Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-04
STONES SPEECH.
MisSOuri's Next Governor
Opens His Campaign.
Able Review of Radical Rule
and It's Results.
How Warner Get His First
Office.
d Ruinous Policy of Prescription
and Extrayagancss.
Property Of tie State Since Red
icalisE Was Overthrown.
Its Development. Under Democratic
Property Of tie State Since Rod
icalisra Was Overthrown.
Its Development. Under Democratic
Administration.
A Ringing Speech which Comp.c,eIx Ee.
frtes the Faisc:oods of the "Poor
Old Missouri MaIIsuers.


flutes the Faisc:,oods of the "Poor
Old Missouri MaIIsuers.
The speech delivered at St. Louir,
on the evening of August -. at e
position hall by Hon. VIM j. Stone,
OF vernon county, tie democratic nom
1nee Tor governor, was received with
enthusiasm by the thousands of demo
Gratis gathered to formally open the
campaign in Missouri. The rounds of
applause which greeted the orator on
frequent occasions was evidence that he
mad fully met the expectations of his
hearers. Col Stone spoke at consider
able length, but his audience paid the
closest attention, and were in perfect
sympathy with the arguments present.
ed The address of Col Stone is as fol-
lows:
MR. CHAIRMAE-From the close of the
war IN 1865 to January, 1871, the repub-
llcan party was in the undisputed con-
troll OF the government of this state
During that period the judicial, legis-
lative and executive departments of the
state government, and aost of the
county governments, were under the
absolute control OF that party.
During the years 1871 and 1872 the
affairs OF the state were managed I'M
der the liberal republican administra-
ton of Gov. j. Graft Brown.
In January, 1873. Hon. Silas Woodson
was inaugu-ated the first democratic
governor after the war Since then.
teen years, the democratic party has
been in the possession of our state gov
eminent, administering its affairs and
responsible for its conduct
i emphasize these historical dates,
Mr.. Chairman, since il is important
to keep them in mind when we come
e to discuss party questions relating to
the affairs of the state
HARRISON DESERTED.
The republicans have given it out
that they intend in this state to
abandon their national ticket, to ignore
their national platform, and to coIfcen-
trate all their energies in one mighty
struggle to regain possession of the
government of this state. That the
party should be mortally ashamed of
of Mr.. Harrison ought not, perhaps, to
be surprising, but that the managers
should dump him is unmanly; for, as
4 remember Warner, Kerens ct id genus
Omne are of the tribe of Benjamin.
That any republican-that is, any de-
cent republican, should repudiate their
national platform ought not possibly
bosses now in the saddle should seek in
this state to subordinate, to suppress
and conceal it from public thought and
attention is cowardiy. They do not
repudiate it-they are not even ashamed
of it-neither of the platform nor of
the liliputian candidate perched thereon.
To put both these in the background,
as far as possible obscaTed from sight,
is only part of the policy of that
select coterie OF adroit manipulators
who now rule the republican roost in
Missouri They know that the Harri-
son regime smells malodorous in the
nostrils of Missouri democrats, and that
a platform which has received the
hearty Endorsement of Andrew Carne-
gle, cabled from his noble castle among
the classic mountains of Scotland, and
which is likewise the source of much
congratulation to the Pinl1ertons and
all their HesSianS as opening up new
opportunities and wider fields for their
bloody exploiting; that a platform COM
mitted openly and irrevocably to the
monstrous and menacing policy of the
force bill, is one the people of Missouri
would stamp scornfully and passionate
ly beneath their feet. Hence, Maj
Warner and his ''confreres' would
gladly, if they could, put Harrison in
the shadow of the background and
obscure him and all he stands for as
much as possible from the public gaze.
Other states will be trusted to give the
republican party.
AFTER MISSOURI
Mai. Warner and his ccadjutors will
devote all their resources. direct all
their efforts, exhaust all their cunning
devices, to the task of overthrowing the
democracy of Missouri and obtaining
possession of the government of this
State. Thus do they expect to put Mis-
souri, in line as a republican state
True, they talk much about only one
term of republicanism in the state, as
If indeed that was all they could be in
duced to take. They are very modest
now. They purr with the gentleness
of lover and their touch is soft as vel
vet But do you believe radicalism in
Missouri still has fangs in its mouth and
claws on its feet? If this power should
become established unrestrained
both at Washington and Jefferson:
if il should become entrcnched behind
the force bill enacted into law, what
think Won then? Do you believe these
self-sacrifciHg Missouri patriots, weary
ing of their arduous public labors,
would call you to come and relieve
them of the heavy and fatiguing burden
of the government? Rather do not
YOU know that the melting voice we
hear wooing us now would swell into
the harsh. discordant note of authority
and command, and that the hand now
laid upon us, seductive and beseech-
ing, with touch as gentle as If by the
dimple hand of woman, would then be
uplifted, heavy mailed, to resist and to
strike?
when the devil is sick. the devil . monk
would be;
When the devil gets well. devil OF monk
il be-
A CONFIDENCE GAME.
And so these people propose to play
q confidence game on the people OF
Missouri They esteem themselves
very coy, and cunning and artful.
They have a poor opinion of the people
Of Missouri, know. They esteem you
as ignorant, primitive. fossiiized- They
have so advertised you thousand
times in party platforms. in public
snecch and through the press They
think YOU are easily duped. They
think they can beguile and mislead you
i,y a flaming comedy in CANDY settings
But they may -scover tfat even these
old Nissourians and their stalwart sons
whom they have laughed at, scohed at
and traduccd. have memories that no
new trick of this old clown can efface.
We shall see how that is before the
autumn ends.
WARNER TO THE FRONT.
Harrison is to be retired ont OF sight,
andWarrer, bestride his pulsing charger.
~ breast all Rlittering with war
iypph.es wan mostly N times o. pesss'