Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

publican party well enough to say
here now that il the Democrats lose
the House of Representatives and
Vail to elect Mr.. Cleveland, the first
measure enacted will be the force
bin
"Nhat is the meaning of that bill?
1t means that three partisan super
vlsors would be appointed under it
in each state, appointed by Repub-
lican Federal Judges to take control
of the returns from each Congress
ional district i'll every state, throw
out any township or county, and is
sue n certificate of election to any
Congressional candidate. The only
redress given to the party defeated,
although the choice of the people
by an overwhelming majority,
is a suit in the Federal courts, which
would never be decided until the
term in controversy had been served
out by the man returned as elected.
Given this authority and popular
elections would cease to exist. The
polls would be surrounded by depu-
ties appointed for the purpose of per
petuating party rule. In the south
ern states the result would be COM
mereial paresis and that gallant peo-
pie would be again manacled and
submitted to the tender mercies of
carpet baggers and negro domina-
ton. Why do they seek now to
evade the issue? Major Warner says
that he doesn't want to look back.
OF course not. What is there in the
past that the Republican party should
be proud of? With this bill passed
what a revival there would be of the
scenes enacted in 1876, when w D.
w. Barnard, after striking from the
registration lists of ST. Louis 500
names, appointed OPS deputy mar
shals, arrested hundreds of the best
citizens on the morning of the cleo
ton, and held them until the polls
closed, and on the next day walked,
booted and spurred, into the court
house, where the state canyassing
board was in session, and threaten
ed to arrest them if they did not re-
lect the votes cast in a certain pre-
cinct. When Barnard carried his
bill of S21 900 for this infamous work
to the Republican Attorney-General
at Washington, Mr.. Taft, he swore
before a congressional committee that
he told this high official: L have
saved three Republican Congress
men, and the Acknowledgement, as
he signed the voucher, approvingly
remarked, Yes, you have brought a
good deal of sugar on your spade.
Let every man who wants this sort
of work repeated stand up for Mis-
souri, by casting his vote for Harrison
and Warner. Let every man oppos-
| ed to it and in favor of a free express
sion of the popular will at the polls
put himself on record by a vote for
| Cleveland and Stone.
SIN my judgment the force bill
dwarfs all other issues, but | do not
propose to eyade the discussion Of
other questions" Senator Vest then
entered upon a consideration of the
| silver issue and showed the folly o
permitting honest differences as to
the ratio which should govern to di-
vide the party in its fight on the force
bill and the tariff. Il am not will.
ing" he said, "to make the ratio o.
silver and gold the test Of Democra.
cy. All true Democrats favor ths
coinage of both gold and silver, anG
while they may differ about the
ratio of coinage, they are not mono
metallists, nor in favor Of class legis
lation which gives to the owner of ;
gold mine the exclusive right to us,
the mints for coming his product
The Republican party in ~enactini
the Sherman law of 1890 DEGRADED
silver to a commercial commodity
and they have furnished our Thirt
Party friends with an apt argumen
for the class legislation embodied il
the sub-treasury scheme which de
posts farming products in govern
ment warehouses, on which none.
is to be loaned the depositor."
"But If you were to coin all th
silver in the world and have posses
sion of Aladdin's lamp wherewitl
!, to multiply your wealth it would d
no good so long as the present tart
system endures. 1t could just q
, well be argued that adding to tn
floods of the Mississippi would clos
, a crevasse in its banks as that an in
crease of money viii stop its unius
: distribution"
!, Senator Vest examined into th
condition of the farmer as it was an
as it is, and traced the evils he er
dures back to their parent source
the protective tariff. He ridicule
; the suggestion that the tariff is pal
by the foreigner, and said:
S IAN amusing illustration of th