Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-11-03
TIE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
They Issue An Address Directed to
Missouri Voters Who Agree With
Them Declare Their Purpose.

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From the st. Louis Republic
The Executive Com nittee of the
National Democratic party of Missouri
met at the Office Of Major Edward
Cunningham in the Rialto building
yesterday. Il was decided that the
committee issue an address to the
voters OF the State. The committee
appointed by the chair to draft the
address consisted of George Robert
son, OF Mexico; F. N Jndson, Oonde
B. Pallen, Edward Cunningham, Jr.,
of St. Louie, and q. Pittman Smith, OF
Montgomery City. Among those
present, In addition to the Executive
Committee, were Frederick W. Leh-
mann, Ex-Governor D. r. Francis, e.
F. Walker, W. B. Matson, OF Louis
lana; Henry T. Kent, ex-Congress
man Richard n. Norton, OF Troy; L.
R. Wiley, Rolia Wells, Joseph L.
Hornby, Edward Cunningham, /. q.
Lionberger, g. Pittman Smith, OF
Montgomery City, end George Rob-
ertson, of Mexico. Letters were read
from J. Mod. Trmble, Of Kansas City /;
George Ramsay, Of Jefferson City;
Alex Waller, Of Moberiy; Alex Hnd-
son, of Macon; A. e. Asbury, of HIg-
ginsvilie, and many other prominent
Democrats from all over the State.
Tho committee appointed to draft res
olutions reported the following ad-
dress, which was unanimously adopt
ed:
To the National Democrats OF Mis-
souri,: A meeting of the Executive
Committee OF the State Committee of
the National Democrats Of Missouri
was held this day in the City OF St.
Louis, and in connection Herewith .
number Of sound money Democrats
were assembled from different parts
Of the State. Advices received from
all parts Of Missouri show that there
is not the slightest abatement OF op-
position among sound money Demo.
Gratis to the Chicago platform of 1896.
At the coming election In this state
We are confronted with the same issue,
the free coinage Of silver, which In
1895 divided and demoraiized the
Democratic party and overwhelmed 1t
with disaster In the National election
under an adverse popular majority
of nearly Q million votes. The plat
form adopted at the Springfield con-
vention by the Democratic organiza-
ton of this state, which has the SEM
blance of regularity, reaffirms the
Chicago platform and makes the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
the foremost issue OF the time,
and the election of the party
candidates is now asked on
the distinct ground that the same issue
may be forced to the front again In
1900. Thus the question OF the money
standard is to be reagitated, with the
continued demoraiizatfun OF the
Democratic party and the consequent
poI6A A6eAoA Va CkSo4s ohu 0uVC1 HHAoos
The reagitation of this issue in this
state was not of our seeking. We
had hoped that the verdict rendered
by the people in 1895, after full dis
cussion, upon free and unlimited sill
yer coinage would be accepted as
inal, and that the necessity Of recog-
nizing the finality of that decision
would be acquiesced in. In the very
nature Of things there must be q final
determination Of such an issue. The
agitation and the resulting
uncertainty as to our money standard
threaten public and private credit, ,and
constitute distinct menace to the
prosperity Of the people.
All candid men must agree that no
Industrial people can hope for pros
perity, public or private, when the
basis of credit and enterprise is de-
pendent upon the result Of each re-
curing election.
Two years have elapsed since the
people rejected the Chicago platform.
Its advocates asserted In that campaign
that there could be no prosperity Of
the people till free silver was adopted,
and that disaster would follow the
continuance Of the gold standard. No
one of their predictions has been full
filled. On the contrary, conditions
since the election of 1895 prove be-
yond question that they were false
prophets. Business confidence has been
the products of our farms
and mines have risen in value; labor
has found increased employment, and
our exports have expanded beyond
all precedent In our history. Pros
perity revived when the menace to
the standard Of value was removed.
Shall we check this advancing pros
perity by Regulating this disturbing
question and thus renew the peril
which was then escapedf :,
On November 8 the people cf Mis-