Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21
CHAMP GLARES LETTER.
Imperialism Receives a.
Hard Knock.
REPUBLICANS ARE DAzED
Lost German Vote In BANDS
Old District.
REnTEErEa 1T TIE lno0 nTTung
BEsrEHe OF THE 1900 DELUeE.

The Great xsrshFest Opposes the
Hanna-MeI<inley Expansion Fet-
tey-neLeaA WIN Make a Great
Fight In oAte-Goyernsr Tanaer OF
Illinois Has Trouhles OF His own-
Ausustns Caesar md william of
Canton.
Especial Washington Lettsr.l
Han, imperial Missouri Hurrah for
SILVER Dick" Bland's old district
Bully for Judge Dorsey ". shaekls
ford, the new congressman I'VE met
the enemy, and he is ours" In q fair
field Marx Hanna's ~newfangled and
calamitous policy OF Imperialism ID
knocked higher than Gnderoy's kite.
indeed. higher than two kites On the
Chicago platform, with a strong anti
expansion plank Shaeheford, after q
bitter fight, increases the majority
over BANDS majority in 1895 by about
coo. ""Twas a famous victory" Of far
reaching consequences. Twas a battle
royal Al the big guns obtainable on
both sides were imported into the dis
triet, and they shelled the woods with
their heaviest metal Quarter was nei-
Their asked nor given, and we won, not
only won. but set the pace for 1900
Missouri Democrats, by the Pertle
Springs convention Of 1896, made pos
sible the Chicago platform Of 1890
Once more we held the advanced post
and did our duty. We nailed to our
masthead this motto: THE Republic
and Not an Empire~ And we came
out on top.
A Torrent of Doodle.
Mark poured his Doodle into the dis
trict like a mountain torrent, but the
rural Mlssourians could not be bought
They stood by their guns and gained
such a triumph as does lovers Of lib
erty coed everywhere. Mckinley and
McKinleyism are repudiated. Repub-
lean papers are now saying that it
wasn't much OF a shower after all
They win find that II is the beginning
OF a food which will engulf them all.
What wrought this wondrous result?
II was a thing that must make the cold
sweat ooze out OF Republican leaders
and cold chIlls chase each other up
and down their spinal columns every
time they think Of II, for II was the
German vote that increased the Demo
cratic majority on the Issue Of expan-
sion In the eastern hemisphere, and the
German vote has been the bulwark Of
Republicanism for 40 years In all this
western country. There Is not a state
north OF Arkansas and west Of the Al
~leghanles TINT the Republicans have a
ghost OF a chance OF carrying without
the German vote. No wonder the Re
publican leaders are dazedl No marvel
that they feel cold and clammy when
they think Of IT. They see the presl
dency and thousands Of fat Offices re-
ccding into the dim and distant future.
Mr.. Mckinley does well to take time
by the fOrelock and 20 buy him a home
in Canton, for he win need IL after
high noon March 4, 1901. In private
lie we Will Ill WISH MIN well
A Political Mystery.
have recently been up In Iowa lee
turing for the Modern Woodmen OF
America, an order Of which I am a
member. IneYer go to Iowa that l am
not puzzled TO discover how 1t happens
that that magnificent commonwealth,
a purely agricultural state, continues
to send a delegation solidly Republican
to both house and senate to mlsrepre-
sent her in the congress Of the United
States. 1t is one Of the mysteries Of
our politics. Reasoning from cause to
effect, a philosopher would conclude
that there would not be a Republican
In the whole state Of Iowa except the
federal oficeholders, for from the be
ginning Republican policies have been
Numerically opposed to the interest Of
the farmers-high tariff, bonds, trusts.
gold standard and the wicked and
wanton waste Of the peoples money
and, as said before, Iowa Is purely an
agricultural state and a marvelously
endowed one at that Excepting some
bituminous coal there is not a mine Of
any sort within her borders, no iron,
copper, lead, zinc or salt mines to be
protected" no forests Of timber by
Ehlchto levy tribute on other people un-
der the tariff system; no manufacture
ing interests Of any considerable num-
Der or value. Yet the farmers Of Iowa
with astounding regularity vote for the
party that heeces them without mercy.
! have sought the causes Of this amaz-
ing phenomenon. and l think / have
solved the riddle. discovered the reason.
II IL habit, which Is sometimes stron-
ger than nature. / say all this with
out respect TO the particular Hepub-
ficans who misrepresent Iowa 10 both
branches Of congress. II Iowa is to
have a full complement OF Republican
senators and representatives, / would
be glad for her to continue her present
delegation.
Fred White. the fusion nominee for
governor, Is making a great fight to re
deem the state. He IL a man Of expert
ence and approved capacity. Two
years ago he was defeated by his pres
ent opponent. Governor Shaw. Let Us
hope that be will be luckier this time.
The expansion Issue ought TO help him
Browns Barn Burned.
A barn on the place OF J. X. Brown,
in aouthweat Mexico. WAS huruad