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

THE following was published in the
REGISTER of Dee. Il, 1891. Iron cOun-
| ty then had no candidate, nor prospect
of one, for Congress. Its logic was
good then; it is good now-the true
expression OF unsubsidized criticism:
| Twelve prominent Democrats of JET
| ferson county, over their full names,
last week addressed the following note
to the editor of the De Soto Gazette:
| "EditOr Southeast G0zette-In voting
for Crisp. of Georgia. for Speaker did
the Hon. Sam Byrns suppose he was
representing his Democratic constitu-
ents, or the magnates of Wall street,
the manufacturers of the East and the
railroad interest?
We hope some one who knows will
favor us with an answer"
The editor replies, in effect. that
Representative Byrns was uninfiuenced
by the monied powers, and that Mills
wasn't enough of II free silver man to
suit him! Mr.. Flynn, the aforesaid
editor. was for Mills for Speaker, and
is an ardent advocate of the principles
represented by the candidacy of the
famous Texan. Therefore, his apology
for it is an apology and not a justifi-
cation-may be accepted as an earnest
of Bro. Flynn's determination to be pa
tent with the Representative who has
misrepresented his whole district in
this matter But it is unfortunate when
a servant of the party must be apollo
nd n l.
lated by those who have reposed trust
in him. It is still moro unfortunate
in this instance, seeing 1t is not the
first time we have been called upon to
either ignore or deprecate the maynard
course of Mr.. Byrn5 since the people
chose him to guard their interests and
represent the principles of Democracy
in the honorable station of Representa-
tive In the SD Congress. Last winter,
while his honOrs were still new upon
him, and his pledges still fresh in the
minds of his constituents, he went to
Jefferson City to lobby, in the guise of
an attorney, against the proposed anti
pluck-me-store legislation. When re-
spectfully called upon by a warm sup
porter in this county as to the matter |
charged against him by the newspap |
ers, Mr.. Byrns replied-in a not too |
amiable tOne-that he had merely APP
peared as the paid attorney of a GER
tain corporation before the committee |
having the bill in charge and made an |
against the bill; that he quit |
at that, and, outside of the speech for |
which he was paid, had done no lobby |
ing for or against the bill, whatever. /
But, still more unfortunately, certain |
members of tho tho Legislature say, and |
will stand by their assertion, that Mr..
Bvrns did not confine himself to the
speech for which he was paid, as an
attorney, but that in more than one in
stance, after the speech for which he
was paid, he did twit them concerning
their position: you are not going to
support that ID bill?" ETC., etc. We
happened to be in Jefferson City short
ly after he had made the speech for
which he was paid as al attorney. and |
the truest Democratic members from
the Southeast were neither compliment
airy nor sparing in their remarks upon
the episode However, We all conclud-
ed that if we had made bad bargain.
we would philosophically make the
best Of it. That best appears now to
be second betrayal of the Democracy |
Of the Tenth District, and We are hap
Ply to find that some OF us who are be-
trayed are willing TO trust and hope |
again-maybe, even to the scriptural
limit OF seventy times seven.