Show A WINNING CANDIDATE lion 1 william lil lacil i stone stane Non nominee tiner of missoure llo Misso url Derace democrat ratio lion ilon Will williim imil J stone whom tile the Deni democrats ocraN of missouri havo no nominated and who will consequently bo be the next governor or of that hoate is a 1 citizen of nevada vernon county and is known to the people by reason of his long and con conspicuous services in congress ile he was born lit in Mat mallison lison county ky may 7 1817 and was educated in tho state university of missouri Mii Alik ile ho came to Miss missouri onri in 1803 1863 was admitted to the bar lit in 1807 1837 and served as attorney lorney Bl of vernon county during the years 1872 4 in siddi tion to his hig large business its as a lawyer mr stone is ii engaged in farming and cattle raising ile he wasi was elected by largo majorities to fiftieth and fifty first congresses and refused to become a candidate again WK az Z J STONE even in in the face of the conceded fact that lie would lun giai e no opposition dyring ini his term arni in congress mr stone nebie achieved veil a national reputation for eloquence for a thorough mastery of national affairs and for fidelity to the people of ouri and lie voluntarily retired from the office of representative iu in congress for the lie reason then stated that lie he could no longer afford to live iio in washington upon a congress mans pay distribution N cr wealth the troubles at th the inerio able of 0 the astella i yS tella the dicksion dic of if tho the tragedy at the mills is bringing out some of the iho serious thoughts of I 1 intelligent n tell igent men in in regard 1 I to dangers not only 0 from contact or of capital and libor labor like this deplorable one but from tile inevitable results that must follow fellow tile the congeR congestion tion of iii the hanis bunds of acampara a comparatively taw faw tho the seems to too bo rapidly gaining ground that wo are to 0 o lave have more than less of thee the troubles ITO u anil 1 I thit they tiro tire but symptoms of a th that it is g jeep deep heated anil unit that threatens tho the mry t cry life lifa of our republic which outwardly looks BO 80 fair it is also iao I ao beginning ginning lie to lio lie recognized that no strums and quack acue bics di c such midi as schemes of profit pi out hariu operation cooperation co etc though they may do more gool good than harm yet they hoy can call never curo tile gendral generi il disease which cau call be readied reached only by radical reme remedias dips what then is tho disease that is i racking and torturing this industrial odillon om illon wealth what was wail its cause what lias h as been its progress and what is the re acm in edy for want of a better naino we will call the disease plutocracy it conice canies front from the unequal distribution of earnings or wealth the greater part ol of w which aich is ii rapidly axing 0 concentrated into the hands of a few run hundreds deeds are reaping where millions sow BOW res ultine ill in millionaires on the one hand find and tramps on off tho the other with the pressure conall on all between becoming greater and greater the evils of this system are that while in theory the laws are made maale by the people practically the masses only obey the laws made by ill alio rich money becomes king the evils of the system are arc far reaching 0 classes and cartes iiri established the wealthy become arro arrogant gaut or lead wild and reckless lives the poor lose hope courage aar aal patriotism and accept aly their lot as subjects and slaves of th the 0 millionaires who employ them or who hold mortgaged mortgage i over their heads tito the cause of this disease is found f in 0 tile laws and which graut grant public property and privileges to ariwite individuals in divi duals or corporations corporation the disease had but lit tie he bold upon the country previous to alie civil war there vere ere then lit in more millionaires than could be counted on ones fingers cis during tile war of 1861 5 big government contracts laid the basis of sonic boino of the large fortunes since accumulated the pro protection system wis was then begun beg tin which has ever since been taking money from the pockets of farmers and laborers and put putting buttil til 1 it into three alio e of the ers erg the incila aed powers of prodie tit oil resulting f from rom imbro ed machinery aull and methods have the enill influence and po of capital so that millionaires are arc being s turned out more rapidly than ever before tito the new yolk tribune printed a lit list of avei millionaires a few weeks ago clas thoin hoil to the sources of their wealth Accordi according Dg f to 0 this anthof authority ity about I 1 30 0 per lor cent niada their money chiefly c in protected industries perhaps is 50 per cent mainly na holders of or speculators in land and the embinder lema ema i inder inos aly from patent or other monopolies appreciation of arno ladnay y values value etc tc the must hobt of these foltin foit les a are re accumulated legally though affen laws are strained cl after being made to did aid such accumulations but justice would not have distributed NN malth in any such mich fashion it would leave valti valuable able iiii in tile hands of pi private avate persons person but would mako make file of property the lie only title to it it would creat no barriers ti botn mel meica ce to compel to buy dear goods of any favored set of producers but would lonac and privileges ile es open 11 to ull all alike lico ii tile tho remedy for this disease then cannot be found in laws that will increase restrictions upon trade ur or grant more privileges s to any class re kf must bo be removed and ami the indirect t inc methods th of taxation which now flow file money from the lie poor and turn it over to the rich fiust bo be replaced by a direct system winch vIlich shall bearno bear no more healy the poor than upon the xich rich or letter better still tx the ol opportunities to production until the unearned increment now largely taken by the ho wealthy shall bo be utilized for the benefit of all when chii esdone is done men will lie be put lout upon an equal footing and cah caeli will get what lie earns and earn cam what lie girts gets laige corporations po rations may then eat but it will by be because they can call produce most cheaply and not because they will have greater advantage over labor labo |