Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-18

passions engendered by this fight will
have had time to cool off, and cooler,
calmer and better jugdment will as
sert itself, and / feel that we may be
sure of victory in 1896, at least in this
State; but l very much fear that to
throw all the aerimony and bitterness
of a silver fight into our State and
national campaign within a few
months from the time of the Novem-
Der election of next year, will be
greatly to impair the chances of our
C One of the gentlemen that
has spoken on this question las aid
that Mr.. Bland is anxious to meet any
opponent of IS to l upon the stump in
Joint discussion. / reply to him, and
authorize him to deliver the message
to Mr.. Bland that, if this convention
is put off and time given for a discus
sion in this State, it will give me the
greatest pleasure to meet him in joint
discussion upon any stump or stumps
he may name"
Mr.. HILLS FIERY EFFORT
Mr.. Harry NJ. Hills speech was the
prize silver effort of the meeting. Mr..
Hill has firm Jaws and a look of stern
determination. He trembles and
shakes like an impassioned orator
should, and he ore the national ad-
ministration, the 'gold bugs and all
opposition to free silver coinage to
tatters. Putting his arms behind him,
he fairly yelled his defiance of the
~plutocrats around him.
"The purpose of this delay" said
the savage Mr.. Hill, sis clandestine.
By waiting some of these gentlemen
believe they a deceive the honest
farmers of this State. Against them
will be arrayed the gold bugs the
railroads and all Wall street. The adj
ministration at Washington, which
misrepresents the Democratic party,
will be against us.
81 am as good a Democrat as Grover
Cleveland, and 10000 times better. |
represented him once in a convention
at Memphis.
"You a bring Carlisle here in SO
hours just as they did in Kentucky.
Yes, and you a get Cleveland here,
too, if you want. He will bring the
Rothschilds with him and turn them
all loose on the people of Missouri"
An intimation hat Congressman
Hall was trying to tiimfam the people
and was not honest in his motives
brought the Congressman to his feet.
He stated that he did not know the
parliamentary rules which governed
the meeting, but should insist upon
the observance of the broader rules
which were everywhere enforced.
Chairman Maffitt informed Mr.. Hill
that he must confine himself to the
question at issue, which was the date
for holding the convention. But the
bellicose lawyer again began to de-
nounce those who advocated a late
convention as being dishonest in their
expressions, and again the chairman
called him down.
"Let him go on" "Let him go on"
came from a h~alf-dozen members of
the committee, and the speech was
closed with the assertion that a motion
to postpone the convention 60 days
was an insult to the Democracy of the
State.
After all the speakers had been
heard, a motion to take a recess until
8 O'Clock prevailed. During this re-
cess the members of the committee
took lunch, and around one of the
tables in the Southern eight members
of the committee agreed to vote for
August 6 as the date for the conven-
ton.
Mr.. HIPS speech was a clear indi-
cation of the policy which would be
pursued by the radical silver adYo-
Gates, and if the counties were going
to hold primaries and conventions
right away, rs it was claimed would be
done, the committeeman agreed that
the sooner the convention was held
the better.
AS soon as the committee recon-
vened Mr.. Sam Cook moved that
August 6 be the date for the conven-
ton. There was no opposition what
ever to the suggestion or the part of
any member of the committee, and,
to the surprise of the lookers-on, it
unanimously prevailed.