Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-10-18

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To show the lack Of stability of the
man, 1t may be well TO relate that
Harlow, soon after the war was ended,
stated on the streets Of Paris, No.,
that he wished that the war was to be
fought over again, and intimated that
he would have fought on a different
side.
Harlow is thought TO have support
ed the Palmer-B uckner ticket in 1896,
and is said to have opposed Champ
Clark on account Of his free silver
ideas, but these things were not
known, thought Of or cared for, as the
influence Of the man is positively
nothing.
Your correspondent was unable to
find a man in Mexico to-day to guar
antee any strength Of character In the
makeup of Harlow.
Orlando Hit. attorney, when asked
/ about Harlow to-day, said: From
what l have seen and read of his pro
auctions, l regard him as very cratic.
In my opinion he ifs a man who is
especially fond Of talking and getting
himself before the public
j. w. Beatty, Postmaster during
Cleveland's first term: Harlow was
counted a Republican while in the
militia. His father was a strong
one. OF his conversation upon any
subject l viii say that he is extrava-
CANT, that he changes very often and
that he is very radical in any position
he occupies"
W. II. KEENAN,, former Represents
tive of Audrain county: 81 have
known Reuben Harlow well for a
number Of years. He lives IN a farm,
but does not farm. He is a money
lender and gets the highest rate OF
interest possible. / am certain that
he has never been an enthusiastic
Bryan man, and he was opposed To
free silver in 1896. He is a close bust
ness man. He Is vacillating and has
no influence politically"
County Collector T. Leeper: ~
wouldn't give one whoop for any
opinion Harlow might utter"
KNOWN no FEW.
P. II. Cullen, attorney, former Pres.
ident Of the local Bryan club: "Reu.
ben Harlow is a man known 10 but
few people In Audrain county. lie
has never been Identified with publiC
affairs, and his opinions on matters
political have never been definitely
settled. In '98 he inclined to follow
the Gold Democrats. His opinions
are without weight Harlow's con
duct will increase the Democratic
vote in Andrain county in such com
munities as may learn Of his action,
but the great majority Of the voters
Of the county, II they hear Of 1t at all.
win not, when they come to vote, ever
remember which side Harlow said hi
was on in this contest"
The Mexico evening LEDGER sale
to-day:
THE Globe-D Democrat is hard up f0l
'horrible examples when it uses {
column of its front page announcing
that Reuben Harlow, a ''promineni
farmer Of Audrain county had chang
ed his politics and is going to vote thu
Republican ticket. In the first place
Reuben Harlow is a money-lender anC
farms the people who farm the soil
Politically, he is a joke and does moi
control a single vote. The Republi
can party must be in a close plact
when it makes a great noise about
how 'Rube" is going to vote and
what his opinion is on the principles
of a party or its nominees. The Dem
ocratic party in Audrain county was
never in better shape than it is to
day and will have a larger majority
than ever before.
NEVER WAS A DEMOCRAT.
PARIS, Mo-, Oct. I3.-The people Of
this vicinity read with broad smiles
and a great deal Of amusement the
announcement contained in a dispatch
from Mexico in to-day's Globe Demo.
crat that Reuben Harlow, "a lifelong
Democrat and one OF the most prom.
inent and prosperous farmers of that
section, had renounced his allegiance
to Democracy and would support the
Republican State and national tickets
at the coming election. Although
Mr.. Harlow has for years been a resi-
dent Of Audrain county, he was born
and raised in this county.
The announcement In the Globe
Democrat was the first intimation any
Of his friends had that he had, eve IN
his life, with the possible exception Of
once, voted anything but the straight
Republican ticket, from constable TO
President. The mind Of man runneth
not back to the time when Reuben
Harlow was not a Republican. He is
quoted by the Globe Democrat as hay-
ing said that he had been a steadfast
and loyal Democrat all through the
period Of Acknowledgement In Missouri
directly following the war, and left
the inference that some connection OF
his WI with the Civil War led TO
his vote being counted out with those
OF other valiant Democrats in the
days when Monroe county was con-
sidered 'sthe hotbed OF sedition and
treason
This is the funniest portion Of the
dispatch, for the truth is that Harlow
was the most pernicious member OF
the local militia company at that
time, a veritable swashbucker in
embryo and conducted himself In
such an offensive manner toward
southern sympathiEen that his name
is still Of most unpleasant memory.
He was never connected with the Con-
federacy in any manner at all, but
along with his two brothers one Of
whom was killed by a Confederate
soldier In self-defense, just after the
war, was intensely pronounced In his
sympathies.
Even the Republicans are laughing
at bis miraculous conversion, and con-
sider IL the choicest bit Of campaign
humor the GlObsD emocra has fur