Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-09-11
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Progress Of the Campaign Democratic
Prospects Bright-The Worlds
Fair.

TO the Editor OF the Ledger.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. s, l9O2.-The
opening OF the Democratic campaign
at Joplin tomorrow sets the ball
a-rolling and the contest will be brisk
till it closes on election day, Novem-
Der 4th. OF course there has been
considerable preliminary skirmishlng,
but the main struggle will now begin,
to be terminated by the decisive en-
gagement at the polls. Facts, argu-
ment and oratory will be the ammu-
milton used and will have a great deal
to do with the ultimate result. 1t
goes without saying that universal
strength will be the final test of su-
premacy, hence the %contending par
ties will bend themselves to the task
Of depicting the ranks Of their oppo-
nents and gaining accesslous to their
own. Judging from the spirited
character of the proceedings, thus far,
the contest is bound to be an inter-
esting one, full Of puzzling possibilities
for all concerned.
DEMoCRACY's BRILLIANT PRESTIGE.
A thirty years. record of successful
administration Of the public affairs
of Missouri gives Democracy an ad-
vantage which will handicap its OPP
ponents and which they will find
difficult II not impossible to overcome,
Democrats can well afford to stand on
this noble record of their party. In
every respect it has been clean and
honorable, denoting the practice Of
sound principles and the pursuit Of a
statesman-like policy. Republicans,
in their forlorn attempt to find a
tangible issue, are juggling the figures
Of the State auditors books and bas-
ing insinuations on the result of their
legerdemain. II they could point to a
single State institution languishing
through mismanagement they would
be happy to do SO. The fact that they
do not is clear proof that none such
exist. Even our school system, which
they claim to have been robbed Of its
funds, is fourishlng like q green bay
tree. Every department, common,
grammar, high, normal and university,
is %pulsating with vigorous life. Even
granting that a cash school fund has
been utilized for other purposes, the
tax payers Of the State derived the
benefit Of the transfer and the poll Of
votes on November 4th will show that
they indorse the transaction and are
perfectly willing to stand the respon-
slbility Of their Indebtedness. Re-
publican and public ownership dis
s~enslons and the gradual restoration
of harmony In the Democratic fold are
hopeful auguries of another brilliant
victory in the coming election.
OUR WORLDS FAIR.
Visitors to the number Of many
thousands o flock to the Worlds
Fair site daily, especially on Sundays,
for at last it is beginning to be worthy
Of a visit. For the first time in their
lives Missourians are having an OPP
p%ortunity to witness the birth and
growth Of that mighty institution, an
international exposition. 1t is surely
a wonderful sight-one that feeds the
imagination to the full. Fancy a
series Of structures 30 vast in their
diminsions that the very framework
of each appears to require a forest Of
timber in its construction. When they
have been covered with the interior
layer Of staff they will surely present
a beautiful and sublime spectacle,
worth travelling many miles 10 see.
JOE FLYNN.