The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-06-28
The Democratic Party of the Future
What Shall Ii Stand For


next three years, other than practice long
range fire at the misdeeds of the Repub-
lican party, which is in the hands of the
trusts that are riding rough shod over the
rights of the people. To halt for the
time being these aggressions on public
rights is not enough-and this is as far as
the Democratic party spokesman have
intimated they have any purpose or in
tention of going. In fact they seem to
have no clear idea of what the party
should propose if it were in power and
had put check on the advance to des-
potic power by the corporations, Merely
to check the advance of an enemy is not
a sufficient remedy for his invasion. 1t is
something akin to creating vacuum.
The ground must be occupied.
The people want to know what the
Democratic party has to propose as a
financial system i'll place of the present
bank trust that is being formed by the
Hebrew firanciers of America and Eng,
land. What the party proposes to do tc
defend and protect the people from the
transportation oligarchy which, under
the directing hand of Pierpont Morgan,
who seems to be king of the group of mil
lionaire grandees that are working for the
consolidation of all the railroads of the
country under a single directing head
and that head subject to the imperial
direction and will of the money power
which now holds the Republican party in
the hollow of its hand.
In order to avoid this issue, which i:
the only fundamental issue before this
nation at present-all others being sec
ondary-both old parties seem to be ben,
on bringing up that old political BAN.
boozle, the tariff, to lead the people away
from the only real danger American in
stitutions are exposed to. The 6nancia
question is the vital question in the civ
ilization of the present era, not only ofthi:
country but of the civilized world Tc
keep the people as far as possible ava,
from the consideration of this question
has ever been the object of the money
power, and that satanic power is now
exerting all its cunning and diplomacy il
both old parties to turn them aside anG
start them on the old bag hunt" after
the tariff. The Republicans are talking
'reciprocity' and the Democrats are
talking of revising the tariff on trusr
goods.
To get up this old game of 'blindman'f
buff which has served the money power
so often to hide behind while robbing the
tills of industry, is the object which i:
claiming all the skill of the most adroi
political managers. On this vast plain o.
political mirages-the tarif-all differ
ences can be harnonized they affirm
Gold democrats, silver democrats, free
trade democrats, trust democrats, rich
democrats, poor democrats, banker dem
ocrats, hard money democrats, republican
democrats sorts of democrats could
nlngle IN perfect HARMONY
'Black spirits and white,
Red spirits and gray,
Mingle, mingle mingle,
You that mingle may"
in this grand political hippodroine.
With such program the Democratic
party can never win national battle, or
if perchance nominal victory should be
gained, it would be a giveaway by the
bank power, like Cleveland's election-a
barren victory for the people; only a sop
of offices for politicians; nothing for the
people, and continuation and strength
ening Of the position of the money power
This long range rifle fire of the Demo
cratic party, while annoying the com
bined trusts and money power which the
Republican party now represents, will
not drive the enemy from his strongholds,
nor check the steady advance of his iuir
perial legions Nothing short of bayo-
net charge is left for the Democratic party
to make. Such charge may fail-and
1t might win-its present tactics and plan
of battle are sure to fail, followed by
humiliation. An aggressive policy, a
policy that laid down a definite financial
system, transfer of the power over travel
and transportation from the hands of a
group of millionaire magnates to the
hands of the people; the wrestling of the
censorship and extortion of the telegraph
from the same or similar group and
making it and the telephone system a
part of the postoffice department, would
place the Democratic party in a position
that would appeal to the plain people.
Such policy or platform would lift the
party out of its present slough Of despond
and give it a greater vitality under defeat,
than national apparent victory under
the auspices of the money and corpora
ton power, such as Cleveland's election
and administration. Those powers gained
all they wanted under Cleveland and cast
the odium upon the Democrat party.
The financial battle which was made in
1896 on silver platform was but partial
and imperfect financial policy. The con-
test was that silver should be restored to
the monetary position it had occupied in
the world forty centuries, because the
business of the world demanded all the
metallic money both the precious metals
could supply.
The next financial battle must be for
thoroughly American financial system