Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-10-12

Because people believe that Bryan was
counted OUT they love him all the bet
ter and are the more determined 10
elect him again.
Demscratfe Camp Meeting.
Imperial Missouri leads the Demo
cratic hosts, not only in electrai votes
and the framing Of issues. but In the
plan Of campaign
She presents something new, a Dem.
ocratic camp meeting Of two days du-
ration OF Palmyra, Marion county, in
the middle Of September. The credit
Of this innovation belongs TO Colonel
John A. Knott editor OF the Hannibal
Journal; Hon. Samuel J. Harrison,
chairman Of the Marion county CON-
mittee. and Hon II. Clay Heather.
prosecuting attorney Of that great
county.
Democrats came by the thousands
Old Democrats, young Democrats, mid
die aged Democrats, Union veterans
Confederate veterans, famous Demo
Gratis, obscure Democrats, the leaders
and the boys in the trenches, an were
there, cheerful. enthusiastic for Bryan
and the Chicago platform. As l faced
that vast audience, that b~ewildering
battery Of eyes, / thought Of the coon
skin. log cabin and hard cider can
paign OF 1916 and what came Of IT. and
il came TO me that MeEsrs Knott. Har.
rls0n, Heather and their eoadtut0rs, IN |
originating and engineering the Pal
myra Democratic camp meeting. had
evolved an idea which. worked for all
It Is worth. VIII sweep the hand like q
prairie fire We have every reason 60
be enthusiastic. for we have right and
truth and justice on our side. whereas
the Wings OF 1910 advocated nothing
In particular, but went about the land
singing
nppecanos and Tyler. tool
and WOE hands down.
Enthusiasm Is the most contagious
disease in the world, more contagious
than the measles, the smallpox - the
bubonic plague, 50 in 1870 people who
did not know what they were yelling
about assembled not by the hundred or
by the thousand, but by the acre, and
expressed their pent up feelings by
bawllng-
Van. van. Van.
Is used Up mani
And they bawied and bowled Martin
out OF the White House and william
Henry into that garish but greatly |
coveted mansion.
Really our appeal Is to the reason,
the patriotism and conscience OF the
people. but 1t viii do no sort OF harm
to engender enthusiasm and utilize It
after we have engendered II. We can
thereby make many thousand votes.
So, On the whole, l most heartily con
graduate Messrs. Knott, Harrison
Heather ct al. and commend their plan
Of holding Democratic camp meetings
10 all concerned. Nothing succeeds
Ike success. The Palmyra camp meet
Ing was a bowling success, and Demo
cratic camp meetings viii succeed eY-
eTywhere. So let's have lots Of them.
Record II an Ingrate.
Grover Cleveland's hide is thick. but
I am inclined to believe that the fol
lowing editorial from the Washington
Post wiz penetrate it and make him
! vince. When he reads II he Will II
be ever read Julius Caesar, which /
very much doubt. excIaim in the dy-
ing words Of that mighty man. SET tn.
Bruterv for let all those who read this
remember that The Post Is a bellweth-
er goldbug organ. 1 have frequently
said IN these letters that it Is the abiest
independent paper In the land. 1 have
IN my time read much caustic liter
sture, but / DO Dot remember ever haS-
Ing ciapped my eyes on such a blister
ing, withering article as this. The edi-
tor holds the mirror up before Grover
In q way that would make a ~rhinoceros
squirm. The Post says:
An esteemed correspondents writes 10 Ak vheth-
q NJ. Grover Cereizn1 east . Eote IN 1apa To
shh W reply that ta sensrzl understanding has
a1suys been % the eae<t that he dld vote and
hat he voted ths Pzinsz-Buckner ticket. Un-
furtunntely fg eur correspondent. Or, nthsr. fF
the purppa he has In Eisa, We are not able 20
prove this outright We can oder only circun-
nsniial esidence.
Il h rorfaas. however. 70 make . very ssrong
case cut n reason, probability, n~otorioua feeling
1Ao etpFA &@AA RHf3Hs Aht NJ tne4c iAN-qH
are plesrnt to this cas-. Mr. Cleveland, a. vas
known 70 an men. devoted the last two years Of
HE administntloa - The srachdnr Of the De
mooncy. He p~efnittsd his cabinet omcefs to
stump the couutfy zesina the party which bad
Ha1fchsd him from ebsezzify and made hin both
pnominent and rruspesozA He removed his oEn
appoiniess Who dared . pezk IN public for that
same party. lie made Il evident that ~ ohes- /
hoiders happiness lay ia sdnlatoh and that his
ht (ohcaD dspanded upon silence. Thx dis
tia attafney o. collector o. what you viii who
believed "a Desneeatic p~riaciples and spoks he
nsnd pns siihkf behssdsd At early dawn Or -
persscuted dat ha had aas hoi worth having.
A pretty cotsrie q NuENump and tcadies /
toek chaFs Of he Demoaay'a consdsnoe and
night q acfion O. The eeo.Wo Dsnocrstie rot- |
en- mo ntbuksd Ceselzad and his bexsarly |
retlnus At TIE pols in i8 Il nay Be aid that
At Least 1.0oao Of them voted for purposes q
rebuke aloue- compsrs the Demoozhc votes d
: ise and 1904. and yea VIII And that thu million
ien wrs Eager 70 sasa against him IN ts4
Thus q Il asaa % .. be must have cast biz
halloi eoalna bis FzrT three Year, ago. He
knew thsf The party which be had tried 10 bend
70 III rI1au pnpas I'D fapndiated him lie
had no hlendI e falleesFs ezTe among the n
deuipr1 uainontents Nhe ~ W their TOY ticket
al 1ndtanapo1E Wat t1en. aould o. could :
man q ID .atuTs e ass vofa ngalna the party
slidh had mtds hin snd IN faYor q fke trump
sy cbsl rtieh I'D aoksa he dut bsioss his
hrga fsf fsetf
We a. nss china thsss l. shs smallest heck
npQn uhich 10 hane & deuhL. Nc one "a . poi. /
ten 70 obtain the tssst insight infe M. CtFe-
lands character IN ehalisnee tbs gHoposihan
tMf An is8 h. exhausted every resource a hts
disposal 70 drifey hs benefactor, even in he
httia q ks inasnIenzt md inpondeahif vote