Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-05-12

CONSTITUENTS IN 0Kk s0k AOk ROt0>QD
struck emery. Ascertaining the co.,
mercial value ofthat estimable mineral.
Dawes constituent communicated with
Dawes, and Dawes thereupon procured
to be clapped upon the efiete emery d
Europe . prohibitory duty.
Whether Dawes was sent to the sem
ate because of his emerytorious conducs
in this matter, or simply because 10
was the most available statesman IN
sight when the election came on. ts
takes an expert in Massachusetts, poll
tics to decide. Since he has been In
the Senate Dawes has usually exhibited
something Of the cautious temper Of the
young man who, being reproached for
his taciturnity. explained that when he
left home his father had admonished
him that II he kept his mouth shut mo-
body would know he was . fool He
has, indeed, managed to gee himself
upon the wrong side Of . controversy
with Secretary Schurz about the Pom
cas-, but fortunately for Dawes the gen.
eral public did not take enough interest
in the controversy to find out which the
right side of the controversy was. Thus
censure until the present executive ses-
oAOu VA TIC OSu0bc OCk14.
This session has been Dawes oppor-
tunity. He has found to his surprise
and delight that nobody either upon his
own side of the Senate or the other has
shown any objection to his lifting his
voice as loudly and as long As Il pleased
him to imbibe its melody. This very
circumstance might have given Dawes
pause. A man Of more reflective mind
would have been apt to inquire why Il
was that the shrewd and experienced
leaders Of his party contented them
selves with carrying out the bargain
with Malone, and abandoned the bur
den and heat of defending it TO Dawes
and Hoar and Logan. But Dawes did
not think of this. Neither did Hoar.
Neither did Logan. There Is no evi-
dence indeed that Logan ever thought
of anything. The astute Edmunds and
the experienced Conkling, who arc
commonly heard from in every debate
from which there is any opportunity to
extract personal or party capital, have
maliciously encouraged Hoar and Logan
and Dawes to embrace the warm end OF
the poker which is brandished by tho
Democrats of the Senate ut the support
ers of Malone.
In this unequal contest Dawes has
been conspicuous. He has grasped the
hot end of the poker in question oftener
than any other Senator. He has relin-
pushed it on every occasion with tears
and saltatory movements expressive OF
pain and baiiied rage. The fsctthat he
comes up smiling on every fresh occa-
sion and reaches out for the trophy
speaks volumes for his courage and the
callosity OF his fingers. On Friday his
evil genius prompted him TO "pranco
i'm anew to the rescue Of his party, this
time from the assaults OF Senator La
mar. To him accordingly, exposing
with moderation and courtesy the ma
ture of the Republican support Of Re-
pudiation in Virginia, entered Dawes
with tale of outrage. He recited the
story of man from Massachusetts, who
had been for the past fifteen years
doing business in Mississippi. until his
commercial career had suddenly been
cut short by the irruption OF .
mob who had burned his factory
and murdered his hands. Inasmuchas,
according to Dawes, he had employed
some three hundred hands, the mas
sacre Of them, together with the burn
ing Of the factory in which they
worked. must have been an event OF
some local interest which the local
newspapers might have been expected
to chronicle. 1t was natural that Sem
ator George, who bad not heard Of this
atrocity in his own State, should in
quire for names. and dates, and places.
To this inquiry Dawes made answer
that to give these particulars would ak
pose the victim of the outrage. who.
L. H.
sought an asylum in Massachusetts,, 70
the fury Of Mississippi mob. CURIOUS
to say. this explanation did not satisfy
Mn George. who repeated his demand
for bill OF particulars. To this de-
mand Dawes made answer in these 70
markable terms: THAT IL question
which the Senator has no business 20
put to me. / stated and restated what
occurred. and I state il again on my own
responsibility" 'e -, .i'.
What Dawes meant by this remark
Dawes probably does not know. It
seems like statement that Dawes lad
..on his own responsibility" invented
o SANDER. with circumstances. against
the people of Mississippi. Probably
Dawes did not mean TO admit this.
What occurred" must, therefore,
have been. according to Dawes, that an
acquaintance of his own had casually
mentioned 10 Dawes that his factory
had been burned and his workmen muir
dered by Mississippi mob. and Mt the
same time had begged Dawes to treat
his disclosure as confidential. II the
people of Mississippi cannot only burn
the factories and murder the workmen
of strangers within their gates, but
bind the injured strangers to secrecy.
and conduct the entire outrage In .
friendly and confidential way. Is II TO
be feared that there Is no way OF pun
ishing the miscreants-not even by
abetting the Reputation Of the debt
of Virginia
Dawes neutrality-suspicious. in the
Senate display, we are bound TO say.
the most hardened indifference To
Dawes sufferings. Unlike them. We
have no partisan interest in Dawes, and
it is simply in the pane of our common
humanity that we appeal TO them to
take Dawes out.-M y. World.
-Thera hos hoou y,,uch fyu oru uf