Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-21
TO-. THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1892.

duced ignoring both reports and giving
half of the vote of Ste. Genevieve coun-
ty to Burns and half to Terry-and as
a logical sequence half to Burks and
half to Noell, thereby securing the SEN
atoriai nomination for Jasper Burks.
[ resisted this substitute. urging as a
reason for my opposition, my belief,
that the substitute was being urged to
establish a precedent for the Marble
Hill Senatorial Convention; and after
wards it was SO used. | was then in
favor of regularity, as | have always
been, and opposed to the combine then
formed between Byrns and Burks, and,
as [ firmly believe, still existing. |
johnson Of South St. Louis as Congress
man. When Mr.. johnson decided not
to have his name presented to that
convention ! no longer had candidate
to urge. was provoked at the action
of a well earned victory in Ste. Gene
We've county-that was all.
And to demonstrate this the entire
vote of my county was cast for Byrns,
which would not have been the case
if had objected.
If you wish to insinuate that | was a
bolter, your insinuation is as false as it
is cowardly. I was opposed to the
nomination Of Sam. Byrns two years
ago, and in the light of his subsequent
record | think | diagnosed his case ac-
curately. When the people of the old
tenth district elected him to Congress
they did not intend to make him the
mentor of the State Legislature or en-
power him to go to Jefferson City to
use the power of official position to
hamper Legislation.
When they elected him to Congress
on tariff reform issue it was expected
that he would remain faithful to that
principle. Did he do so? He cast his
vote against Mills, who was the eXpon-
ent of tariff reform, in the vain hope
that Cleveland might not be the nomi
nee of our party for President. While
vindicating q man who has misrepre-
sented his constituents. you dare TO
assail my Democracy because did not
make speeches for that man from whom
| expected just such conduct. voted
for Sam. Byrns as Loyalty, sir, as you
did; but that was all. My vote belongs
to my party. and it has always been
given Loyalty. Ny time and money are
my own, and when / wish TO make
voluntary tender of them | do so, and
only then
Now to your second question: | was
Chairman OF the Iron County Central
Committee, but was not Chairman of
the Congressional Committee. [ was
not even member of the CongressiOn-
al Committee. Your mistakes. like
your insinuations. are frequent and
and amusing. What right had the
Iron County Committee to assess Sam. |
Byrns? That right belongs to the
State and Congressional Committees.
H. Martin Williams spoke where all
parties speak who come to Ironton-at
the courthouse. and it was ready for |
him. and due notice of his intention to |
speak was printed in the IRON COUNTY |
REGISTER. Everything was ready but |
the crowd. and that was lacking because |
Iron county Democrats remembered |
whom Ii. Martin was in the 10th Con- |
gressional District fighting the Demo
cratic party and advocating Greenback-
ism. Your ignorance of the past |
history of the 10th Congressional Dis
Lrict is profound and only equaled by |
your prejudice against myself. 1t
would be we'll for you to return to your
pets in search of more light and per-
haps you can then hit the truth in
high places at least.
You say in one breath that | failed
10 assess Sam. Byrns, and in the next
hat sent him all the campaign expen-
,es of Iron County, hotel bills etc. /;
which count of your formidable indict-
nent are you urging? | never sent
sam Byrns single bill to pay. livery
1ill or otherwise, and did not know of
lis paying any. | never referred one
o him for settlement in my life, nor
lid | know of any such action. ] voted
or sam. Byrns two years ago and he
'eceived the usual majority from Iron
county. How much more did you do?
Judge Emerson informed me of a con-
-erstation that he had with you in
June. You stated to Emerson that {
Judge Green had to come to me anS
reg me to introduce him to an Ig1a /
ounty audience, that he (Green) nF 1sht /
make speech for the Demqferatic
ause.
I knew if Judge Green camy % coax
ne to introduce him. Judge Gu ean must /
ave been the one that told it E wrote /
0 Judge Green at once and 81 here
rint his reply: