crucial exam
ination. The reason why they, the peo-
pie, will not trust the Democratic party is
subject which should be carefully locke ed
into and corrected, the cause eradicated
when found.
We believe we can point out some Of
the causes. The same party cannot be part
gold Democrats, who believe that only
gold and bank notes shall constitute the
money of the country and be entirely
controlled by banks, and the government
shut out from any say as to the manage
ment of the finances of the country. And
another party in the same political organ
ization declares that our money shall be
composed of gold, silver and currency
paper money--issued by the government
only direct to the people without the
intervention of banks. These are two
elements fighting for control of the Dem.
ocratic party, both claiming to be true
representatives of the party.
When we consider that the money or
financial question is, and always must be,
the fundamental question of every civ.
ilized government, is it matter for sur
prise that the people are unwilling to
trusta party divided against itself on the
paramount principles of its creed?
The gold bank paper trust faction are
calling for reorganization of the party,
aud that element of the party which holds
to the government issuing all money
direct to the people without the inter-
vention of banks, as sternly repudiates
such reorganization. 1t is evident that
something radical will have to be done or
the people will never place their trust in
such party. 1t will not do to say the
party needs no reorganization. May be
not. Evidently it needs something.
This gold bank paper trust element is
blamed for helping to defeat Bryan in
both campaigns while pretending to be in
favor of his election. The leaders of this
faction declared through the entire CAM
paign that Bryanisni must be destroyed
andthe party placed on its old foundations
with that Doodle hunting, plutocratic
element at the head.
This element is powerful for mischief In
the party. See what it did in Maryland.
1t influenced $4,000 votes. Last year
when it was allowed to have its way it
gathered all the pie counter element
about it and swept the State. When it
does not have its way it gathers together
the pie counter, Doodle class, which
swarm in every election district and pre-
cinct in the State and sets about defeating
the party.
These are uncomfortable facts to look
at but they must be recognized. The
party is not we'll enough, all right and
SO forth. 1t needs something if not re-
organization, and needsgit badly. If the
party does not take forward step and
divorce itself completely aud absolutely
from the plutocratic element it will never
succeed in presidential election, and in
inducing the people to entirely trust it.