Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-11
JOHN F. PHILIPS.

mocracy have only to twit him with
having been defeated once by Burdette
and again by Rice.
When Col. Philips ran against Bur-
dette there was no chance tor his elec-
ton. Those were the dark days in
Missouri, when the republican party
ruled with a rod Of iron, and disfran-
chised as many democrats as the exc
gencies of the case demanded; when
the substance of the people was vast
ed, and when stupendous debts were
piled upon them for payment by the
present and future generations. Col.
Philips had the manhood then, in the
face of defeat, to stand up for freedom
from persecution; for the rights OF cit
liens to q voice in the government as
well as in the privilege to be taxed.
He was subsequently, defeated by Rice
simply because the democrats OF the
district were confident. The
stay at-home vote in Lafayette county
alone could very nearly haye reversed
the ridiculous verdict. for if it was not
a travesty of common sense to elect
such a man as Rice " such a man as
Philips, no result of an election was
ever nonsensical.
The party in the old Seventh was
caught mapping, but there is no fear
that anything of that kind will happen
this year. Mr.. Blaine, we believe, at
tributed his defeat to its having rained
on election dsy-the democrats didn't
mind the weather; they were no car
pet-knights, they waded to the polls
with or without galoshes. Forewarn-
ed is ore-armed. We lost Philips
once through apathy, the outgrowth Of
over-confdence. The mistake will not
occur again, rain or shine.
This time, and we are not INDUCING
in vain Boosting, either, Philips will
carry everything. He will carry
Lafayette county by an increased
majority; he will carry johnson coun-
ty by an increased majority; he will
carry jackson county outside of Kan
sas City, and he wiU carry Kansas City.
If there were anything else to carry he
would carry that.
And we will tell you why.
He will carry Lafayette, johnson aud
Jackson counties because they are dem
ocratic; because there have been no
dissensioss in them during the canvass,
and because in Judge Philips they have
been given the candidate they desired,
a man whom they admire, a man for
whom they a not only vote but heart
lily work. This will increase the dem
ocrstic majoritles in these counties.
No matter what has happened in the
past. There are irreconcilable ex-con-
federates in this county who never
would vote for Philips before. This
time they were for him above all others
for the nomination. Times change;
men with them; adversity impresses
its lessons deeply. One dose ola repub-
lican congressman has nauseated them.
Judge Philips will carry Kansas
City because he is head and shoulders
the ADLER man of the TWO. Maj. War
ner is not without q kind Of ready wit
and a good deal of natural ability, but
he is neither the lawyer, the scholar
nor the orator that is Judge Philips.
Kansas City is not much democratic, it
is not much republican,; it is about
equally balanced; but above either it
Is for Kansas City. Many of it's ablest.
wealthiest and most influential men are
very little partisan. They admire in
%tellect, and they love Kansas City.
They recognize the fact that the govern
ment is not now republican. They see
a democrat in the presidential chair.
They know that the next house will be
democratic; to deny this is a mere
waste of time; and they see, even were
the men but equal, that Judge Philips
can be of much greater service to them
than can any republican, no matter
how Jealous he may be. Judge Philips
has the friendship of the president, Of
our United States senator's, and in the
next house will be one of the majority
Hundreds of conservative republicans
and independents in Kansas City seeing
this will vote for him. Their non-par-
tisan votes have been justified in ad'
vance by Mr.. Warmers speeches of two
years ago. No one has ever yet accus.
ed Kansas City of not knowing or
which side its bread is buttered, an6
it's every interest lies in the election OF
John F. Philips. Major Warner may
be a very clever fellow, but in a demo.
cratic house he presents very much thu
appearance of a bump on a log. We
fail to see wherein he has m~aterializei
in the interests of the district. We DE-
not So much blame him O. we commits.
serste the unfortunate position which ht
occupies.
The only thing that is necessary t.
democratic success is the realization
that it is necessary for democrats t.
vote. That is the point. Every man
must do his duty, not only in casting
his own vote, but in seeing that ever!
other democrat comes to the polls
Let this thought sink deeply into you
hearts, democrats, it is the key to thu
situation. If this one fact is realized
we shall easily redeem this democratic
district from the disgrace of being rep
resented at Washington by a republican
THE CROWDED CONDITION OF TIL
HIGH SCHOOL.
We mentioned, briefly, last week
that the high school in this city wa
unduly crowded. Our local reader
know that the second ward and hig
schools occupy the same building. w