Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-08-26
LEDGER.
AUGUST 26, 1886.
SOLID SENSE.
Brief Extract From Vests Speech in
st. L0uis-The Key Note.

room to give Senator Vests speech,
made in st. Louis at the Convention,
in full. He made a most exhaustive
which was received with pro-
longed applause by the democracy OF
the State in convention assembled.
We publish the following reference
he made to politics IN this State:
/ am only sorry that the people of
the Eastern states, particularly, could
not look upon this army of represen-
tative Democrats from poor old Mis-
souri," [Cheers. L have read in
this mornings paper the announce.
ment that the 3! per cent. bonds Of
"poor old Missouri have sold at a
premium of nearly 3 per cent.-the
largest sale ever made Of state secur-
tiles bearing the same interest, in the
history of the Union. CHEERS. This
of itself is a sufficient answer to the
libellers aud SANDERS in our midst,
the foul birds that have dirtied their
W nest. This is sufficient answer
to those who have said that Democ-
racy had been an incubus upon the
energies and development of this en-
pire state of the West. Missouri to-
day stands fifth in the galaxy of states.
and in a few years will reach the head
of that column. [Applause.l And
the Democratic party has administer
ed its state affairs i'll such fashion that
to-day its securities stand higher
than those of any state from the Gulf
to our northern limits and from the
Pacific to the Atlantic ocean. ZAP
plause.
AS l returned to this state, in which
are all my interests and all my atfec-
tons, without pretending to any great
or distinctive affection for the peo-
pie of whom I am one, 1 say now
here to-day-and if it is not an hon.
est declaration it is impossible for me
to make one-I would rather have
the good opinion of the people of
Missouri than any other boon that
could be given me upon the face Of
this earth. Applause. 1t will not
be many years before my public and
private career will be ended. I want
no other epitaph then put above me,
as / rest under the soil of this state,
than that / was true to the interests
of the people, than that / am and
was q true Missourian in the best and
highest meaning of the term. IRE
newed applause. When / have re-
turned to the people who have hon
ored me so much at the close of each
session of congress I have always
heard the same thing from the same
quarters and in the same way-''the
Democratic party of Missouri is on
the point of disintegration it is go.
ing to pieces the old thing will soor
be buried and the requiem will be
sung above its grave" 1t has beer
SO from the beginning and will be SC
to the end Of time. 1t has come from
the same parties. 1t comes from mel
who have
SOUGHT OFFICE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
and not succeeded. They call them
selves sometimes Greenbackers, thel
they call themselves Independents
they belong to no party at all. Goo
help them! Laughter. They ar
running loose around the country
and so useless that no party will owI
them. These people have always th
same cry, THE Democratic party i
going to pieces" and yet it seem t
have a great amount of vitality. Al
though disfgured slightly it is stil
always in the ring, and after havin
been knocked down for twenty year;
it came up smiling in 1884 and ca,
ried off the prize. [Cheers 1t ha
elected as president of the Unite
States an honest man [applause,l
man with whom I differ on som
public questions-and 1 would be
dishonest man if I did not say l did
but a mar who means to do RICH
who loves his country, who wants t
administer the affairs of state for tn
welfare of the whole American pee
pie. TApplause.I He does not pr
out of office enough Republicans i
myjudgment. Laughter and cheers
If I had my way-and l am hone:
about i'll would not leave enous
of these gentlemen in office to maxi
a seed corn. [Laughter.l 1t is
reflection on the Democratic party.
would as soon think of putting OF
as many pickets in the time of wa
men who belong to the opposit
army, as to put the Radicals in Off
to carry out Democratic principle
TCheers. Mr.. Cleveland believ'
himself honestly bound by the Der
ocratic platform in Chicago, and b
letter Of acceptance to keep th
class Of Republicans in office.
think he is mistaken. 1 think yc
had just as well try to feed tiger {
sponge-cake as to give q Radical
office with a view to convert him
will eet your sponge-cake and thu
lap your blood if he can get at yo
loud applause
HE'S OPPOSED TO SILVER.
I am in favor of it. Renewed o
plause.] 1t is the money to-day
the people of the United States
much as gold, and from my soul
day / abhor and detest and denoun
the conspiracy made by the bondhol
ers and the National banks to stri
down silver and enchance the mon
interests by making gold the basis
value. If the people Of the state
Missouri want o man in the senate
represent other ideas, put me o
and l will retire to private life w
as much pleasure as I ever left it,
tanning my seif-respect and hon
convictions. loud applause.
Recurring to the state of Nilsson
We are told by these people-th'
peripatetic people who go from c
Of the state to the other in every c.
vass-that the Democratic party is
articulo morris; that this is the
anvas it will make. These n
have been saying this for years.
lis their stock in trade. Wake tn
Up in the night and they articul
in almost inaudible syllables. 81
Democratic party is dead" At bre