Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-17

Peace be WI We, Bro. OeDa0crdt!
Twelve prominent Democrats of JEFF
ferson county over their full names
last week addressed the following note
to the editor of the De Soto Gazette:
Editor Southeast Gdzette-In voting fol
Crisp, of Georgia, for Speaker did the Hon
Sam Byrns suppose he was representing his
Democratic constituents, or the magnates
OF Wall street, the manufactures OF the Eas'
and the railroad interest?
We hope some one who knows will favor
Us with an answer.
The editor replies, in effect, that Rep.
resentative Byrns was influenced by
the monied powers, and that Mills
wasn't enough of free silver man to
suit him! Mr.. Flynn, the aforesaid
editor, was for Mills for Speaker, and
is an ardent advocate of the principles
represented by the candidacy of the
famous Texan. Therefore, his apol-
ogy-for it is an apology and not a
justitication-may be accepted as an
earnest of Bro. Flynn's determination
to be patient with the Representative
who has misrepresentedh his whole dis
trict in this matter. But it is unfor-
tunate when a servant of the party
must be apologized for and his acts
excused and palliated by those who
have reposed trust in him. 1t is still
more unfortunate IN, tbs Instance, see
ing it is not the first time we have
been called upon to either ignore Or
the wayward course of Mr..
Byrns since the people chose him to
guard their interests and represent the
of Democracy in the honor
able station of Representative in the
sd Congress. Last winter, While his
honors were still new upon him, and
his pledges still fresh in the minds OF
his constituents, he went to Jefferson
City to lobby, in the guise of an attor-
ney, against the proposed anti pluck
me-store legislation. When respect
fully called upon by a warm supporter
in this county as to the matter charg-
ed against him by the newspapers,
Mr.. Byrns replied-in a not too amia-
BILE tone-that he had merely appeared
as the paid attorney of certain cor
poration before the committee having
the bill in charge and made an argu-
against the bill; that he quit at
that, and, outside of the speech for
which he was paid, had done no lob
bying for or against the bill, whatever.
But, still more unfortunately, certain
members of the legislature say, and
will stand by their assertion, that Mr..
Byrns did not confine himself to the
speech for which he was paid, as an
attorney, but that in more than one
instance, after the speech for which he
was paid, he did twit them concerning
their position: ''YOu are not going to
support that id bill?" etc., etc. We
to be in Jefferson City short
ly after he had made the speech for
which he was paid as an attorney,
and the truest Democratic members
from the Southeast were Meth er COM
nor sparing in their re-
marks upon the episode. However,
we all concluded that if we had made
a bad bargain, we would philosoph-
caily make the best of it. That best
appears now to be a second betray al of
the desires of the Democracy of the
Tenth District, and we are happy to
find that some of us who are betrayed
are willing to trust and hope again
maybe, even to the scriptural limit of
seventy times seven.