Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-06-18
A Letter from Dent County.

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The buncombs of our partisan politi
cal conventions, and the religiou
wrangies of General Assemblies ani
Conferences throughout our country
have turned the stomach of Colima, ;
volcanic mountain in Mexico, and b,
has been throwing up lively for some
time, and using the Ozarks as a chan
mel of communication has treated th,
West to vast consignment of super
fiuous, secondhand Greaser weather il
the shape of cyclones, hail-storms an6
| tremendous down-pours of rain.
The experience is not pleasant, bu1
is well to know how it comes.
AT ST. Louis the Mississippi River
cuts the Ozark range in two and broke
the circuit. and the consequence wa!
a tremendous flare-up there.
But there has nothing happened ye
that was not foretold 20Oc years ago
still rule the world, even though the
Convention at Chicago should split.
The Democracy of Dent county has
held its Primary, and put good ticke
in nomination.
The Republicans are in state OF
suspense awaiting the action of the
Convention at St. Louis.
Both political parties need to exer
else great care both in forming their
platforms, and choosing their candi
dates.
The country is in greater straits thar
it was in 1860, and the party thai
leads it out will need the wisdom o.
God.
The Democratic Congressional Con
vention for this Thirteenth District
meets in Salem this year, and the mem
bers may be assured that Salem and
Dent county, dressed in clean face
and the best bib and tucker, will NEE,
them with hearty welcome, and dc
all in their power to make their stay
pleasant.
The Convention will please remem'
ber that Dent county has "a favorite
son." who will be a candidate for the
nomination. The writer has heard
him explain himself, and begs leave to
certify that he is good neighbor, a
good citizen, and an undiluted Demo
crat. 1t is furthermore certified that
he is pre-eminently safe man. If he
reaches Washington City he will never
set up confagration in the Potomac
River by the fire of his genius. Even
the Republicans of Dent county will
be pleased with his nomination.
The Salem Leader copies my article
on European Politics from the REGIS
TER, under the caption, "a Startling
Statement by Thomas Callahan" The
editor goes on to ventilate his knowl-
edge of the Salic Law, and shows to
his own satisfaction that am mistak-
en-. The Salic Law is based on the as
sumed mental, moral, and legal in
feriority of women. Froude reasons
that the Salic Law, which ruled women
out of the succession to the throne, is
not recognized in the British Constitu-
ton, because it's fundamental idea, the
mental, moral and legal inferiority OF
women, is not recognized. In the eyes
of the British Constitution, women are
now people, and the time has passed
away when it was good form for an
Englishman to harness his wife to the
plough, or cart, beside his OK or ass.
To the mind of the Salem Leader this
is a startling statement to be iutroduc-
ed by triple loaded headlines. Let it
be whispered to the editor of the
Leader that the Republicans of Dent
county are quietly bringing the writer
to the front, and that if the statement
that the British Constitution recog.
nizes women as people, and not beasts
startles him, before next November l,
is likely that some charges of dynamite
will be fixed under him, that aUill as.
tonish him .jist.
1t is not desirable to occupy lead
ing position in any interest just now.
For at least four years to come the
post of honor will be the private sta
tion.
By the year 1900 matters will begir
to assert themselves and man can see
better what course to take. "Til
then, 0 my soul, be STILL"
THOMAS CALLAHAN.
Salem, Mo. !sJune, 1896.
The Man from Mars IN st. Louis.
| IF an Intelligent STRANGER from the