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

SYMPATHY FOR holland EUT
HONOR FOR FRANCIS.

Ever since it has become known
that State Tree surer holland is de-
faulter, indeed, ever since suspicion
FIRST fell upon him, his friends, and
they are many, including some men
in high places, have expressed grea
deal of sympathy for him and have
constantly talked about his great per
sonal popularity. This, that mans
friends should sympathize with him,
is natural and naught else is to be ex-
pected. Let NJ. holland have the
sympathy of bis friends but the
honor belongs to Governor Francis.
When this unfortunate matter first
began to crop out there was,
it seems, from all indications, an or.
ganized effort on The part of every
state official, save Governor Francis,
the entire democratic tie central
committee end all of Mr.. Noland's
bondsmen, to hush the thing up,
strenuously deny it, proclaim that
"everything is al right" secretly de-
post in the treasury the amount of
the deficit, vindicate (whitewash) Mr..
the end of his taihE.e him in Office to
be done for the sake of s'the party"
These gentlemen seem TO think
there is nothing paramount to
party; they do not seem
to know that there is a higher duty
than duty to party /; they seem to
recognize no other master, worship at
the shortage was first Iumored, none
of these gentlemen would acknowl-
edge that they knew anything about
it ; it was merely mistake of book
keeping money had been paid out
of one fund for another; Treasurer
holland was al right; every cent Of
the states money that should be
there was in the vault, etc. Treas
gre Noland declared that when the
books were examined and the cash
was co ,nted the money would all
be found there. He even
threatened the newspapers with
libel suits. He and all of his friends
were relying upon the bondsmen re-
Placing the missing money secyetively
and having a committee senteDtiously
report that The money was cali there"
That was the game and there was
more than one in the conspiracy to
hoodwink the people. There was
only one obstacle in the way of car
rying out this pretty little game aud
that stood in The way Ike a store
wall, irrenovable and unavoidable
that obstacle was Governor
Francis. He drew himself in the
breach and, by his actions, plainly de-
clared "Let Right be done, though the
Heavens FL He, alone, of all
rose above party. turned
his back on whitewash, hoodoo meth
DDS and deception and prevented the
perpetra ion of a fraud upon the people
He set aside friendship. sympathy,
party and all other cousid-
erations save Duty, his sole and sim
y'e guide. He stemmed the storm
1t It's tide, seized the rudder
Of the ship of state with firm hand
md heroic nerve and proved himself
equal TO the occasion. He would
nave done the same bad his dearest
friend on earth suffered. He recog-
nized that his duty was to the people, I
not to party. There is not one man 1
,ut of one thousand that would have
lone similarly. ie
When David r. Francis was a '
candidate for governor at the !
lands of the democratic 8
,arty aud at the polls, the BAzoo i
him; because he was a sue
,essful business man. not q politician,
nd because the BAzoo knew he q
would, as governor, apply the same '
methods to state affairs that he had so i