The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-09
SILVER NUGGETS.
Special Correspondence of the Boonviile
Advertiser
In nv humble Judgment. there ought

In my humble judgment, there ought
o be, and l am sure will be, at some
very early date, a meeting Of the DEM
ocrntic central committee. Not n single.
solid argument can he advanced against
his meeting, while ten thousand can be
advanced why il should be held-and
held as early as possible. The ques-
lion is being asked every day by anx-
iOus Democrats, in all parts Of the
state, "Will the old state committee
the new members added by
The Pertle Springs Democratic con-
1t is all-important' that
This question be answered, and at once
and forever! As soon as it IS done,
and the old and new committees in one
whole meet, factionalism
is killed in the Democratic party of
Missouri! As soon as this il settled, q
shout Of joy and victory will 60 up
from all quarters Of the state, and con-
and confusion will be scat
tered in the ranks of the Republicans.
After the committee meets the work OF
to extend into every
voting precinct Of Missouri, must be
When our folks once
more get together, and quit fighting
each other, the mists will clear away,
and Indifference and fear on the part
Of our friends will give way to snthusi.
asm and confidence. While there are
hot heads here and there, calling them
selves Democrats, who would like to
see the work of the Democratic state
convention held at Per,le Springs re-
pudiated, those who took part therein
insalted and initiated, and the new
members not recognized, still / have
in the Democracy OF Chair
man Maflit and his associates on the
~ See-ain satisfied they have
~ os ihe party At heart
Wi1e6 ka4So Z -. henored them and
their friend ~ crisis the,
will subordisSl eaoes they
may have to the 8 Q4mou
cause. - - ~ ~
Mr.. Rothchilds general
what he Is talking about When l.
up the currency question. He Z
"London being the center Of the finan'
cial world, we have to be doubly care
full to protect our stock Of gold, bat 4
Dimetalis,n were introduced throughou
Europe we should have much greater
difficulty in doing 30. and should b
obliged TO increase our stock Of silve
whether 1t suited Us or not.'
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Senator Chandler, of New England
Is giving his Republican brethren Il
the East no end Of trouble. He pre-
diets that the next national Republican
convention will declare for free silver
Would 1t not be . strange condition Q
affairs should the Democratic party
after making fight from its very ex
istence for honest bimetallism, nov
falter or surrender, and the Republi
cans, who have always been the enc
mies of silver-who struck It down 1
1873. who have always persistentl
and uncompromisingly fought It, shoul
now make sOmersanlt and take u
the fight some OF our trusted leader
seem to have abandoned, and TINS wi
the honors and the glory Of the victor
sure to Gomez
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Silver was struck down In 1873, ID
ring the bad years Of President Grant
reign. when there was Q Republica
senate and = Republican house. Fruit
OF this disastrous act Of demonetixs
tion have been summed up about q
follows: 1t has given the homestead
OF thousands Of toilers to the creditor
one-third Of our railway mileage Il ]
the hands OF receivers; it has give
idleness to four millions OF would b
t,ilers in shop and field; is has give
creative capital no scope for use; an
little or no returns for risks assumed
1t has gwen the silver miners ruin;
has given nakedness, hungsr and col
70 millions OF men. women and help
less children; 1t has produced sea {
tears, and volumes Of groans and pray
ers for succor; 1t has blighted hope an
blasted aspirations in million homes
IL has produced mobs and riots and Ii
calling forth Of armed forces Of u
nation to check and control; it hs
produced over 100 million moro {
government bonds, which are so man
financial letters 70 shackle the feet {
industry; it has filed ten thousan
graves with despairing suicides. Ho
any Democrat with . heart, who love
humanity, and who loves bis country
can look upon this sad picture Of we
and misery, without q feeling Of indii
nation arising IN his breast against tn
Republican conspirators responsible Il
il, without determining anew to do a
In his power In the great fight Il
financial freedom from England's gree
and avarice, and for the restoration {
the peoples rights, is a mystery to me
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Judge T. A. Sherwood has for maa
years been an advocate Of the FRI
coinage of silver. In his celebrate
speech, which he delivered at Mercal
tile Hall, st. Louis, October l6, lS8,
he said:
"In reference to the free coinage {
silver, the plank in relation 10 th
subject is not in accord with the Who'll
sale Endorsement with which the pls
form begins. President Clevelau
stands committed to the policy Of d.
stroying the bimetallic standard. II
position on this topic has always bet
at variance with the views OF Westel
Democrats.
"You may recollect how panied tn