The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29
STONE AND WARNaR.
The Rival Gubernatoriai Candi-
dates In Joint Debate.
Twenty Thousand Citizens of Missouri
Assemble Mt Kahoka to Listen to
the Discussion of the
State Issues.

KAHoKA, Mo-, Oct. 15.-Col. Stone,
who spoke at Memphis Thursday, ar
rived in the city early Thursday night
1t was known that Maj. Warner would
not arrive until IL a. m. Soon after
the anvils and small cannon
began firing, and a regular sham-battle
was kept up during the balance of the
night by 0 o'clock yesterday morning
the city was fairly alive with bands of
music and rural visitors. Delegation
after delegation arrived and joined the
line of march. BY noon fully 20,0 900
persons were in the streets whooping,
yelling and fairly shaking the city.
Maj. Warner arrived Mt noon, and a
new impetus of the new Missouri wa.
added to the occasion.
At . CLOCK the speakers were escort
ed to the courthouse yaSl, where a spa
cious platform and large seating ca
pacity had been prepared. Mr.. Stone
was introduced by T. L. Montgomery,
of Kahoka, and spoke in substance as
follows:
WHAT COL. STONE sAID.
MR. CHAIRMAN: 1t will be difficult for me TO
speak so as to be heard by even 4 small portion
Of this audience unless the best Of order Is OBJ
served. am glad OF thi, opportunity to meet
my amiable AMI distinguished friend, and to
hav, a little friendly conversation with him
on the political issues OF the day In this state.
From 1856 to 1871 the ad;cal element or the
party to which my distinguished friend be-
longel had control OF this state. From 1870
to 1877 the liberal element OF that same
party had control Of the state, and from 1873 to
the present the democratic party has had con-
troll In 1873 the republican party was over
thrown in this state, horse, foot and dragoon,
on account Of their misdeeds in Office, on &C.
count Of the mislceds of those in that party
who were in power in and about tho state CAPT
toll, on account OF the gross mismanagrment of
that party in the matter of the state finances.
] charge that the republican party of this state
was overthrow on account Of the gross mis-
management of which I SPEAK. Since 1873 the
democratic party has been in power. and to-day
my distinguished friend comes exclaiming for
a new Missouri; for q wide open" Missouri.
Upon what do,s he predicate hi, claim. Upon
what does he base his desire, Sometimes a
change may prove beneficial. but sometimes it
proves a disaster 10 the public. Maj
Warner advances no specific claim uron which
to ask such things, nor does anyone who is ad-
~yocating the cry Of the new Missouri. / now
a~h vi "hIl- ~ I'll ntS I-olle WI u H.
gels mp to speak what new things or new policy
he advocates. AMI to tell them what chInge
he proposes to makc shout he come into power.
want him to make some detailed statement
Of what he int ,nds to do. instead OF the mere
idiotic expression. stand up for Missouri"
What cool would it do tn, people to over
throw the democratic party and retro il and
put the helm Of state ints the hands of the re-
publican party. Maj. Warner would have US
believe that IL that was done thousands OF
citiz ms would CONF into the state and
millions OF capital also would come into
It. In his Sedslia speech h. said that Mis-
souri, was liInping behini her sister
states, and that the superiority Of
our sister states was due to the fact that emf
grants were welcomed into these states from
every state in the Union. I undertake to saw
that every town AMI hamlet in this state vel
comes the proper persons into her society.
want him to mann what county or hamlet
or what locality in this state has Disseminated
HgIinst any proper ritiZ'n coming into this
state. And unless he does so state I charge him
with slandering his state. I am charged with
being a Kentuckian. and IL it Is n crime to b.
born In Kentucky | assure you | could not help
it. Isarved in congre ~ with Mr.. Warner. and
In that body is printed a book containing a bio
graphical sketch OF members of congress. stat
ing, among other things, thu time and place of
birth Of each, but so far as / can discover from
that record l coull never d iscover whether Maj
Warner was ever born at all or not. AMI If he
ever was born hs ought to b. born again.
Maj Warner says that Missouri is not among
the best OF our states; that she is limping be-
hind them. and | now charge that b, is SANDER
ing and defaming mis- nativa state. l now
wish to ask Mai. Warner would the mere fnct
that the republican party comes into power in
this state change her condition for the better
encourage immigration AMI wealth. Why has
it not done the same thing for those states
where the republican party has hal control:
Why has not Vermont increased in the last de-
cade more than 10 human souls! Why has
New Hampshire not increasedJ Why has Ne.
vada decreased many thousands in population
in the last decade. Why has Kansas decreased
in population 81 .456 in the last four yelrs? Now.
il. under radicalism, Kansas has decreased so
materially in the last four years, how could
republicanism better the condition of Missouri,
Talk about population, / now hold in my
hand n census bulletin of 1890. duly signed and
authenticated. and from that report I learn
that from 1880 to 1890 the census increase OF
Missouri exceeded that OF Ohio. Mi-higln.
Kansas, Wiscon sin ar | Iowa or Indiana. and
| that of each OF her sister states eXcapt ILL.,
nois. and the ~latter's great increase was due
to Chicago. ] now say that Missouri has out
stripped I'll her sister states except one in
population
Now. as to wealth. Missouri has Increased
over Ohio S7.OD.cO: Kansas. $40 Gn.nO; Wis
consin. $40 OD0,0Dl; Iowa. sl2l 00,OD; Inliana.
sl3i, O0.OD; Illinois. S5l2, O0.01 This bulletin
is authority: and l now here state that Mis-
souri, has outstrippe1 all her sister states many
tens OF mil ions of dollars in increase of wealth
in the last ten years.
Now IL Missouri has rushed ahead whilea all
her republican sisters have Jagged behind, how
would it help Missouri to turn it over to the
republicanss During the sams period enough
railroa Is have been built IN Missouri to reach
one-fourth the way arount tn, globe. We
have also under the auspices OF the democratic
party the largest public school fund Of any
state in the United States. l don't even except
Texas
Inow pass to another phase OF ths discu ssion.
/ want to make the statement that in 1879,
when the republican party was overtbrown,
the tax for thu state purposes on the 500 was
Soc. and that rate was gradually reduced
under democratic rule from that rate in 1870 to
CSC. as at present. Go look at the records In
your court house and look at your present tax
receipt, and you will find that snc, Maj
thrown your taxes have been re-
duced one-half for state purposes.
and this sum is the lightest for state purposes
Of any state in the Union. Take Kansas, Maj.
Warmers sweetheart. Her taxes for state pur-
poses are three and one-half times greater than
ours. Iowa is double what 1t IL IN Missouri,
and the rate is double in Illinois and all other
sister states. Their tax for state purposes is
from two to three and one half times greater
than it is in Missouri.
In 1873, when the democratic party came into
| power, our bonded debt amounted to S25.nO.
100, the result Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the re-
publican party in this state; and in his Sedalia
spsCci Mai Warner sail he indors,d the
process by which that debt had been produc, ID.
/ now holi the annual message Of Gov Fletcher
in my hand. male before his party was accused
with that deep and dark villainy by which the
state was robbed of many, many millions of
dollars, IN which he stated that those roads
were ample security for the debt they repre-
sented.
Maj Warner said something about improving
the credit OF the state by elevating the repub-
lican party. Why. when that party was in
power, our bonds would bring little over 80 pei
cent. of their facs value in the market and tho
interest on the same was 6La per cent. Now
cur bonds will sell at par in any market in the
world. and our state pays only ai2 per cent. in
terest on her indebtedness. During the last
two gears of republican control in this state
S2lq per capita was paid for keeping the con.
victs in our state priss.i. Now, take the cost
under democratic administration. In 1889 and
1890 1t cost only Sal per capita to keep each per