The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-09-10
wealth enough IA the east: we want some OF Il
scattered around in the west.

wealth enough IA the east: we want some OF IL
scattered around in tlIerw west.
LEWIS SHOULD KNOW BETTER
Mr.. Lewis says the government .is not DIS
eliminating against silver" AS he was mak-
ing free silver speeches a few years ago he
ought to know better Our government coins
all gold presented at its mint, but silver.
Our big banks in partnership with Uncle Sam
but don't promise to pay your deposits in gold.
BY courtesy or consent they may agree TO
DO 1t only Oh. no! there is no '.discrimina-
tion against silver
1 believe. yea, know, that we are on the
side OF right, justice and humsnty. I believe
that God is with US, and that all powers on
earth and in hell combined could NOS rob US of
our victory. we remain true and loyal, eS-
sfessive and determined to the end.
FsiloW democrats. come before you to-day
the hearet OF glad tidings. During the last
few months I havs travelled extensively over
our state. have received letters from every
| voting precinct in the state, and cu satisfied
| from what have seen, know and heard, not
| withs,anding the rump bo,tng convention Of
| Mr. Lehman of Iowa. in St. Louis last Mon
day. that " Zach and everyone of will continue
to do your duty until the evening OF November
8, next. every man on our ticket will bs elected
by at least forty thousand majority; our legis-
| lature will be largely democratic, and We will
| pass I. ON under the dark shadow which fell
| upon our fair democratic land two years ago.
out into the bright sunlight Of q long, happy
day.
In my Judgment. fellow-ctizens. there is no
reason for any change in the management OF
| Affairs In Missouri: for just few moments
| let me dwell ON matters of great interest to
| every one OF yor, regarding our state govern
| ment.
| For twenty-five years the democratic party
has controlled the government of the state.
| do not say that no mistakes have been made.
/ no errers committed. in this quarter Of GEN.
| tury Te say that would be to claim perfection
| in human government. But do say. and stand
l.-s -fx-s
years no state government In this country has
been more wisely, justly, economically or
! honestly administered than that OF Mis-
| sotri. In what state has the law been
preserved! Taks tho Inst three or four
years, which arc still fresh in your
| memory, for example DurinE that time Penn
! sylvania, West Virginia. Tennessee, Alabama.
Indiana, Illinois. Iowa. Kansas. Nebraska and
other states have been shaken from center 20
| circumference by riots, amounting almost to
instructions. These states have been con-
verted into great military camps, and men.and
women. too, have been shot down by state
militia and federal soldiery. But in Missouri
not an armed trooper has been called into serv-
| ice or put into the field. There has been no
need for us to resort to measures so extreme,
so harsh or so unamercan. The public peace
has b1In preserved in this state by The strong
arm Of the civil authority alone. Which do
| you like best? Which is the most honorable by
comparisenf Certainly crimes have been COM
mitted, but, as rule, they have been swiftly
punished. The record Missouri has made as q
law-abtding and law-enforcihe state shines
splendidly in comparison with the records Of
other states
Again, when the democratic party came into
power in 1872 we found the state burdened by
| q public bonded debt OF s21, 5000. bearing in
terest ut the rate OF and per cent,
which came to heritage OF re-
publican miSrule, and the taxes Of the
state amounted to 45 cents on the 500
20 a1,.,N t. 4
| the end Of the present year the bonded debt Of
the state will amount to only $5,0S6.0OO. all
bearing interest at the rate of 3M per cent,
and the tax rate is only % cents on the 500 OF
valuation. Since l have been at the head OF
the state treasury s4.4as.0o0 of bonds have been
PAID OH and retired And how has the credit
of the state fared? When the demo ratio party
was restored to power our 6-per-cent. bonds
were selling at less than par. Now our So
percent bonds are worth a premium in any
market in the world. II we desire to refund
our debt, could to-day easily place our bonds
bearing only per cent, at par; but we do not
want to refund them. If you elect me gov
ernor, and 1 believe you will, / win have
every bond paid of and burnt ut the end Of my
administration and will have your taxes re-
duced to at least Is cents on the S10o be-
lieve in paying debts. not incr aSing or per-
petuating them. 1 ain auti-Cleveiand on this
subject, well some others. Again, we
have built up the most magnificent school syS-
tenn in America, supported by the largest cash
these years we have made the university, prac-
tcaly constructed three normal schools, built
the deaf and dumb schools. built two asylumS
and renodeiei q third; built q reform school for
boys and another for girls trebled the capaci-
ty OF the penitentiary, added two wings to the
capitol, constructed a supreme court building,
and other public buildings besides, thereby
meeting, in q large measure these great public
needs OF the state, and all this without ipcreas-
ing the taxes OF the people. but on The con-
trary, gradually and constantly reducing them.
But why prolong these details? You IA
millar with this history.
wEIL-GovERNED STATE.
/ say without fear CT sincere or successful
contradiction that Missouri is one OF the eest-
governed states in the Union More than that;
no state in the Union has outstripped missouri
in the march OF substantial development and
permanent progress. Upon all these state
mentS am ready to stand and defy assault;
what have said is absolutely true and much
more could be said with equal truth state |
nothing am not prepared TO prove by data abb |
solutely incontrovertibie. WHY then. should |
the people of this state take the government
Of the state from the hands OF the democratic |
party? Let them go back beyond 1872, and re- |
call the history OF republican misrule, and say |
il they can afford to experiment Let them say |
il they can afford to discharge those who have |
performed their duties faithfully and we'll. and |
substitute those who in former days abused |
their power and prostituted their opporfuni- |
ties to base and selfish ends, to the detriment |
Remember. many of the men who controlled |
the state in the old days of republican ascend |
ancy are still the leaders OF the republican
party IN Missouri. We had q touch OF repub- |
lican sm last car, when Russell's republican
house of representatives was absolutely domi- |
mated by Boss Finley from his mosque in St |
Louis: and Bradley's performance in Kentucky |
in calling out the militia to overawe the legis- |
lature of the state, is another example of re- |
publican methods in the administration Of |
state affairs.
No, my fellow-citizens, whatever yen may !
think OF national affairs. 1 am sure IL you act |
with that discretion ana Judgment. and with |
that regard for your own interest which usual |
ly characterizes the conduct Of sensible men, !
you will not permit your state to pass out OF 1
the hands of those who have managed it wise |
ly and well, into the hands OF those who |
plundered, oppressed and almost wrecked it. |
Let Missourians stand up for Missouri: let |
those who have made the state what it is up
hold it. maintain its credit, preserve its in |
tegrity and defend fits honor.
In conclusion I will say. il God spares my |
life 1 will help carry the banner you have |
placed in my hands to victory. but viii not |
promise you that will make the best governor |
the state has ever had. but will promise you /
that will do the best can and will let the fu- |
ture historian write the story.
Ifhe says that just. fair and patient, |
that was without prejudice, but that had q |
heart that always beat in sympathy for the |