The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-20

influence in the Democratic ranks that that party
| would nominate none but men Of high integrity.
who would be pledged to nothing but a clean
city government and that its selections for mem
| partisan.
The Democratic party has kept tina, pledge.
! do not wish to detract from the merits of those
| Mho few weeks ago met at the 81: Nicholas Men
| equally good Republican ticket put into the
field. Many of these gentlemen are my personal
In former years In attempting to purify city
politics. They unquestionabiy deserve credit but
one thing to cut a pain though the jungle and
another to travel it after it is made II all other
| of equal merit, the Democratic nominees could
| rightfully claim the suifrases Of the independent
| an advanced position in purifying city politics,
and title by occupancy is one Of the titles recos-
An Things; however. are not equal as far ,a;, as
the heads Of the two tickets are concernsd ,n and
| ,Ir. Parker and Mr. Wells are of equal intelli,
genee Mr. Wells is the far R man and I'd
his official duties E greater r. physsni M , xa SoF Of ha
manhood and the four years ahead of him are
four OF the best years OF his life. The public is
mans m life. and not to those which are commonly
ranked years of decline. In the next place,
oficial duties wholly unpledged to any one. That
was the condition on which he accepted the nom
casion SION since he did So plainly indicate that he
intends to exercise the duties of his office, If
PARKER BOUND
BY PROMISES.
Mr.. Parker cannot do this. even were he in
ned to do ba ana there to to be do ao
When he made his first appearance in the can
Henry ansss Sy 'hs hHd
Florsheim. Wurzburser and other reformers bring,
nE up pr the the bs is a e
THE nuts belong to the boys" His apoiogists
rsy as qsssa his rsns sS
fcations? Has any sane man ever doubted the
Save eaten S the @ Kernels for the the last four years
in person and by proxy and left US nothing bu,
to speak. Nor can there be the least deception
to the meaning of the term boys Eys'y a
tics knows who the boys are. They are set; ct:
more or less harmless. who make s their living M g,G BY
known as ward healers. shouters at meetings and
feIs Of Possessing % any higher quacations office
than eating the nuts % after III, they sa so1 them Sn take o
Ell Either sG Mr. Parker was sincere in his remark
about the nuts. and then no radical reformer can
Sen De to Is UNIT to BE- G MAYOR he
Mayor of great city should above al t., thinEs. &
iic Of which / saw an account. was character
lied by a remark equally designed to repel every
His supporters not to scratch any name on the
ticket Where there are % two or more tGkets s, IN
more than fourteen names. 1t is next to lmpSs- ps
, the h sshssaes ON in ons Be-
composed Of filter men than those i on the & S1fts sa
It is the night and % DUTY e OF ,y sv aon xotef at ea to
discriminate and to exercise ms choce .eo ,ha; r;
ehoiee and thus p places party welfare
welfare Of the city. and makes that which Is a
public trust a private snap. one WORD more ana
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
NOT NOW AN ISSUE.
An issue is sought to be injected in the present
canvass which. In the nature or things, cam
not be at present an issue before the people and
ihas re,eee to aee that every eanddate has I'M
nounced himself in favor Of that p5ine.p!s; It /.
Europe e' and in some American cities. and under
proper safeguards is bound to work we'll every,
where But how is that Issue living issue now?
Publ; utilities owned VI by rat Of na
or damaged for public use without just compensa-
to ss from Is hs to psg In ns public S Of 3
ties? The eitys public deb, Is up to sh It's GO S9nsn
Cinema oabes farthnE Without new eonstitutonai war
rant. The Legislature which has Just adjourned
aa 10 the next legislature provide
for such call the convention could no mol os .afs
q p'as constitutional amendment be submitted to the
people for nearly four years to come. What is
the the people on Which, all agree: and with which
we practically can do nothing for many years to
e'TiH The city " Of St. Louis is looking forward to
% sra Gi Within s vse6fs
nations. Its present condition is ,deplorable, and
the time for eaedyng matters ods Is ssHst s,v II ns we
s.. a"t Louis, Which has rIsen Phoens.5s from he
sfae shss Of a hs Of Sd and 5
Of firm viii man ohyatans 1y 3n s %
former fr er'i loeters That man, in my opinion. is
Roiia Wells.
OVATION GIVEN
TO d. n. FRANCIS.
Ex-Governor D. r. Francis was intro
T,,Ir Do, ,har,o CO.
down. Mr.. Simmons. in introducing Mr..
Francis. said:
"'Tell me your company, and I'll tell you
who you are The next speaker Is Il per-
sonal friend and supporter of Mr.. Wells
You can judge for yourselves what kind of
a man, from this fact, Mr.. Wells is
When Ex-Governor Francis arose the au-
dience went wild with enthusiasm. For
ten minutes they stood on chairs and ap-
plauded him. When order had at length
been restored, he said
1 am here as Democrat and private citi-
and measures now engaging public attention. I
am proud of the title of American citizen. and
If shirked my duty as saw it. The people
have honored me. and can never repay them !
period of human life.
For years there has been dissatisfaction with
their heads in shame: the unfinished condition OF
the period Of darkness. are ali municipal dis. ,
graces. In addition and greater than all else, is
the conviction that the revenues have been inju 4.
diciously. if not dishonesty. expended. With {.
these things engaging the public mind, there has
come as it were a moral revolution among the I
and as the election has approached citi-
zens of all classes have conferred to effect a |
An independent movement was |
talked of. but abandoned and am glad OF |
it, because 1 believe in party Organization and |
party responsibility.
WELLS CAPABLE
AND ACCEPTABLE.
The evidence of the widespread distrust en- !
tertailed by our citizens toward the present ad- I
was mnnistakahly shown in the |
election last fall. The vote for the local DEM
ocratc candidates at that time when every |
other section of the country showed increased !
Republican majorities. evidenced the fact that
the citizens OF st. Louis were past ccndemna-
ton on the present administration of the city's