The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-18

WOulu DdNIu h' ftanSiSJ wv
business man, or would sny o'her
good business man, if he
detected "A cashier sealing
money. allow the cashier to repl ce
the money, hush it up and continue
to keep him in his employ? No; he
would at once take charge of the
books and money, discharge his rec
reant ca>hier and rep ace HIM with
another. Just so with DAVID II.
Francis, the governnr. He WIS not
politician who placed party above
all. He was a plain, practical business
m IN, who applied he same prime
pes to state affairs thst he would TO
his own private affairs. He applied
the knife, app led it heroica'ly md
courageously but justly, and he will
receive the thanks of the people.
Now, every time-servi G, party
wor,h;ping politician wi join in the
hue and cry and give Ed holland a
kick, that be is down. Yet, bu' for
the nerve and her, lie Gevo ion to
duty of David r. Francis,
jus ice would never have been done.
Compare his action with that of the
politicians -Jasp7r Burks, who has
not yet heard of any d ficii; G {.
Maffit', vino d es no. know that there
IS anything wrong; when every m,n,
W oman and child in the state that
reads knows there is something seri.
ously wrong.
Governor Francis has proved him
self, not only a man of sup,ri'
devotion to duty, but a
man of great sagscity and
ability. As ,rly as December, he
suspected something WAS wrong He
compelled the treasurer t render
him monthly stale, he de-
.o,oa +,o branded hand Of theft
I;nIurntl he discovered just
cause tor a pers NAL inves igation.
Even then brazen party men de-
clared the investigat; on to be all in
compliance with The statutes al d no
evidence of wrong. They said the
statutes required the governor to
orc sionally examine The books of tie
require rrrar1 tnrrv srarI prcvruruCr UT
theft in the treasure,'s Office.
Had Governor Francis not been
the man he is, this outrage would
have run on for three years yet, and
the steal might have run into hun-
dreds of thousands. Tne truth |
is, and it is apparent to all men who
can see beyond their noses. at Gov
ernor Francis his done the hest thing !
that Gu d have hem H. e, not only
for e cope, but for tie DIM cratic
party He has nipped the th.rg in
the bud ins d of conf. n NJ and
whitewashing it. HID is hi g
been covered up f,r v ar vet, as it
appears to have been for yesr~
past, i: wou d have some day come To
light with a terrific poson and
ruined the democratic pa,iy. Gov.
ernor Francis, by his promp, aud
heroic action, his saved The dem p
era c party from ruin and disg ace,
and every democrat with grain of
sense will thank him for it, let il huri
whom it may.
To he abe to conduct his
OWN department of state properly, de-
5ect wrong-do ng in another ''epari-
nent, run the scent down, apply the
snife of duty, discover the wron- d. !.
NC and set it Alright, requires no ordi- |
,ary man. 1t Was done by David r G
the best and ablest governor
Missouri has ever had. 1t
appears that Noland's stealing has !
'eeu going On for years,
yer since Gates term as treasurer, !.
nd no one detected it, or, 1T lie st, C
guelched it, until David r. Francis :,
'ecame governor. The BAzoo does L
ot believe Missouri has had another u
GOVERNOR since the war who K
7ould have had sufficient 81
rains, sagacity and business capacity a