The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22
HE DON'T DENY IT.

Mr.. Harrison has written Il letter TO
w. q. Shepherd, Mauch Chunk, Pa, in
which he says:
81 cannot but express surprise that
You should ask me such Il question as
that contained IN your letter of Sepiem-
Der 6, namely, whether | have eve said
in effect that 81 n day was enough
wages for a working III There may
be campaign lies 30 plausible as to re-
quire a denial, but this is certainly not
of that sort"
In other words, he SAYS this is not q
campaign lio and that he cannot deny
it. If il is not a ''lie" it must be the
truth, and we commend his discretion in
not trying TO "lie" out it, in the face Of
the fact that it has been proven true by
numerous as good men as there are in
Indiana.
Hon. Il. r. Newberry, of Madison
county, is a candidate for reelection to
the lower house of the Missouri legisIa-
ture, and the nominee of tho democrat
ic party for the position. This should
be enough to ecure the vote of every
democrat in the county, and of all those
independent voters who agree with Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Francis that taxes
should be lowered, and especially that
they should be retained upon luxuries
and reduced upon the necessities of
life. This is a fight between the mon
OpOlies of the country upon the one side
and the people upon the other. The
democratic party, led by a fearless and
i~ncorruptible leader has arrayed
itself uhequivocally upon the side of
the people. The republican party upon
the other hand IS the declared cham
pion of the over-protected manufacture
ers of the east, and through its real
leader, Mr.. Blaine, the defender of
trusts, which are well defined by Mr..
Cleveland as being in reality conspira-
cIes against the people. In this battle
there are but two parties-the demo-
cratic and the republican-the others,
no matter how well intended, must con-
tribute to the welfare or disaster of
these. A house foun led upon the sand
cannot stand, neither can the democrat
ic party If its foundation, county Or
g%anization, be taken from under it.
Therefore, those who for personal or
extraneous local considerations, run in
dependent tickets, are enemies of the
great democratic party of the country,
who while claiming TO believe in its
principles are engaged III weakening it.
The best proof of this lies in the evident
glee with which all such movements
are met by the republicans. In the case
Of Madison county we cannot under
stand why there should be a single vote
cast against DR.. Newberry. In the last
house he was always at his post of
duty, and was ever found voting in the
interest of the farming and laboring
classes. Upon the test question of the
session, railroad legislation, he was de-
cidedly upon the side of the people, IA
voring such legislation as would con-
troll the roads and render them reason
able In their rates of freight. II TO be
faithful deserves to be applauded rather
than condemned, then DIR. Newberry
should be re elected. If to do ones
duty merits Reproduction, then DIR.
Ne berry ought to be defeated. With
all the arts and Establishments that are
brought to bear upon a legislator, not
to say a word about corruption, all the
specious arguments and misleading
statements, when a member stands mp
straight, fearlessly and honestly in the
interest of the people, he deserves their
plandit OF "well done, good and faith
ful servant" One reelection in such
a case is democratic usage, and only
fair. To do less, when asked, is a con
domination OF a public servant, and to
condemn such a one is to play into the
hands of Hobbies, which delight in see
ing 60 TO the wall every man whom
they have failed t use. We do not say a
word as 10 local affairs in Madison coun-
ty, but the member of the legislature
from there belongs to and must serve
the entire state. He should be in the
democratic caucus. The house will be
largely democratic; he should be in line
with 1t in order to be able best to serve