The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-16
MIR. A N OPPONENT.

The republican convention OF the
nth district met at Jefferson City, last
Wednesday, and nominated MIR. John
l.. Erwin. of Galloway county, Tor
congress, against Mr.. Bland.
Mr.. Erwin has had 10 experience III
public life aud Is. as his speech before
the convention indicated, q man OF linn
tied information and narrow Views. L,
would be a calamity for such a man to
succeed against Mr.. Bland, but there
is, of course, no dams er that he will do
so.
The convention that nominated Mr..
Erwin was even less brilliant than the
nominee, it's committee reporting a
resolution condemning Mr. Bland for
not voting Tor "the dependent pension
bill passed by congress-" when as a
matter of TACT the dependent pension
billn has not been "passed by con-
gress."
This piece of stupidity was supple
mcnted by (l) a downright falsehood'
and (2) a piece of inane buncombe.
The falsehood was the assertion that
MIR. Bland had not exerted himself for
the improvement of the Usage and
Gasconade rivers, and the buncombe
was this
"Resolved, That we denounce the
course of Hon. r. p. Bland In voting
against the silver bill, which gives the
people of the United States an increase
of its circulating medium OF over many
millions of dollars annually and places
silver on an equal footing with gold,
although he has clamored for just snch
legislation during the past decade,
showing him to be q consummate dem
agogue and only working in the inter.
ests of the silver barOns Of the west II
bullion brokers OF tho world"
Now, everybody in Missouri who
has sense enough to keep out of the fire
knows that r. p. Bland has been tho
leader in congress OF the friends OF sill
YER, and the champion of free coinage
that he is a bold, fearless and franz
man of more than national reputation
as a speaker and publicist on financla
questions. When,' therefore, q few
gentlemen, unknown to fame ,denounCs
such a man as being unfriendly to sill
yer and a demagogue they write them
selves down as something too uncom'
~plimenrary for us to mention. Besides
which the utter stupidity of speaking
of the bullion bill, which will sool
demonetize silver and debase 1t to TIT
position of merchandise, as placing !
on an equality with gold ia past com
%prehension.
Another scintillation of Attic fir
from this blazing constellation o
wisdom lies in the locality of 1t
nominee. Whereas the shining light
! of their party in the district hold tina
Galloway county is not c~onstitutionall'
in the district, because Of its incon
tiguity, so to speak, the Missouri rive
rolling it's ''inland ocean" cOurs
between it and the remainder of th
counties, these solons proceed to seleC
a citizen OF this foreign county as thei
|, standard bearer. or course Jim Moor
2 and all the other republican constitu
. tional lawyers of the district will foe
constrained to vote against Mr.. Erwi
or not TO vote at all.
The contrast between the immens
. crowd which went to Jefferson City I
> give Silver Dick an ovation, with tn
few and solemn gentlemen who nomi
: mated Mr.. Erwin, was no greater tina
D the knowledge and craftsmanship {
J, the two leaders and the two col
v~entions.