The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-23
Hon. b. B.. Cahoon at the st. Joseph
Convention.

Convention.
No maj came out of the st. Joseph
convention with cleaner hands. more
admiration. more friends. as much
respect and with as great strength as
Hon. B. B. Cahoon. our candidate for
Governor.
In 1889 an effort was made on the
eve of Harrison's Inauguration in
the Republican State League Clubs at
st. Louis, Missouri, todown Chauncey
|. Filley. Mr.. CahoOn was there. He
fought it tooth and toe nail. on
the same ground he at st. Joseph,
justly desired the recognition of Hon.
r. G.. Kerens-that as Mr.. Filley in
1889 represented as he has ever since
done, and as both he and Mr.. Kerens
now represent, a large element in the
Republican party. for the sake of
harmony and getting the party to-
gether, in order to succeed, the re-
spective leaders of its respective ele-
ments should be recognized. That
was what Abraham Lincoln did in
1861 when he put into his Cabinet Sc
ward, Chase, Bates, Cameron. each of
whom sought the presidential nominal
ton in 1860; in fact recognized every
prominent man who represented
a large following in the party. That
was the wise politics of Lincoln who
never lived on his hates or prejudices
and who vas the greatest leader and
the best politician the world has ever
produced. With Lincoln's example
before him, Mr.. Cahoon has for years
been doing and he did the same thing
at St. Joseph. He sought to harmo-
nize every element in the party by ig-
noring the personal difference of its
leaders in Missouri and by recognize
ing both the Filley and the Kernes ele-
ments by recognizing and rewarding
them both.
Who will not say that was the
b~ravest, highest, noblest and most
sensible politics. Amy man who i'm
AGNES that Hon. Chauncey l.. Filley
is ready to make war on a man like
Mr.. Cahoon whose position for har-
mony at st. Joseph, by recognizing
all elements in the party was and is
the only position that can heal all
differences and insure party success
does Mr.. Filley gross injustice. Great
and strong as Mr.. Filley is, he recog
nizes no man ever lost in the long run
in scincerely standing out for harmo
ny as Mr.. Cahoon did at st. Louis
in 1889 and at St. Joseph in 1895, and
that Republican success in Missouri
requires the harmony Mr.. CahOon adj
yOcated at St. Joseph. Mr.. Filley
will never be found opposing Mr.. Ca
hOon for his sensible course at St.
Joseph, for, as Mr.. Cahoon made the
same fight for Filley in 1889 so he to
be the consistent Republican he is.
had to likewise for the sake OF the
same Republican harmony and sue
cess, make the like effort for Col.
Kerens in 1896. Cahoon was fighting
for the principle of harmony and sue
cess and not for "a man.
We are proud of the courage of our
leader. Cahoon's speech at St.
Joseph was not only not Il mistake,
because he a and is in the right. as
time will prove, but it was the
speech in that conventions: the speech
which left the deepest impression on
all who heard it. becauseit was found
ed on good sense. good patriotism
and sound party policy-that of i'm
partially recognizing and rewarding
all elements in the party. The man
who imagines the bold and impartial
advocacy of that doctrine as Mr.. Ca
hOOn advocated it at st. Joseph was a
mistake, is without good political
foresight or judgment. Our South
east hero might have shirked the per-
formance of a plain patrioticduty and
remained at home. but Cahoon is
neither a shirker or a coward. He is
a very cool, brave just. manly man.
He saw and said: The party must
get all its elements together by justly
recognizing them all and if no one
will openly advocate that course at
ST. Joseph. | will do it. be the result
what it may to me, because by hat
course alone can we hope to elect the
whole State ticket in November and
C a Republican successor to
George Vest in the United States Sem
ate" So our brave leader declared in
the conventions: that was in effect his
speech. So We all say. Common
sense proclaims Cahoon's plan and
IRIS are the only methods to pursue
in order to succeed. The speech
showed Mr.. CahoOn to be a safe Re
publican leader and a true guide. Men
love courage. manlinesS and iudg-
ment in their leaders, such as Mr..
CahOon exhibited at St. Joseph. Men
of good judgment and wise patriotism
there and all over the State recognized
that Mr.. Cahoon's curse al st. Jo-