davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

THE mugwump vote in the city
OF New York has been traced to its
lair and counted. 1t was the es-
teemed Sun who did the great
work, and the thanks of a curious
world are due to it for making clear
at least how numerous the mug
wump is within her borders, The
Post said before election that he
would poll 10000 votes. The
Times declared that 5000 was the
proper number. The San shows
he footed up just 2,07O in the. e.entire
city of New York.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
CONGRESSMAN NORTON.
He Talks of His Victory and the
Boodlers in His District.
From the st. Louis Republic.

Hon. r. H. Norton, Congress
man-elect from the Seventh Mis-
souri, District, was at the Laclede
yesterday and talked freely about
the recent election. He said that
he regretted very much the defeat
of President Cleveland, especially
by the methods employed in New
York. Mr.. Norton says the same
efforts were made to defeat him as
were employed in the Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth Districts, namely,
the voting of negroes like sheep,
and the reckless expenditure of
money. Not less than SIC, 200 were
used in the district by the Republi-
cans on election day to buy votes,
$4,000 being spent in the little city
of Louisiana alone. Netwithstand-
ing this, Mr.. Norton says, he re-
ceived a majority of over 1900
over Edwards, the Republican can
didate. Being asked how long he
thought the Republican party
would be able to keep up the Doodle
pressure in the Congressional dis
tricts, Mr.. Norton replied: "Just
as long as the high'protective tariff
laws furnish the protected manu-
facturers the power to take the
money from the people and place it
in the campaign Golfers of the Re-
publican party. Democrats have
nothing to be discouraged about.
We have placed the Republican
party between two fires. 1t makes
no difference which way they turn,
they are bound to be scorched. 1t
is clear case of destruction to
that party, whether it does or does
not reduce the tariff. The people
demand a reduction of taxation on
the necessaries of life. The Re-
publican party dare not pass a
tariff reduction law, because if they
do, they will break faith with the
manufacturers who furnished the
money to elect Harrison, and that
money support will never be forth
coming again. If they do not pass
tariff laws and relieve the people
of unjust and burdensome taxation
they will be showed under two
years from now, when the popular
branch of Congress is reelected.
No, the grand old Democratic
party is not dead nor even sleep
ing. She has put forth her best
foot, backed by the principle of
tariff, which will soon place her in
power iii the nation"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
Bob Stone,
To the Editor of the Ledger.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 10
I arrived here safely with my lit
tie flock and find this a booming,
bustling, busy city. Everything is
on the move and everybody in a
hurry. Robertson and l are build
ing a big mule barn here in the city
and have it about completed, S0x
100 feet. 1t Will accomm odate
about 100 mules, and, I think, will
be done by Monday next, SO we
can move in. We have 250 mules
on hand now and still there are
more to follow. 1 can't do with
out the Great Religious Weekly ;
send it to me, cor. 18th and Bell
streets. r. L. STONE.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
Politics and statesmanship.
I'll ara La fha aisfsa a t.. aloatta

There ls the usual after-election
talk in many of the eDemoeratio and
in all the mugwuInp papers about
the probabilities Of Mr.. Harrison
rising above sectional party lines
and ignoring the wishes of many
of the men whose votes placed him
in power. The esteemed mug
wumpian journals declare that he
has an opportunity to show him
self President of the whole Union.
and that though his action in step.
ping outside his own party lines
may cost him the confidence and
support of certain elements in the
Republican party, he would be full
ly compensated by the success and
glory that wait upon a just,
fraternal, independent and truly
national administration of public
affairs.
This IS really YER nice, but
General Harrison ls not the man
to meet any such expectation.
Even if he were inclined to listen
to the syren songs of these idea
listic political dreamers, he has be-
fore him an example of the
thorough weakness oftheir political
logic that would keep him within
his party ranks. No man that
ever held the Presidency struggled
with more breadth of patriotism
and more intrepid nerve to give
this country a truly national ad-
ministration than Grover Cleve-
land. In numberless cases he
ignored the advice of his party
leaders and stood opposed to their
wishes, because Of his sense of duty
to the whole people. 1t may have
been noble craftsmanship, but it
was mighty poor politics, and it
was one of the special causes of his
defeat.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Ii was on the 4th of March,
1s41, that William Henry Harr1-
SON became President of the United
States. He served one month.
and died on April 4, 1S41. Every
body in those days knew what kill
ed the gallant cid soldier, who had
not an iota of political genius in his
mental composition. The office
seekers worried him to death. The
Democracy, however strenuously
they have contended against the
election of William Henry's grand.
son, will join unanimously in the
hope that Benjamin Harrison will
not meet the fate at the hands OF
his party ofiice-seekers that his
grandfather did. And yet they are
starting out to make his life miser.
able just as their compeers did fol
the old General nearly fifty year,
tage.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
He Hadn't Heard of It.

A Democrat won an election bet
this morning, the first winning on
record for the Democracy this
year. The Democrat was taking
about the election to a Republi-
can, when the question of the
rapidity with which the news
spread, arose.
"I'll bet you ten dollars" said
the Democrat, "that there are per-
sons right here in Mexico who have
not heard of Harrison's election" :"
"Done I" exclaimed the Repub-
lican.
"Well," returned the Democrat,
"here comes a man now who hasn't
heard the result. | don't know
him, but we will let him decide
the bet. The Republican agreed
and when the man came up the
Democrat took piece ofpaper and
began writing, "Have you heard the
RE-"
"You've won ~ exclaimed the
Republican, not waiting for the
sentence to be completed.
The man who hadn't heard of the
election is named Shearer, and he
is deaf.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

The Democratic party of this
country will hear with sadness and
regret that William H. Barnum, of
Connecticut, lies on his sick bed
fighting what is feared is a losing
battle for his life. When he passes
away the party he loved and served
so long Eand SO faithfully will have
lost one of its ablest and most ex-
perienced managers. For twenty
years he has been among the lead
ers in the front ranks, and during
the last three Presidential cam
paigns has been the Chairman of
its National Committee. He is in
his seventleth year, of unusually
sturdy constitution, but the last
reports gave little hope of his re-
storation to health.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Ine Governors HrOclamat1On.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, November
16.-Gov. Morehouse to-day issued
the following Thanksgiving procla-
nation:
''As the year draws to a close, we
are reminded of many reasons why
the people of Missouri should set
apart day for general thanksgiv-
ing. We have garnered a bounte-
Gus harvest; no epidemic disease of
either man or beast has prevailed;
no destructive contention among
ourselves or with others has occur
red or is threatened. We are to-
day a free, prosperous and happy
people, and it is mete that we OBJ
serve the time-honored custom of
our fathers and devote one day to
public thanksgiving and praise for
his manifold blessings. To this
end | designate Thursday, the
29th Of November, as Thanksgiving
Day. (SigneO
A. P. MoREHoUsE, Governor.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
Pol1ce Court.

A letter was received by the au-
thorities to-day from DR.. Brown,
of Laddonia, saying that the man
Meadows, whose arrest has been
mentioned in the LEDGER, is as
sscrazy as loon." Meadows, who
is charged with stealing a valiss,
will bs released.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
AmuSementS.

Michael Strogoff at the Grand
Thursday was one of the finest at
fractions ever put on the stage in
Mexico. The audience that greeted
the superb performance was not as
large as it should have been; but
this is a result that nearly always
follows in Mexico. The play is a
strong one-everyone who is at all
familiar with the story knows
that-and it was put on the stage
of the Grand in a manner befitting
its strength. The performance of
the corps de ballet, led by the ac-
complished danseuse, Mile. He
loise, was decided hit ofthe even
ing. O'Kane Hills, as Michael
Strogof, is great character, and
the two newspaper correspondents
kept the house bubbling with mer-
riment. The scenery for Michael
Strogoff is grand, and it can only
be regretted that the audience last
night was not larger.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
A Nnman'S Discovery.

"Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by a lady
in this county. Disease fastened
its clutches upon her and for seven
years she withstood its severest
tests, but her vital organs were un-
dermined and death seemed immi-
nent. For the three months she
coughed necessarily and could not
sleep. She bought of US Il bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption and was so much re-
lieved on taking first dose that she
slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculously cured. Her
name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus
write w. C. Hamrick & Co., of
Shelby, N. c. Get free trial bot
tie at J. F. Llewellyn's drug store.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
Missouri's Complete Returns.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Nov. 16.
Official and special returns on
the Presidential and Gubernatorial
vote have been received from all
the counties in the State. These
returns give the following result
in totals: Cleveland, 261, ,957 !;
Harrison, 236, 1926; Fiske, 1854 /;
Streeter, 1858. Total vote, 519,-
0S9. Clsveiand's plurality, 25,-
e32; majority, 4,S25. For Gov
ernor-Francis, 255, 1922; Kimball,
242, ,591; Manring, 5,349; Lowe.
3,076. This gives Francis a plu-
rality of 13, ,231.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
HARRIsoN's HOBBY.
Will it be Realized PA Cloud Al
ready on the Administration
Sky.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 14.-Gen.
Harrison is daily growing more
uneasy about the complexion of
the next House of Representatives,
and his anxiety to-day took the
form of personal kilograms to sew
eral of the disputed districts, ask
ing for information. The politi-
clans here believe that the Demo-
Gratis will either control the next
House or that the Republican ma
iority will be SO small that it can
not be depended upon, especially
for tariff bill.
But it is not the coming tariff
bill which is the point to which
Gen. Harrison is chiefly directing
his attention. Without a Repub-
lican House he fears that he will
not be able to effect the admission
of the proposed new States into
the Union, and upon these admis-
sions he has set his heart. Out of
the Generals house comes the
statement that Harrison means to
admit Dakota as two States and 10
let in all the other territories that
are large enough, including Utah
and New Mexico, thus marking his
administration on the pages OF
American history in a way not
soon to be forgotten. The Utah
problem can be solved by State
Constitution acceptable to the ma
ton, and New Mexico cannot be
left out when the others come in.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Mr.. J. T. Nelson has retired
from the firm of Purnell & Nelson
proprietors of Famous" Mr..
Nelson will remain with the house
until February 1, 1889. The new
proprietors are Purnell & Co. Mr..
Purnell is so well known to the
readers of ftheLEDGER as thorough
business man, that he needs nc
commentator at this time. The
new firm will do the big business OF
the old one, with the steady in
crease of patronage it SO deserving
" gets.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
MIssoURI's FIRST LADY.
A Sketch of Mrs. David II. Fran
cis-The Francis Residence
in st. Louis.
Il fota the ST. Louis Chronicle.

Mrs. David X. Francis, the
future mistress of the Governors
mansion at Jefferson City, is the
daughter of Mr.. John d. Perry ,and
has been prominent parsonage iE
society in st. Louis since her girl
hood. She possesses handsome
face and form, and her unaffected,
genial, well-bred manner produces
pleasing effect on all who meet
her. She is about 30 years of age,
with dark hair and eyes, and al
though compelled by her position
as wife of the chief executive of the
city to entertain and go into society
a great deal, she is completely
wrapt up in her six children, who
are all boys ranging from a baby
several weeks old to a handsome
lad of eight named Perry. The
second son is called Dave, after the
Mayor; then comes Charlie, Tom,
Charlton and the baby.
1t is safe to say, however, that
no lady in Missouri is better quail
fled to hold the distinguished posi-
ton in official society to which the
election of her husband calls her.
Mr.. Sidney Francis, the Mayors
brother, resides with the family IN
Vandeventer place.
The Francis residence, though
by no means one of the largest in
the city, has certainly one of the
most tasteful and beautiful in
teriors of any fashionable home
in St. Louis. Everywhere tone
of quiet elegance pervades. The
hall and staircase are broad and
inviting; the woodwork is of carved
mahogany, ascending to the second
floor. In place of the old-fashion-
ed Newell post is wonderfully
carved mahogany peacock with
wings outspread.
1t was in this beautiful home
that the chief executive of st. Louis
and his charming wife last autumn
entertained President and Mrs.
Cleveland. Throughout the house
is finished in hard natural woods,
exquisitely finished, and elaborate
ly carved. The woodwork alone is
a word of art. The ceilings are
splendidly frescoed, and a magni-
ficent chandalier-a glittering mass
of scintillating lights, which form
a hundred crystal prisms-outriv-
ais the cluster of flames produced
by candles or gas; for it is adapted
to the use of both candle burners
and globes, the latter being mostly
used.
The furnishings of the house are
solid as well as splendid. The
furniture is mostly of mahogony,
oak and rosewood. Nest of the
floors are covered with dark color
ed ingram rugs; on the drawing
room floor is spread a velvet car
pet of the richest quality.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
On Learning Much Inclined
A Step in the Right Direction.
From the Vandalla Leader

Champ Clark has announced
that he will introduce a law into
the next Missouri legislature max
ing it felony for any man to be a
member of trust. 1t is a step in
the right direction and one that
should be made now before these
vicious organizations become too
powerful.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
He Won a Wife.

MONTICELLO, ILL.,, Nov. 16.-
There are some novel election bets
here. A young lady living east of
here owed Mr.. Sexton Larmon So.
He made an agreement with her
that if Harrison was elected he
wsuld cancel the debt by marrying
her. If Cleveland was elected she
was to pay him s6. The agree
ment was put in writing and sign
ed by the young lady's two uncles.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

THE Rochester, N. Y, Union
points out the impossibility of
Warner Miller being Secretary of
the Treasury. The act of Septem-
ber2, 1899, establishing the Treasury
Department, provides in what is
now Section 243 of the Revised
Statutes, that 'no person appoint
ed to the Secretaryship shall,
directly or indirectly, be concerned
or interested in carrying on the
business Of trade or commerce.
"Mr. Miller" says the Union, "is
extensively engaged in the business
of trade or commercial business
the enormous profits of which
come directly from the admins
tration oflaws by the Secretary of
the Treasury that piunder the peo-
pie to enrich him." Under this
law A. 7. Stewart was pronounced
ineligible after his appointment to
the Treasury by Grant.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
KEENE's PERSONALITY,
Something of the Great Actor that
the Play Bills do not Show.

"Do | know keene ?" echoed a
jolly faced travelling man at the
Windsor last night. "Well, l
should say so. | suspect / know
more of Keena than any man in
Missouri unless it be Keene him
self, and perhaps that gentleman Is
not in the State at this moment.
81 have been acquainted with
Tom keene for many years." said
the old traveller, refiectively. "Let
me see-yes, | met him in New
York. He was young then, but
his aspirations were high and I
predicted great things for him; and
| made no mistake, did II | left
New York shortly after / met
Keene and the promising young
man of my earlier recollection
passed out of my knowledge for a
number of years. When / next
heard of him he was supporting
Booth in New York. Even to sup
port Booth did not satisfy his high
ambition and in 1880, reached the
metropolis in time to see him star
in dramatization of one of Zola's
spirited stories. 1t was a year
later that Keene took to Shaks-
peare. His repertoire covers them
all now, and no other ranks above
him. None of them play such a
Richard as Keene-none of them
play Richard at all-they simply
concede that his is the one and
only.
KEENE's PECULIARITIES.
"Keene is peculiar man." said
Mr.. Smyth, his manager, yester-
day.
"He superintends all the details
that 60 to make up first-class per-
formance. The audience doesn't
know anything about it. 1t only
sees that the production is a smooth
one, without having knowledge of
the work necessary to bring about
such result. Keene superintended
the making of the banners used by
him and they are historically cor
rect to nicely. To show his Pc
culiarity l will relate an incident.
While the banners were being
made in New York, Mr.. Keene
called around to see how the work
was progressing. He picked up
one of the pieces, and as he did so
he noticed the head of a dragon
about half an inch too far to one
side.
" That won't do he said. UT. ,..szs
" Such small mistake as that
will never be noticed retorted the
workman.
" But it isn't correct returned
Keene, and the banner was made
over again"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
Made That Himself.

"Where did young Browne get
his money, papa2''
"From his uncle, old Sam
Brown. He inherited everything
ne has in this world, except the
final se' to his name"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea remedy was used with
the greatest success during our cpl
demic of Bloody Flux. l do not
know of a case that was lost where
this remedy was used. One of my
friends, about SIX miles from here,
had child that given up by the
two doctors who attended it, he
then used Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
and the child recovered. All who
have used it speak of it in the
highest terms. Wishing you abun-
dant success for the good you are
doing, l am,, Very Truly Yours,
p. E. Lavender, P. NJ, Chestnut,
Amherst, Co., Va. Sold by c. R.
Gibbs. If
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Lee Ferris, a son of g. ID. Ferris
and brother of the Grand Opera
House manager, was hunting duck
en- the Alton lake Saturday
when his boat stopped full of wa
ter. Just at that moment young
Ferris shot at bird and his boat
went over. The boy went over
with it and the gun left his hands
and lodged deep in the muddy bot
tom. The boy got out, but the
gun and boat didn't. The duck
hasn't been heard from.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

A New Jersey boy, aged 20, has
married woman aged 65, for her
money. The old lady had saved
81, 800 and the boy he'd his eye on
it. Go East, young man, 60 East.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

THE Paris appeal is twenty-one
years old and one of the ablest and
brightest papers in the State. May
it continue to grow in favor as in
the past.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Mr.. WHARTON BARKER, of Phil
adelphia,i is eligible to a position IN
Harrison's Cabinet. He subscrib-
ed $4,000 to the Doodle fund of
the monopoly campaign.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

Every subscriber to the Mexico
LEDGER to-day receives copy OF
the Chicago Times with a full ac-
count of the election and a large
amount of other good reading mat
ter. The LEDGER and Chicago
Times one year for 81.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

FIFER's plurality in Illinois was
1907. He did not get Il majority
as the Prohibition candidate got
sos, and the Labor candidate
'R 115
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
Miss Bessie Lackland's Party.

Miss Bessie Lakeland entertain
ed a large company of Juniors at
her home on South Jefferson street
Friday eve. 1t was the first meeting
of the kind held this season and it
was a most enjoyable affair. Miss
Pollock, Miss Williams, Miss Lack
land, Miss Hiner, Mr.. Ramb and
others favored the guests with
music and rccitations. Among
those present were: Misses Hattie
CAN'T, Leona Williams, Emma
Hiner, Lakeland, Jennie HIT, Ida
Menefee, Annie Patterson, Sadie
Pollock, Flora Riugo, Lena John
son, Jennie Worrell, China Gibbs
Mittie Buckner and E. S. Cave, Tom
Turner, Percy Hord, Frank Spence,
Sutherland, E. H. Carter, Herbert
Ramb, E. R. Cunningham, Nor
man Lakeland, Jr., Frank Jesse,
Gus Pasqueth, Elon Dearing, Gus
Hiner, Aylett Whitney and Homer
RasSford
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Mr.. Ed. Crumbaugh, of Colum-
bia, and Miss Minnie Russell and
Miss Mary Hogan, of st. Louis,
assisted by local talent, will give
high class entertainment at the
Grand sometime during the hoii-
days.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

SOME papers are already an
nouncing that the Governor-e elect is
ambitious of succeeding Senator
Vest in 1890. Put this notion out
of mind. Mr.. Francis will serve
out his term.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

IT is understood that the Repub-
licans claim the Sandwich Islands !;
and on the whole we guess they've
got 'em.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

ADDED to her other infrmities,
Kansas now has the honor of being
the banner Republican State in the
JTniOn
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
DEMOCRATS AND TIE TARIFF


The Democratic party has been
killed several times. but somehow
or other it makes wonderful resur-
rections. When it was beaten by
William Henry Harrison in ls4o
the cry was that the tariff question
had destroyed it. -Four years at.
terw ards it stood up and elected
Polk on the Texas and tariff issues.
In 1S4S the party was once more
declared surely dead. The tariff
had done it again and Zachary
Taylor was chosen President, yet in
1852 the Democracy put Franklin
Pierce in the White House and fol-
lowed up its success by electing
James Buchanan. 1t lost the coun-
try on the sectional issues of 1860.
1t won in 1884 and now we are
again assured that the tariff discus
sion has buried it forever. But the
Democracy is long lived party,
and in 1892 history may repeat
itself and the control of the Gov
ernment pass once more into its
hands.