The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-05-19
WOTTI,DARR ROSS.

In ms ceks News hf. buiiul
informs us that he Is the author Of III
article that appeared in the last week
issue Of that paper and signed 80
Democrat This information va
conveyed TO an indifferent PablIe in
very few lines, and the gentlemaI
referred TO then proceeds to use
column In AbOsing the editor Of TIL
paper. So far ~ his abuse is con
eerned, or what be may or may no
think, # be is capable Of doing such
thing, we care not one whit. w
made some statements regarding tn
article signed "a Democrat" and Aous
ing Us does not bear on the question
We called for evidence and hAy'
received none, and bis statement thaI
on his koxer 50 and so happened, hai
no weight whatever. He needs evi
dence. This paper is above person
a~lities, and we refrain from giving tbt
writer's record. Il is well enough
known where be lives, and we deem II
unnecessary to publish It, unless We
may al some future time need s horri.
BILE example. So much for the writer
Of the article referred to.
We now pass from the instrument 10
the engineer and real suthor Of all this
rot. The editor Of the News says thai
he endorses all that Mr.. Duling says.
OF course he does. II would be IN
natural for the creator to discredit his
own work. Bot that is Of no Importance
either, for it only proves that both
articles we're inspired and written IS s
personal attack on the editor Of the
ISTELLGKNcER. NoE was 1t uneG-
pected. We knew it would be so
when we came here, but we frankly
confess that il had no weight whatever
in our consideration Of the question.
But there is something in the
editorial paragraph written, or sup
posed to be, by the editor Of the News
that deserves notice. He states that
machine politics governed the con
yeption at Hlgginsyllle. In other
words, thai the delegates to that con
venlion were men who could be used
by political tricksters. Men without
mental ability or moral courage
enough TO vote their convictions. Men
who can be dictated TO or purchased.
That is what machine politics means.
We want to say that, barring one or
two delegates, there was never a more
representative body Of men In any con
yentIon. That 1t would have been
absolutely impossible to use machine
politics had 1t been tried. That they
were honest and incorruptible, and
capable Of doing their W. voting, and
that they did do it. Only IS Of the
votes were cast for Mr.. Musgroye, but
We would not presume to say that they
YER one whit better democrats or
more honest men than those that voted
for Mr.. Duling. What we do say is
that they were representative men, one
and all.
But the editor Of the News is a most
wonderful man withal. He serves
notice that two years from o be
will have this congressional conTen-
ton consolidated with the county con-
Vention. He will appeal that this be
done, aud 1t will be done, he
says, unless there are ''trieks and
jobs to work." Behold him in hi:
purity debating to this congressional
district. A verItable paragon Of virtue.
When he wins, everything is pure and
holy, but when he loses, as he usually
does, all is corruption and a stencil in
the nostrls Of men.
Let Us pass IN review for q moment
the political work and achievements Of
the intellectual giant and political
dictator. The man VINO insists lthat
unless people do as be says they are
scoundrels, or are controlled by
scoundrels. About the time OF the
silver agitation would be a good start
ing point. Is 1t not q fact that the
News fought every move made In the
interests Of this fundamental plank in
the democratic platform Of 1852 Is
it not true that he only came into the
party under protest and because he
was AFRAID to stay out7 And then
again in 1898, did he not put in all the
time he should have been giving his
party 10 an effort 10 defeat some Of the
nominees Of the party in this county,
When he mentioned the campaign at
all ii was only TO refer TO Its corrup-
ton and with a appeal to rebuke the
corruptionists, and then to Indicate the
men on the ticket who we're desired
victims. Never a line appeared during
the campaign in behalf Of the ticket,
and the editor himself worked on the
streets Of Lexington in an attempt to
defeat q part Of the regular democratic
nominees.
And this Is the man who passes on q
democratic convention as undemocratic,
and tells US what he intends to do with
conventions IN the future. Ye godsi
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