The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-29
COW SroyE SPEECH.

Yesterday afternoon the opera house
was well filled long before the time
announced for Gov. stones speech
Everybody scanned anxious TO hear him.
The audience was composed of as intel
ueent men rs can be found in Lafayette
county. There was a small sprinkle OF
ladies. The Lexington Marine band
PLAYED several Of its best selections.
Mr.. John \. blackwell made a short
speech in regard to the necessity OF
keeping up the organization NJ The
party. lie said that there is put one
excuse for refusing 10 vote 70 the party
nominee, and that reason a, when
fraud is clearly proven. IL there IS no
fraud a man must vote for the nominee
after he has helped nominate the ticket
Mt. Blackwell got warmed up and made
a very pretty and vigorous democratic
speech, and introduced Ex-Goy. Stone.
Gov. Stone said he had heard Of u few
persons who were candidates in other
counties, who failed to get the nominal
ton. one of whom, a candidate for
county clerk. had made a deal with
the republican candidate, whereby he
was to be deputy, provided the republic
can should be elected. After twelve
years of political emoluments he bolted
his party. OF course nothing Of this
kind can occur in Lafayette county.
Somebody in the audience answered:
Yes, we have one.n
Gov. Stone then took up the question
of the recent war, and said there are no
political questions between the two
parties in this country in regard to the
late war. Republicans claim that the
president must be upheld. But l tell
YOU Mr.. Cockrell will uphold the presi-
dent in everything that is right Spain
had begun a war against Cuba, and 1t
was as much a war with the torch as
with the sword. Americans were i'm
prisoned. and at last our ship was sunk
and 30 lives destroyed. Public senti-
ment demanded war. The postmaster
general resigned in disgust because the
president showed signs OF yielding.
Reed was opposed to war. But demo-
Gratis, pOpulists and silver republicans
Heard the cry from the Antilles aud de-
maAded that war be declared. We did
as much fighting as they did. He men
toned Dewey, Schley, HobsOn and Joe
Wheeler as fighting democrats. Shat
ter and sampson are republicans.
could never see the Use Of the protocol
and the peace commission. All we have
10 40 is to take what We want. spain
has not even enough ships to carry hei
soldiers home.
He took up the money question. Re
pubicans say it is dead, but 1t is neithel
dead nor sleeping. II will never die I'll
the mints Of the country are open to fre'
coinage. | believe a great conspiracy
was organized about twenty-five year'
ago. 1t has grown until II has reache'
the climax in the effort now being mad'
} TO make gold the only money. Ma
tiouzl banks may increase their circula
: ton and decrease their securities. Th'
bill cOntemplates the destruction o
4, standard silver dollars. II this Gag
bill becomes law, in a little while all gu
greenbacks, silver and gold notes will b
= things Of the past. The only circulatin
money will be national bank noteS
This bill will kill all state banks. A
gold will lie locked up in the nations
J Usnk vaults. He asked the gold stand
ard men To remember the fight Andrea
Jackson made against the old Unite
states bank. The national banks al
i tying to usurp one OF the most impor
ie ant functions Of government.
Tie speaker look up all the leadiI
ID issues Of the day and handled them
III his mastenul manner. and made eve
g. point so clear that there was no excu
:. Tor any person misunderstanding theI
Ne could not make even a synop:
of This great speech. Every senten
ID was worthy OF being preserved, but o
Il space was limited, and We were col
"A PEELED to go to press about the time {
speech ended.
The large audience listened closely
us every word and enthusiastically cheer
81 every nit.