Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28

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palatable; but they are germane to tho
campaign, and we have the right to
tell them. Of the latter gentleman,
for instance, we have said that he told
an Iron county man at Van Buren, that
he (D.) ..had knife up his sleeve for
Iron county" and we reminded the
Judge that he was ungrateful. for Iron
county had often favored him. And
we also mentioned that the Judge had
designated the present standard-bearer
of the Democratic party of the Union
as nothing but a tub OF CUTS. Now.
we admit that the words in quotation
are not refined and high-tOned in their
significance as they might be; but they
are Judge Dinning's words-nOt ours.
If quoting him in 1.-The exact language
of his own words''-as he does us when
he can-is abuse" how much greater
is his abuse of the REGISTERS editor!
To every question concerning the issues
of the day, and the relation of yourself,
Samuel, thereto, Judge Dining replies
by bringing up our Republicanism OF
twenty-odd years ago. We don't quar-
rel with him for it: a grunt from hog.
a howl from a hit dog, and evasion from
a pettifogger-these are the distin-
gushing attributes OF a well ordered
but diversified and far-reaching crea-
ton. If this rehearsal of the eternal
fitness of things" be '.abuse, acquit us,
we pray you, and charge it to the fiat
of undertaking nature.
If it was the REGISTERS abuse" that
induced your candidacy, and if that
avowed candidacy will impel, even at
| this late hour, declaration of the
reasons which caused you to go to JEFF
ferson City and lobby for the defeat OF
the Hitler bill; and also to vote for
Crisp for Speaker-then, indeed, has
it served purpose beyond the power
of your constituents. But are you sure,
Samuel, that '.abuse" has brought
about your candidacy? Did nothing -
positively nothing-go before? How
was Martin L. Clardy enabled six
| weeks ago to say-s.I tell you, Byrns'
refusal to be candidate has a string
tied to it. Just wait till after the APP
pellate Convention, and Dining is
knocked out. Then Burks will quit,
but Sam. will be strictly in iti' Has
the Hon. Mart. fOreknowledge, Or did
he speak whereof he knew because he
wasn't more than three flights from the
ground floor Of the cOmbine-Dinning,
Burks and Byrns? We never viii be-
lieve that Mart. was in the cabal: he's
too wary for that: but he can put his
ear to the ground and hear as far as
any living man. He knew you were
going to be candidate, long before
the Washington county mass meeting
and the REGISTERS item concering it.
LII Jul oG tthtOo w
| see the show, and you thought you
could crawl in under the canvass. But
you failed, Samuel-see?
You say the Potosi mass meeting in
structed for you overwhelmingly -
If that meeting was overwhelmingly
in your favor, why did your friends
object to choosing the delegation by
ballot? w. S. Anthony, prosecuting
attorney of Washington county, and one
of your warmest supporters, said, after
the affair was concluded: 1--WE didn't
want a vote by ballot, for if that had
been taken you would have beaten us"
You must discipline Mr.. Anothony:
he must be taught better, for the COM
bine abhors frankness as the devil does
holy water.
You also-and your organs as we'll
talk exultingly of s'redeeming" the
Tenth District in 1890. Did you or
they ever consult the Manual of Mis-
souri, and compare the figures of 1890
with those of 1888 so far as they con-
cerned the Tenth Districts If you
haven't, then do so without delay, and
you will see just how the district was
redeemed"
In conclusion, Hon. Samuel, if any
one should so far transgress the bounds
of decency as to refer in sighting terms
to the simultaneousness of Jasper's go
ing out and your coming in, deal gently
with him and forgive his 'sabuse," for
he knows not what he does. He may
mean well, but the workings of the |
combine are properly beyond his I'M
derstanding. Let your organs re-
mind him of the redemption" of the |
the former Republicanism |
of the editor of the REGIsTER-and you |
will bind him to your cause as with |
hooks of steel. He will cease from |
troubling, and the weary combine shall |
find rest.
.In 1885, Clardy received 1886 votes; Kinsey,
1880; Ratchford 1.42I In 1890, Byrns received
1914 votes; kinsey, 1905; and Baker, 81. Mr..
Clardy's vote IA greater than Mr. Byrns' and
the latter gentleman elected because some 1900
Republicans chose to keep away from the polls