The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-02
Beginning to Understand.

sunlight Of disgust and contempt that
has been shining with such forceful
emphasis throughout the rural dis
tricts OF Missouri for city factionalists
and their selfish Q%uarrelS has reached
Kansas City and it is to be hoped
that ere long the truth will so impress
itself upon these fellows who have
seemingly been worShipping at democ-
racy's shrine in order alone to fatten
at its table that they will reach the
lust conclusion that a continuation
Of their designating tactics means
accommodation from the main body,
especially in so far as application for
place on the state ticket is concerned.
At a meeting Of the Jackson Coun-
ty Democratic club, charged with be-
ing a weapon Of offenSe in the hands
of the SOcalled police machine faction,
held Saturday night, Frank Sebree,
erStwhile adviser, envoy extraOrdi-
nary and minister plenipOtentiairy of
the sOcaled ShannOn-C rittenden-C Court
house faction, in the course Of a speech
as vice-preSident of that club, which
honor, it is claimed, was thrust upon
him in order to win him over from
the enemy, said;
"This club has a purpose. l knew
its purpose when l joined, which l
did at its first meeting. 1t has hon
Ored me Singularly by electing me its
vice-preSident. l want to tell you
that | accept that honor in the spirit
in which it is tendered-in a spirit Of
harmony. am with you.
1--WE have to get together for the
good Of the party. The democrats all
over Missouri are sick Of the wrang-
ling here and in st. Louis. They go
TO their polls in the country in solid
formation only to see their interests
ieopardized by our fighting in the big
cities.
Il know what the trouble is. You
know what the trouble is. The troub-
lie is too much public Office. Too
many want jobs. We are not con-
tent TO further the interests Of the
party. We want to further the in
tereStS Of this mar and that man for
this place and that place. until we
are all split up, and instead Of work
ing for the party we are working for
a faction.
when Mr.. Kemper, your honOred
president, took this Office, he and ]
had a conversation. We talked over
the situation and | told him that
would back him up to the limit Of my
ability in an effort to get the party
together. l want you to depend on
that. | stand by that resolution. >
Any mar with an ounce of brains
in his head knows that Sebree speak:
truly and that to continue the fact
iOnal fight in Kansas City not only
means Republican victory in that
city and Jackson county next veal
but that the welfare Of the party ir
the entire state will be placed in jeop.
zrdy.
The democrats Of both Kansas City
and =. Louis must be made to under.
stand that there is a responsibility
resting upon shoulders for which
they will be held accountable by the
people Of Missouri and the sooner they
forswear the fleshpot and return t.
democracy in its purity, obliviOus tC
boss or class, that much sooner viii
they regain the lost respect and the
high esteem Of the party in the
rural districts.
Few men in Jackson county have
more to lose through magnanimity il
dealing with opposing factions thar
has Sebree. At the appointment O
the county court, violently opposed t
the P%endergast, o police machin
faction, he holds the position Of coun
ty counselor, at $4,000 per annum
which, in fact, is considered by NAM
a sinecure. To the casual observer 4
would seem that his action Of Satur
day night would bring down upon hi
head the wrath Of those who mad,
him, resulting in political decapita
ton: and yet in the face Of all this h
dared to act in a manner that at ono,
marks him as bigger than his fellow
factionalistS and enliSts him in tn,
column Of those who place the party
welfare above all other considerations
even though the result may bear tn.
fruit Of financial loss to himself.
The lNTELLIGENCER congratulate
Sebree on his broadness Of though
and outSpoken fealty to the party or
ganization and principles. Others o
both factions must follow his lead o.
democratic success in Kansas City /
a thing Of the past.
Senator Vest has left his home a
Sweet Springs for Washington, an
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