Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
Iron Mountain News.

A goodly number of our citizens went oyer
TO Bismarck to-day to see and hear the State
candidates; but all could not attend. Late
in the evening q telegram from Mr.. Horn
announced that Hon. d. Il. Francis, Gen.
Geo. Anderson and others would be here on
the Arcadia Accommodation, set the town
afire with enthusiasm. just before train
time between three and four hundred men.
women and children assembled at the depot
to greet Misso lri's next Governor. Amidst
the shouts of the people and the music of
the Iron Mountain Band our distinguished
guests stepped off the train, and were con-
Quoted to the hotel. After few minutes
rest the party was conducted to the school
house.
Hon.Jasper n. Burks said the war was over;
new generation has grown up, and that he
would, with pleasure, Introduce to the peo-
pie of Iron Mountain one of that number; a
man who was known throughout this State
as asuccessful business man; the best Mayor
st. Louis ever had, and Missouri's next Gov
ernor, the Hon. d. r. Francis.
After apologizing for weak voice and
tired body, Governor Francis said he had
always WoutC0 " SCC xAOA IAOoutoLfs PAoSO
known all oyer the world for its rich depos.
its of iron, and now within the shadow Of
that mountain he would try and address the
people before him, and in the beginning tell
them that the people were the rulers of this
nation, and that the public Offices were pub
lie trusts. That next to the Office of Presl-
dent and Vice-President, that Ex-Governor
of Missouri was, in his estimation, the high
est Office within the gift Of the people. In
speaking Of the wages Of the laborer he said
that the value of money was estimated by
how much it would purchase. The cry that
commerce would be wrecked, the confeder-
ate debt be paid and the negro put in servi-
itude, raised by the Republican party in
1884 said Governor Francis, was proven to be
a lie. In speaking of Harrison he said it
reminded him of man whom he knew that
had dog which in running after rabbit
ran against tree and split himself from tip
to tip. The owner came up and put the dog
together, but in doing so put one side of his
body in such position that his head was
where his tail should have been. A friend
srid, "Why, John, you have made mis-
take." "No, didn't, did that on purpose"
"Why?" said his friend. "Oh! because he
can run and bark both ways" That, said
he, is the way with Harrison and the Chicago
platform. At the close of his speech Mayor
Francis told the people that if elected to the
Governorship of this State he would do ev
erything to make Missouri the first state in
ranks of the sisterhood of states, and dis
charge his duty with honesty and fairness,
and with what he thought to be to the best
interest Of the State at large.
Gen. Anderson was then introduced to the
people and for the next hour both delighted
and instructed them. He said he had once
been Republican and the best advice he
knew of to give them was to quit the party
and never let 1t be known that they ever be-
longed to 1t. His reasons for leaving the
party were the high tariff they were contin-
ually heaping upon the people and the many
fair promises that 1t made, but never carried
out. There has, said the General, never
been but three great men among Democrats;
namely, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson
and New York's favorite son, Grover Cleve.
land. Cleveland said to the Republicans In
Congress last December. "Ill make you
dance to the music of tariff reform, and meet
you at the peoples bar, the polls. If you
don't listen to what say. We have sur
plus of 81 500 ,OOO. 600 and it is needed by
them. I want them to have 1t, and they
must have it'' This, said the General, is
the issue: the Democrats want the mort
cages taken of their farms in the northwest
and west, and to do that we must have the
tariff lowered. The Republicans say we
want the wealthy to grow more wealthy and
the poor poorer, but we will give them free
whiskey and tobacco.
After the General concluded looked over
the crowd to see II I could read any faces;
all seemed to say, hurrah for Cleveland,
Thurman, Francis and tariff reform.
tell you, Mr.. Editor, don't believe that
f. E. Kimball, the would be ii he could
Governor, will get so votes in Iron Mountain.
We expect c. C. Maffet down here before
the election to give the working men Of Iron
Mountain to understand that they can vote
their own ticket; II they wish to vote for
tariff reform, do so: that he is not afraid Of
the campaign lie, free trade, though he Is
interested in Iron Mountain. May the good
work go on until the Congress OF the United
States Is in the hands of the Democratic
party, and this grand old Republic starts on
an era of prosperity which will eclipse all
others, and whose onward and upward
strides will be the wonder Of the world.
More anon, RIP VAN WRINKLE.
September 18th. 1883.