The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-13
that may eventually eliminate In the
overthrow of free institutions.
CLEAN HAND CAN'T.

FPehleneSS takes TO falSehood In all
parts of the earth. and st. Louis affords
no exception. Ananias is most .Ananias
when most conscious Of weakness.
Doesn't this from the Globe Democrat
make you shrek?
One Of tho anonymous cards scattered
around the streets sscribes this sentiment 70
Mr.. Parker: The boys that do the work
will get the nuts" The Republic is RESPONSE
BILE for Earblins the extract and reducing II
to the size considered suitable for Its pur-
pose OF MISREPRESENTATION.
What has The Republic to do with
cards scattered over the street? The Re
public is responsible for what appears
in its columns and for nothing else. No
body but an Ananias would think Of
connecting The Republic with. cards
scattered around the streets.
But do the cards misrepresent Mr..
Parker at all? According 10 the Globe
Democrat, Mr.. Parker said: If they
the men who do the work-come with
clean hands they are the boys that
shall have the nuts"
Clean hands" mean anything or
nothing, according To the view of the
speaker. Mr.. Parker'S view can be
learned from his associates and cam
paign managers. Those whom he is
taking to his bosom now he will not re-
pudiate after election. Mayor Ziegen-
helm is his chief sponsor. Tub" Beck
er is his trusted financial agent. The
chairman of his committee Is Kalbfell,
a %Ziegenhein otficeholder. Nearly all
the members of the committee are of
ficeholders and members Of the Ziesen-
helm combine in full and regular
standing.
These are the clean hands, which,
according to Parker's pledge. are to hold
and distribute the nuts. The Parker
administration would be n Z%iegenhein
administration under another name. The
machine would be worked by the clean
hands" which have worked the Ziegen-
helm machine. Mr.. Parker would ask
no embarrassing questions about clean
illness which he has not asked in his
campaign. He could not, because he
Merchants League Club as the boys
who are to get the nuts" For that he
spoke to the club and what he said was
meant by him and understood by the
gangsterS Of the club as a distinct
pledge. He has already defined what
he means by clean hands," He means
nothing.
Therefore the anonymous cards"
did not do Mr.. Parker the least injus-
tice. 1t is said that they were distrib-
uted by Republicans who distrust Mr..
Parker and dislike the crowd which sur
rounds him. Be that as it may, Mr..
Parker has no ground of complaint. He
has promised the nuts to the boys and
has marked with his favor the persons
who. are to be known as the boys.
To show that The Republic never mis-
represents anybody, the attention of
report Of the meeting at which Parker
gave control Of his prospective admin
istration to the boys. The morning of
February % The Republics account
said: "Mr. Parker said that the men
who, do the work at the election are the
poSS "ho VIA &C. LIZ AuL AAC 4odSA-
fed this by adding that they would have
to come with clean hands,"
The Globe-Democrat of the same
morning gave thus the same passage of
Parker's speech: The men who do the
work are entitled to the preference in
the distribution Of the rewards. If they
with clean hands they are the
boys that shall have the nuts. That is
the way to build up the party"
So The Republic gave Mr.. Parker's
qualification as much prominence as did
the Globe-Democrat
1t is the Parker actions which have
proved that the qualification was empty
cant. Even al this late day IL he will
distinctly say that he repudiates Zieg- |
enhein, that he condemns ~Ziegenhein- |
that the Wurzburgers and Kalb- |
fells and Council combines will be ig- |
nored If he is elected, The Republic will
not only publish what he says, qualif- |
and all, but will give him credit
for IN improved state of mind.
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