Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-02
CHAMP GARESlEIIER
William ]. Bryan's Power
, of oratory.
THRILLS R HEARTS
Joseph W. BaiIey's Great POpu-
lanty In Texas.
THRILLS R HEARTS
FILL ELECT nm 10 TIE SENATE


rertlnent Remarkn Anent ths Causes
Of Prosperity = EntAusiasm AZ the
Demecratte CARNIVAL a DalsAn-
slavery SIM Rziss. Unasr the stars
and stripes and 4. CoAaived ~ ~
the Hanna-MeKinIey Aanini.tra-
tien.
Special washington nstterl
Jupiter sometimes odA Ditto Homer
Ditto The Giobe-Democrat goldbug
sAouter. hish tEsiE prOpagandist trust
defender. imperialissic missionary.
Three hundred and sixty-four days out
Of the last year ii has v~ociferOusly as
snred Us that we are in Prosperity,
with a hig, big P. uP to our necks and
that this Prosperity, with a mammoth
P, Is caused by the gold standard and
that wa were saved frcm ruin only by
the defeat Of Bryan and free silver. In
the words Of Sir John Falstaf. Lord.
Lord. how this world Is given to ~
ingi' Not long since. however, The
Globe Democrat let the truth out by
accident In q gushy editorial it con-
graduated the republic Of Mexico ON
its unprecedented Prosperity. spelled
with a big. big Pi / I'm not denying
that Mexico is Prosperous and I am
not condemning The Globe-Democrat
for con~gratulating Mexico in her Pros
psrity. with a big. big P. ! rejoice in
that Prosperity and Congratulate The
CD. ON having sense enough TO per-
ceive it But Mexico is on the silver
basis. She is Prosperous. Therefore the
silver standard produces Prosperity
Q. E d. Hence it would appear that
our Prosperity has come upon us not
only sporadically and not by reason Of
the single gold standard, but in spite
Of 1t. Indeed, the natural and logical
conclusion extends still further as to
this particular spell of Prosperity. We
are Prosperous, 50 ! hear, and have the
single gold standard. Mexico is Pros
perous-at least The CD. says So
and Mexico has the silver standard.
Therefore this Prosperity, which &C
cording to The CD. has fallen upon
both Americans and Mexicans, is not
traeeable to either standard OF to any
standard The causes for It must be
sought elsewhither-for instance, in
the crop failures Of Europe, in our Gu
ban war, in preparations for the Brit
ish-Boer war and in other accidental
causes.
For instance, ii Is impossible to con-
duct a wal in any portion Of the globe
in a satisfactory manner without the
assistance Of the Missouri mule In very
large numbers BE Is more necessary
than Krupp's big guns Consequently
our Cuban and Philippine wars-and
IL must never be forgotten that they
are two separate and distinct wars-to-
gether with the impending war in
South Africa. have sent the price Of
the Missouri mule soaring skyward.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding this
fact, Of which everybody with two
ideas above q mud turtle knows the
cause, The CD. and goldbug papers
Of that ilk, together with svery little 8
by 10 Republican stumper, assore the
horny handed Missouri farmer that the
price Of his mules has bean increased
by the operations Of the single gold
standard. But the Missouri farmer is
not a fool-not by a long shetland he
not long since gave his emphatic an
swer 10 this preposterous balderdash by
rolling up a majority for Shackleford
nearly q thousand larger than Bland
received in 1898.
The Texas Carnival
The national Democratic carnival at
Dallas was a grand success from every
standpoint-fnaneial, oratorical, en-
thus.sstic and otherwise. Not long
since / said in one Of these letters that
the two days ~tristate Democratic camp
meeting at Palmyra, Mo-, got up and
/ conducted by the Bimetallic union of
Hannibal might turn ont to be the in
i~tiative performance Of a campaign
which would sweep the country from
sea to sea with a wave Of irresistible
enthusiasm, Is was done in the hard
cider, coonskn, log cabin campaign of
1910. The results of the Dallas carnival
confirm me in this opinion.
Van, vzn, van,
Is q ued Up mani
wal one Of the musical batslecries Of
I640. I suggest to my Democratic
brethren everywhere this musical war
cry for 1900;
Marx Mari, Marx,
Is : used Up shark
At Dallas leading Democrats from a
dozen states and two territories whoop-
ed il up in grand style for Democracy.
OF course Bryan was the cynosure Of all
eyes. He is unquestionsbly first In the
hearts Of his countrymen. Like wine,
his orat0ry improves with age. His
daytime Dallas speech was the greatest
he has delivered since he was nominal
ed for the presidency. The last 80 min
utes Of it would do wei as an oratorical
gem to go into the speech books, the
highest tribute paid 10 oratory. l have
heard him many times in congress and
out He is always great, but at Dallas
he excelled himself and stirred the
heart Of the vast multitude as only
Bryan a do 1t. Indeed every per-
former on the programme seemed 10 be
In perfect fettle and to feel the inspi-
ration OF the occasion. Governor Will