The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-08-02
corr DEMOCRATIC EOR-
GAMERS.
montgomery County Democrat. In n Letter TO the
Bowling Green Times, Pours Hot Shot Into
that Element of the Party.

Ny attention has recently been called {,
M article in The Troy Free Press, whicl
seemed to have first been printed rs an edi
torial in the Bowling Gre N Times. in som,
recent issue. stating among other things tina
~ tic late mayorality fight in the City o
st. Louis. | had urged the election of Mr..
Parker to the Mayors office. in variou.
speeches nude by me during the campaign
l'do not know that ] have an acquaintance,
connected with either paper in any capacity
hcnc ! know the papers aud the editors d,
not intend to misrepreScnt me maliciously.
How such an impression ever got alloat
IN any paper. that was for Mr.. Parker.
am at u loss to know. This same article IL
almost the same language was published. 81
! have understood, in various papers in thi,
and other states shortly after the city cleo.
ton, but until now | have chosen To max,
NO reply and probably would have said moth
ing now, only for the fact it is getting close
home. am not seeking notoriety in news.
papers either professionally or rs Il politica.
speaker or writer. II * embarrassing to me
to see - complimentary mention of my name
in Il newspaper and it follows without saying
so. that very much dislike an uncompli.
mcntiry mention.
To give the public some idea of my po.
litical behavior | will state my personal POI
lilical history from my majority until now.
! was born in Lincoln County. Missouri,
February ,, 1853; | reached my majority
Feb. =. 1876; from the election that fall I'm.
ill and including the 1900 election, ! have at
all times voted the straight Democratic tick
ct just ~ il cam from the printer.
At all times and now. | have been II
st ckler for party principle rather than rol
any individual man. This course | intend t.
follow in all my party counsels, even il | am
mfriendly criticized and ridiculcd by the en-
tire Gold Bug press of the State or whether
they treat me with silent contempt. |
made the hest effort could, at my " en-
pensc. 10 persuade the people of st. Louis
that Mr.. NerIiwcther should he elected
Mayor of chat City, in this | failed, but
taking into account the fact that the entire
press of the city and all of lis great corpor-
ate wealth were arrayed against Mr.. Merri-
wcther and in favor of Mr.. Parker or Wells,
il is somewhat surprising that he ran so well
because it is notorious and conceded fact that
every vote that was for traffic in that city at
that time was influenced in the interest of
that gang calling themselves Democrats. |
ann waiting now and have been waiting since
that election for some friend and supporter
of that gang to point out in the platform on
which Mr.. Wells was elected. an endorse
ment of any State or National Democratic
ever written 10y the voice of the
party whose name they stole and traduced.
If they had begun their platform by saying
either that we indorse the Chicago or Kan
sas City platform or any late State platform,
and then followed with the platform on Mu-
Government, my voice would never
have been raised against Mr.. Wells and |
believe brother David a. Ball would at least
been silent.
But you want me To say who do | in
in what ! term ''the Gang. 1t
is those now in control of the offices of the
State, except the Judiciary, together with
the various appointees of the states patron
lge in that City, aided and abetted by the