Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-08-30
THE NINTH DISTRICT CONGRESS-
MAN SPEAKS TO AN ENTHUS-
IiSlIC AUDIENCE ON WEB
NESDAY NIGHT.
His Campaign Is Not 10 be One oil
ncfcnse, isut Rather the Opposite
Robertson by WaF OF lntTo-
ductiOn and Newman In
t'0ncIHsi0n-The Text.

Court House in this city. His
speech was Il mastery effort and
was cordially received. He was in
troduced by George Robertson
member of the Congressional Exec
utive Committee from this county,
who said:
Gentlemen and fellow citizens:
AS Il member of the Congressional
Committee it devolves npon me to
call this assemblage to order We
have met tonight to hear a speech
from the member Of Congress from
the Ninth District.
1t is usual and proper that public
servants should render unto the
people an account of their steward
ship and Mr.. Clark is here tonight
for that purpose, and also to open
the campaign in this district for the
approaching election-as it were, he
is here tonight to sound the toCsin
OF attack upon the Citadels of Re-
p~ublicanism, which of late years is
another name for burdensOme taxa
ton and a depletion OF the public
treasury. The Democracy of this dis
trict is 10 he congratulated upon the
fact that perfect harmony reigns in
its ranks, and the whole state is to
be congratulated upon the unani-
nous agreement OF the party III
Missouri upon the great question OF
reduction of taxation, What has been,
is now, and will be the great issue
until the true Democracy is trium.
| phant. The people of the Ninth
District in particular are to he con
! graduated upon the fact that THEN
member in Congress, though q new
member, has by his superior ability.
untiring industry and honesty Of
purpose, become one of the leading
members Of the great National Dem.
~oGratic party. But of this | vii
leave you to Judge by the record he
has made in the Fifty.third Con
gress, and the speech he will make
to you. | have the honor now tc
introduce to you the Hon. Champ
Clark.
His remarks boiled down were
as follows:
1t has been stated so often by Re
publicans and timorous Democrats
that the Democratic party mus
fight q defensive battle this fall tina.
a great many people have come t.
believe it. | am here tonight to say
to you in terms so plain as not to bt
mistaken that we have no reason t.
make a defensive campaign, bu
every reason under the sun to wage
a more aggressive campaign thar
ever before. We have carried The
outposts of plutocracy and protec-
ton and have only to press forward
to take possession Of the main cita-
del. The treason of a handful o
so'called Democrats certainly SHOULD
not interfere with, much less stop,ou.
triumphant march.
1t is true that we have not accom-
plished all we intended Or promised
in the Chicago platform. 1t was tol
much to expect that in a few fleet
ing months we could undo the evi
works of thlrtv-three years of Re,
publican misrule.
But we have made a splendid be
ginning and the further we 90 tn,
faster we will go until we have re-
deemed every pledge made to TIN
people in 1892.
At every step ia the progress o
reform We have been opposed by til,
whole body of Republicans and
few %recreant Democrats. Every eff
fort at economy has been fought b,
the whole Republican contingen
with desperate forocity and by ever,
means known to parliamentary law
They produced countless calmi
ties and then jeered the people lik'
hooking fiends on account of THEN
sutferings.
As long rs the panic lasted, lie
publicans We're iuhilant. They baset
their hopes on continued hare
times.
Times began TO improve Tuesda,
morning and will continue to i'm
prove until the revival of busincs.
will send prosperity and Joy through
ont the land and Republican hope:
Of success at the coming election
and in SO will vanish into thin air
The one thing which the Repub
licans dread the most is q revival o
business. That means ruin to nj
their plans.
BY the time the election come
the good effects of what the Demo
Gratis have accomplished Vii! be S.
apparent that we will have the mex
House Of Representatives by a work
ing majority over Republicans anc
Populists.
Why would any man desire to de
sert the Democratic party now, a
the very moment where its promise.
of 80 long years of weary waitin;
are being crystalized into law
Were we right in &c, so, 81, IS anc
%? Ii so, we are right now. |
during all those years we fought 70
principle and not for mere amuse
ment, why abandon the principle
now.
do not believe that any sensible
man will act in a manner so foolish
Hon. Thomas Il. Reed opened th,
Republican campaign the other day
up in Maine. lie opened il for the
whole country. 1t is we'll for people
in the south and west to examine
closely all that Mr.. Reed says-reaC
his speeches between the lines &c
discover his real meaning-and ther
do precisely the opposite from tha'
which he urges New Englanders tt
do. That is a safe rule Of conduct
say this because | regard Thomas