Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09
WHO SAID CoNsIsTENCYY

| was there the slightest difference
between the Eighth and Ninth District
members. acknowledgement
IL Clark and Bland were exactly to-
gether on the silver fight, why did the
| IntcliiqeRcer so constantly II per
sistently criticise Clark's' vote on sill
yer legislation? If Bland vas right,
Clark was right, according to the In
felli1encer. What "a the IRteliiqeRJeF
a of its own persistency in praising
one and criticising the other?-LEp-
GER.
The IRtelIigenccr IAN say this OF its
consistency: In no single instance
has il criticised Mr.. Clark's votes on
silver legislation. No one knows this
better than the LEDGER.
On the contrary, the ntettigeRcef
has from the time Mr.. Clark took his
seat treated him with special fairness.
-InteliiqeRccr.
When the silver fight was in pro-
gress in Congress Clark voted the in
structions of the free silver Demo-
cratic caucus, which had agreed to
vote for the free coinage of silver at
Il ratio of Ii to |. If that failed, to
vote for Il, and, if that failed to pass,
for Is, 10 and at 20; and, when that
failed, to vote against the repeal of
the Sherman law. Now, to show the
especial fairness; with which the IN
ieIiqeucer treated Mr.. Clark from the
time he took his seat in Congress, it
is only necessary to state that the
kindest comment that it could bring
itself to make in Clark's course in
Congress was to the effect hat while
Bryan, the man of brains, voted for
free and unlimited coinage of silver
al a ratio of 16 to /, our Representa-
tive had voted for a ratio of 20 to l.
The TRtetigeacer didn't deem it nee
essary to say that "Clark and Bland
voted together" or that "they acted
for what they considered the best in
terests of the party" or that Bryan,
who represented a district with an
element largely Populistic, voted with
the Populists on the silver question.
If the IutciligeRcer had desired to treat
MIR. Clark with especial fairnest" why
did it single him out for criticism? In
short, instead of instituting a compar-
ison between Bryan and Clark, why
didn't he make it between Bryan and
the other free silver Democrats in
Congress headed by Bland? If the
IHteItigeRccr was so rampant for silver
as il claims to be, why did it do every
| tISt,Fr IN ~ nftVn 70 aptKhnIn tho IN
fiuence of the man who was battling
for the cause so dear to its heart?
There isn't a'gold bug journal in Mis-
souri, that wouldn't be ashamed to use
such tactics as the T~ntelligencer has
made use of against Champ Clark.
Who does it expect to fool by saying
it had been Especially fair" in its
treatment of Mr.. Clark?
SToNEwALL PRITCHETT, son of DIR
Pritchett, pastor of the M. f. Church,
South, of this city, is the Representa-,
tive in the Missouri Legislature OF
Howard County, Mo. Pritchett has
been '~'roasted" a little lately on &C.
count of his not ~favoring an extra con-
vention of the Democrats in Missouri
this year. The writer presumes thai
Pritchett, who is a bright young fellow
of brains, thinks that "extra conven'
tions" are liable to accomplish abou'
as much as "extra sessions of the
Legislature. Pritchett is unable to un
| RI argtond univ r.nn,hnro Of thn r anSu
lature, who are called together in ex'
ira session to 'legislate against TIT
lobby" should be called upon by
!, personal demand from the Governo
to resolute either for or against fire,
silver. Surely the tax payers of Mis-
souri, are not expected to foot the bill
for such ~ucu The Legislature il
supposed to be called together for 9th
er purposes as announced by the Gov
ernor. Democrats meet in a caucul
to pass upon legislation, and the Gov
ernor of the state appears to demand
=, political resolutions, which have NJ
reference at all to the matter for which
the extra session was supposed to bt
called. The following is a portion o
Pritchett's letter in reference to thi
matter: The Post saysthat / declared
myself opposed to the free and un
limited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to l, and from that you conclud,
that Howard county is one of the few
Democratic counties in the state op
posed to the free coinage of silver a
the ratio of Is to /. Amy person givin;
a moments thought to the article
could not fairly, it seems to me, reacf
any such conclusion. / take it tha-
you are well aware what the extr;
session of the 3Sth General Assembl,
!, has been called for. The specific an(
distinct subjects of legislation wer,
/, mentioned in the message of Cover
nor Stone calling the extra session
and it appears to me that we, thu
members of the Democratic caucus
can properly concern ourselves witt
, nothing acting as the representative
of Il respective counties, not EN-
braced in that call. Then c~ertainl,
when we undertook to act on the sill
e question, we were attempting t.
act N something we we're not calle'
there to act upon, something no
mentioned in the Governors message
and, therefore, not as representatives
and any action I may have taken evel
to declaring myself opposed to tn
free coinage of silver, would not hav'
: been taken Is a representative of tn
good people of Howard county.
a.
SOME of the parties who are sc
''righteously indignant" about Presi
dent Cleveland's letter to Governo
Stone,of Mississippi, ARE the very sam
ones who are the strongest endorser
of Governor Stone of Missouri. Thes
gentlemen claim that Cleveland de
mands all of the government official
to favor silver. This is not a fact
Any decent American will show prop
er respect for the President of tn,
United States no matter what hi
politics may be. Nobody expects an,
more; nobody has any right to de
mand any more. At the same time ",