The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-03
WILLIAM s. COWHERD.

= must peal In mind hat it is ever NOR
, important tina William S. Cowhert
r should be elected to congress than ii
that Bryan should carry this district
Bryan will get the electoral vote o
Missouri even if every democrat IN thi
district should vote the republican
ticket. But fusion between the demo
Gratis and populists guarantees to thu
national ticket a larger majority thar
has ever been polled in the tws
counties.
Should Bryan be elected president
which event is going to transpire, and
a congress is elected that is not in SYM
patty with him we will be in the same
sad predIeament in which the legisla-
tive and executive departments of our
national government are today, and
the efforts of the people in the interest
of the people will be fruitless of great
and permanent results. The president
cannot enact q silver law alone. He
must look t o congress for legislation.
With an nnfriendly legislative body
President Bryan will be pOwerless.
True he can stop the sale of bonds and
redeem treasury notes in silver, but the
| result most desired is the enactment of
a free silver bill.
When the roll is called in the house
| of representatives on the Bland bill for
the free and unlimited coinage of both
| gold and silver and the ratio of 16 to l,
the Fifth Missouri district should vote
s'aye." The majority of the voters of
this district favor the enactment of
such a bill and the people of the nation
have a right to expect the election of a
congressman who will so represent
the district.
There is a great principle at stake in.
this campaign. The Issue affects the
national independence of 10000, 900
people, and is second alone in impor-
lance to that which from '61 to '65
bathed the country in blood and tears.
In a perilous time like this every
American citizen is expected to do his
duty. This is no time to parley about
party autonomy. Men must place their
country above party, their patriotism
above party prejudice and their liber-
ties above Mark Hanna's campaign
fund.
The battle for the honest constitu-
tional money and constitutional free
dom must be won at the polls in No
Vember or it may never be won. If we
are defeated this time, future success is
imperiled. The rallying call must be
ssunion," the slogan s.American finan-
cial independence"
1t is of no great moment what you
call the standard bearer, so the flag is
the right one and the bearer of it hon.
est, fearless and faithful. Partisanism
be submerged into patriotic prin-
and the free silver forces must
under the same banner this year.
The democrats of this district, nearly
thousand strong, have offered
to the voters a candidate for congress
of whom his enemies will say, he is
fearless and true to every trust
Of whom his enemies will say, his char
acter, public and private, is above
reproach, that upon the escutcheon of
his public career there is not a single
blot. His enemies will admit his
eloquence and matchless ability.
William Strother Cowherd no
nan can say aught. In offering him as
is candidate the democratic party but
needed the behests of the people. He
las not been the politicians tool, nor
vas he any rings candidate. He was
he choice of the people and was nomi-
Iated by them because they knew of
lis sterling worth and eminent fitness
or the position. That every heart
eat of this young leader is in sympa-
by with the people no one will deny.
that he will champion the peoples
ause there Is no doubt that he will be
powerful lieutenant to President
,lyan is not questioned; that he is in
arrest in this great battle every silver
nan believes. Indeed fortunate are the {
of this district that they have
UGH a peerless candidate for their
uffrage. He should receive every free !
vote in this district regardless of !
'arty.
The silver men should taxe nothing
Or granted this time. A united effort
4 the honest money advocates will give
the largest majority ever
oiled in the district.
Shall he have itP
Let the VOTERS anewer