The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-07

commence in this district TO forecast
the policy of the campaign before US
Just now, as it would be firing blank
cartridges over the heads of our own
ranks before the enemy appears In
sight, our opponents have experienced
some slight difficulty in selecting q
leader, but the campaign has narrow
ed down to two men, and i presume
the final battle on the fourth will de-
eide whom We are to fight. Both are
clever gentlemen, and both are friends
of mine, consequently / have
no inclination to make choice for
the democratic party.
My county has been struggling for
the last gfteen years to secure can
didate for congress but have failed I'M
I'll nov. When they have got the best
man in the district, in myself, (lsugh-
teri. As i said to Mr.. More a few
days ago, however, in case should
be nominated and Heard should beat
him i think it is but fair his friends
should bear half the expense of the
campaign since it would fall upon me
to bear the burthen os the fight in
representing Boone county.
But / have no political ambition
and if it had been left to me to dis.
cuss my own personal interests and
preference, / would have declined
this nomination but upon this occas-
ion and under the present circum-
stances, and in view Of the unanimi-
ty with which / understand you have
looked to me, / feel that / would be
false to my own sense of manhood and
duty were / to refuse to accept cheer
fully the burthen you place upon me
whatever may be the result. And
whatever power and ability / possess
shall be thrown into the contest be-
fore US, for / am opposed to defeat
and believe in burning the
bridges behind me.
While the outlook does not seem to
some so bright, / am free to say that
to me it seems that we have more
than a fighting chance and while it
may be i'll advised to point out
our line of action here and
at this time, yet / feel it will be well
enough to indicate few leading fea-
lures for the benefit of our friends here
and show where we may expect to
find some recruits. First there are
many old veterans of the whig party
vet able to cast a vigorous ballot and
there can be little doubt that We can
count on their votes. Second, there
are many old war democrats who
fought under the old flag who are
growing FESTIVE in the ranks of their
confederate allies. They are away
from home in a strange land and are
being fed on husks, all they need is a
civil invitation to come back into the
fold.
Again you know this temperance
question assumed formidable strength
in this district and my observation
leads me to the honest conviction that
three-fourths of it is composed OF
democrats, and / care not what 8
mans individual sentiments may be,
| it is certainly undemocratic. and anti.
republican to say that this question OF
any other question shall not be sub.
mitted to the people, it ought to be
submitted when they demand it, in
order to settle it, and though a man
might be opposed to prohibition he
certainly has no right to oppose sub.
mission under our free form of gov.
eminent, by the people for the people.
That the prohibition sentiment is OF
republican origin in the north no one
will deny, but in the south the pro-
hibitionists are democrats and
the cause is growing far
more rapidly than in the north but il
is a question that will not be downed
anywhere.
Gentlemen, that is not all you
know that in this district most bit
ter and acrimonious fight has been
waged for the democratic candidacy,
a fight so bitter and virulent that il
has caused such breaches as cannot
and will not be healed. The main
reason of this is because nomination
has been equivalent to an election and
the democratic nominee is already 8
Congressman. But / believe that i:
not fact to-day. In our party there
are no aspirants it is true but it is moi
because they could not be elected but
simply because We are not an office
seeking party. True we held offices
good while but it was not because we
wanted them but because they were
forced upon us and it begins to look
as if we would have to step down and
take the offices again since there are