The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-27
FILLEY TELLS A TALE.
Savage Republican Boss Once More
Scores Hanna.

Scores Hanna
From he Kansas City Times.
''There may be Missouri or other
republicans who can induce themselves
to approve of the absolute ignorement
of the city, county, district and state
organizations of the party. and Of the
Outline republicans, who, through
sunshine and storm, have stood up 20
and maintained the great principles of
any desire of, personal benefit, beyond
the collective benefit to the state and
nation in which they share, and with
out a single selfish personal interest to
promote. But the party, unfortunately,
has become leprosied with au element
of promoters with personal ends 10
subserve, and who are only commercial
in Astiucts and purposes; who care
nothing for principle or principles, and
who would identify themselves with
any party that wonld tolerate them and
subserve their ends. Unable to elect
the county and state organizations
because of their disfavor with the
masses, they attempt The purchase of
and 10 Hannaize the party.
HAHNA's COMMERCIAL POLITICS.
"The Hanna system of commercial
politics was planted in Missouri before
Hanna became nationally prominent,
by Kerens, Biitinger and the whiskey
ring, and it was easy for both of them
and the same ilk in the state 10 unite
interests. What has this ilk bad 10 do
with the formation. building up and
success of the partyP Scan the list of
political lepers, and not one clean,
unselfish one who ever made or would
make sacrifice for the party can be
found. They are not of the kind who
have made any personal sacrifice or
who have assisted by any financial or
other aid to keep up the organizations,
Jul OH INC SOhtAoi1, ha'O NOHO N'i ."
their power to disintegrate and destroy
them.
"I.et's see! There Is RozIer, who Is
to be United States district attorney
he who rePudiated his constituency at
Minneapolis IN 892 for the same prom
ise and Office then, which he failed TO
get, and for his apostasy IS 10 be
rewarded now. Personally, lie is
ashamed of himself and his apostasy
The district is ashamed of him, rs he
would ind on y square issue.
"Cahoon pooled issued with them
last winter and aided them to deceive
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth districts,
through his own hold upon them, which
others could not have done with
oat him, and he finds himself ditched in
slough of broken reeds and promises
and unfulflled political contracts-a
squeezed lemon in fact. and the unre-
Quilted tool of the political buzzards and
lepers.
SIT is said in the southwest that
Charles G.. Burton, after having in the
state convention of 1892, at jefferson
City, where the present alleged repub-
lican national committeeman had not
The vote of single district, and who
fell far short of an election on The first
ballot for delegate-at-large. Major
Warner and myself only of all of those
ballots for having majority of all of
the delegates, as provided for in the
rules, and which majority it became
incumbent upon the chairman, Charles
G. Burton, 10 so announce and direct
another ballot which instead of doing
he held the announcement off in an
unparliamentary manner and permitted
delay of forty-live minutes and the
change of votes 10 be made, and the
Thirteenth district, under promise OF
more federal appointments than could
be made in twenty-five years, was
caught voting more votes than it had
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procedure one Kerens was announced
as having been elected, and so pro-
tected from second ballot and sure
of defeat upon his name. Now tins
Burton is experiencing the same treat
ment at the hands of Hanna and kerens
as has CahoOn, and the in2ratitude OF
other political lepers further demon
strated. Burton expected 10 be United
States district attorney for the west
ern district, but has been turned down
tor Gideon's band and the Jim Davises
of the southwest. Jim Davis, it will
b. remembered, sold out his cons,itn-
ents and pledges-became llannaized
at the national convention last year,
and was promised Il job by the Kerens-
lies and is expecting to realize or the
buyers will hear from him. Hence
Burton is set aside or offered the COM
promise of Il job outside of the state,
but must como in behind Gideon's
band, and he don't feel like being
Hannaized. Davis voted for the alleged
national committeeman.
HANNAIZED PLEDGE BREAKER.
"a like situation exists in the Sixth
district, where Kellog outraged his
constituency, who would not have
made him a delegate to the national
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