The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-10-26

low fslter? Our victory is not yet
LON v. STEVENS.
Chauneey 1. Filiey.
Here'is q pen-picture of Chauncey /.
Filley. as drawn by Missouri news
paper writer in 1890, and which holds
good today:
There is no more picturesque, unique
and anomalous figure in the politics of
than Chauucey I. rilley. Per-
sonally he is as mysterious - the man
Of the iron marx, and politically his
ways are those Of Mephistopheles.
Individually he is less known than any
other public man in the state. Yet
when seen and known, the person JUS
titles the reputation of the man. He
Is low, squat of figure, vide Of girth,
OF swarthy and sinister countenance,
and affects the shabby -genteel style of
dress and the semi-military slouch hat.
He is illiterate, and knows a. little of
the science Of government or the prin.
ciples for which parties contend IN
forum. on hustings and with pen,
- the most Ignorant clown of the
backwoods. lie has no social qualities
that endear TO men; on the contrary
no is repellant, II not repulsive. He
cannot make . logical speech OF ten
minutes on any given subject. He
csnsot write q sustained treatise ia
save his soul from perditiou. He pos.
sesses the vice Of venality In q superla.
tive degree. and Is ~ devoid Of geuer'
osity as an Apache, and has the blood
Of the frog in his veins.
And yet this man absolutely rule,
the thought and actions Of . party thai
polled 2S6,OOO votes IN Missouri Il
1888. In fact, Chauncey I. Filley 4
the republican party Of Missouri. I
might possibly live IL Fillsy did no
exist; but he lives, the party |
absorbed in the individual, and be
ito brains and viscera and nerve center
1t would be difficult To analyze th
elements that enter into this man Il
endow him with . pOtent,ality no
known BY any other man 10 his party
That be has power, even his enemies
and they are legion, must confess
And his power Ia not confined to th
exercise of autocrafic dominion owe
the ignorant masses of his party
among whom he finds his follows, bu
is felt most severely. repugnaptly AM
brntally among his superiors in intel
lect, education, morals, social stand
ing aud statesmanship. This latte
class fears him with an abject fear
He paralyses them with . glance
They are in his hands a. slaves In th'
hands OF an overseer; IN fact, b.
reminds one Of the plantation overseel
Of ante -bellum days. When his bacl
10 turned they grow bold and threaten
when he confronts them they smil,
and fondle and fawn and csinge ant
drag their bellies In the dust to gair
even . poor little glance Of recognition
A whipped spaniel could not be NOR
abject and pitiful.
He is even more omnipitent with BIZ
followers-the canaille, the rsbble, thu
rag-tag and bob-tail. the pension bum
msrs, the unkempt and unwashed
many-odored, last-of-creaiion and
never-of-heaven. This sort Of . Grove
likes to be bossed; hence Filley suit
them. He Is their master-spirit. They
may not love him-no man loves u
ogre-but they obey him. The harde,
be lays the cowhide about their back
the better they obey him. He ha'
whipped them 20 long that they hav'
no longer any will but TO please him
They no longer even think for them
selves. He spares them all such IN
necessary trouble.
It is this ruff -scuff that constitute
the body Of the republican party o
Missouri They do not know any NOR
about tariffs than they do about loga
rithms, and no more about the Consti
tuition than . Hindoo. In the hand
of Filley this brutal element become
monstrous. He not only votes then
a. he pleases, but he uses them whel
he needs them to crafty h,s persons
revenges. When he sets this pack o
wolf-dogs on q decent man they tea
him to pieces. Hence no decent ma
in his party dare say sught to displeas
Filley. He is happy to escape th
tangs by hiding and keeping his mout
shut. There are decent, clean, sell
respecting men In the republican part
in Missouri-mer OF education, refine
ment and principles. but they are s
brow-beaten, cowed and spat upo
that there Is no spirit lett in them I
oppose the czardom Of Filley.
But, as we have said already, ther
Is no satisfactory solution Of the anna,
ing power Of this retired china mel
chant over his republican associate.
You can apply no touch-stone Of logi
to the analysis. unless you apply th
natural rule of animals, where th
possessor Of the greatest brute force
the acknowledged master Of the herd
Two Lives Saved.
| 8. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junctio
City. Ill.,. was told by her doctors that Oh
had consumption, and that there was q
hope for her, but two bottles OF DR.. King
New Discovery completely cured her, au
she says IL saved her life. Mr.. Thoms
Eggers, l3S Florida street, San Francisc
suffered from dreadful cold, approach
Ing consumption. lie tried without r,
suit everything else, then bought on
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery Il
1 In IN