Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-08-09
THE CEETRALIA EDITOR COHFI.
DENT DEMOCRACY WILL
WIN THIS FALL.
SPEECH BEFORE TEE BRYAN CLUB.
Mr.. Pool Was Given RouSng Ovation
and Was Chseped to the Echo
"A characteristics Speech
With the Right
Ring to 1t.

The Mexico Bryan Free Silver Club
met In speciui session Tuesday night
and was addressed by J. K. Pool,
editor Of the OentralIa Courier. Mr..
Pool delivered an able speech and II
was greatly enjoyed by the good.
sized crowd Of Democrats present.
Chairman Rhodes Clay introduced
the speaker and nude pleasing men,
ton Of that gentleman as an orator as
q gentleman, as q Democrat and as
an editor.
Mi. Pool upon arising was greeted
BY appliance. he opened his remarks
by thanking Mr.. CLAY for his kindness.
BE paid q tribute 10 Audrain county
and her citizens, stating that this
county Ii bis birthplace.
Among Mr.. POOLS remarks we're:
"We are going to win this fight.
Victory is In the air.
81 have no patience with the faint
hearted Democrat, or the one who
opinea that II We don't win this time
we never will.
ST believe that we will win this fall,
but should we fall, we will win four
years from now.
Democracy, like hope, springs
immortal In the human breast. 1t has
lived all the years Of the Republic,
and will never die until governments
of the people by the people and for
the people shall have perished from
the earth. God Almighty hates q
quitter, and no Democrat worthy Of
the name ever gives mp the fight for
Democracy.
DEMocRAoY's TIME TO WIN.
"We are going to win, because 1t Ia
our time to win. -Four times In
the history Of the Republic has the
President Of the United States gone
down in defeat for his second term
before his defeated adversary.
"In 1895, John Adams defeated
Thomas Jefferson; four years later
jefferson won the prize over Adams
In 1924, John Q. Adams caused An
drew Jackson to go down In de-
feat, but in the second battle jackson
larruped the political earth up with
John Quincy.
Gin 1885, Martin Van Buren, beat
william Henry Harrison and In HC
old ~Tippecanoe won the prize over
his old adversary.
"In 1888, Ben Harrison defeated
Cieveland,b but four years later, Grover
relegatedgrandfather's hat to the rear
after the fashion Of q land slide And
In the years to come the historian
will add the nth link TO the chain Of
Presidential succession and tell you
that Mckinley, beating Bryan In 1895
was beaten by the Nebraskan In 1900
nWith Indiana and New York w
can win with HANDS down, and since
1879 these States have gone Republic
can and Democratic alternately, and
it's their time to swing into the Demo
cratic column.
PERSONNEL OF THE TICKET.
"HIl very truly said at Kansas City
that Bryan had grown stronger sinc'
1895; that he was now . very strong
man, even stronger than his cause
For four years he has stood under thu
calcium light Of public observation
but no immoderate speech, ne
weakening mistake and, indeed, nt
error Of head or heart has been noted
against him.
1.-THE people know him better nov
than then and love him more. TheI
recognize in him the highest exponenI
Of American manhood, the ables'
companion of the rights Of the Re
public and Of man.
mckinley, on the other hand, Il
weaker than he was four years ago
People have found out that he Il
as backboneless ~ . jelly fish, and, q
Senator Wellington well said, doe
not know his own mind for twenty
four hours at 9 time. Declaring tina
tforcIble annexation was criminal az
gression,' he proceeded to forcibl!
annex the Philippines; denouncing
tariff tax on Porto Ricans, he signs
bill to tax them Is per cent. In fact
be has been on both sides Of ever!
question now before the American
people. Allowing himself to b
dominated BY . gang Of unscrupulouI
scoundFeIs, he has lost the good opin
ion Of 6 very large class of independ
emit voters.
"For Woe president the Democrat
10 party has an able, safe and con
sentative Democrat In the person o
Hon. A. n. Stevenson, Of Illinois. N
more splendid type OF American man
hood lives than Stevenson, and hi
pure life and exalted character wi
, add strength to the ticket.
"Opposed to this grand old peac
patriot, we have the Hon. Thsodor
Roosevelt, the man who blows hi
own horn and sounds his own praised
We hrst heard of him In the legisla
ture of New York making aspeec
: against what be termed the 'crimini
rIch,' but when the question was pu
9 to q vote he voted for those be ha
denounced.
HWe next see him making affidav|
that ha did not live in New York
order to dodge his tax bill and 500
|. afterward he takes the oath OF ofdc
Of governor Of New YORK, shown
that he did not believe his ow
AFFIDAVIT. Having the Legislature :
pass an antitrust law, he calls tn
body In special session 70 modify th
same, Just as soon - he found that
really hurt the trusts.
"rhIs self advertised hero Of Sa
Juan recently made the. openin
J speech ofthe campaign ct st. Paul.
aAmong : great many other foo
: ish things he declared that the Demo
Gratis stood for ~'lawlessness and oil
;. order, for dishonesty and disorder,f'
n uoense and disaster ak home, an
cowardly shirking from duty abroad
We would like to ask the warrior VII
was rescued BY oolored troops 81 IS
' Jsun, who stood for ~'lsviessness an
disorder at home in Frankford whs
Tnvlar aided and abetted the mouI