Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-21
HARDIN FOR

committed to some able st. Louis
man for United States senator Ito be
elected by the next Missouri legisla-
ture,) it takes pleasure in indorsing
the kind words relative to the honest
purposes of ex-Gov. Hardin, express
ed in the following article from the
Linneus (Linn county, Bulletin, one
of the best of our Missouri exchan-
ges. BY the way, the Bulletins edi-
tor, Mr.. T.. E. Brawner, is promi-
nently named as a suitable candidate
for the legislature, and we should be
glad to see him there.-St. Louis
Republican.
Although it is nearly a year until
the election of a Senator, to succeed
Col. Armstrong, takes place, We OBJ
serve an unusual interest manifested
on the subject. Several persons OF
m ore or less distinction are being
urged in the newspapers of the state,
anG the agitation threatens to grow
rather lively. In n aspect of the
matter the discussion seems to be
premature, as so much time must,
and so many circumstances may,
intervene, which might alter the sitG-
alton and change the relations of cam
didates. But We imagine this idea
does not amount to much when it is
stated that by the early agitation OF
| this question, which will involve the
/ scrutiny of The merits of aspirants,
the masses 81 the people, who are too
often ignored in the selection of sena-
tors, may he able to have voice, and
thereby secure q nan of their choice.
| The Bulletin has no interest what
ever in the ucces of any man aside
from lis desire to see such an one Sc
lected as would be a fit representa-
tive of the interests Of the state and
it's people. We are inspired only
with a purpose to contribute our mite
in behalf of the man who we believe
will best serve us in the highest leg
i~slative body in the world. Our
readers are aware that we have long
shared with them the opinion that
ex-Gov. Hardin is al excellent man,
true in his purposes and honest and
steadfast in his convictions. We
have, for years, regarded him as much
superior to the average politician.
We know him to be sincerely devot-
ed to the peoples interests, and
above all, We have seen so much in
him to show that his action is never
regulated by a desire to popularize
himself, that we have pronounced him
an exception among those who have
been in places of public trust. We
have numbers of leading statesmen,
no doubt honest enough, who can not
stand too much pressure; men who
seem to yield to superior force at a
time when they should be firm and
resolute. But Hardin is as firm as
adamant, as true as steel, as unfiinch-
ing as Jackson. You always know
where to find him, there is no ques-
ton as to his position and no doubt
as to his action. He is q splendid
lawyer, q man of strictly moral bear
ing, and in every way unobjectiona-
BILE. He is not celebrated as q very
eloquent or forid speaker, but he is
none the less capable-only the more
SOTO make his points and fasten an
argument. He would do honor to
Missouri in the senate, and no one
would ever be heard to question his
usefulness az q senator. He would
stand with the best men of that body
as an able thinker and a logical ex-
FOUNDER of correct doctrines. The
people of Missouri have great conf
dence in the man, and they would
place him in the senate could they
vote directly to that end. While the
hucksters may not take to Hardin,
the people will, and We believe they
can elect Kim if they desire. Let
them say who their senator shall be.