The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-03-09
TROUBLE BEG Us.
A Letter From Bland UnfoldS
a Table.
Col, Vaughan Has a ROCKY Road
Before Him.
A NeiehbOrly Democrat Doubts the Col
OnelS Democracy.
Is That Because He Was a Private Be-
fore He Became a Colonel.

for George-Col. Geo. j. Vaughan
we have in reserve q bucketful o
tears. George is a good fellow, ant
to he frank, we like him, but befor,
he gets through with his chase 70
the postofice, he will wish that he
had never been born. We admit
chat it is a nice thing to occupy the
fine stone building and draw a nice
salary from Uncle Sam, and be {
''sure enough" colonel, but it is /,
rocky road and very ''rocky" fol
George.
The order for an election, when il
was given was not looked upon as
likely to r%csultli in the Co.'s election
There were so many other candidates
that it was believed that neither
George nor Bredemann could get it.
but the withdraw of Franz, Luca.
and Fromme, altered the situation
This was unlocked for by the col.
onets and hence this unhappiness,
1t is insisted by some of the Demo.
cratic statesmen that Col. Vaughan
ought to have confined his political
ambition to the Fourth ward a few
years longer; they say if he had
done so, he would have continued to
be- a happy man; down there he is
the ruler Of the roost. His word is
law So long rs it doesn't encroach
upon the rights of Col. Fitzpatrick
or Col. Bruins. When it did there
was even trouble there, and it was
not always safe To bet ON the result,
But when George stepped into the
arena for Federal office, il was o
matter Of a different hue. A con
gresham doesn't like to surrender
his ''pap" 10y tuning it owe to the
local bosses, aud if you take away
from him the postotfices what has he
left? That is the problem that con,
fronts Col. Bland and the fourteen
other congressman throughout Mis-.
souri,. -
Vor popuH has always been smoth
cred by the voice of the congress,
men in postotllce matters and they
are going to be careful about sur.
rendering their especial pumpkin
pie. 1t seems that Mr.. Bland has
already indicated as much. II.
wrote n letter, but we failed to see il
in the Tribune, the Cole Count,
Democrat, or the V~olk$freuRd, IL
fact they all ignored Mr., Bands
request to publish it.
Here 1t is;
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,, U. S.,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 81, 1S93.-
j. 1. NICHOLS, Ed. Gazette, Fulton
Mo. :--FRIEND NIoHoLs-Yours OF
the 10th inst. received. You ask me
rs to the propriety Of holding prim
aries to select a postmaster for Full
ton.
l do not recommend primaries. If
however, the Democratic Contra
committee of any county should, a
q regular meeting held for that pur
pose, determine that it was for thu
best interest of the party To hole
primaries at any given places in thu
county and arrange the plan TO
hold NJ them, il would be better thar
to have irregular primaries calleC
against the protest Of part OF tn
patrons of the p~ostofice to be filed
Again, if all the applicants for tn
postoliice at any point can agree o.
a prinary and arrange among them
selves to hold it l have no objec
tons.
In the absence of any action in th
way of primaries, il l am called upoi
to make endorsements I shall do tn
best | can TO select Democrats VIII
are competent and honest.
You can publish this and reques
our papers in the district to copy, S
, all may know my attitude in Ties
matters. 1t will save me a grei
deal of unnecessary correspondents
Your obedient servant,
; r. p. BLAND,
This letter would indicate a lit
; trouble in the line we have su!
= gested,
The fact that a fight will be mac
on Mr.. Vaughan is indicated by I'll
!, following, taken from the Leblanc
h Rustic. This little article indicate
that perhaps Col. Vaughan is not
) the Simpon-pure and n gallust
character. We publish it f
Georges benefit, so he Can see what
!. going on in the world:
/, s'Five candidates were voted on
the primary election for postmast
at jefferson City last Saturday al
q. j. Vaughan, "A passenger condu
tor on the Missouri Pacific railroa
received ~ more votes than u
next highest candidate. Conduct
Vaughan islands in with the ''hoys
y hut has he been standing up for h
Democratic party as many old al
deserving Democrats of Jetfers'
in Ciiy have for many years? In 9th
s. word, is he a deserving as ma
other Democrats Of Jefferson CIV