Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-10-13
CHAMP A SPEAKS.
The Eloquent Congressman Draws .
Large Crowd to the Court House
Saturday Night-Extracts
From His Speech.

ASAA A4Ao SFSSSA
The largest crowd which has listen
ed to q speaker in Mexico for some
time assembled at the Court House
Saturday evening to hear Hon. Champ
CLARK speak. MIR. Clark's address was
mastery and polished and was splen-
didly received and heartily compli-
mented throughout. After being in
PRODUCED by Mr.. F. R. Jesse, Mr..
CLARK said, in part:
am here to abuse no man for his
political opinions. Such performance
would be preposterous. I wish that all
men would vote the Democratic ticket.
I think it would be to their interest,
but II some fail to do so I have no
quarrel with them, for freedom Of
thought, freedom of speech and free
dom of press are among the most
precious of u possessions, and Dem
ocrats made them 30.
There lie but one safe and honest
rule of political conduct and that is,
after you have Won the election to
religiously fulfill the promises made
before the election in order to carry
1t.
The public mind of America lie rig
ged up on such q plan that it cannot
Dr. will not consider but one great
question seriously at one time.
There 10 q rule 1900 years old,
"Judge a tree by its fruit" As indi-
viduals we must be judged by it.
Political parties must be judged by it
whether they wish to or not.
The last manifestation Of Rspubii-
canism on this cont II is the record
of the Fifty-ffth Coi Nse. 1t formed
three measures of interest to every
man, woman and child in the republic
the Dingley tariff bill, the resolutions
leading to the Spanish war and the
so-called war revenue bill of 1898.
The resolutions leading up to the
Spanish war were non-political, all
Congressman voting for them but six
three Democrats and three Republic
cans, all six of whom lived in Atlantic
seaboard towns and who wegeharbor-
ing a fear, which turned out to be
that their cities would be
shelled by the Spaniards.
The Dingley bill and the so-calIed
revenue measure were strictly
Republican measures and by them
the party must be judged.
The Dingley tariff bill lsvies an
average tariff tax of 81 per cent on
1000 articles for every day consump-
ton and fails by eight millions q
month to raise revenue enough to run
the government in a time of peace. It
is q monstrous measure.
Democrats freely admit their part
of the responsibility in getting up the
war, but there are, thank God, things
in connection with it for which they
are not responsible. Democrats are
not responsible for our soldiers being
starved to death and for their dying
for lack of medicine. In the morning
of the resurrection no soldier can
shake his gay locks at Democratic
Congressman and say they caused him
to die for lack of medicine.
Republicans preferred interest bear
ing bonds. We preferred to coin s42,-
600, 900 of silver ~seniorage and to give
the government $3.50, 000, 900 green
backs-full legal tender for all debts,
public and private-and an income
tax which would have raised 800 ,000,-
600 per annum. An income tax is a
tax on what a man hasa tariff is q
tax on what he consumes.
Why western Republicans advocate
an interest bearing debt in preference
to a non-interest bearing debt is a
thing which, like the peace of God,
passeth all understanding.
Republicans boast of a surplus. How
did they get it? By the simple and
easy process of borrowing money and
mortgaging the country to pay 1t.
That is surely a curious performance
to brag about. If q man owns a farm
worth $40, 900 and borrows 5000 upon
it he may have a surplus, but Is he any
better Off That's the question.
The supreme issue Is bimetallism.
If Bryan is dead, ID they say he Is,
they ought to let him rest in peace.
Nobody but ody-snatchers and
hyenas disturb the repose of the dead
Why do the people love Bryan3 Be-
cause he stands for q principle which
they will never relinquish until they
have 1t enacted into law and until they
land Bryanin the White House, where
he ought to be.