Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-05-15
SOLID FOR NORTON.
Montgomery County Through
With the Court House Fight.

j. Il Appiing, of Danvilie,
Montgomery county, was in Mexico
yesterday ant stated 10 a LEDGER
reporter that his county was solid
Tor Norton. Appling was Sheriff
of his county four years and Col
lector two years, and knows the
sentiment of his county pretty
well. He says some of the op.
ponents of Norton have been
trying to stir up the old Court
House fight and claim that those
opposed to the removal should vote
for Clark, as he made a speech on
that side of the question in the
Legislature. Mr.. Appling also
says that he (Appling) was bitterly
opposed to the removal and spent
his time and money in the fight,
but that it is over now and the
good people down there don't want
1t stirred up again, and that the
race for Congress has nothing at
all to do with the old Court House
fight. He says he is for Norton
because he has made a good re-
cord as a representative, and is a
thorough Democrat and a hard
worker for his constituency and
that it is Democratic usage to give
such a faithful servant a second
term. Mr.. Appling says for these
reasons, and others equally as good,
Montgomery county will be for
Norton. He closed his converse
ton by saying that Norton never
had anything at all to do with the
Court House fight, and that the
people of Montgomery county were
now going to elect a representative
in Congress and not fight the old
Court House wor over again. He
also said that such a fight as Clark
and his friends proposed in Mont
gomery county meant defeat for
the Democracy. Montgomery is a
close county, but will be found in
the Democratic column, unless
some local strife like that referred
to Is stirred up. The election of
Norton to a second term will not
only harmonic the party In Mont
gomery county and give that coun-
ty to the party. but will rebound
to the best interests of Democr acy
throughout the entire district.
The above interview is IN line
with the following editorial pub
lished in the LEDGER early this
year, and long before we were full
ly aware of the bearing this con-
test would have on Montgomery
county particularly:
We are sure that Mr.. Norton is max
ing an able, industrious and pains
taking representative, and that it
would be for the best interests of the
people generally and the party partic-
ularly to give him another term in
Congress.
1t is a fact well known that a new
member cannot do much. 1t takes
the greatest part Of a session to learn
the ropes, SO to speak, and if he makes
himself too active on the floor of the
House. the older members are in
clined to snub him. There is nc
doubt that the longer a member re-
mains in Congress the more influential
and useful he becomes. Mr.. Norton
is attending assiduously to his duties
and is making an excellent impression
On old Congressional observers.
Under the circumstances we be.
lieve it to be to the best interests 0.
the party that Mr.. Norton should be
reelected, and a denomination by the
unanimous voice of his party would
add to his prestige and strength.
Let us have Norton for another
term, and let the Democrats re-nomi
nate him by reclamation and restore
harmony to the Seventh District o
Missouri.