Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-08
The Conspiracy Against BIand.

II ii had not been for R. P Bland,
Missouri would have been Republican
by 90, 900 long ago.
When the national banks Of ST.
Louis, Kansas City and ST. Joseph ar
ranged with certain traitors in The
Missouri Congressional delegatien 10
turn ever the State to the Cleveland
gold monometallists, il was Mr. Bland
who defeated the conspiracy. His
Parting Of the Ways speech made
the Chicago platform noi only possible
but inevitable. He saved the Demo
cratic party from complete annihila-
tion- Had he not stood up boldly for
Democracy, Cleveland and Carlisle
would have captured the party organ
ization. and in the fight Of 1896 would
have lost almost if moi quite every
State in the Union.
Mr.. Bland is one Of the best and
geDtlest men in public life. He can
not bear to speak harshly OF any one.
The enemies he made in Missouri in
the fight against Cleveland and Car
Isle ought 10 have been driven from
the party, but as q result Of of his
merciful goodness they are still in it,
and they are once more acting as the
agents Of the same National Banking
combination against him. They are
calling him 1.-The great apostle Of Mis-
souri, Democracy" in public, while in
secret they are trying to get close
enough TO him to stab him in the back.
They would better revise their pro-
gram. They cannot carry it out II
they go q step farther, no appeal they
can make for party harmony viii
prevent them from being drawn out
from behind their traitorous false
lenses and kicked out Of Missouri pol
itics.
Bland is worth more to Missouri
Democracy than the entire gang OF
machine POLITICIANS. The Kerens-
Phelps combination is working with
The Bond ring and the Sugar ring to
defeat him, and they are being helped
by traitors inside the Democratic
party.
If the conspiracy succeeds free coin
age fails, and, with free coinage,
every other reform TO which Denoc-
racy is committed against Plutocracy.
1t must not be allowed to succeed. The
Democrats of Mr.. BANDS district must
organize as they have never organized
before. Every honest friend of free
coinage; every honest foe of Plutoc-
racy in every party, ought 20 rally on
Bland. The men who have conspired
to humiliate him ought to be kept of
the platform in his district. The is
sues he represents as no other man
has represented them, ought to be
forced to the front and kept there
We earnestly hope that Missouri
Democrats viii not allow the defeat of
the one man on whom Democratic sue
cess in the Presidential election Of 1900
depends. He cannot be defeated ex-
cept by fraud and treachery. But ii
is with frand-with fraud in its worst
form OF treach ery-that We now have
to deal in Missouri.
We must not allow Democracy to be
sold out to its enemies. At any cost.
Bland must be reelected with an in
creased majority. II his enemies and
the enemies of the Chicago platform
are allowed TO prevail against him,
Missouri will go Republican in 1900,
and there will not be enough Demo
cratic States left to ask for a roll call.
That, and nothing less than that,
viii be the sure result Of retiring the
free coinage Issue By retiring Bland or
cutting down his majority MsSsissip- |
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