Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-27
Rattling Talk By Champ Clark
SPARKLING SPEECH ON THE PO.
LITICAL sITUATI0N-sP0KE
FOR LLOYD AT BEVIER.
Mr.. McKinley's Mythical Prosperity
Touched Up and the Whole Repub-
lican Outfit Punctured.

MACON, Mo-, May 22.-Congressman
Champ Clark and Edgar M. Richmond
of Macon, addressed $4,000 or is, 200
people at Bevier, this county, last
night, in the interest of James T.
Lloyd, the Democratic nominee for
Congress. The crowd was made up
of intelligent coal miners and business
men divided between Democrats and
Republicans and Populists. The audi
ence was intensely interested in both
speeches and frequently applauded
them. There were number of ladies
present.
David Andrews, Bevier's Demo-
cratic Committeeman presided and in
troduced the speakers. Music was fur
nished by the Bevier band. Champ
Clark spoke first and for one hour and
thirty minutes. Mr.. Clark said he had
no abuse to make against anybody's
politics or opinions. There was no
law to prevent any voter from making
d
Republicans would not do TO tie to.
The Republican party was wrong on
every proposition. The Republicans
represent the money classes, the
Democrats represent the people. The
Republicans promises have proved a
gorgeous, monstrous falsehood. He
asked if the Republicans had fulfilled
their promises, and many cries of "No,
no, no." came from the enthusiastic
audience.
Mr.. Clark said the Mckinley pros
perity was myth, a jack o'lantern,
a will o. the wisp, and like finding the
end of a rainbow. While the Repub-
Iicans wanted to appropriate money
to help suffering Americans in Cuba
they were too cowardly to give the
Cubans belligerent rights. He said
Mckinley was elected to legalize and
continue the gold standard, but had
taken up higher tariff instead. The
international agreement cannot be
accomplished. 1t is taken up to fool
the people and intended to help re-
elect Mark Hanna and carry otner
elections this fall. The monetary
commission will not consult the peo-
| pie, but will see the plutocrats. 1t
was the Republicans duty to cut loose
and vote with the Democrats.
He was glad the gold bug Democrats
were disappointed in Mckinley. They
might have known the Ethiopian
never changed the color OF his skin or
the leopard his spots. Referring to
the Dingley bill, the speaker said God
Almighty intended for him to buy nice
things for his wife and babies, but
never intended to force him to buy
things for other peoples wives and
babies. He said the people under the
Dingley bill were permitted to grease
big fat hog-the Sugar Trust-and
it had to be creased, because this and
other trusts furnished Hanna the stuff
to elect Mckinley.
| He showed up the enormous duties
to be added on wooden and other
goods. He scored the Dingley bill and
proved how it would rob the common
people. He ridicuIed the bill regard
ing the tariff proposed on foreign
milk, eggs and cabbage, and told Jerry
Simpsons story about the cabbage
headed people who voted against
| Bryan.
Mr.. Clark said there was no item on
the free list in the Dinghy ht,, ,be .
people had any use for s1 1I o.. .ne
lie lloans a,s;1 had pronsSld ad higher wages and
NO errxsygss, but the Bevier coal miners
fhad not received higher wages. Be-
sides there were strikes..a and reductions
| in wages in other sections of the coun-
| try.
Mr.. Clark said Uncle Sam, the Gov
ernment, was busted, and the Repub-
licans busted him. The Republicans
had intended to takei the peoples
property and give it to the aristocrats
and millionaires. He enumerated the
millionaires among McKinley's cabi-
net and foreign ministers. The Gov
ernment, under present conditions,
was drifting into a government by
and for the plutocrats. In 1900 man
would be elected for whom no one
would have to pay his debts.
The First District Republicans did
not dare to make an open canvass and
stand the punching.
The Republicans wanted less money
and more taxes. The Democrats
wanted the reverse.
Mr.. Clark then discussed the silver
question in his characteristic way. If q
silver flood came the Republicans and
gold bug Democrats would be out first
with dish pans to get it. The people
with mortgages and patches should
not vote the Republican ticket and
make the conditions worse. Mr..
Clark advised the Populists to con-
tinue the work with the Democrats
for silver and vote fer Lloyd. The
only question was, were the Demo-
Gratis and Populists right last year?
There was no doubt about Lloyd'f
election, but he wanted the majority
increased, for the people to see that
Missouri, Bland's home, was more
solid than ever for human freedom ant
to show the country the silver forces
had lost no soldiers since November
He said the history Of the defeats oi
Jefferson and Jackson in their frs
races for President would be repeated
in 1900 by the election of Bryan.
"If you want more money and lesI
taxes vote for Lloyd. If you wan
more taxes and less money then vott
for Charles N. CLARK, the Republican
nominee, and may the Lord have
mercy on your fool souls"
/ SILVER DICK.