The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-30
Repudiate Clevelandism.
The Only Hope OF Democratic
Success in the Next
Campaign.
GOV. STONE on THE SITUATION.
Policies Anta&enIstic 70 the Tradl-
tiOnal Doctrine Of the Party Must
Be Set Aside II Victory
ID TO Be Won.

|
bn ths political sltustiou 10 this state
and nation. The letter IL In response
TO one written By tie gsnfleman to the
governor asking for his views. Follow
ing are the principal parts Of the
governors commuuicat,on
"Just three years ego, In 1899, the
presidential eleotion Was won. The |
prospects Of the democratic party as
they then appeared had not bsen 90 |
bright for over thirty years. We had
won the presidsncy,s both houses Of
congrsss sod The govsrnment Of Two
thirds Of tie itatss. We wess VIC
torious, hopeful and confident. Within
six months the party was rent into
warning factious from one ocean to the
other. At the nekt election. held in
1894. We were overthrown ID three
fourtha OF the states, losing several
consldsred reliably democratic, and
having our supremacy threatened in
others heresofors esseemed impreg-
nsbls. The disasters ol lest gear were
repeated In the elections Of tine present
month. Two and half years ego We
were . compact, disciplined. victorious
party; to-day We are little betler than
dis0rganissd. discomntsed, discor-,
dant mob,
81 doubt Il this amazing metamor-
phosis can nnd . parallel in political
history, What caused itf It y not
accidental, nor the prodact Of . passing
whim. Whatever the cause Il cannot
b. merely local, for the effect has
been general. The same shadow and
blight has fallen alike. upoa every
section and state. OF necessity such .
radical and sudden rsveSsal Of party
conditsona and 'sach . multiplicity OF
disastsrs, could result ouly from some
cause Of deepest import, afIsoting the
integrity Of party eonvictions and the
existence q party -prinoiplps. y
ssBut why strain e thisf You know
the cause aud know it. TAeCe can
be but ore sxplaantion, The undem-
ocratic financial policies % The admin
istration are almost wholly rssponsibls
for our misSogtuass.
"Wheu Mr.. Clsvslsnd Deliberately
put the tariff issue, upon which be had
ooeu oioOs0u uoutnu num- euu Wtniu
three OF foor meeths afeer hls tnstalls-
tioa, assembled congress In special
session for the single purpose oi
repeating the only law on the statute
books apthorislug the coinage Of silver
Idollars, his parry halted 8 ones and
looked In amsssmsnt. Ard then when
he went still further, snd sought "a
cosrce the party into abendoning ths
policies it had % lone advocatad,
thereby stultllyinG itsslf, aud adeptinG
in their stead and - Ito own policies 4
had stpbbornly opposed, thereby
sxaitiug what & had condemned, suf.
prise gavs vsyto rUvoIt and roslstanoe,
Rssistauce provoked couAiee. and oul
| Of that came eonfusioa, disors
and defeat. iast n
| "Around tie president have rallied
the great haaneial sstablishmsnts ol
this ,ouqtry aad Europe, the na6tro.
Politan pFsss, which is coptrollsd b
moneyed interests, and over . hundred
thousand ofIics holdsrs, Thsss make
trinity, which, u NOT emuipotsut. !,
Ut least d trsmendous potsncy. On
the other sIds are the great rAssses o.
the people, devoted 70 party, bat loys
to principle-deprsased bv disappoint
meat. d,shsaytsnsd BY disssnsion, sst
becoming daily moro sullea In thsiI
| lust resentment.
ssWhat b Il the president has dom
aud seeks to do, which has aroused BIZ
old partisans to opposition aud coveret
his party with shame, u not dishonorl
do need TO state 40 ttemtzed accouu
20 your The democratic panty ha
aiways been the party OF The people
From the beginning popular eoverstent!
vas made tne Keystone W tse erch o
jemersonian oesnocracy. rseocrecl
u the autithesis OF democsscy. riuto
cracy 10 oontrolled ~ the power Ans
innnence 81 weain none?negs 90
throne Y out orntatty c'oehsd 10 puspae
Augment 10 power end you tncreas'
its fsrocity. = as{.
"From the discovery OF the snrrep
tious osmoneeizatiou q aAver u 1913
the democratic party was the specia
champion Of remonstisatton. In 81
the congresses nom 1870 unti ~
Cleveland, tnli-panoplted ip the pow
srs OF Os1ace. stePped forth In oPposi
tion. our democratic senators and rep
resentatives stood almost On masse Il
favor Of remonettaastoni aud ever,
declaration ever made ~ the party Il
oar state OF nation Was . declaration
in favor OF bimstaliism.
.More than seventeen years ago tn
Missouri democracy In convention
demanded that the restrictions OF
silver coinage should be removed, an,
declared ID favor OF .hoAest money
consisting of gold aud silver, and pape
convertible into coin on demand.' i
1886, q year after Cieveland'a firs
election, tho Missouri democracy mad
this declaration: we demand at IN
hands Of congress the tree and unl,nl
,ted coinage OF both gold and silver.
. Thsre has nsver been o convention l.
this state since 1873 that did nO
. repeat that resolution, at least IN sub
stance.
i $50 also has the democratic rart
been the party of bimetallism. Int
the presidency OF Mr.. Cleveland, ther
was never doubt OF that, 1t was tn