The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03

= iOot tuO party iaS taS INV
btail mentioned the next election
nd altogether il has been conducting
itself as u desperate society resolved
upor desperate ends.
Recently, there have been indications
of a resort TO quieter but more effective
methods, and there is now no question
that the residence OF Fi,iey is once
uore the scene Of suppressed activity
II is this fact which renders consplc-
uously interesting and timely the
following words from Col. II. 5,
Herbert's R0lla Herald 1.-THE DEM
ocrats of Missouri must keep their eyes
open to the fact that the republicans
are hard but quietly at work organ
izing for the next campaign. 1t is q
good while before the lext election,
but it is not too early to begin prepar-
ing for it,"
The democratic party has been SLOW
to understand and appreciate the value
of organization. 1t has uniformly
relied upon work in the open field,
where every maneuver could be
watched by the skulking enemy.
But it should remember thai
the greatest multitude of men
on earth cannot rush into battle
pell nell or en- mass. There are
scouts to be sent forward, picket duty
to be done, advance guards to be
pushed on, lines TO be formed, ranks
to be closed up, and a general right
dressing for the fire which indicates
careful preparation on the part OF both
rank and file. Ii gives the sharp
shooter confidence to deploy when he
knows that beyond the hedge fence,
standing breast-high in the rustling
corn, is al army of wciting soldiers,
ready TO reinforce and supplant him at
the first crack OF his rife; soldiers who
have enfladed with him in cover, until
he knows that when they do reach the
open, j. will be as N man, and that
their first fire will be as a unit; sol
diers who will stand as a stone wall
against every charge, and are always
ready for a sudden springing up of the
enemy from the ravine.
Organization Is what the democratic
party of Missouri needs now. The
work should begin with the state
committee and come OH down
the school districts. Ii should be
agitated by the democratic press and
heralded by the county committees,
and stirred about by every democratic
voter until nothing else can be heard
but boots and saddles. There is a
glorions work 10 ne done, and u glo-
rious army 10 do It. All that is re-
Quired is a preliminary brushing 40 of
bayonets and of tactics, SO that the
dust of the approaching enemy will
find the democratic party a solid. I'M
penetrable, victorious phalanx.
Sitting around on dry goods boxes
on summer afternoons and talking OF
past politics doesn't accomplish much
FOR 1892. 1t is we'll enough from all
educational point OF view, but it isn't
There Is nothing in il
to enkindle enthusiasm
Oh awaken interest. What we
want nov is a hVnt by droves. roI
monologue or q dry goods box Il
together of all the old guard
and the new; a gathering of the claus
upon every crag and peak, until all tn,
broad and beautiful valleys OF Missouri
shall simmer in the light of the camp
fires aud reflect back the notes of prep
that r~everberate across Inc
fields.
The state democratic committee, the
congressional democratic commit 81,
the county democratic committees, the
school district committees, the city
committees, the great men and
the small, Charlie Maffitt and Bill Hud
speth, Grit. Prather aud Pet. High.
ought to be ~bivouacking some
where in the brush from this time
forward.