Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01
BRYAN THE MAN.
CHAMP CLARK SAYS BRYAN Is
THE MAN THE PEOPLE
WANTFOR PRESIDENT.
Declares the Money Issue is Still the
Question of the Day-Ambitious
Politicians Cannot Sidetrack
Silver - Scores Some
Democrats.

"nAALcADI, AuOs, Io6s Sis A ScAy
large crowd attended a picnic here
to-day. ]. e. Mulkey, of st. Louis,
spoke for the A. o. U. W. Political
speeches were made by Hon. Camb-
land Reynolds, Champ CLARK and
others.
This was Mr.. Clark's opening speech
for the Democracy In this district. He
began by congratulating the people
on the fact that this district, once
famous throughout the land as the
"bloody Ninth, ,''had changed its name
to the "peaceful NINTH" and declared
that he opened his campaign here out
of gratitude to the Democrats of Lin
coin county for the magnificent figh,
they made for the Democratic ticket
including himself, in the campaign Of
1895. He devoted few minutes tc
the Dingley Bill and its deficiency;
then asserted that, while the tariff
was an important issue and would be
until it is settled right, nevertheless
the financial issue was the paramount
question in the minds of the Amer.
ican people.
GAN attempts by pretended friends
to sidetrack it," he said, twill fail
as they deserve to fail. Certain am.
bilious politicians will find to theil
sorrow that the people and not the
politicians make issues. 1t has beer
obscured but not killed by the Span.
ish war-as Is demonstrated by the
fact that the Democrats of state aftel
state-from Vermont to Texas-al
they meet in convention reaffirm theil
allegiance to the Chicago platform
The men who are conspiring tt
change the issue and the candidate
are playing with fire, for William
Bryan is as dear to the hearts OF the
people as he was in 1896. Abraham
Lincoln once made the sage remark
that "it is dangerous to swap horses
in the middle of the stream" The
people know what they want and they
usually find way to get it, despite
the manipulations of time-servants
wire-pullers and self seeking dema'
gogues. They want bimetallism, they
intend to have it and they propose
to once more put Bryan at the head O
the column and place him in thu
White House, where he belongs"
Turning from the financial ques'
tion, Mr.. CLARK took up the question
of the Spanish war and showed
that while the Republicans were plum
ing themselves on their action touch
ing the war, as matter of-fact they
were driven into it by the people an(
by the Democrats in Congress. FL,
gave step by step the history of tn,
actions leading up to it; praised tn,
Democrats for their enthusiastic
patriotism and denounced as an un
qualified lie Gen. Grosvenor's state
mert that the Democrats in Congress
voted against the war appropriation
bills.
Mr.. CLARK then took up the wa
revenue bill and by the facts and fig
ures concerning the war, demonstrat
ed that there was no necessity TO
issuing interest-bearing bonds an,
that the substitutes offered by tn,
Democrats - while not costing tn,
people cent in interest-would hav'
raised money enough to have carried
on two such wars.
DR.. P1erce's Pleasant Pellets ar,
tiny, sugar-coated granules. The.
give to nature just the little help sh'
needs. They are as gentle as the!
are efficient, and will perfectly cur
the worst cases of constipation. Their
is nothing in the world like them, 8,
there can be nothing "just as good.
The druggist who tries to sell yol
something else has his own interes
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