Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-10-08
CAPT. ALLEN AT STURGEON.
Receives Splendid Ovation From 3
Large Audience.

by Capt. @. 7. Allen, OF Mexico, at
Sturgeon q few nights since, the Leader
says:
The speaker was greeted with APP
plause and after the usual compli-
ments paid the audience he waded
into his subject.
It was just eight O'Clock when he
began his address. At 10;S0 he said
he had spoken long enough although
he had not nearly finished.
The speaker 10 Kentuckian by
birth. He reminds the writer of Hon.
Henry Wattersop-the Kentucky edi-
tor, who in days gone by, was always
with the common people on questions
OF public interest but who in this
great campaign has gone over to Wall
street and the piutocrats of the east.
Capt. Allen Is graceful and force
full speaker and an orator Of no limit
cd ability.
He took his hearers back to the
days of Abraham and gave silver's
history from that early period down
to the stcrime of '73.n
His every step of truth was built as
strongly as the hardest stone and
when he had completed the last step
no builder could stand on the top and
see any defect In the material used or
the workmanship which gave 1t the
finish.
He read from history-the docu-
ments he carried with him.
He proved every assertion made.
He was logical and convincing.
He proved beyond a doubt that the
silver dollar was the basis by which
money was first coined In the United
States. 1t was patterned after the
old Spanish milled dollar.
| He told why Jefferson had stopped
for time the coinage of silver doll
lars.
He proved that silver was demone-
tized at a time when it was selling at
q premium in the markets Of the
world.
He said that IL the cause of free
silver went down this time that it
would not be q rear before there
would be an International Congress
called and that gold would be fixed as
the true standard Of money.
He told the truth when he said that
prior to 10 only three countries on
earth were under the gold standard
Europe, Portugal and Turkey.
He said that no country on earth
had prospered as India had under the
single silver standard.
He described the change in the ra.
tios and told why it became necessary
to do so.
He grew sarcastic and put the words
OF Webster, jefferson, Hamilton, Mon.
lroe, Calhoun and others against thos,
OF Nc. .Trimble and asked which weri
the most convincing.
/ He explained the bond system and
told how they were issued and fol
what purpose.
i He eulogized Bismarck and paid {
/ we'll deserved compliment to prosper
ous Germany.
i He told why England, being tht
creditor nation of the world, urged
the maintenance of the gold stand.
ard.
He skinned the gold bugs and gave
good and sufficient reasons for ths
skinning thereof.
He said the people would do Nc
Trimble just like the old Virgins
darkey did the turtle-leave him In
the middle of the road.
i He had to stop after he had reached
the '73 period because of the latenesl
of the hour.
i He was warmly congratulated and
1t is hoped the club will be able Il
have him speak here again, taking III
the subject where he left of.
| The chairman next introduced
Henry W. Marshall, q colored fret
silver 6I-ator. He is an uneducatet
negro but he. made some good points
He begged his >colored brothers Il
vote intelligently ard to lay asid'
this year party feeling.
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