Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-09-19

THE protracted meeting o in pro-
gress at the Christian church, i'll this
city, is being largely attended and the
interest is daily growing.
READ the advertisements in the
Mexico Daily and Weekly LEDGER be-
fore you buy your fall and winter
goods. Liberal advertisers are liberal
sellers.
ARE we not going to have a big
barbecue in Mexico this fall? what
has become of the Board OF Trade: ii
Mexico had Il business mems organ
zation of some kind such matters
could be properly looked after.
THE farmers and business men OF
Audrain county are not paying much
attention to politics. The farmers are
gathering their crops and the business
men are preparing for the largest fall
and winter trade ever experienced III
Mexico.
THE LEDGER is glad to know that
Rev. j. II. Pritchett has been return
ell To Mexico as pastor OF the NJ. Il.
Church, South, of this city. DIR. Pritch-
EFT il one of the ablest preachers IN
the State. Rev. E. X. Miller's many
friends will be glad to know that he
has been made Presiding Elder OF the
Mexico District. Rev. b. ID. Sipple
has charge of the Mexico Circuit.
Hon. RICHARD p. BLAND, according
to his personal organ, the st. Louis
Post Dispatch, stated at a ''free silver
Jubilee" at Laclede Saturday that "the
time has passed when Democrats will
vote the Democratic ticket right or
wrong" Who is to be the Judge OF
what is "right and what is wrong"
the party in convention assembled
or the disappointed office seekers who
fail to secure the loaves andthe fishes?
II. j. WARDEN is advertising the re-
sources of Audrain county throughout
several states. He has prepared some
tirst-class printed matter showing the
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county, which he is having distributed
throughout several of the Eastern
States. There should he a large
amoun Of immigration to Missouri
This fall and Audrain county should
secure its share.
A CORRESPONDENT of the st. Louis
POST Dispatch says that Mr.. Fred
Blattner, of Mexico, Mo, shielded
sometime since and vas n among
the parties whom Sol. Hughlett, OF
Wellsville, owed. If there is no
truth i'll the statement that Hughlett
suicided than there is in the state
ment that Blattner suicided, "Sol."
would be alive to-day. Mr.. Fred
Blattner is in Mexico attending to his
business and is one of the iiyeliest
corpses the writer eVer saw.
THE audience at the Court House on
last Saturday had a rare treat in the
debate between Hall and Clark. Clark
is one of the ablest, if not the abiest
aiNlN ONilt VI AlSO ~ A.
His argument in favor of the ratio Ii
to 1 was clear, pointed and as logical
as IN argument can be made in favor
of that proposition. 1t was replete
with facts, showed care and research
in preparation and might be called
mastery. But it lacks n element
an essential element. 1t is not un-
~answerable nor impregnable, and when
Mr.. Hall came to that part of the de-
bate he completely overthrow it. 1t
can not be claimed that Halls adyan-
tage is due to his greater ability. 1t is
due to the fact that he is right and his
capacity as q debater stands him in
hand when meeting a false PROPOSE
ton. Mr.. Hall is the ablest man to-
day in Congress from this State. He
is q student of political economy and
has made the financial question a
special study since his election to Con-
gress. He has worsted Clark in every
debate. He completely routed Bland
at Huntsville and is the acknowledged
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silver coinage at a ratio of Is to in
Missouri, as 1t is admitted that Clark is
the ablest mar in Missouri politics to-
day who advocates the IL to l ratio.
Clark has always been consistent with
his present position and is always at
an advantage with a Missouri audi
n on account of his reputation as a
speaker and orator and from the well
known fact of his honesty and integri-
ty in any cause he espouses. His in
ability to answer Halls argument is
not want of ability or sincerity, but
the inability of human capacity to
answer an argument founded upon
the immutable laws of trade and com
merce, which are as simple, certain
and self-evident as the maxims of
mathematics. There is nothing of the
d~emagogue in either of these two men,
and while neither may be able to carry
the opposition to his way of thinking,
they will both have the respect and
confidence of their auditors and of the
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