Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09

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THE wide awake merchant and the
wide awake buyer get together by thC
means of the newspapers.
JUST az soon az our sidewalks ara
put in good condition and the houses
are numbered Mexico will have free
delivery.
So Banker Geo. Wilson, of Licking
ton, Mo-, is mad at Grover and wants
to take his spite out on Hardin College
girls. Poor Grover Poor Hardin
girlsl
THE Republicans who think that
Maryland and Kentucky are going to
vote for a Republican President would
better brace themselves for q terrible
disappointment.
THE Montgomery City STANDARD,
one of Missouri's most conservative
and substantial country papers, is
twenty-eight years old, May it live
long and prosper.
MEXICO can have free delivery
''when the houses are numbered and
the sidewalks fixed" The sidewalks
in Mexico are much better than in
most towns that have free delivery.
Az organization should be formed
to give Mexico a Fair again this year.
The Fair can DO made a success, but
the company should be formed now
SO as to secure good dates in the cir
cult.
THE sympathy in this country for
the Armenians is not backed up by
cash contributions to the extent some
people thought it would be, and no
date has yet been set for the departure
of the Red Cross relief expedition.
SENATOR ALLISON seems to occupy
nearly the same position that Garfield
did six months before the holding Of
the 1850 Republican convention; the
friends of all the other candidates re-
gard him rs an available compromise
man.
JOHNNY BULL is III danger of being
called to account by Germany and
France for working his usual grab
game in South Africa, Still there are
people foolish enough TO believe that
England really wants to quarrel with
US. Not on your life, she doesn't.
IT will be seen from the bank state
ments published in the Mexico Daily
LEDGER of Jan. 8, that there is now,
and always has been, from three to
ten times as much gold in the vaults
of the Mexico banks as silver. This,
in addition to the fact that the Next
co banks frequently ship out their
gold.
THE Republicans organized the SEN
ate. They are now in control of both
houses aAd are responsible for legis-
lation, bond bill and all. If they have
power to control for spoils they have
power to control for legislation, and
the country will properly hold them
responsible for all that is done and all
that is left undone.
THE Shelbina lMo.) Democrat is just.
entering upon its 2Sth year. The
Democrat is one of Missouri's most
steadfast and conservativeDemocrati
papers,. 1t stands firmly and fearless
ly for what it thinks is right and is
receiving a liberal patronage from
people who always appreciate a good
newspaper.
CANADIANS are quite as certain that
they can whip the United States as
the V~enezuelans are that they can
knock the stuffing out of Great Brit
ain, and with just about as much rea-
son. By-the-way, how would it dc to
let Venezuela and Canada fight it out,
while Uncle Sam and John Bull act as
judges?
WHEw! What a change. Those
who predicted that England would re-
gard the appointment of that Venezu-
elan Boundary Commission as a step
towards a declaration of war must
have been shocked to learn that the
English government proposes to aid
that commission i'll every possible way
in its work of trying to locate the
proper boundary.
G.. G.. WoNNEMAN approves OF the
LEDGER's plan to furnish employment
for tramps who come to Mexico. He
has been putting tramps to work ever
since he came to Mexico and finds it
a good plan. Those who are not
worthy wont work and he gets clear
of them. Those who are worthy will
work and he gets pay for what food
he furnishes them. He says he finds
a large number of them willing to
work.
1T Depends on the Ticket"
The Columbia Herald agrees with
the LEDGER and all other reputable
Democratic papers that much depends
on the kind of men placed on the
Democratic ticket in Missouri during
1896. The Herald COOS even further
than the LEDGER when it says:
The Democrats can win in Missouri
this year if-they- nominate the right
kind OF candidates. They VIII be
knocked to kingdom come if they