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

every one of the little sheets whose
sole purpose now is to cover up your
delinquencies by proclaiming that the
REGISTERS editor was once a Republi.
can. Some of these latter, however,
have excuse; the smell of the diaper
has not left their little bodies.) If Mr..
Kinsey had done this thing, would you
call criticism of it s.abuse?" Answer
as best you can.
Your vote against Roger Q. Mills was
your next lapse. and for a time was in
explicable to most of us, for none then
questioned your devotion to Tariff Re-
form. 1t was explained to "a few al
the time who knew of your personal
preference for David B. Hill as against
Grover Cleveland: you voted for Crisp
in order to down" Cleveland and his
admirers: you voted against Roger @.
Mills although you knew that nearly
every man who had voted for you pre-
ferred him for Speaker. Preferred him
not because his name was Roger Q.
Mills and he came from Texas, but be-
cause he was the embodiment of the
issue nearest and dearest to their
hearts.
Even then the REGISTER hesitated to
give voice to the universal cry of dis
may and Indignation called forth by
your vote, and it was not until twelve
prominent Democrats of Jefferson coun-
ty publicly condemned you that we
were forced into reluctantly giving
expression to the undivided sentiment
OF the Democracy of the Tenth District.
Do you believe. in criticising youl
action, we are unsupported by yOul
constituents? Do you think they look
upon such criticism as .abuse?" Lay nc
such fattering junction to your soul
Samuel, for it will turn to blister hot
as cayenne pepper and as enduring az
the wreck of ages.
1t pleases you and your organs to as
sert that the REGISTERS criticisms arc
dictated by advocacy of Mr.. Edgar fol-
the position you now hold. Was it il
advocacy of Mr.. Edgar that the above
mentioned twelve Democrats entered
their protests against you? Was it il
behalf of his candidacy that your mail:
were burdened with letters from indig
nant and incensed constituents? Tha
thousands of laborers and wage-earner:
all over the district exclaimed agains
your course? If so, Mr.. Edgar is in
deed strong opponent, and you may
well beware his candidacy.
Now as to the charge that you die
not attend the Washington county mas:
meeting because you feared to meet the
people and answer such questions "a
might be prOpounded you. Since The
REGISTER felt impelled to criticise YOU
actions, it has never yet been able tt
extract from any one of the numerOu:
organs which advocate your cause a re
Spouse to its demand for justification o
your course as public servant. Flynn
of the De Soto Gazette apologized fol
you once, but never once attempted tC
justify you, except by perfunctOrily
calling you "a high-minded and honor
able gentleman;" the Potosi Independ.
ent by telling what a wicked Republi,
can the REGISTERS editor was twenty
six years ago: and the other little one
idead following by quoting from the
independent. Not one of them attempts
to Justify you with reason and argu-
mcnt.
Two days before the mass meeting
in Potosi you were there; when the day
of the meeting came. you were not;
and your friends and strikers asserted
that you had gone to Washington City.
in response to the call of official duty.
Yet three days later you got aboard a
train at Victoria, went to st. Louis.
and spent three days in the city. In
view of all these facts, is it not a just
deduction that you kept away from the
meeting because of your inability to
satisfy the demands of those who asked
reason at your hands? Have you ever
given Il satisfactory reason for your Of
fetal actionP If you have ever even
attempted to do so. we have not heard
of it; and. as ardent supporters of yours
two years ago, we think the REGISTER
and its Democratic readers were emit
tied to so much. 1t is true, the Republic
said several months ago that you were
induced to vote for Crisp by prom
inent Democrat in your district in whom
you had great confidence" This may
be true; at any rate, you have never
taken the trouble to deny it; but what
a plea it isl 0, the overweening conf
dence which induced you to ignore the
wishes of sixteen thousand Democrats,
and listen to the voice of the single
charmerl No doubt his .swell done,
good and faithful servant" is your re-
ward for the ..long, bitter and expen-
sive campaign" to which you so plain
tiyely refer.