Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

any communication with either of
them, directly or indirectly, upon or
about any political subject whatever.
I did not stop over at Saratoga; I
never had the remotest idea of stop
ping at Saratoga. / went directly to
New York and while there I was told
that one of ths three gentlemen named
was In the Adirondacks and that the
other two were at different places on
the seashore. Neither of them, there
fore, was at Saratogs during my
sojourn in the state of New York. I
reached New York Friday night and
remained there until Sunday morning,
when / went to Manhattan to nee
some St. Louis friends who are
stopping there and had invited me to
visit them. After . day at the beach
I returned to my New York hotel, .
ride of 40 minutes, and left there on
Tuesday for Providence, Rhode Island.
After q day at Providence I came hare.
My trip to New York and Providence
was purely . business trip. My "trip
to Montreal was to meet my wife and
with her to enjoy . few days Of outing
and recreation in this northern lati-
tude. aIs sl-s.rrt, 81, s.ss,
/ make this statement in detail,
because the truth need only to be
stated to put an end to this malicious
romance printed in the Globe Demo-
crat under sensational headlines.
/ will add, however, that while I
have never seen or communicated
with any of the three New Workers
above mentioned, know of nc reason
why I should not see and confer with
any or all of them IL I should have
occasion to do 70. II ever at any
time I want to o them, or anY of
them, or anybody else, I win see them
and will not care who may know II.
My only political wish 10 to help the
Democratic party, and il In promoting
that end I fnd 1t necessary to confer
with any man I will see him. If ever
the time shall come when I cannot
confer with any Democrat about party
affairs without subjecting myself to
the suspicion of conspiring to betray
my party, then my capacity for party
usefulness Is at an end. My devotion
to the cause of bimetaIliam, of tree
coinage, needs no defense. Without
r,&l-- 49, So. snk~ o4ns@@k hI~N~u~
will say that within three days inter
President Cleveland issued his call for
. special session Of Congress in 1898,
to repeal the Sherman Law, / declared
in q public speech at Washington
Park, Kansas City, that ! would OPP
pose him, and I appealed to the
Democracy Of Missouri and the coun-
try to break away from Cleveland and
stand by the principles Of the party.
Mine was the first uttersnce OF that
kind given by any public man in the
country. Then followed the fight be-
tween the people and the sdministra-
ton.
From that day mp to the Pertle
Springs Convention the people Of Mis-
souri, know I was always In the chick
Of the fight. After the Pertle Springs
Convention I went into other states,
helping our friends all the way from
Washington City to Utah to oresnize
our forces, and kept Il up until the
fight eliminated In the Chicago Con
vention. Iheiped to write the plat
form which was adopted ut Fertile
Springs, / wrote the address issu,sd by
the Washington conference, and had
as much ~ any man to do with the
preparation OF the financial plank Of
the Chicago platform. After the Chi
cage Convention I spoke all over .
half dozen states in its advocacy; and
since the election Of 1895 I have SPOKEN
for II time and again on the stump, In
newspaper interviews and In masaxins
articles; and, finally, I wrote the
financial plank Of the platform recent
~ adopted by thu O~onventien 1t
Springfield. u5 ais,a8 s5us3't esa
I oare nothing abont what q, 70.
publican Newspaper may cay; but 70
the one or two so-cslled Democratio
journals OF Missouri and The one or