The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-14
SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC.

The gall exhibited by the writer il
sending the following to the BAzoo il
more than could be overcome, henc,
the writer's effusion is given in full
SEDALfA, OCT 9th.
EDITOR BAzoo: | am sincerely
grieved at your course toward young
Jackson and beg of you to change it,
as you are only injuring yourself.
1t is your duty to either support him
or keep quiet. / lave patiently read
all YOU have said, and listened to all
| have heard against him, and there
is not one grain of sense in it. You
say he is incompetent" Well. what
of it? Can't YOU give a young man
a chance? By the time he has serv
ed his first term he will be all right,
and during his second term, he will
make his mark. Every young law
yer has to learn. He is now but a
bud, wait little till he swelIs, and
bursts into a glorious legal rose.
You say he was not "fairly NOM
mated" This is mere bosh. Every
thing is fair in politics, and you know
il. ANY trade that can be made in
a convention is always allowable.
You say he is ''vain and egolistic-
al" Now, for the life of me / cannot
see wat that has to do With running
for office. What you call vanity and
egotism is simply the growth and
assertion of that leadership which is
natural to spirited and talented
youth. Besides, Cliff is a prime ia
vorite in the very best society circle
in Sedalia and his head may be
little turned by fattery, but most of
such talk comes from mere jealousy
of his success. He sadly needs the
office. He Has spent much time and
money in the race and it would be
shameful to have him beaten. Here
is a young democratic eagle just
posing for flight he has Lis kind
ling eye fixed upon the very tip-top
of the mountain of fame, and malice
comes along and hits him a blow
with a club. Oh, shameful spectacle. |
Suppose he is "superciliOus,' do
You expect gentleman to be forever
shaking every dirty paw that comes
along? The only real faults L have
found with him is that he has been
doing too much of the hail-fellow-well |
met business since he has been making
his canvass, but thank God the can
vass will on be over. He "stoops
to conquer"
Take nv word for it, you can't elect
Lamm. He's scrub while Jackson
is thoroughbred. Lamm had to be
pulled and spurred onto the track,
while Jackson came on the course
prancing like a war horse. Even now
the one is running dull and losing
race, enamOred with the details and
and routine of his practice, while e
other, alert as an Indian and swift "a
a hound, is far and away toward the
goal. Tie one ignorant In political
history and passing events, is as dumb
as sick oyster, while the other has
from every hill top in the county
poured a flood of elOquence, eclipsing,
where they have jointly spoken, Jno.
I. Heard, who by the way, ought
never to have been nominated for
What the democracy of Petti>
county most needs is a leader. They
have found one. "His headquarters
are in the saddle" He was born to
Let US follow him to vic
tory.
One thing more: The decent peo-
pie of Petris county will never per-
nit black republican to hold another
office. That is settled would
rather the county would be over
reached in the building of the court
house, than have an error detected
by a black republican. / would
rather the county would lose q law
suit, than have her defended by
black republican. l would rather
school loan would be lost than have
a black republican lawyer examine
an abstract. l would rather GRIM
inal would escape, than have him
by black republican, and
enough of us feel that way to give
Jackson 500 majority. and don't you
forget it.
You had better join the procession.