Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-03
STONE AND CLARK OPEN
SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN.
They Speak From a Spring Wagon Under a Big Tree in
a Field at Paris, Monroe County-Both
Declare Their Positions.

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ing your attention to my peculiar POI
sition. You will observe that in the
afternoon programme l am wedged
between a horse race and Champ
Clark. Can you imagine anything
more awkward?.
But MIR. Stone did not stick long to
humor. He at cnce began a serious
and neutrality-suspicious. speech ON
democratic doctrines, treating it lib
orally with an argument against the
reorganization" idea.
Mr.. Stones speech contained no APP
peal for himself, but it was a very
clear declaration of principles. He.
explained that the Kansas City plat
form needed no lettering; that the
test of a mans democracy should be
a record of unfailing fealty, and that
the principles that were good and
true in 1896 and 1900 are good and
true now.
Mr.. Stone never made a more forci-
BILE speech than he made this after
noon. He was exceedingly fit, and the
circumstances surrounding the open
ing of the campaign were inspiring.
The wagon was in the center of a
great crowd, the inner portion of
which sat fiat on the ground. Then
came another circle, half ON their
knees, and outside of this there was
a third circle standing. Mr.. Clark sat
on a cane bottom chair by the side
of the wagon on which Gov. Stone
spoke. He was in the sun at the con-
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Mr.. Clark climbed oyer the side of
the wagon, and taking his hat off,
mopped a believed brow. The crowd
stood up then and closed in on the
wagon.
Here's a problem in mathematics
for you," he said in a voice hat could
be heard in the lower pasture. IF
Gov. Stone an hour and Is
minutes in making a few brief re-
marks, how much time would he need
for a speech" This introductory got
a laugh, just as Gov. Stones did. Mr..
Clark did not talk with the delibera-
ton of his adversary. He spoke rap
idly in sledge-hammer paragraphs.
He said hat he was astonished to
find a man of the governors sagacity
trying to teach democracy to an audi
ence in Monro county, where the ma
jority is greater than that of any
other county in Missouri.
Then he said hat reorganization
talk was not to be considered by dem
ocrats. The party had no need for it,
1t was organized already, and organ
lied to win. He didn't want to change
the Kansas City platform. 1t didn't
need it. He did not believe in con-
cessions as to ratio. Concessions
meant defeat. Mr.. Clark again dis
played his wonderful knowledge of
the Bible by liberal and effective quo-
tations. His voice was never better,
and, in the open. sunlit air, with a
lot of dust in it, he could be heard an
distance.
When the speeches were concluded,
the candidates shook hands with a
great number of prominent citizens,
and again the unusual and picturesque
procession made it's way across the
open field.
Some of Monroe county's finest
and two dozen prize bales, to
say nothing of music, streets of Cairo
and other wonders, We're on exhibit
ton, but the immense audience did
not leave its sunny field around the
wagon until the last of Mr.. Clark's
speech.
The two orators came to town on
the same train last night, slept at
the same hotel. and this morning
were I'D betimes to stir among the