Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
THE MEXICO CONVENTION.

At the Mexico convention there
were but two newspaper reporters
present-One representing the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat and the other
the MEXICO LEDGER. At the close
of the convention / requested the
editors of the LEDGER to send me
some papers containing a report of
the proceedings of the convention,
which wanted to distribute. On
re ewing the papers at MillwoOd, /
handed one of them to Judge Mudd
to read before | noticed the heading
OF the report. Judge Muad being
! elatcd at the false and scandalcus re-
port made, sent the paper to the edi-
tors Of the Herald to have it publish
cd; and knowing that the Globe
Democrat has a considerable circula-
ton in this county, | deem it my
duty as the delegate from Lincoln
cnunty to contradict this false report.
believing that no man of ordinary
sagacity who will observe the spirit
! Of tiIcsa reporters, from the haadiug
! 10 the footing, can fail to see the fill
! thy anmu~ o. these mercenary hire
lin4s vino, ciatcd with pay for their
special pleading, overlooked all de
cency and scil-rcspect. through which
they have sigualiy failed to serve the
purpose Of their employers.
The names of MANY members Of
that convention are known to most
of the citizens OF Lincoln county as
men of At least ordi"ary intelligence
and yeracity. aud such is in our Opin-
ION the character Of that convention
Il, Il body, and their proceedings and
debates us digHliied, parliamentary
and harmonious us any convention
We ever attended. 1t is plain to he
seen that the delegates OF the cOnvcu-
ton represented the interests Of the
payers, and the reporters the inter
est OF the payees and the mcrcena-
ry, crafty ingenuity of the reporters
is unparalleled in any history | now
remember, save that by which those
bonds were issued and got into the
hands Of those who dictated the spir-
it of that report. But our reporters
nunio,n viii .ln,not 90 ,o,,,.h ,n.;os,,.
~ nnr d,,nI,on S,.n,.to's III 49,
they were mutilating the silver bill. |
Won d ike for our reporters or their |
employers to show the people which |
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.r.Ifiu,, rather tinntIy dressed he
-,,.,u53 I,n two ,,.,5. and tne tinan-
r,.I artiun, of CONGRESS, may make il /
necessary 10 let out considerable
amount of blood from the commune
...uJ and - riol,. smart out ci. the 9th
or .nd nf onr body polite lefsre we
are able to discharge our Sl4, ,00o,- +
0UO,0 ., OF interest bonded hearing
debt, the amount OF which the people
see no way To meet, is to my mind
the sole cause of the present despOn-
deucv aud ruin in every branch Of in
dustIy in the United States. But
now l have used the word blood; )"
what pity it is that ''Our' repOr-
ters could not have heard or dreamed
OF such word III the convention,
then their spirits would have made
them say that we wanted that Slo,-
600 TO equip regiment OF commuh-
lists to shed the blood OF every man
tha: held legally issued bond, or
one illegally issued, provided 1t was
held accidentally, or otherwise got
into the hands of an innocent pnr-
chaser.
1t was after nine O'Clock at mSht
when the convention adjHnnred, III
order that the committee on fesolu-
tions could have the private use OF
the room to advise whatever res6iu-
tons they would report Inc ooor
closed lis into secret session; 1t was
then reported that some one was
heard in the gallery. / remarked
that our deliberations need not he as
secret in city that had received us
so kindly as to he afraid of cave drop
pcrs A; hut it W; 5 then and there that
our reporters got the most OF their
communIstlc bombast, the most of
when he reports, but has lots yet he
,nnlb oiv, if called on. To my mind
if is o,Iite as true that no gentleman
,.n,ti n,,blish any secret obtained
t,,rongh such surreptitious cave drop
t'io"S" - $780,. go L., |