Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-11-15

we nave p4Centiy 0W0lLeO the re-
suit of the slanderous insinuatiuns
against the Governor Of the State
which have heen 90 plentifully scatter
ed broadcast by the st. Louis press for
two months or more, aud up to date
have failed to discover q single bit OF
evidence supporting their wholesale
denunciations. st. Louis politics, at
best, is the most defiling of pitch, and
it is impossible for any man to have to
do with it without experiencing to a
greater or lesser degree the truth OF the
scriptural injunction. The Governor,
by virtue of his office, has the appoint
ment of the Police Commissioners, and
as q matter of fact 1t is impossible for
him to please everybody in his selec-
tions. Every appointment raises a
howl from the "ring" on the outside.
and on the devoted head of the Execu-
tive fall their curses and vituperations.
The st. Louis dailies, whose editors
can never find time nor space to de-
nounce the railroad monopolies of the
State which are grinding the people to
powder, become so very virtuous that
one can only wonder why they survive
amid such vicious surroundings. A
fearfully and wonderfully made Grand
Jury Ia empaneled, and pretends to in-
vestigate; the evidence taken before it
is stolen (?) and published. notwith-
standing the statutory inhibitions; and
it then makes q report that is dis
grace to the State and the laws under
which we live. And what is there to
support ali the hue and cry? Positive
ly nothing, 80 far as developed. That
Governor Crittenden is an honest man
who that has known him through life,
will gainsay: That he may have
made mistakes is not impossible; that
he has backbone" and plenty of 1t, is
beyond question-and herein lies his
greatest SHINING, But, strange to say,
the people throughout the State honor
him for his stamina, and, until his
loud.mouthed enemies back up their
charges with substantial evidence, will
hold him guiltless. We here insert a
few interesting remarks OF the Govern
or In his own behalf, taken
From q Globe -DemocI at Interview.
"Well, what have you to say about
the indictments against Caruth, Lutz
and others2'
"Nothing as to their merits. The
iury and Court will determine those
points. An indictment Ia neither a
conviction nor evidence of guilt, and
ia occasionally based on prejudice and
popular clamor instead OF evidence.
The defendants, as am informed, ap-t
reared at once in court and demanded
an immediate trial. Uuder the cir
cumstances the State can not afford to
refuse the demand. 1t does not be-
come me to express an opinion as to
the guilt or innocence of the accused,
and / therefore decline to do so by
word or deed. My action in the past
in the removal of Police Commission !
ers can not be held as precedent, as
the surrounding circumstances were |
entirely different from those environ |
ing the present cases."
"The Republican says in an article |
in its Sunday issue that the Grand Ju- |
ry reported that you demanded blank |
designations of Police Commissioners
as q rule as condition to their ap-
pointment. Ii that true?"
1.-THE Grand Jury says no such thing
even in its false report. It says in
augurated the practice of demanding
and requiring Of persons prior to
their appointment blank designations
of their offices. The Republican says
it is the rule under the present Gov
ernor to demand such designations.
Now see how much truth there is in
the statement. L have appointed elev-
Ell Police Observation-Disclosures, Kin
kead, Cupples, Simmons, Maxon, Ker-
win, McCabe, Caruth, Lutz, Gooding
and Cleveland. Not one of ten of those
has ever been asked for a blank resig-
nation by me, or any one authorized to
speak for me, nor with my knowledge
or consent. The matter was discussed
with Mr.. Boland by gentlemen repres-
enting me, and after discussion the idea
was abandoned, and Mr.. Boland was
appointed without giving such resig-
nation. So that as matter of fact no
man appointed TO any office by NE IN
st. Louis, or out of it, has ever been
required to give blank resignation to