The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-19
NECK OR NOTHING
cLARDY-cARTER BOLT.
ARTICLE v.

uiAh htSiNhb Ahh AhC WH5"lh1 NNhlH
be The delegates TO the County Con-
yention, ~ meaning that the men named
in the msiority report would be the
delegates.
On Monday, April SOih, the dele
gates that had bccn elected al the pre-
cinci meeting. ihroughou, the county,
in person aud by proxies, assembled
at the Court House at ? O'Clock r. M.
and were called to order By G. I
Tullock, chairman of the County Cen
trail Committee.
The forenoon u the day was one Of
the breeziest ever seen In Pennington
The agents Of corporate Doodle were
on the qui viye, here, there and every.
where. The Biggs braggarts puffed
and inflated themselves with wind all
day Sunday, aud claimed that The work
Of Monday would be easy. Notuilh-
standing all this "fuss and feathers, 80
along toward evening their faces took
on divers shapes; they were long IN
every direction and short nj the same
time, The news coming from the
county was uufayorable and told OF
their defeat. Money and lying and
caiolius had again failed, as they Lad
often done before.
Ten O'Clock Monday morning had
brought Information that showed that,
on a fair count, Biggs was short four
or i've votes. This made them DIES.
peralc, and The delegates were be.
siegch on all sides. All kinds Of 0ifcrs
were made, from the omnipoieut pass
down to his price in shining shcekles.
Men who had been instructed to vote
ior Judge Wood were approached BY
the hrazcn impudenco and methods u
the ordinary cappc., aud asked TO vic.
late THEIR instructions; and had Il not
have been for the unusual activity of
men who oppose from principle the
reign Of the u riiciplcd mud self,h
b0ss, some Of them might have tern
persuaded TO have b1rercd away lh,ir
! constituents and disgraced themselves.
Il is = true observation that the man
who takes place of trust aud re.
ceiycs instructions how to execute that
trust, and then violates Il, 8, a Judas
and ought to be branded in the fore
head traitor" that all might read
him. On the other hand, il is jus, rs
true that the nan who procurrs such
an act to be done for his bcnft is dan.
gerous, not honest, and all that keeps
him from being \ mlriulcr is the law
aud cuwardic". Such have been the
| observations Of the best and most can
did men all through history, aud they
have emblaIoned their pages by chrpn.
icing shcse men as enemies of the
race. Aud will someone tell why they
are not?
II was not love for Judge Biggs that
made the Boss aud his miniuns fight
like bcdlamtcs; it was hatred. aud
envy. and jealousy. Against whom
these qualities Of darkness we're enter
tanned and directed, tho reader miy
CUES. Before the convention WAS
called to order, the Riggs leaders off
cred to cOmptomiss 90 an instructed
delegation for Judge Goode, bot the
integrity Of the opposition declined
To sell out the people and Judge
Wood, and held to their original plan
ot dividing thc county between Wood
aud Uoode, and thi, was what the
anti. Riggs party undertook to carry
oul; but owing to the work Of vicious
Influences and few sycophants, their
effort was thwartcd.
Judge DiggS was exploited, rs the
outcome OF the contest at Cape Cir
ardeau proved, with the certainty of
II mathematical demonstration. Yes,
ho was exploited, bat not for Judge
Goodies benefit but 10 help him whose
whole lilo, politically, has been one of
lreachery; whose thoughts and words
have no connection with each other
who never ,hsiHks from an oath when
he wishes to seduce. aud never wants
prcteXt when inclined to betray.
His face is usually calm, bis speech
almost always courteous. To do an
injury openly, IN his estimation, lie
worse than TO do Il secretly, and far
less profitable. With him the most
honorable means are those which are
the surest, the speediest. the darkest.
lie does not comprehend why a man
should scruple to deceive him whom
he does not scruple 90 destroy. He
would think Ii madness TO declare
open hostiliiies against rival whom
he might stab in n friendly embrace,
or poison In the claliee Of ssoiabillty.
Twenty years OF public aud quasi. pub
lie life ought to furnish mauy exam
ples Of disintcTes,ed Kindness; at some
time along this stretch Of existence,
made honorable by the people, the
oYerilowing Of a grateful heart ought
to be canonixed In some noble deed OF
act worthy Of memory and honorable
meaiion. but the historian 10 this
case will search IN vain for them; all
have gone up ia the smoke OF self aud
self-aggrandizcment. Here aud there
may bo found conceitcd simpleton
that could not tell who wac tho first
President, OF some coarse. liquorish |
brawler, who has been patronized ly |
him with some cheap Office, for which |
be has been doing service ever since,
TO his Disgrace and dishonor. The
pathway Of such tools hos ever been
ssFrwn with disappointed hopes aud |
bankruplod manhood, for when their
influence Is gone, like an old coat th' y |
are cast off. Tho people will not trust
Them. mud thew nrn Yivhf. for the |