Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-15

CHAPTER NCoNTrSCEo
Been out prospecting to-day?" the
colonel inquired. seating himself on the
edge of his desk, having first, by wave
of his hand, profered North one of the
handsome leather-cushioned chairs
NO, I've been very much taken up
with some professional matters, and
have scarcely had time to give a thought
to the election" returned North. calm
~, feeling this stately and impressive
editor to be rather the most formidable
person he had yet encountered.
Everything seems to be going forward
satisfactorily, should judge from what
Warner tells me-" he added. using War
ner's name as a sort of passport to the
coloners confidence My credentials Is
he mentally observed
''Oh, yes!" and Clippers manner
grew enthusiastic There's 10 doubt
at all that We'll sweep the city one
week from Tuesday. There's the north
and east divisions solid for Us. there
may be few scattering votes for the
prohibition candidates, as there usually
are in those wards. but the prohibition
racket hasn't been worked 20 any ex-
tent in this canvass. you know. since
one of their men got SO awfully tight,
and 1 think we may safely count on q
walkQver in those districts. Coz the IN
dependent ticket takes them al by
storm The west wing IS little
doubtful yet, and the south wards are
generally conceded to the opposition:
but the doubtful wards can all be fixed
rp for US, / am confident, and wei
score the handsomest victory ever wen
IN Y. What dye thiok OF that, Old
teilow?-
Very good, colonel" said North.
with a slight nod or two By way OF
emphasizing his satisfaction
Good? Good?- echoed the colonel.
swinging his long arms through tie air
enthusiastically. why. man alive, It's
immense. That's what 1t is.-immense.
You see--and he dropped into 4 chair
beside North. as he continued with
great fervor in tone and gesture. ''we've
Just happened TO strike the keynote OF
popular sentiment If there is any one
word IN the vocabulary that the people
are sick to death of seeing and hearing
and having thrown at them it's that
hackneyed, threadbare, meaningless
dissyuable, Reform Now, while
we mean reform all right
esough. we haven't paraded it before
the public during this campaign; but it
has been the tail-piece of every other
political kite that has been set flying
for years past There's old Wymer's
party. for instance. going to revolution
ize the world by its reforms IN The labor
and capital middle Nobody knows by
what peculiar handling of a problem
that Is and always must remain simply
a question of mutual fo-bearance be-
tween the two classes they propose to
adjust matters so as to benefit the hu-
man race in general. and the working
men of Xxi in particular. Didn't go
to their meeting LIST night. did you?
Well, went and got enough of It
Fairly sickenei me to hear Rochester
spouting about the accumulation OF
wealth BIZ the few as a direct robbery
OF the masses. and 50 on. and advocat-
ing system of division that would give
the worthless loafer. who was too laz-
to earn a crust of bread the sane
amount of this worlds goods that was
allotted to the Industrious hardwork-
ing MAJ That wasn't she way he put
il. OF course. but its just what TIE con-
founded rubbish amounts to. And.
what with holding up working nen's