Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-09

X. NJ. WHITE, Epituk AM
Vol. XX.XV1I.
!, for from Is 10 - cauta, but na-
der the present tarin it sells t"r
|, from To-. 70 IA cents. People cannot
expect 10 haVr wool sell for 81 aud A
cents and then get Il reduction Of rrn
- 10 % per cent tn the garments the>
are luiSius ANY more than We ,tta
have ~ wheat end cheap ilnar al HE
same tlnnr. The Democratic tarth
reform IS for the masses.
rnlGE appeal to Ia no question
hut that the majority Ut the peno-
Gratis II Missouri aI this time are II
favor og free and unlimited coinage OF
silver. and Il la:gs number OF them al
a ratio OF ID to /. Concediug this IL
he Il fact there Is no call for Il Demo
cratic Cony eutiou this year, Who is
behind this movement, anyhow Is
il the people wac are III favor OF free
and unlimited coinage OF silver?
What's the matter with the county
committees or the State Committee,
whose duty it is 10 took after such
matters They are not IN favor Of II
and the people are not petitioning
for i. Those who are honestly III ia
vor Of free and unlimited coinage of
silver, III 10 /, are opposed to having
4 convention called i'll Missouri this
year. The politicians who want Office
are very much in evidence AT this
time. Watch 'em.
WHAT do these dark lantern, secret
"DemocratiC'' ciucuses held at Jefter-
son City mean? What is their object?
Who is calling them and why are they
secret" What il going 10 happen and
when? Is there any reason why the
rank and file of the Democratic party
should he shut ont of these meetings?
Are these Democratic caucuses for the
good of the party? Do sixty Demo
Gratis, all holding or wanting office,
propose to meet with closed doors
and represent 270,000 Democrats who
voted for Cleveland in 1892? What
about this matter, anyway? Some
one turn on the light.
THE Republican House at jefferson
City spent half 4 day condemning Pres
ident Cleveland for mot enforcing the
Monroe doctrine in the case of Mica
ragua.' We have all become used to
having Cleveland abused. AS a mat
ter of fact. it has become quite a pop
ular fad to abuse him. At the same
time the voters Of Missouri don't car
about paying 81 800 a day to have him
abused, especially when it can be
done for nothing. Another case of
supply and demand.
BLAND and his friends drew the
financial plank of the platform adopt
ed at the State Democratic Conven-
ton in Kansas City. Does Bland want
to change that platform? If not, what
in the name of common sense is all
ton in Missouri for? Isn't the Demo-
cratic party in Missouri committed to
free silver by the platform?
THE Democrats of Missouri are OPP
posed to lobby rule, but did not see
that anything could be accomplished
by calling an extra session of the Leg
islature. Were they right? Con-
ceding that the Democrats of Mis-
souri, are in favor of free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver. They don't see
that any possible good could grow out
of calling an extra Democratic Con-
vention this year Are they right?
WHAT became of the land loan
scheme by which every citizen of the
Republic was to get forty acres and a
mule, or something equally as good?
''"Twas bright, twas beautiful, but tits
past" a State Convention should
have been called to nurse it.
WHY should the United States OBJ
ject to Great Britain obtaining repara-
ton from Nicaragua for the mistreat-
ment of British subjects? The United
States would not tolerate such an OBJ
lection from Great Britain if the con-
ditiOnS were reversed.
lT don't make much difference
whether we have a circus in Missouri
this spring OF not. The Legislature is
big enough show for any n State,
and then we are liable to have a side
show in the way of a State Democratic
extra convention.
ANDREW JACKsoN's advice to a boy
friend -"NIy son, l have no advice to
give you as to politics, only think for
yourself and let conscience be your
guide"' is commended to Democrats
in connection with the financial ques-
ton.
If President Cleveland took up all
the quarrels which the little 'two-fer"
countries of South and Central Amer
lea get into with the big European
countries we should have to quadruple
our navy at once.
HUSH! Don't make any fuss about it,
but just inform your Republican ac-
quaintances that the apology demand
ed from Spain by Secretary Gresham
is OF deck.
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