The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-30

OOM1oAs A10ss x~0v1L ~ 4oDDs
To ~ sdisnr Of Ne Iussilissacse.
WIN you kindly inform tls vsaA1U q
the eINrQLLI01NCGe What u ~ 49,
sncs beewsen shas1oalzlne VIII kyoee
ShsrmaR o John Sh.nan5 ke1le -
lssnnoenine wy sDaxs f!eessn-I
qaoss your owI lss9.,sss 49, scs
ssssu5is sss i..i'I:P e :Rsse ;s,S 6 ees 81 ~. =
MANI bnals. !" By tho unon c 0u61ISry
intelIlee0ce. Who bis o6ssgved Goyognor
ESnncls' political anticu sinD tho hogoey
Oe ROId mOoometnllisn Wna hurjod IN
the face Of the democntie pofty b ~
nutOcratic aduninIstrnkion g Woa6ine-
TIM, no doubt cnn h onhortnlno0 - 70
hla financial vieWs-they ~ nol1ical
with Senator GlDeEmon>S. 0onn1ocB&or-
nssn b rIe great loo1er q . R1ne pogty
within he Topuhlican porty-tho 9nG1q
gold standard, plutoofntjc poxtl-o0o
may, at least, claim the De6jt q 60
sisiency In his ellneoD 70 0nho - ttc6
richer, and The poor gooeI. Ihe r.
governor IL but stllo Nan Fli6oy" q .
sNAn FridAy''-the ''Nen FSid1yv @
Presideut Cleveland, Whe b hiUeolf
1.-The Man Friday" cf Senator Shsrmnn
and the magnates Of Weii 4reee Ies
he. the ex-governor. y clAesed, by yoa,
with Senator Vest, lGod save ~ m
atOr from such political anooctaftm-
themj a. = dsmoczst q tks ..hi0hsa
type !: while such nm - Cul. Jonea q
The Post Dlspatc4. and Mr.. EArrie, OF
Ilaclede, are ''releG51sd % tho rear."
Col. Jones' Is teTSely ordegod 70 ~ceeeo
interviewing every fool who aooo 70 g.
Louis. (asaaimed 10 b. fuolo, ouppnoo,
because they favor the free coinage oe
both silver and gold, while Mr.. R6yyis
Is charxcterizel ~ q loud mouthen
demaR0gue. " All this frosn the 00oeortol
columns Oe q paper which c1aiUo % -
in favor Of the Tree coinage Of both gold
and silver at q ratio Of Is b I, s'With0ut
Discrimination In favor Of either.
Than Col. Jones, M man within 0r
without the demncratic party, has uede
an sbler. braver, more heroic heht,
regardless OF consequences. 10 nluect.
for our common princtpless end 70 MIN
and to Farris, OF lnclegie. more than
to any other two men, aro we inoeceed
convention which alone made the saliva.
tion of Missouri to bimsfaIIism possible;
and which makes it still losaible unless
| the timidity OF IL friends and their over
anxiety to sharmOuiEe" with recreant
democrats. end their proneueaB to ltsteu
| to the counsels of self-intereated ounce
seekers, shall cause them the los OF the
advantages which the brave mtterances
Of that convention gained for them.
And this depreciation OF true men-this
pointing them to the back seats In the
democratic house-what does Il mean.
What is It forY Why. forsooth. IN ortiet
to .'harmonize is to invite 10 the
front seats the policy mongers-the men
who repudiate the basic principle upou
which the entire fabric OF democracy
rests, viz, q "strict construction OF the
constitution. In accordance with such
construction congress may change the
existing ratio between the two
metxls-may say what number Of grains
of gold or what number Of grains ol
silver shall constitute . dollar; but u
has no legal power to destroy the legx
tender Quality--the debt paying powell
Of either, because the constitutiOI
nowhere authorizes the exercisp OF sslcl
power by congress. "Harm0nizor will
such men? N0!--as soon expect ligh
to harmonixe with darknesa, truth viii
fslseh0od, heaven with hell, % hope T.
be able to "hsrmonixe" true tnot pre-
teudedl blmetallists with single Rol,
standard plutocrats = the impudenti,
self-styled sound money democracy.