Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27

. truthfulneSS OF the drummer'S state
ment in regard to forty Warner Demo
: Gratis in Washington county. TX" doe
say, though, that he has some Demo
: cratic friends who are for Warner
. How unfortunate Why didn't TX
let us know of this sooner? An agen
of the famous Ringing Bros. Circu
was over here last week looking for
Warner Democrat; he was willing t
pay a big price for him, too. The,
wanted to put him on exhibition. The,
had heard of this political monstrosit,
ever since they reached the West, blu
had been trying diligently ever sire,
their arrival in the State to secure On,
of the freaks, and, although they hal
offered large sums to secure one, thu:
far the effort had been dismal fail
ure. ~" give us the names of youl
Warner Democrats, and If the circu.
isn't too far away we may yet be able
to make haul.
Occasionally we hear of some of the
local Republicans getting together and
discussing the issues of the campaign
As rule they never argue with Dem.
ocrats, but only talk among themselves
or to some weakened brother, who
hasn't fully determined how he will
vote. One of their favorite topics OF
conversation under such circumstances,
We are told, is the force bill. and the
manner in which they handle it is
doubtless a source of wonder and admi-
ration, gratifying even to the gods.
One of the local lights is quoted as
saying: "Well, now tell you 1 have
read the Lodge bill, and suppose am
the only person in the Valley who has
a copy of it. 1t is just the proper
thing; works no hardship on any one.
and is just what we want. It's all stuff
the Democrats saying it will afford any
unfair advantage to any one" Well,
this Republican brother may mean
well. but his memory is short. Resi-
dents of Iron county remember too we'll
what the Republican leaders did here
when they didn't have half the power
delegated to them by the Lodge bill.
One of the things they attempted when
in Office here was to abolish every yot-
ing precinct in the county save Ironton :;
hundreds of Democrats with every right
to vote were stricken from the regis
tratiOn lists; intimidation and bull
doing were used ON every hand. But
why recount the list of indignities?
They are familiar to all. We only
mention them to show how wholly diff
ferent are their promises now from
their actions when they were in a posi-
ton to take the advantage. The pow
er to do begets the will. We have yet
to hear of a single Republican who de-
nounces the outrages then perpetrated,
and until they do generally and earn
estly condemn those Infamous acts, the
country prefer not to rely On them for
any spirit of fairness in political cleo
| ton. These reasons alone are enough
| to condemn the Infamous force bill in
the eyes of every fair man, but there
are others, such as the federal govern
ment usurping state powers, and many
others that it is not necessary to cite
here. No good citizen nor believer in
the constitution of the United States can
honestly support the force bill.
The Hon. Thos. B. Whitledge, of St.
Marys, Mo-, Republican candidate for
Congress in this district, made an ad-
dress at the courthouse in this city last
Saturday afternoon. The Hon. Tom.
is speaker. and. in the vernacular of
the day, he made "a speech for your
whiskers." If numbering language were
an indic.able offerse the grand jury at
present in session in this city would be
kept busy for weeks finding true bills
against the Hon. Tom, and when they
concluded their labors, Prosecuting
Attorney Jordan could resign, and take
life easy the remainder of his days, for
IS a case in this instance would make
him a millionaire. The weather was
not propitious for the event, but not
withstanding, the courthouse was al
most filled-the attendance being half
Democrats. Congressional COMMITTEE
man Riddle introduced the speaker
who began his address in his
inimitable construction of the Kings
English, with the stereOtyped
claim that the Republicans were
responsible for all that tended to the
country's prosperity, and the Democrats
liable for all our calamities-hed did not
say so-but storm and pestilence not
excepted. After complaining of the
reapportionment of Missouri by the last
Legislature, the speaker devoted his
time, in turn to the tariff, money ques-
ton, force bill and state issues. On the
tariff, he used the same old WORKOUT
arguments; contradicted himself in
Vulnerable times, and said nothing we
haven't all heard often before. About
all he knew of the money question was
that there was once time in the his
tory of the country, when we had state
banks, and the value of the currency
varied. The force bill he glided over
with an attempt at witticism. Like all
Republican orators he did not care to
hold that Infamous measure up to the
light of day and even went so far as to
maintain that the Republicans no long
err cared for the enactment of such a
law. On state matters he was brief,
very brief indeed! Begged his hearers
not to go back to the Republicans form
err record in this state, but to listen to
the new song of the old charmer, and
| s.stand up for Missouri" In closing
he assured the audience that Warner
would be elected and that his advance
ment to the governOrship would mean
thousands of immigrants tor the state.
That was all. 1t was the same old sill
ly claim. No logic, no history to back
his statements, no evidence of fairness
nor disposition to tell the truth. There
wasn't single idea advanced on any of
the real issues of the day, that could
I'll h.