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Show IT'S SIGNIFICANCE. The true eignificance of the action ac-tion of the Missouri state convention con-vention in endorsing Representative Bland for the nomination for president, is that great state's entire and complete com-plete devotion to the cause, the great cause Mr. Bland has eo ably, so persistently per-sistently and so bravely championed for all the years since the discussion has been going on', or more properly, since demonetization was effected by John Sherman's stealhy steal of silver out from under the people. This action ac-tion of the convention does not indicate indi-cate an abnormal devotion to the personality per-sonality of the man, albeit, the people are warmly attached to the man. It eimplv tells to the world that the filth most populous state in the union one of the richest and most progressive of all the states, is unalterably devoted to the great cause of the people, to bi-metaliem. bi-metaliem. That it fully apprehends the gravity ot the situation we are facing fac-ing now, and that she goes on record as opposed in toto to the policy which robs the wide west to pile up money in the coffers of the eastern states, the eastern beneficiaries of the policy which robs the west and south. It is an earnest effort to indicate that Missouri at least would divide equally the chances of prosperity between the east and the west. The west has been hewers of wood and drawers of water long enough for the east. A halt is to be called and Missouri's voice is one of the first to Epeakoutin the way it can do so most effectually. There is one significant circumstance in tbiB action of the state named. The democratic convention of the state but voices the sentiments of all other parties in it. The people are practically practi-cally an unit for national independent action, if needs be. She would not wait the elow processes of international interna-tional action. While preferring it she would make an effort to force things in view of the growing dietreaeee of the people of not the west only, but the entire en-tire union. Many people suppose that the action of the convention indicates hostility to Mr. Cleveland. That is not eo. The Missourians are only opposed to Mr, Cleveland upon his silver policy. In all other matter they are thoroughly in accord with him. They regretfully take is-Bue is-Bue with him on this subject. The grand qualities of the man are admired ad-mired and his principles approved of entirely, save onlv on this one count. The men of Missouri are western, thoroughly thor-oughly so, and their democracy is also of the western tinge. They are honest and earnest and would help the west and 6outh out of the slough of despond, especially that in doing so they will injure no other section not that alone, but that they will benefit all others in interest, save only the gold grabbing reckless speculators of Wall street. Now watch the other Etate democratic demo-cratic conventions. Note how nearly an unit are all the western and southern south-ern states. One mighty voice will go up from them,, demanding the ful, complete and Bpeedy restoration of the chances of the people destroyed by demonetization de-monetization of silver in '73. Each western state should send up one mighty all-prevailing cheer for the action of the grand convention of the oldest commonwealth on the sunset side of the Mississippi. |