The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
GLANDS COMING TRIUM P

Richard +. BLAND mas entered upon
his canvass for reelection to congress
from the eleventh district. The oppo-
sition to him is dominated ana directed
by Wall street. The money sharks, the
land spectators, the trusts and monop-
olies of the country are pouring money
into his district In the vain hope of
demoralizing and corrupting the people
into a reputation of him. II appears
that all the monster establishments
fostered by protection and interested
In the decentralization OF silver, have
conferred upon Mr.. Bland as a man to be
feared and defeated. They are now
organizing their forces and distributing
lying literature throughout the eleventh
district. They are planning a campaign
full of fuss and feathers, noise and
money, brass bands and falsehoods.
The republican state committee met
Monday In st. Louis and dwelt long
and fondly on what they termed the
possibilities" Of carrying the eleventh,
fifth and fourth congressional districts.
But neither the republican state COM
mittee nor its psternal Wall street has
stopped to consider that this is the
peoples year; q year when the money
OF the barons OF protection, the wealth
of gold bugs, the hypocrisy Of Harri-
sonism and the domination OF New
England manufacturers will not ego"
in Missouri, either In the eleventh,
fifth, fourth, or any other congressional
district. 1t has moi entered into their
calculations that the name of Richard
z. Bland represents all that the people
of the eleventh district and of the state
hold dear in the preservation Of a
republican form OF government; that he
has for eighteen years stood like q stone
wall between his constituents and the
robbers who have looted the treasury
under the guise of patriotism ;who have
abolished free coinage OF silver under
the profession of statesm 1nship, and
who have piled up the tariff on the
n~ecessaries OF life until the question OF
existence has come to be q living per-
sonal, individual reality.
There ia nothing new in the present
effort of Wall street to "beat Bland"
The attempt has Q made before,
under different guises. Only now It
happens to be q trife more conspicu-
Gus by reason of it's sbsurdity and
foolhsrdiness.
1t will not win. Mr.. Bland has the
hearty endorsement OF the people OF his
district, almost regardless of politics.
He has earned their enthusiastic support
and confidence by his fidelity to their
interests and they will give him 4 vic |
tory In November greater than any he
has hitherto had. 1t will be their will to |
return him for the eleventh time to the |
position he has SO h~oHorably and
steadfastly held O.. the enemy of central. |
~ization, OF the ubiquitous system Of
protection, and of the predomin ance OF
the gold standard, and as the friend Of
tariff reform, of the free coinage of sill
YER, and the resultant good TO the
people OF the entire country.
The democratic party Of the eleventh
district is not asleep. Il has fought
Wall street before and 10 Thoroughly
familiar with the weapons used to
retire honest men from congress. The
candidacy OF Erwin is q joke which the
farmers Of the district appreciate
and treat accordingly. His declars.
ton in his Jefferson City speech that
the time had come for q closer relation.
ship with eastern manufacturers. was
q CHASTITY stab at the farmers who are
giving mp their homesteads to the greed
of these same gentry who are now
leading q desperate effort to supplant
Bland with Erwin. The whole business
would be ludicrous, were II not thet
the condition of the country Is a matter
of serious concern.
So, let the campaign open. The
sooner the better. and the more Wall
street shows its hand, the more certain
and the more pronounced will be the
victory accorded by the people to
Richard p. Bland.