The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-09-11
APPEAL To THE VOTERS.
Address To Maryland Democracy
ADOPTED BY State Central
Committee.

address to1the Democracy of Maryland
adopted by the State Central Committee
at the meeting in Baltimore last week:
Fellow Citizens:-After a canvass covering
almost the whole periol since the Presidential
election of 1904, in which his public and private
life his professional and political career, his phys
ical. mental. and moral endowments his exper-
fence, qualifications, party services and personal
popularity have been subjected to the most search
ing scrutiny and consideration, William Jennings
Bryan has been nominated by our National Demo-
cratic Convention as our candidate for President.
Chosen in this most gratifying and authoritative
way as the leader ofour great historic organization
in this mighty struggle to control of the
executive department of the Federal Government,
he has right to the support of every man who
desires the triumph OF our party. aud no Democrat
who believes In its principles and recognizes party
organization as essential to party supremacy can
successfully Justify or excuse apostasy and de-
sertion to the enemy in this crisis of our party
history.
addressing ourselves to the Democracy of Mary.
and. we say to you. the fight in which we are
now engaged is your fght-the leader you called
on to support is your leader.
HE holds his commission by indisputable
title derived from the sovereign source of all polit
ical authorty-the freely outspoken. spontaneous
voice of the overwhelming masses of his fellow
| Democrats.
at is your duty. then. and should be your
pleasure to give him your heartiest. most active
support
His pure and upright private life, his high
sense OF honor his sturdy independence his
vigorous grasp of all public questions. and his
unsurpassed abilities. mark him as one of the very
| foremost public men of the age. richly endowed
with all the qualifications for the discharge with
sifed duties of President.
mo one who reads his splendid exposition and
defense of the attitude of the national emocracy
upon the great issues of this campaign embodied
in oui platform can fail to be impressed by his
commanding power and his deep and abiding
sympathy with the highest hopes and aspirations
OF the people,
| His recent presentation of the case of the
Democracy upon the revision of the tariff and the
regulation and control of the trusts, whose flag
rant abuses have so stirred our eople, leaves
nothing to be desired on these vital questions
| "His arguments are conceded by all fair-mind-
ed men to be most able and effective, admirable
best style OF public discussion.
''Fellow-citizens we appeal to you to stand by
the Democracy in this momentous struggle.
'Those who voted for Mr.. Bryan in the contests
Of 1896 and 1900 can give no good reasons for OPP
posing him now, strengthened as he is by the de-
| veopment, cultivation and experience OF the
Intervening years.
Those who could not see their way clear to
| mort him in 1905 hecauce his viaype IN
silver question, but who nevertheless sustained
and followed him in 1900, cannot sincerely and
consistently fall back upon that dead issue as
fair and reasonable ground of antagenism now
"Our practical concern is with the living. vita
issues of the day, not with the settled questions
| of the past
upon these living issues our national Demo
cracy has spoken in no uncertain tones, and the
principles and policies proclaimed in our plat
form offer an inspiring hope to our people foI
effective relief from the evils and dangers of con.
tinued Republican control.
"It is not possible that the election of a Demo-
l cratic President and Democratic House of Rep
resentatives, pledged to the measures of reform,
retrenchment and enlightened progress fol
which they will stand, can fail to give fresh
stimulus to our commercial, mechanical, agricu
tural and industrial development.
with an early revision of the tariff along
Democratic lines made by Democratic hands;
with the effective curbing of the arrogant trust:
IRON which we have so seriously suffered and
which the Republicans have demonstrated their
inability to restrain; with the problems of inter
state commerce constitutionallv solved by Demo
cratic statesmen led by great Democrat in the
White House, with the disturbing conflict be.
tween the rights of labor and the rights of capital
adjusted by the legislation demanded by our
platform, there can be no doubt that the business
of the country, so far from being che cked or re-
tarded, will go forward with gratifying bounds,
and an era of industrial peace and universal
prosperity beyond anything hitherto experienced
| will come upon us
"Marylanders. we appeal to you to take part
with US in the good work of bringing about this
great result"