Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-12
NoMINATES BRYAN FOR 1900.
The Peerless Free Silver Leader the
Man Who Can Garry the Party to
Victory-The Campaign Only
Just Begun.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
VANDALIA, Mo-, November 10, 1896.
Dear Sir: Since the smoke of the
greatest political battle in the history
of the nation has passed away, and
we see the result, we feel Inundated,
but not defeated. We can look back
with pride at the part we played in
behalf of the rights and liberties of
the people; not as to the rights and
liberties of Democrats alone, but the
rights of all our people. To the Re-
publicans who had the moral cour-
age and dared to do right, and
cast their votes with us, we should
always remember as friends in time
of need; and, on the other hand, we
should forever detest the traitors who
call themselves Democrats, who
sought to deliver us into the enemy's
ranks. We have made a great fight.
We have fought an unseen enemy,
intrenched behind the national bank
vaults, interruptions in their methods.
For years they have been planning to
force men to support their infamous
cause by rendering their conditions
such as to make them easy victims
for their slush fund. Now they have
promised great prosperity and If they
fail their followers will feel the effect
of it as soon as we will. But we must
look at the condition of affairs as they
are now. They have been squeezing
the people financially for years; fac
tories have been closed, and all stocks
have run down. Now, to make a
faint show at prosperity they will
blow their whistles and put men to
work in order to boom their victory.
But in this they must fail and their
bubble must burst, as the people are
too poor to buy their goods. They
have deceived the people by the de-
lusive promise of bimetallism through
international agreement when We
know that they would not accept
such a thing if it was offered to-mor-
row, as that would upset all their
schemes to rob the Government by
raiding the Treasury, as they will
necessarily have to issue bonds or
return to the high tariff system, the
weight of which would fall on an al
ready impoverished people, and would
soon revolt at it. The greed of the
manufacturers is such that they
would make the tariff SO high that it
will prohibit imports, and again they
will raid the Treasury. So any way
you may look at it we r sure of a
landslide in 1900. 1t is plain to see
that we can have no permanent pros
perity in this country until silver
is restored, for which we will
forever fight. We must have money
that will circulate among the people,
and, at the same time, run gold out of
its hiding places and force it into
legitimate business. AS it is, the gold
had just as well be in the bottom of
the sea for the good it does in the
| 1CkltiAl4dDO oao1hOoS vi thO
Further, we must have sufficient
money to do the business of the coun-
try without having to depend upon
the national banks, for at a word
from their chief they can, and as has
been proven, paralyze business when
ever they see a chance to make a raid
on the government. Any sane man
can see that a few more years of such
infamous legislation as we have had
for the last twenty five years thai
the whole country will pass into the
hands of a few men and the people
will be reduced to slavery and want
Now in conclusion let me say that
against such odds We have gained Q
victory, for the voice of the
people has been heard in thun'
dering tones. Grand old Missouri
stands as a beacon light to all the
south and west. With such leaders az
Stone, Bland, Cockrell, Vest ant
Clark and the invincible Stephens
who was the target for all the traitors
of our old party, she came out o
the campaign with an overwhelming
majority, which will show them tina
Missouri il forever ours. Now, al
men who appreciate good govern
ment and honest work should unite
in praises of the managers of on
, State campaign. Keep up our clul
organizations and never let up unit
we hurl from power the men who, il
their greed, seek to enslave the peo
| pie. / now nominate VIM. J. Bryal
for President of the United States TO
, the year 1900. Yours respectfully,
II 8. E. KENDALL.