Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-04-18

WE notice that one of the st. Charles
Mo-, churches is all split up over q
church entertainment. All churches
of all denominations, in all towns, in
all countries, would get along better
spiritually and just as well, if not bet
ter, financially, if the entertainments
were all Topped off. If this church en-
.ertainment business keeps up one of
the regular officers of the church will
have to be n musical director, a the
atrical manager or a ring master, or
whatever else you might style the man
or woman who will run the church
shows. All kinds of entertainments is
are drawn in under the charitable
cover Of church shows. Pound par
ties, progressive euchre parties, par
ties where young ladies' are kissed for
Is cents "for the fund.-" spooning par
ties, Trilby parties and many other
disgusting features are given under
the guise "for the good of the cause. Z"
There will be an end to this sort of
thing some day. If churches can't be
supported in any other way they don't
deserve to exist.
Hon. CHAMP CLARK, after a lecture
tour through Arkansas, while in st.
Louis, on being interviewed by the st.
Louis Republic in answer to the ques
tion, "How is politics down there"
said: ''They are jam-up, old-fashioned
Democrats. Ninety-five per cent of
them are in favor of absolute free
trade; the free and unlimited coinage
Of both silver and gold, and OF repeal
ing that monumental fraud, the civil
service reform system, so-cailed;
and, by the way, that's about all there
ought to be In the next national Dem
ocratic platform. That document
ought not TO be over 20 lines long, and
it ought to declare for those three
things so clearly and so plainly that
everybody can understand them-no
dodging or straddling, no hedging
The free silver sentiment is growing
everywhere. The Arkansas Demo-
Gratis declared for it last year ia ringing
words, thereby antedating the prob
able acticn of the Illinois Convention
by IL months. The great body of the
people are heartily sick of beng drag
ged at the chariot wheels of the East
ern gold bug gang and they won't
stand ii any longer"
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND believes in
the people. a correspondent of the
ST. Louis Republic at Washington City
says: II is understood that the
President advocates meeting the ques-
ton fairly and squarely and fighting it
out on the husting. He does not think
that much dependence should be
placed upon fine work in the conven
tion, or in the attempt to reason with
delegates after being elected. The
President is one of the Americans who
believe that majority of the people
are always right; that a majority of
the people are intelligent and that,if a
majority of the people become con-
vineed that the free coinage of silver
at this time at ratio of l6 to would
endanger the prosperity of the coun-
try, upset values and involve COM
mercial chaos, they will not consent
to 1t. The President thinks that the
fight ought to begin in the precinct
and the ward; that the voters ought to
be appealed to directly and the ques-
ton thoroughly explained to them.
He believes that organization is neces-
sary, the dissemination of literature
important and appeals to the people
by the trusted leaders of vast impor-
tance. There is reason to believe that
the Presidents views win be carried
out and that the sound money forces
Of Illinois win be thoroughly organ
lied. The contest will begin at the
primaries and win be carried TO the
convention.