Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
tiIsSUI Rl's PLATFORM.
Ex-State Senator johnson Gives His
Idea of Facts That The Kansas
city Convention Cannot
4 ford 10 ignore.

facts that the Kansas City Conven
ton, in making a platform, canno
afford to overlook or ignore.
F'irst-That tariff reform is the
great and paramount question o
the day; that it is the line which
divides national Democracy anc
national kepublicanlsm; that it wa:
the Democratic rally cry, the Demo
cratic shibboleth in the campaign o
1892 and that Cleveland stands pre-
eminently the great leader of the
national Democracy upon this ques
ton.
Second-That the business inter
ests of the entire country are Will
| Mr.. Cleveland and in sympathy
and hearty accord with his admin
istration, and that business control:
everything
Third-That the German Demo
cratic voters of Missouri and, in fact
throughout the country, are to +
man with Mr. Cleveland and hearth
ly and cordially indorse his admin
istration throughout.
Tariff reform is indeed the great
| question. 1t is really and truly the
dividing line between the two great
parties. Upon no other question
now before the American people
are they so emphatically divided
1t was upon this important ISSUE
that the Democracy swept the coun'
try in 1892. 1t was a grand tariff
reform victory. Upon this ISSUE
Cleveland stands like the rock oi
Gibraltar. His position upon this
question is unequivocal and un.
questionably Democratic. 1t was
Mr.. Cleveland who made tariff re.
form a national question. 1t was
he who brought the Democracy
North, South, East and West to
gether upon this issue and led them
unitedly to one Of the most splendid
overwhelming victories ever won by
a political party. Can the Kansas
City Convention afford to ignore
these facts?
Business, as every intelligent man
knows, is extremely sensitive anc
easily touched, and very stubborn
and unyielding when disturbed
Everything must give way to busi
ness. 1t is the vitality, the very
life blood of a nation and people
1t encompasses the interest of every
individual. Disturb the business
of a country and every individual
and every citizen is affected thereby
A country may possibly get aloni
without political parties, but nj
country can get along without busi
ness. Therefore, a political part.
in order to succeed must comman,
the respect and confidence of tn
business interests of the country
Otherwise the political party mus
very soon go to the wall. That th'
business interests of the entire coun
try have the greatest respect AM
the utmost confidence in Mr.. Cleve
land and his administration no san
man will deny, and these facts th
Kansas City convention cannot al
| ford to overlook.
| The-German Democratic voters @
Missouri are, as every we'll informe'
man knows, a bold, fearless ant
independent class. They are al
ways faithful to their party as lon
as they believe the party io true t
sound principles. They are an i'm
portant factor in Missouri politics
They are not easily moved or sway
ed by political claptrap or demagogy
Sentiment cuts but a small figur
with them when business is con
eerned. They are conservative. The.
make up their minds slowly, bu
when once made up they stand lik'
the eternal hills. They are to I
man with Mr.. Cleveland. The
firmly believe that he is right, tina
he is safe and sound in Democrati
principle and practice. They hav
the utmost confidence in his intee