Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1891-06-25
TESTS VIEWS.
UHdt ,MiSsOnri's Junior Senator
Thinks Of Mr.. CIercFdnd.

| ioui NtthS dSo al AtFpND' i'poi''
asked Senator Vest what he though
of Cleveland when Mr.. Vest said:
What have always thought
that he is brave, honest man, bu
as wrong on the silver question as i
is possible for any man to be. | cal
understand how Republican is op
posed to free coinage, for the Repub
lican party is fer class privilege anC
for class legislation. They are con
trolled by the money and naturally
inclined to the mOney-lenders.
Il can't understand how Demo
crat like Cleveland is against silver
coinage.
THE constitution puts gold and
silver on the same basis, but wheT
the gold miner takes his bullion to d
government mint it is coined into
money for him free of charge, while
the silver miner, with his silver bul
lion, is turned away as if n public en-,
envy.
This is not Just, fair nor Demo
cratic. The conspiracy against sill
yer began with making the govern
ment bonds payable in gold, which
by their terms were payable in coin
call it IL conspiracy, and it was one,
We are to-day tail to the English
financial kite, and our markets are
controlled by the foreign gold bugs.
"Frce coinage was defeated i'll the
last congress, but gold is still going
to Europe, and instead of being an
independent and self-regulating pco-
pie, we are trembling from every ca
blegram from abroad for fear that ii
may bring some news of n fall in Por-
tugesc or American securities.
IF it were not for the sustaining
power of France, the great silver
country of Europe, we would now be
scrumbling with the rest of the world
in Il general panic"
''What do YOU think of Senator
Stewards statement that free coin
age bill can be passed by the next
congress over the presidents veto?''
Il doubt it. We carried the solid
Democratic vote in the senate for
free coinage at the last session, but
the shadow of the force bill WAS hang
ing over the South. and ! know four
Democratic senators who voted with
us then who might not do so now.
| have very great doubt as to wheth-
or they would be willing to go on rec:
ord for free coinage, now that the
force bill is out of the way. We can
pass free coinage through both hous-
es, but | am not very hopeful of pass
ing il over veto"
care you against Mr.. Cleveland,
then, for PRESIDENT"
Il haven't said that. am against
the Republican party, and think
its success the greatest misfortune
that can come to the country. Mr..
Cleveland will be nominated, and /
am for him against any Republican
or third party candidate. Why
should not be? He is against free
cQipage but right or every other
question, while Harrison, who will
he the Republican nominee, is also
against free coinage and wrong on
every other question besides.
Cleveland might yield to the sen
timent of his party on silver, but
Harrison, or any other Republican
who can Dc nominated, will never
favur SILVER IN any way. With the
silver men it is the old story of the
roads in Arkansas: Indians on the
upper road and certain death on the
lower.
THE SENATE AND CLEVELAND.
Glow about the charge that the
Democratic senators are working
against Cleveland?"
1T is false, and every Democrat
who repeats it is helping the RePub-
lu5ahs. --0fcourse the enemy want all
the internal tisscnsion and distrust
in our ranks that is possible, but the
Democrat who falls into the trap is
not intelligent.
There is some feeling among the
Democrat tic senators as to Cleveland's s
silver letter. 1t was ill-timed. unneC-
essary, and ought never to have been
written. We were just emerging from
terrible st!gss,g nreF th6 force bill,
and tad beaten il with the help o.
the free coinage Republicans. OF our
selves we could do nothing. for whilc
every Democrat did all in his power.
free coinage of silver was the lever
that saved Us, IU-t a- we came out
ol that hight, and were beginning tc
breathe freely, and while free coinag,
was before the house, NJ. Clevelano
stHek ailNsr blow which staggered
his best friends aEd elated biz -
nsies. ,~e
"The incense burners now tail
about the 'barons' end swing thci
censers before Cleveland as the onl,
honest man in the country. | dono
hold Mr.. Cleveland responsible fo
this, and think that the party gen
orally appreciates what the 'barons
did in defeating the force bill and q
pecially what was done by thos
| Snlen6i1 RpDuhlicnnS who dptie6 nd