Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-06

anxious SOIcttude the honor and fame OF gran0
Did Missouri. Your conversion is too recent for
you to be now entrusted with a charge so pre-
:ious q duty so responsible. Your former course
1oes not merit It, and our sense OF obligation
to the state and our descendants will not justi-
~ IL. You may chant the praises of Missouri,
and we shall listen with curious interest to SEQ
II you can give expression and melody to an
air you have attempted and words you have
lisdained to utter. We hope you will perform
your part WELL and II you do we shall applaud.
but first take lessons from us.
DEMocRAcY's PLEA FOR MISSOURI.
We have stood up for Missouri for near on to
ninety years. 1t was the founder OF our party,
the illustrious jefferson, who purchased Mis-
souri, from the first Napoleon. Under demo-
cratic administration at Washington Missouri
was made a territory, and under that distin-
xuished democrat who gave his name to the
memorable Monroe doctrine, Missouri was ad-
mtted into the full sisterhood OF the union OF
states. OF the twenty three governors who
have occupied the executive chair during that
statehood all who were elected on party
issues were democrats, save only three. and
those three were elected when a large num-
Der Of democrats Of the state were disfran-
chised, and one Of them became a democrat
after his election. Within fifty years Missouri
has risen from the twenty third state in popu-
lation to the fifth. To democratic legislation
from 1850 to 1880 are indebted for the rail-
roads that traverse the state. The credit OF the
commonwealth was loaned to promote her
material development and enhance her wealth,
and such safe guards accompanied it as would
have securely protected the public treasury X
republicans had not proved recreant to their
trusts
NEW YoRK's WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL.
Wherever there has been an assemblage OF
Importance in America there have been Mis-
sourians delegated to stand up for Missouri,
and right nobly have they done It, When the
occasion was the celebration of the centennial
of the Inauguration of the first president Of the
republic on the spot followed by the memora-
BILE ceremony which invested the father Of his
country with the additional honors and new
responsibilities, there were the citizen SOL
presence of the president OF the United States,
the executive Of over thirty proud common
wealths. and the dignities Of all the civilized
nations of the earth. They We'd with their
comrades from the lakes to the gulf in COM
memorating the birth Of the grandest govern
ment the world has ever seen. The scene il
ever to be remembered. The spectators were
the enlightened classes Of every clime-the
actors. the national guard furnished by in
destructible states-the lesscc was, the coun-
try of Washington is amply and valiantly pro-
tected, without the expense and menace OF
standing army. Our boys were there, and very
calamity did they stand up for Missouri.
STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT
There are many ways in which to stand up for
Missouri. When the magnificent sum Of $780,
900 was refunded to Missouri by the federal
government in 81, it was my judgment then,
and is my Judgment now, that the best way to
take advantage of our good fortune, and stand
uo for Missouri, was to use that money for re-
firing the outstanding bonds Of the state and
then promote higher education in Missouri by
endowing the state university for an equal
amount To support that institution. is a duty
imposed by the constitution which our repub-
lican friends are now approaching so highly,
that they praise It in their party platforms.
That country whose colleges and universities
are not equal to the best can not keep abreast
with the highest civilization OF the age.
But Candidate Warner again objects and says
he would have given it to the public schools.
The public schools have been Handsomely pro.
vided for by the democratic party. and that
policy will be continued Have no fear, critical
major, we shall still make education free to the
children Of the state. We are only endeavoringto
build up in Missouri great university such as
that Of Michigan. which you say you would
like to $50 duplicated on our soil, but for the
duplication of which you suggest no means.
We shall not follow, however. the precedent OF
your party in Illinois and punish parents and
children for patronizing parochial schools OF
We stand up for Missouri and demand for her
sons and daughters facilities at home for the
highest education the country affords.
MrssouRI's INTERESTS.
We stand up for Missouri personally and on
cially. The statistics compiled by our commits
sioner OF labor, and given the widest possible
circulation, show how labor fares in Missouri
and what opportunities here for wage
earners and for capital. They show that Mis-
souri, produced from farm. forest and mine. in
1891 surplus products to the amount Of $780,
0OO. 900 in addition to her manufactured product.
WONDERFUL EXHIBIT.
They show that we have a city that manufac-
lures more tobacco than any other in the world:
that makes more beer than Milwaukee and
more shoes than Boston: also = city that in the
slaughtering and packing of beef and pork Is
second only to Chicago, and win soon acknowl-
edge no superior: and a city in the northwest
that for its size has no equal as a jobbing con-
ter
WORLDS FAIR.
And on the 2lst of next month when Will BE-
celebrated in the city the lakes the 4OOth an.
niversary Of the discovery Of the New World,
there also will be those who hold themselves
ever in readiness at the risk Of their lives to
stand up for Missouri. And when there shall
open at Chicago in the spring Of % the exhibi-
ton that will show the products, and the pro-
Rress and the life of all nations. this common
wealth will be represented there and In such .
manner that all her children will be proud to
stand up for Missouri
Old Gentleman (who had dropped .
quarter in the street)-'Little boy, did
you see where that quarter wentT