Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-01

coin, nominated Col. IL, Ill. Norton.
The vote was Clark SO, Norton rs.
b. Il. d.
At the conclusion of the proceed
ings of the Congressional Convention
at st. Charles on Tuesday, Hon.
Champ Clark, the nominee, was
called upon and made the following
neat little speech.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE CoNvENrIoN-To you and
through you to the people whom
you represent here | tender my
heartfelt gratitude for the high hon
or conferred upon me. To represent
this magnificent district in Congress
is worthy of the ambition of any man.
To represent it SO that you will be
proud of me and in the daysto come
my children can point with pride to
my career will fill to overlooking my
cup of political hope. 1t is no easy
task which | sought and which you
have given into my hands. l shall
use my utmost endeavors to meas
ure up with the Democratic Repre-
sentatives who have gone before me
in this district. If [ can make a
better one l shall be happy indeed.
One thing is certain-neither Mr..
Norton nor myself can ever complain
of the loyalty courage, love or friend
ship of the men who have followed
US in this long, heated and memora-
BILE campaign. l would be untrue
to myown soul if 1 failed to admire
the brave, loving and resolute men
who went down with banners flying,
supporting Mr.. Norton. would be
a base migrate if l did not forever
wear engrossed upon my heart the
names of the gallant, disinterested
and unconquered host who fromHan-
nibal to Cooks Station have rallied
round me as knights of old and at
last given me the victory. Until to-
day there We're Clark Democrats in
plenty and the woods were rather I'M
comfortably full of Norton Demo-
Gratis. Now let us all be Democrats,
bent on upholding the glorious BAN
ner of the Democracy and electing
the whole ticket, from mighty Grover
to the Constables and Justices of the
Peace.
When Mr.. Norton and | met there
the first time in the campaign-the
day of the Dalton excursion-we
were friends, when we parted there
last Friday night we were friends
and l hope we will be to the end.
Two years ago he beat me and |
supported him. One good turn de-
serves another, and this time l de-
feated him and he will support me
as Loyalty as I supported him.
I never heard of his abusing me,
and | never abused him. Some of
our friends got exceedingly hot in
the collar and in the heat of passion
said things which should have been
left unsaid and did things which
should have been left undone. This
is one OF the misfortunes of our TO
litical system.
Only one thing has been charged
against me that | care to notice, be-
cause if | had done it / would not
he a good Democrat, and | claim to
he as good a Democrat as ever stood
in shoe leather. l might as well
speak out and be plain. The charge
il this: That at some indefinite time
and place-generally located vaguely |
III the big county of Audrain-I
said something inimical Or hostile to
or abusive of the Roman Catholic
church. | have searched diligently,
but have been unable to discover the
author. | wish to say in this dis
tinguished presence that the charge
is a lie made out of whole cloth.
on earth is there a fact or
semblance of fact on which to base
it. | never in all my life spoke dis.
respectfully of any church, Catholic
Of Protestant. Any man who asserts
/ did is a liar and the truth is
not in him.
As to the A. P. A. circulars in
Montgomery and st. Charles, II
never saw one in my life. None Of
my friends could even get to see
thsln, though they begged for the
It may be a confession of
ignorance, but l never heard of the
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