Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-18
Vol. XXXVII.

| THE LEDGER has noticed here IateiS
that quite a number Of publlc speakers
private haranguers and a few so-calleo
Democratic newspapers are trying to
cause trouble in the Democratic party
by endeayoring to leave the impress
sion that every Democrat who aVors
the present national Democratic policy
and who is not in favor of free ana
unlimited coinage of silver III to
without an international agreement,
is a Republican. Some who are SAIL
ing under Democratic colors go so far
us to read out of the Democratic party
any man or newspaper that does not
favor this policy. Without taking in
to consideration the policy of the Ma
tional Democratic Administration or
that of the last Democratic plat
form, on which such a signal victo-
nv was won, the LEDGER would call
the attention Of these people to the
fact that some of Audrain County's
most prominent Democrats, who were
born in Missouri, nursed at the breast
of a Democratic mother, Were rockad
in a Democratic cradle, and many of
of them fought i'll the Southern army,
stand solid on this platform and first,
last and all the time are for making
| one dollar rs good as another. We
have such business men and farmers
in every county i'll Missouri. We
have them in every town, county and
i'll every State in the Union. There is
no sense in talking about Democrats
who favor this policy being "John
Sherman Republicans" Kentucky
Democracy, which has always been
pointed to with pride by Democrats
throughout the entire country, en-
dorsed this policy at the hands of the
people by a two-thirdS vote. Demo-
Gratis all over the Union, who have
beenDemOcrats always and from prin-
ciple, stand squarely on this platform
and will do so until they die and no
attempt to drive them out of the party
will succeed. Some of the rankest
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coinage of silver at 16 to 1 without an
international agreement are Republi-
ans Right here in Missouri you find
the Kansas City Journal and other
rabid Republican papers are advocat-
ing that cause. Right here in Mexico
we have rank supporters of that move
ment who are leading members of the
Republican party, but when the time
ONE they will vote the straight Re-
publican ticket no matter what the
platform is. Democrats should learn
a lesson from their Republican neigh
bors and stick to the grand old DEM
ocratic party through thick and thin.
Let us settle our troubles in the fam
lily and not wash dirty linen be-
fore the public. After the platform is
made and the ticket nominated we
will need all the votes of all the "kinds
of Democrats" there are.
If every man In AudraIn county who
owes anything will settle the same
there will be plenty of money in circu-
lation. This statement applies only to
those who are able to settle. There are
hundreds of people in Mexico and Au-
drain county who owe sums of money
varying from one dollar to one thous-
and dollars who could pay without any
Inconvenience to themselves. When
business men in this county do bust
ness on a cash basis times will be much
better than they are to-day. The peo-
pie who pay their debts are the
ones who do the most complaining
and growing and are in favor of
'stay laws" Gland loan schemes and
everything else in order to get a liv-
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