Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-11-11

Not very long ago the st. Louis Re-
public contained an interview with 8.
B. Cook, which credited Mr.. Cook
with saying that he did not believe in
the gold standard any longer and was
now in favor of free silver. MIR. Cook
ut that time was in st. Louis en- route
home from the Springs, where he was
supposed to be for his health. Later
on Col. Cook repudiated the intef-
view altogether. 1t is a great game
with political bosses to be interviewed
and later on repudiate their inter-
views, if the people don't take to
them. Politicians think nothing OF
calling newspapaz,reportsrs liars, even
when the politicians write the inter-
views themselves and request the
publication of the same. About the
time that George Robertson, Gold
Democrat, wiped che earth with Sam
Cook, Cook, desiring to attract at
tention away from his personal con-
troversy, sent for the reporters of the
metropolitan papers, and gave out
his famous interviews in favor OF
"fusion." In the meantime, Cook, in
order to protect his own cuticle, got
some of his best friends In bad shape
and 1t was anything and everything in
order to attract attention in another
direction. He came out very strong
in favor of fusion, In fact, the Repub-
lican papers throughout the country
have been qouting his interviews,
claiming Missouri was surely Repub-
ican, unless free silver Republicans
and free paper Populists came to the
rescue. The Democratic press and
the Democratic party of the country
repudiated Col. Cooks calamity howl
when 10 and behold, the st. Louis Re-
public, under date of November 4,
1897, contains the following interview
with Col. 8. B. Cook, in which he re-
pudiates himself. The interview is
as follows:
ga statement was printed some
time ago purporting to come from Mr..
Cook in which he was made to appear
as favoring fusion between the
Democrats and Populists in Missouri
on a State ticket. 1t seems mis-
apprehension exists in some quarters
as to Mr.. Cooks meaning, and he ex-
planned yesterday that he did not in
tend to be understood as favoring a
move to give the Popullsts certain
places on the State ticket as reward
for their votes, but rather that the
two parties should act in harmony in
fighting a common enemy, and that
there should be no friction between
them in the approaching contest to
carry out the financial features of the
Chicago PLATFORM"
What does Col. Cook expect to give
the Populists in order to get their
votes? Doesn't he expect to give
them places on the ticket? Is not
Col. Cook anxious and willing to give
them all the places on all the tickets,
providing he can get Office for him
self2 Col. Cook held Office in Warren
county for years and that's the sys-
tenn on which he secured the Office
and the spoils. Look at Warren
county to-day, look at Missouri after
Col. Cook and his kind get
through "fusing" it for what there is
in it. The Democratic party is party
OF principle and will succeed on ac-
count of supporting principles, which
are for the best interests of the masses.
Col. Cook, if he has been incorrectly
quoted in the above interview with
the st. Louis Republic, should repudi-
ate the same now, or forever after
hold his peace. Sam Cook is a po-
litical fraud.