Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-21

WIN, as II helped the Democrats in
BANDS old district. Iowa Is fun Of
Germans White is q German-Ameri-
can. and II German Republicans vote
for him in the same proportion that
they voted for ShacklefOrd IN the
Eighth Missouri district II would land
him an easy winner, which would be
glory enough for nj year.
Situation In oAIo.
To an outsider It looks as II the Ohio
Democrats had done the wise thing In
nominating John R. Mclean for gov
ernOr. He Is young. vigorous. brainy,
courageous and already possessed Of a
national reputation He needs no In
PRODUCTION. He viii make . great can
vass and cause q b~ewldering rafting
Of Republican dry bones in Buckeye
dom. he il ambitious and Is playing
for a big stake. The Ohio governor
ship is universally regarded as q step
ping stone to higher things. and no
a can doubt that II John r. Mclean
Is elected he a be easily nominated
for vice president Even II he is not
elected, but only succeeds In largely
cutting dow the Republican majority,
It almost u him the second place
on the ticket with Bryan, for let It not
be forgotten that be vas nominated on
q platform which ~readopted the Chi
cago platform and which enthuslas-
ticaIly indorses the great Nebraskan
for president So good luck TO John r.
Mclean, editor statesman, scholar and
Democrat The chances are that he
will put up the most interesting cam
paign witnessed in Ohio In a quarter
Of a century. which is saying a vast
deal, for there il more politics in that
state TO the square foot than in any
other commonwealth In the Unlon-in-
deed, than in any other portion OF the
civilized world. Other states do take
a breathing spell from politics once 10
awhile, but Ohio never. Nearly every
Democratic senator and representative
has been & guest in John r. McLean's
Washington home-nearly every Re-
publican senator and representative,
too, for that matter.
Out in Nebraska the opponents Of
MeHannaism have acted with con
summate wisdom by en&ting a per
feet fusion. thereby assuring the re-
suit Of the election. Bryan was on
the field in person. guiding, inauene-
ing, animatlng.
oyernor Tanners Troubles.
wish especially to call the attention
Of Hon John Riley Tanner, governor
Of Illinois, to a railroad hold up and
robbery which recently occurred at
Lincoln. in that state. l suppose that
must be taken and accepted AZ another
evidence OF that boundless Mckinley
Prosperity, with g big, big p, which,
we are informed, has come upon the
| country. John Riley has not stopped
the civil wal At Pana yet So be seems
to be playing In hard luck all around
He stil has Uncle Shelby on his hands.
but his sorrows crown OF sorrow Is
the fact that young Dick Yates, the son
OF old Dick, the great war governor.
has announced his candidacy for the
governorshIp Of Illinois. So John Riley.
In reaching out for Uncle Shelby's
| tOga, stands TO lose the downy berth be
now possesses. II young Dick is the
campaigner his father was, he win
make it decidedly hot for John Riley.
and your Uncle Shelby is not weeping
| c~oplously because there is another
Richmond in the gubernatorial field
II the truth Is eve ascertained, l
would not be at all surprised II It IL
found that your Uncle SheIby's fine
Italian hand Is In this race Of young
Dick Yates for the governorship Of IL
linols. And John Riley, with al his
wiles and his perfect machine, should
remember that the American people
are a sentimental lot and that there
are thousands Of graybeards in I'LL
nois who once wbooped II up for Dick
Yates pere, and they may take q no
ton 10 transfer their affections and,
what Is Of far more importance. their
votes 10 Dick Yates hls. and then the
| Sig would be up with John Riley, and
your Uncle Shelby would smile In 9
way that is childHke and bland. Real
~ It makes precious little difference
whether the Republicans nominate
John Riley Tanner or young Dick
Yates. A Democrat VIII be elected. and
another Democrat viii snatch your
Uncle shelby's toga from bis shout
ders-
Jshz Bakers Career.
My old and revered friend, Hon. Jehu
Baker Of BelIeyiIie, Ills, is said to be
lying at deaths door. / regret this ex.
ceedingly, for Of all the men with
whom / have served In congress I re-
gard this venerable man as the great
est philosopher. his Il a brave heart,
a kindly spirit His political career
was decidedly cheekered, growing out
Of the fact chiefly. l think. that he was
a man Of convictions. For q generation
be was q Republican and stood high
In the councils Ct his party. He was
repeatedly elected 10 congress Is .
Republican and served as minister
plenipotentiary and envoy ext~raordina-
~ to a South American court as . Re
| publican. he won national renown in
1885 by defeating for congress WI
liam X. Morrison. the great tariff re-
former, chairman Of the great commit
tee on ways and means, author Of The
/ celebrated horizontal bin" In 1883
be was In turn defeated BY william s.
Forman, who, after serving three
terms, was Cleveland's internal reTe-
nue commissioner. Uncle Jehu's last
appearance IN congress was IN the FIJI
ty-ffth, in which he sat on the Demo
cratic side, having been elected By the
Democratic Popuiist-Free Silver fusion
In bis district. He was a historic, IN
teresting and pathetic figure in that
congress. being almost totally blind.
but setting the younger and healthier
members a splendid example By the
fidelity and assiduity with which be
discharged his congressional duties.
One day he nstonished me greatly By
saying: ~Clark. I have served in con-
gress OF ana on for 20 years. I serv-
ed IN those congresses called great in
which Randall, Garfield. Coz and other
distinguished men served. But after
observing this house for months. In