The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1900-10-19
z p. WALBRIDGE.
His Common Sense Explanation
OF Republican Principles
Pleased the People.

Ex-Mayor of ST. Louis, Cyrus p.
Walbridge, spoke to a large and in-
telligent audience at the court house
in this city Monday afternoon. MIR.
walbrige is not a political orator or
stump speaker. lie is a plain, honest
business man OF st. Louis, who has
been successful In life aud who now
enjoys the high esteem OF his busi-
ness associates, republicans and domo-
Gratis alike. There were no flashes Of
oralory, no scintillating metaphors.
no flashing SMILES, but solid, hard
business-like propositions, based on
sound judgment aud Ioug, practical
experience. Ip fact, 1t was an ex-
perience meeting, told with the pro-
found eloquence Of deep conviction of
right, justice and truth.
The audience was with the speaker
from start 10 finish aud when he an.
nonnced that he was through, nearly
everybody wanted him to go on.
la opening his address the speaker
made a short and concise statement
Of the ST. Louis Worlds Fair. As
Jefferson paid 10 million dollars fot
the Louisiana Purchase, the Fair di-A
reciors proposed to spend Is million
dollars In the Tooth anniversary of tho
event. He asked the people to vote
'Cr the two amendments to the con-
siiiution designed to help carry on
the Fair.
The speaker then took up the dis
cussiou Of politics aud based his
speech on our experiences He showed
that the balance OF trade 10 this coun-
try during McKinley's administration
far exceeded the balance OF trade I'm
the country since 1890, down to i7s7.
the amount OF excess ruuing away ub
iuio billions. This was not what Mr..
Bryan had prophesied. Then hofook
up the general prosperity theme. He
showed that the country had enjoyed
unprecedented prosperity and that
even Mr.. Bryan admitted IL now. He
stated that Mr.. Bryan said p~rosperity
WAS due to the big crops aud not 10
Mckinley aud the gold standard. but
thai Bryan forgot about the crops
when he prophesied such dire calami-
Ties IN 1895. He said that n man who
would forget about our crops was
not the kind of man ia be president.
lie then told about the fair aud lust
election law the republicans passed
IN 1894 in this state, which provided
for one democrat aud one Republican
to stand side by side in all matters
pertaining to our elections. The
democrats repealed that law and
passed In its place an election law that
operates IN ST. Louis, so as to give
u republican aud about i75 demo.
Gratis, IN all matters concerning cleo
tions, even providing for democrats
IN the city's republican primaries.
This, he said, was not fair. IL was
not right. lie handled the imperial.
ism aud free silver theories with n
master hand aud left but little. If any.
ground for the paramouniers to stand
on Withal, Mayor Walbrige's speech
was the strongest, the fairest and the
most honest one ever delivered in this
city.
This report would be incomplete if
we did not mention the short but very
efficient speech by Hon, $. Il. Aydelott
of Warren county, who introduced the
speaker of the dav. Mr. Aydeloit had
but a few minutes 10 speak but he
improved the time. lie showed plain
ly that unless the democrats acknowl-
edged the certificates of Indebtedness
rs a state debt, no interest could be
collected from the taxpayers Tor the
school fund after the bonded indebt-
edness was paid of. With 81, 100000
school fund gone, and the right to tax
the people on that fund gone, the last
vestige OF our boosted school aud
seminary fund would have been swal-
lowed up by the democracy. This
statement should cause every voter to
do some hard thinking before he cast
his vote III November.
Miss Lucy Nowlin, who is teaching