Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-06-04
HON. r.. III. NORTON.
He Talks About Politics, State
and NatiOnal-Thinks There
is No Demand For q
Third Party.
From the Hannibal Journal.

lion. II. ID. Norton, OF Troy, MO-,
member OF Congress from the Sew
enth Missouri district, was in the
city Friday and favored the Journal
with a pleasant visit.
For number of years Mr.. Nor
ton has been leading member of
the Lincoln county bar, but since
his election to Congress he finds it
impossible to attend properly to his
official duties and at the same time
look after an extensive law practice,
hence he will, in the near future,
give his attention while at home
exclusively to agriculture. He
owns splendid Mississippi bottom
farm Of nineteen hundred acres near
Elsberry, Lincoln county, and is at
present engaged in erecting a hand
some country home upon 1T, where
he and his good wife will at least
spend the summer months. It is
his aim to 60 extensively into the
business of raising fine stock, and
he has already made quite start in
that direction.
Referring to the speakership con-
test, he frankly gave it as his opin-
ion that Col. Hatch would win the
prize. II think" said he, "that as
Colonel Hatch now has decided
lead without having antagonized
any Of the candidates, his chances
of success are certainly very flatter.
ing. He is especial popular with
the farmers throughout the country
and they are giving him loyal sup
port, which, at this time, means
much. Col. Hatch's long service in
the House has given him a national
acquaintance and no man ever had
truer friends, and he deserves them,
every one. That he is splendidly
qualified to perform the duties of
the position all admit. During
Speaker Carlisle's term he occupied
the chair a great deal Of the time and
gave universal satisfaction. There
is no trouble about the Missouri
delegation they will present a solid
front for Hatch at the proper time. y
"What about the governorship ?"
81 candidly believe that Dick Dali
ton, of Rails county, will be our
next chief executive. l confess
that while expected that his
candidacy would be fayorably receiv-
ed, l did not look for the enthusi-
astle and unreserved endorsement
that he is getting from the press
throughot the State so early in the
contest. Long since, however, it
has been conceded that the next
Governor must be a farmer, and Mr..
Dalton's splendid record in the
Legislature has given him an intro
duction to the people Of the State
that almost insures his nomination,
and do not believe that we can
find a stronger man to put in the
lead in the next contest"
''The third party movement
what do I think of itP l have
been too busy for the past few days
to read the papers, and | am not
posted as to the platform adopted,
but you can safely put it down that
the Democracy will not be hurt by
the movement. They are after the
high tariff fellows. The new party
will be largely composed of discon-
tented Republican, if it really ma
terializes at all as a factor in the
next campaign
mo, do not believe that Mr..
Cleveland viii be the Democratic
standard bearer in '92. It is my
opinion that q Western man with
Western ideas win be put to the
front, but I am not prepared TO
even guess who he will be. He will,
however, stand fairly on = free-coin-
age-ot-silver-tariff- f-reform platform,
and he will h eIecked .