The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-10-11
STILL THEY COME.
lucius Croker, a Lifelong
Republican Will Vote for
Cleveland.

OfhlSGflElD, ILL.,, OctODcf GA
Judge Allen, of the United States dil
trict court, was about taking the trail
yesterday evening for Cairo, to hold
session Of court there, he was asked j
it were true that Judge Gresham ex
pressed himself to him as determine,
to vote the democratic ticket this fall
81 do not wish to be expressl,
interviewed on that question" saii
the judge, "but nevertheless Judg'
Gresham told me in my own house OF
the evening of his departure for Chi
cago. after holding court here, tina
he would vote for Cleveland"
"In this determination is there any
pique on the part of the Judge TOWARD
the President ?"
"None whatever. IF he has any
animosity towards the President, and,
mind you, do not say that he has,
nor has he expressed himself as enter
tanning that kind of a feeling, it is moi
upon such a ground that he will vote
against him. He has had well set
tied feeling for a long time back that
the tariff principle Of the republican
party was altogether wrong, and upon
that principle solely will he vote
against the President"
"Will he vote the straight Demo-
cratic ticket, including the President
and all the Others?"
''That l cannot say. l did not in
quire into that. When he was at my
house we discussed matters closely,
but / cannot give you what trans
pired between us. Suffice it to say,
as 1 have told you, that he would
not vote for Harrison, purely on &C
count of his position on the tariff
as well as the position of his own
party.
81 wish l could tell you more"
said the Judge after little hesita-
ton, but it is enough to know that
a part from any feeling he may
have towards the President, if he
has any, it is the tariff question that
controls his action"
In this connection it may be stated
that a prominent politician from this
city was in Chicago the other day and
hearing that lifelong republican like
Lucius Croker, a prominent man
from La Sale county, intended to
vote the democratic ticket, he asked
Judge Gresham what he thought of it.
The Judge said, in substance, "And
so Croker is going too. Well, am
not surprised at it. 1t is the tariff and
l am heartily glad that he has taken
this step. 1t is something that ad-
mire and indOrse, and l will do the
same thing myself"
Croker has been a prominent poll
tician in the state for years-not a
politician only looking after loaves
and fishes and nothing else, but a man
of brains and energy and expressive
views. He has served the state well
in the legislature, always taking the
highest possible ground in the interest
af the people. He has been respected
by both democrats and republicans,
and now that he has cut adrift from
the party which he has so faithfully
served causes much more than ordi-
nary comment.
1t is no idle tale to say that the re-
publican party is dismayed. Judge
Altgeld might be disposed of personal
|y a. candidate for Governor, but
The deep undercurrent of feeling can
not be so easily got rid of. The life
md drum and marching clubs have
oeen relegated to the rear. 1t is
period of calm, when thought takes
he place of clamor. Why do the re-
publican state officers flock together
md all appear on the platform at the
anne time in every city and hamlet
which they visit? 1t is
he need of mutual support, the
necessity of presenting a bold front
o the enemy. The speeches are
neutrality-suspicious. most of the q
speeches are also-and !
he daily reports bring in reitera- e
ion of the same argument. Life and a
leath, politically speaking, are in the I
truggle, and the contemplation of a ;
inc of office-hOlders and their attend
nts marching down the stone steps
rom the state house to the cold world il
eyond is not mental theme for the t
of enthusiasm. That u
the sum and substance of what the :
ontemplative officials of the state 7
ouse say themselves. They do not i
Ike the outlook, but they are prepar- d
,g to grin and suffer. d