The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-06
THEIR REGARDS.

A general invitation is extended.
S. N. WILSON, Ch'm'n.
II. j. GROVES, Sec.
THEIR RECORDS.
The voters of the fifth district have
before them three men from whom to
choose a representative in congress.
That it is their duty to study the
merits of the nominees, as well as the
principles they represent, no one will
or can deny.
In other words, that the records Of
these men are legitimate subjects OF
discussion in this campaign, no n can
c%ontrovert.
AS to the populist nominee, he and
the principles he represents are worthy
of but a passing note. His ideas are
not in accord with constitutional rep
resentativc government, and we can
simply dismiss him, thanking Heaven
that his policies will hardly clay hold
upon this generation" American soil
is too sacred to be Swallowed by the
red flag of anarchy or the black flag of
communism.
AS to the republican nominee, Col.
Van Horn, the record may as we'll be
read, because of the fact that he has a
strong following. A record for polit-
ical %thievery, treachery and dishonor
Is as i~nseparably connected with X. T.
Van Horn as the American constitution
is with free government. Nor does the
record which is tainted with so much
of dishonor need to be written in detail.
1t is Il living issue, and one which will
be read in history as a potent factor in
s'the dark days in Missouri"
Van Horns war record, dishonest as
it was, need not be recalled, although
it is true that a man who is dishonest
in war will be dishonest in peace. W.
then can dismiss from our minds his
career prior to and during the great
civil conflict, as a matter of the past.
But there are cases wherein the ''dead
past should not be allowed to s'bury
its dead" and we have n of these
in the record of this man, from 1868 to
this very day.
Van Horn was an alder, abetter and
accessory to Governor Fletcher and
"Count" Rodman, who, by foul deeds
and heinOus political crimes, blotted
many a sacred page of Missouri's
history.
Van Horn held the Office of congress-
man, to which Office he was never
elected. He and Rodman boldly and
VIGOROUSLY stole that Office, in 1868,
from General Shields, q man dear to
all Missourians. His record in congress
is not marked by a single beneficial
public act, and we defy any republican
to refute that statement, though Van
Horn was eight years in Washington.
He assisted his party to demonetize
silver, and now hypocritically asks
suffrage on account of apparent friend
ship to the white metal. He has been
an aggressive defender of the force
bill, and were it in his power, today,
he would deprive every southern demo-
crat of the right to a voice in govern
mental affairs.
He IS a p%aternalist of the rankest
sort. Even Coxey, the fool of fools,
would not ask such class Legislation as
Van Horn would support.
He is a ~sectionalist, a fraud and q
cheat, and his record will vindicate the
facts.
As to Mr.. Tarsney: While he may
have his faults; while he may have
erred, his record stands out against
that of the other two nominees as one
of honesty and integrity. No suspicion
Of crime, of treachery, or of ~disloyalty
to his country, can be laid at his door.
He has, above all else, been honest and
sincere. He has been a credit to this
district and an honor to his country.
He has stood high in Legislative halls;
and whether on the streets of his home
city, in the lobby, in the committee
room, at the polls, or on the floor of
the house, his actions have never been
questioned o his integrity doubted.
His record is an open book, can be
read by all men, and that right and
justice may prevail, we submit it to the
republicans and populists, asking that
they examine it carefully and make a
report which they car substantiate. We
defy them to point to q public act of
Mr.. Tarsney's which has been clouded
by a single suspicion.
The INTELLIGENCER would not mis-
represent either of the nominees did it
know that such misrepresentation
would elect MI. Tarsney by a unani-
nous vote. 1t has no desire to promul-
gate aught else than facts, and it regrets
that the republicans have not given
the voters a man whose record was n
OF honor and integrity, that the sad,
sad history of many years ago might
not have been repeated; that il might
have let the past bury it, and that it
might not have been revived. As they
continue to uphold 1t, it is legitimate
that it should be discussed.
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