Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-30
Mlssouri Pellsics.


MISSOURI Pollaics.
Border slave State politics has al
ways been q problem by itself. Owing
to the fact that Missouri was a border
State on three sides, it was called t.
grappie with the wors. complications
Of this problem, and has not yet re
covered from the contest. But lyine
as the State does In the highway o
the nation across the Continent, and
containing immenae facilities for de.
velopment, the conditions precedent te
its emancipation are full Of promise
But we must be patient Of the slow
growth Of . great work. It is in this
trait that THE WHAT Is IT seems to
be lacking. IT insists that the Lord
shall hasten His work that 1t may see
it aud still more reap the pecuniary
profit of it.
What is THE WHAT Is IT. Aud
the answer comes "A wretched dog
hole eked with ends of wall"
What does 1T propose to do. 1t pro-
poses to deliver the State of Missouri
from BOURBoNIsN. Whatever that is,
it is the organized embodiment of the
sentiments Of three-fourths of the peo-
pie Of the State. That is to say THE
WHAT Is 1T proposes to deliver the
State of Missouri frsns the organized
will of three-fourths OF It's people. Un-
der our institutions this will obviously
be an up hill business. and the pro-
gramne denonstratesfh that The WHAT
is 1T is merely the rag-tag and bob
tail OF the old carpet-bag dynasty,
which was long sinee repudiated by
every man of either priucipisor brains.
But what has BoURBoNIsM done
that the State shousd exchange lis.
tiofnfnatfon for fhatsof THE WHAT Is
IT. In Missouri it has been called to
adjust very difficult problems, and in
doing SO has committed some blunders
but the balance power the general
drift has been in the right direction.
The prophets who prophesy for THE
WHAT Is IT may ask q sign. We can
give them two. When Bourbonism
took charge in 1870 Missouri skies were
1T o.. In fourteen years they passed
through terrible panic, and weather.
ed tremendous steal. and now COM
mand strong premium. The gold
scale is the test of successful admin
istration. Again. Fourteen years ago
Missouri had q Common School Sys-
tenn that was complicated, expensive
and poorly adapted to the people. and
therefore not efficient. The Common
School System has teen kept in opera
ton, simplified, and adapted to the
people. and SO made more efficient, and
= reliable pledge given that all need
fui changes will come in due time. An
that can do those things
should not be lightly set aside.
at is written in the Book of Faten
that Missouri will be emancipated
rom all messy back policy. but it is
lust as certain that emancipated Mis-
,ouri will be Radical but never Re-
publican.
There was very significant fact IN
,onnexion with the election of 1850 in
Missouri. Somewhat more than l4l,-
100 vovers never went to the polls.
That element is growing and will be
heard from after little while. 1t will
be idle to crack the party whip over
their heads. They are too sharp to be
.windled aud too strong 10 be driven.
In regard TO Mr.. Blaine's matrimo-
nial difficulty lIis answer is bad. His
marriage WAS morganatic,
aud he fails To show that in his case
The statute of Kentucky forbade legal
or to explain the matter at
Ill. In regard to the Muiiigan letters
be seemed to have roped i'm some men
who sat down on him and compelled
him to disgorge. To represent Mr..
Blaine AS the victim of sharpers is Too
thin.
The fact stands out Mr.. Blaine i'm
twenty years on an annual income of
i've thousand dollars has kept up a
very expensive establishment. and ac-
cumuiated eight millions of dollars:
The miracles Of the widows oil and Of
the 1--WE loaves aud two fishes may
now hide their diminished heads.
Mr.. Blaine's character simply is an
all absorbing avarice and seifishness,
which worms its way to eminenee by
Through dirty places, and
gains it's points by bullying. shuffiing
and lying
But welconcede his election as the
exponentlbf the decadence ofour civili-
EatioH.