The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-06
FRANCIS AND MISSOURI.
What "Our Dave" Has to Say
on Political and Other
Matters Connected
With the West.

New York, July 2S.-The following in.
| terview with Gov. David r. Francis, OF
Missouri, appears in this mornings Her
aid:
"Missourl's handsome young governor
David X. Francis, is spending a f-w DAYS
at the Gilsey house. He is tall and finely
built. with an attractive manner which wins
him immediate popularity. He seems to
be about IS years Of age, and he does not
belle his appearance; for he is the young
est governor in the United States. His
youth attracted considerable atten ion at
the time of the Centennial parade. As he
rode up Broadway at the head of the Mis-
souri, troops he received a great ovation.
During his visit here he has received a
great deal of attention, and has been a
guest at ali the leading clubs. Gov. Fan
els is warm friend of ex-President Cleve-
land. When mayor of st. Louis he enter
tanned the then president upon the occa-
sion Of his visit to the metropolis of "the
Mississippi Valley"
asked the Governor If Mr.. Cleveland
was still regarded rs the leader Of his party
by the Democrats of the West.
"He is" said the Governor, sand so far
as the West is concerned Mr.. Cleveland
will again be the candidate of his party
for President. In our section he is head
and shoulders above any other person as a
presidential candidate. Ii we can not have
Cleveland we will demand a candidate of
our own. But Mr.. Cleveland is stronger
with his party than he ever was. Every
dag his record as President grows brighter
and brighter, and il will continue to do
So"
as Missouri growing rapidly"
There is not state in the West enjoy
ing a more rapid and healthier growth
than ours. We are getting a large and
excellent class of immigration. Our towns
are rapidly becoming cities, and in fact the
whole state is having q sort of boom. ST.
Louis particularly is improving. / think
that city will show population of 800,
600 inhabitants by the next census, and
we have not annexed half the state in or
der to ssell our population as Chicago has
done. There is more wheat and corn
raised now inside the incorporated limits
of Chicago than in half a dozen average
counties in the center OF q rich agricul-
tural district. But 81. Louis has no rea-
son to be jealous of Chicago, for she is now
well con.ented with herself since she re-
ceiyed q new impetus three years ago, and
she has grown rapidly ever since. There
Is great deal of money in st. Louis and
she has not to depend upon foreign CAPT.
tai. st. Louisans during the last few
years have been very fortunate in
mining speculations. The Gran
lite mountain mine, for instance, is owned
by st. Louisans and it pays tLem 1890, O0C
a month. Al of this is being invested in
fine buildings in our city. A person who
has not been to our city for three years
would be astonished at the improvements
We haye made during that time. We used
10 have the poorest streets of any city in
the country. Now even our RIVALS admit
We have the finest paved streets in the
| United States. Besides We are getting 10
depend upon the east less each year. TIL:
year my house shipped 100000 bushels
of grain and all of it was sent by way oil
New Orleanes. The people of the east dc
not realizs how independent of them the
west is fast becoming
"How is il that st. Louis has permitted
Chicago to Guide it 10 Its ambition to have
q worlds fair?"
"We have moi, and I really believe that
ST. Louis will get the worlds fair in 1892.
As soon as l return home intend to call
meeting and begin to arrange for fair.
/ think we will have no difficulty in rails.
ing money, and while New York and
Chicago get into a wrsngle about which
will get the big show, Sc. Louis will slip
in and carry of the prize, as she did in the
case of the last National Democratic Con-
vention. Anyway, the worlds fair should
be held in the center of the country. ii
it is held in New York foreigners will not
be able to get an idea of how great a coun-
try We have"