Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-01
GRAVES OR WARNER-WHICH =?
Democrats, pause and reflect.

DOU l uO IL.
Remember his record. Remember
that the breath is hardly dry upon his
lips with which he denominated you as
Bourbons and accused you of being
in alliance with crime. Re
member that his false arraignment
of Missouri as non progressive has by
being repeated and repeated in eastern
| journals done more harm in divertine
capital and emigration from our borders
than all his efforts in congress could
i attract were he kept there for a dozer
wears. Remember his bitter partisan
ship in 1868. Remember his bitter par
tisanship in 1884.
But, some of you say, "We cannot
vote for Warner, but we will scratch
Graves"
Don't do that.
Think about it seriously first, ant
then conclude to vote the straight dem
ocratic ticket from top to bottom.
This is not the party lash that W.
are applying; there is no abuse i'll it:
we only desire to reason with you
There is not a man in the district who
has more reason to vote against Mr.
Graves than has the editor of this pa.
per. The first time Mr.. Graves wa
, ever a candidate for Office he supported
him zealously and earnestly. Two
years ago he wrote articles in eulogy o
Mr.. Graves, fulsome eulogy, and hi
fought Mr.. Graves opponent will
every legitimate weapon of politica
warfare. And yet, when in this can
vass he conscientiously and indepen,
IDENTIFY took a position regarding thu
convention at Kansas City which wa
sustained by the highest council Of thu
party, it was falsely said that he hat
always been Mr.. Graves enemy, ant
that he had made a corrupt bargain
against his county's candidate for con
gress. These things were advertised
throughout the district. Our contemp
for such methods of electioneering i
beyond expression. Our good name
is our dearest human possession. NJ
adequate reparation has been made II
us, and possibly none ever will be, bu
still we shall OH November 4th put aside
all natural personal feeling and vot'
for Alexander Graves for congress
Not that we shall ever ask him a favor
We could easier do that with William
Warner. Not that we condone any
thing we have condemned. That woult
be impossible. But because Mr.. Grave
i'll the next house would be part of tn
national democratic party, while Maj
Warner would aid with all his powe
to throttle and kill democracy.
This is a question far above persona
considerations. 1t is a question il
which the entire democratic party @
the country is concerned. There ar
guarrels in many congressional dis
tricts. How do we know how niue
of a democratic majority we shall hav'
in the next house2 We might lose tn
house by II vote. Suppose that shout
happen, how would the democrat fec
who by II vote, or a half of a vote
should contribute to that result?
We have not mentioned what is pei
sonal to us in this article to revive til
bitter feelings of the This
is not our habit. We seek no sym
pathy; we are abundantly able to tax
care of ourselves; and it is at last onl
a personal matter; but we do say, ths
if we can sink personality in this in
stance for the general good there is II
democrat in the district who cannot d
it too.
You say that you want to scratc
your ticket, or vote for Warner, to IT
buke the wrongs committed again
Mr.. Wallace. Choose some other wa.
Those wrongs have already been re
buked-twice. First by the action
the state committee; and, second, b
the forced abdication of the old col
g%ressional committee. The new con
mittee has upon it four Graves me
and four Wallace men; the chairma
Is a Wallace man there can be no T.
petition of what was done either in o
ganizing the convention or in chOOsir
the judges for the primary electio.
You say, that is not enough; that yc
want to punish Mr.. Graves i'll person
but in doing that you run the risk
furnishing the whole democratic par
of the country. If Cleveland is electt
how shorn of power to do good he W:
be if he does not have the house.
Blaine is elected how doubly importa
Y it will be to have democratic control
] the lower house to in some measu
S check the eXtravagances and CORFU
c tons of all that Blaineism implie
Fellow-democrats, exhibit your di
i, pleasure jim some other way than
voting against Mr. Graves. You ne'
= not compromise your dignity to
this. You need not condone anythin
Indeed none but an idiot can claim,
Mr.. Graves is elected, that the VIC
= which elects him indorses what has be
e done in his behalf.
s. Mr.. Wallace desires MIR. Graves elt
ton, for two rea~sons-first, becau
Mr.. Wallace is an ardent democrs
q: and, second, for the more selfish re
son, that Mr.. Graves defeat wor
~ make it harder for Mr.. Wallace to
:, elected two years hence.
You say, that Mr.. Graves is not
nominee; that the primary election W
s, a farce. Suppose that is true. The Fl
ut remains, that there is one republic
ID candidate and but one democratic c:
didate for congress.
IS, All that can be said about Mr.. Graz
he cannot make him worse than Will
Warner. He has, at least, never
versed the decision of the people
~ corded at the ballot-box at a gene
IL election in the district. Mai. War;
has. Mr.. Graves has never spoken
democrats with coitemptuous epitht
~ Maj. Warner has. Nr. Graves
~ never accused democrats of being
better than criminals by all accusat
that they were in alliance with the