Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-15
The State Committees Call.

The action of the State Central Com
mittee in calling a convention in May.
is deservediy meeting with warm re-
ception. The average Missouri Demo
crat does not understand this unseemly
haste, Lor why such remote point as
Kansas City should be selected. We
feel that the protests that have been
made from all sections of the State are
not without foundation. We presume
that the railroad attorneys and profess
sional politicians can 60 at any time.
They are always there in sufficient
numbers to convince us that they cam
not be .intimidated by summers heat
or winters cold. 1t looks somewhat
like ruse de guerre to select the 18th
of May, when the agricultural element
is busy in the fields. Then again. the
great distance to Kansas City will give
the railroad attorneys a fine opportun-
ity to play the trip pass racket. The
conjunction of two such serious mis-
takes by the Committee, is certainly
enough to make the rank and file dis
trustful. When the chief Committee
OF our great party is so ready to '.caper
nimbly'' to the music of little coterie
of st. Louis politicians. the Democrats
throughout the State may well ask,
..Where are we at?" Under such cir
cumstances it is we'll to investigate the
motive for undue haste. We do not
believe few ''cuckoo" Democrats in
st. Louis can dominate the party in this
State. If they can. and by means of
.'snap" convention force their views
through the Convention, s.surprise
parties" may be in order next fall, and
those surprises might be SO numer-
Gus as to cause a ..looker on in Venice"
to exclaim, "this is a condition and not
a theory" The State Convention will
have something to do besides nominal
ing few men for office. 1t will select
standard bearers, and voice the senti-
ments of Missouri Democrats on the
Monetary and Revenue questions. We
believe that the great majority of Mis-
souri, Democrats are in strict accord
with the declarations of the Chicago
platform. That they consider that
platform a moral contract entered into
with the people of this great country.
and not q mere dead-fa'l to catch I'M
wary voters; that it was promulgated
in good faith, and must be carried out
to the very letter.
No one mans Interpretation of that
platform, although endorsed by the
Cuckoo" organs of the State, will sat-
isfy Missouri Democrats. We hope and
believe that when the cohorts meet at
Kansas City they will speak in trumpet
tones upon these questions. Their
language should be dignified and force
full, and be a complete endorsement OF
the action of the Senators and Rep
resentatives, with the exception OF Seth
Cobb on the monetary question.
We do not wish any fight at that
convention, but We do wish clear
enunciation of Democratic principles
Our voice is ever for peace to the very
verge of q sacrifice OF principle-oe-
yond that we will not 60. We believe
the only way to compass this result Is
for the Democrats throughout the State
TO be vigilant. to attend the County Mass
Meetings. and send men to Kansas
City who are Democrats from principle
and who love its tenets we'll; men who |
are Independent Of trip passes and are
able to resist the dulcet notes of the !
-cuckoos. and those who stand at |
the pie-counter.
II this is done, the might and mai