Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-02
Cen. John B. Clark, Jr.
HIS Nomination should satisfy
Evcry bedy.

The contest for Congressional hon.
ors in this district was perhaps the
most earnest and spirited one in the
State. Shields, Clark, ST., SwitZler
and Davis canvasscd the district
most thoroughly. In the very be-
ginning of the struggle it was plain
that Gen. Clark vas by far tho
strongest candidate in til field. The
only hope the other candidates had
of showing IL strength at Carroll
ton was by weakening Clark's pnpu-
larity with the people. 1t was nat
ural, then, as it is in every struggle
for Office, that the weak should COM
binc and make common war upon the
strong. This was done II. inst
Clark. Each candidate had his part
assigned to him, and performed it
most faithfully.
Switzler, who now pridcs himself
on being the CHAMPION "crow-eutcr''
III the State, assumed the odious task
of showing up Clark's incligibilitv.
This worked no little injury to Clark,
but far more to SwitzIcr, for it kill
ed him SO dead in the district that
his name was not even mentioned in
the convention at Carrollton.
Other candidates excited the prrju-
dices of the Conscrvutivc-Umiou
men, and labored to cmbittcr the
Germans and Irish against Clark b,
fnlsely charging him with being full
OF narrow war prcjudiccs. Every
objection was urged against him, and
he was assaulted in every possible
manner. The war finally eliminated
in the tw%O-ihirus rule ut CarruIltolI
(of which Swilzlcr boasts himself
the prime agitator), which resulted
in the elder Clark's defeat, but St.
cured the nomination of his son,
John Il. Clark, Jr.
Now, If the nomination does not
give general satisfaction, as has been
intimatcd in certain quarters, We
submit it to every sensible man, if it
is not owing to the feeling which the
defeated candidates with no real
strength ut home, much less i'll other
countics), stirred up i'll the canvass
in order to defeat the elder Clark,
and, %perchancc, win the nomination
for themselves.
1t is complained by some that we
might have secured such men as
Donipham and Hall. Now, while we
respect and honor these distinguished
men for their services in the past,
there is no reason why the nomina-
ton made should not be as accept
i to the people of this district as
either Of these gentlemen. The
Davis organ in this city censurcs the
convcn ion for not taking Domiphan.
and seems to deplore the nomination
made Is Il misfortune to the district.
We venture the assertion that, if
Doniplan had made the that
paper would have spoken OF him
yer! much after this fashion: "Til-i
ton Davis is making the race against
grandfather Doniphan, one of the
original patriots, who threw the tea
overheard in Boston IIarbor. AT
hat time he was 999 years old. Sew
raj centuries before that he led all
expedition against Mexico and drove
tut the Aztecs. the original inhabi-
iants of that country. He planted
first cross that was ever raised
On Mexican soil, and was present at
laying of the corner stone of the
palace of the M~ontezumas. Now this
lnclcnt gentleman with the moss of SO
many centuries on his back, and full
If his Old fogy ideas and the dead
wants TO he sent to congress
rom this district" &c. With some
UGH stuff us this would that paper
tried to sway the public mind
Donipham and in favor of ::
representative of the progressive
Dung Democracr." The Carrollto
convention in its wisdom saw fit to /;
bv the claims of the venerable
nen mentioned (eitlicr of whom |
you'd have reelected honor upon the |
istrict), and gave US Live young !
Democrat" Just such a man us the I
'ul of the Caucasian painted after. i
S Il representative of the progress S
we young Democracy" Gen. Clark c
as not his peer i'll the State. Tai a
nted and b~road-inlndcd in his views. {.
finished scholar and IL cultivated. I
gentleman. h deserves and
Ill get the support of every true Il
and Liberal R.pub!ican in t
he district. a
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