The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-09
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THE COLQNELS AGAINST THE
PRIVATES.
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The Process Of Elimination in Allegiance
for the Present.
The Distribution Of Spells Being Con-
Sidered.
We Bow to the Demands Of Our Public
Spirited Patrons and Give them
the News.

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luton and report out of our last issue
was our inability to get them. The
colonies didn't want us for their
organ but as they have no power to
eliminate us as they did the privates
all they can do is to dodge us.
One colonel, q small colonel, told
us the other day that they would be
no better than the %privates il they
were to daily with us, In fact he
went so far as to intimate that we
had been ''chief devil and high
priest" in the alleged trade by which
Warner carried Cole county by 80
, majority. We denied, still deny and
do ever deny this soft impeachment (;
while we would be proud of the dis.
tinguished honor of having carried
this county by 80 majority, through
u strategy, we r not entitled to
the glory. We would gladly have
given q pair of Jerry Simpsons old
socks to have been the dispenser of
I Warmers patronage at the state CAPT
tai, but at the expense of bartering
away the principles of the 6. o. p.
No, never!!
My dear enemy it was not us that
made it, if there vas a bargain. In
fact we favored the nomination of q
candidate Of our own for the legisla
turc upon the principle that it would
be Il good idea to let the colonies and
~privates fight it out to a finish,
while we were gathering in the soft
lucrc of the legislative position.
We believed then, as we do now,
that it would have been to the inter-
est of our party had we forced the
lion aud the lamb into the same pen.
The result would have been ''fur
flying" and a republican would be
warming a seat in the state house of
this great commonwealth. This could
have resulted in but one thing-in
splitting the democracy, the colonies
aud privates, from center to circum-
ference. But what our political
ga gacity failed to do, the colonies
have done for us.
The expulsion AZ the Democratic
club meeting, the indictment of a
colonel, ard the lack of love and
brothcrly confidence in the ranks of
the bare-footed and one.gallused
democrats is sufficient to warrant the
prediction that two years hence Cole
county will elect a republican ticket.
That is what the books say. That is
what we are after.
After the meeting Of the club last
Saturday night it was rumored that
owing to the expulsion of the previ.
IL meeting a number of members of
the club would withdraw but the rumor
was without foundation. There were
none who had the courage to go out
while on the contrary there were sew
eral new members who signed their
names to the roll. We will send the
STATE REPUBLICAN free for one year
to The first tender foot who withdraws
from the club.
The proceedings Of the last club
meeting were tame as compared to the
previous ones. The object was to
provide means by which the post.
office could be distributed. With
this object in view it was decided to
hold an election and il a private
should by chance get the most votes
Tor the position there will he more
fun for the editor Of the STATE Re.
PUBLICAN and news for the patrons of
the DaDpr,