The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-11-14

To Former Coyersor Stones critlcisal
Of tbs Aspiring 10 dc Sersis Whlie
cssdidaie for Congress.


sional Democrats speech wherever
hard pressed brethren asked me TO do
80, my ambitious, able Rnd handsome
friend. Ex-Governor William J. Stone,
has boen goiog up and down the State
pressing his claims to the 'uni,ed
States senatorship. AZ The press re-
ports have Il.
"Thst would have been all right II
he had let me alone---which he did
not. He hopped onto mo--gentle,
kind inoifensiys me.
''lbe iaul, he finds with me 10 thai
| have OF may haye--he doesn't know
which, desire TO go to the United
States Senaie--which, submit Ia q
laudablc desire, whether | possess II
OF not---a desire cherished by many
worthy men In this imperial common
wealth.
"My friend the Governor seems to
be ig a hating frame Of mind--like
Mohammed's coffin, suspended be.
tween heaven and earth. lie fears
am candidate, yet be hopes am
not. Consequently, he declares that
| am au extraordinarily good Congress
man, but that Il would be q periloas
experiment TO transfer me TO the Sen
ate.
"for HE speech, with ingenuity thai
"a rare, he selects the Kingdom Of
Galloway, where got my wife and
which was added by the last Legisla-
tute 10 the district which 1 have the
honor to represent, but 10 which nm
n comparative stranger.
"Clearly, there Is method In the
madness Of my friend the Governor.
According to my eloquent and
aspiring friend the head and front Of
my offending Is that he fears, or con-
cludes or conjeciures up yislons to the
effect that | want to 90 back to Con-
grcss aud the Seoato---whieh he de-
clsres Is an abnormal appetite, and
against which he solemnly aud feel
ingly appeals TO tho people.
IL submit that II the Democrats oi
the Ninth Dislnct--old or new--art
willing for me to run Tor both Congress
aud Senate, II Is the business OF no.
bod, else. am perfectly willing to
submit that question to the Democrats
Of the Ninth District--old OF new.
1.-The Governors invasion Of Gala
way was a faux movement It is new
territory In the new Ninth, lie has
old appointecs there. lie hopes to
arraign that county against me on the
ground Of my undue appetite, and
then set up the cry that there Is OPP
position TO ne In my own district.
"But | have no fears Of Callswe.
gians, aud would as checriully risk to
them my political life as | would the
lives Of my wife aud babies.
1.-THE Governors wall about nay
running for both Congress and the
Senate goes further than appears OF
the surface. 1t is an effort TO bar the
entire Missouri delegation in the llous,
from sspiting to the Senate.
II he can do that ho has accom-.
plished much TO help himself into the
Senate, for the Missouri delegation !,
the ablest 10 Congress. glory In the
splendid record Of that great delega-
ton, aud l here and now enter my
solemn protest against its being barred
from any honor for the benefit OF Gov.
eIuor Stone or any other aspiring
statesman.
Lets see II there is anything ua-
precedented or wrong about a mans
wanting TO run for both Congressman
and Senator.
That's precisely what james Stephen
Green did In 1856, and what's more,
he was elected both Congressman and
Senator. | most cheeriully commend
that pEect at to both the Governor
aud the people.
flames 3. Green was vesitable
Tltsn---a man who shed imperishAble
iusler upon Missouri aud America.
surely what he did was not evidence
Of IN uDconsciopAble appetite.
Let me stir up the Governors
mind with another iIiusiri0gs example.
"ffus,en Polk Is another man
whom the people of Missouri love TO
remember dead NJ they loved him liv-
ing. In 1856 things Democratic 10
Missouri we're In such a prccarious
condition that the leaders thought Polk
was the only man who could defeat
both the Wing candidate aud Thomas
III. Benton, who was thea making hls
memorable appeal 10 the people. ;
So they pesnloned Polk to run for
Governor.
Now, II so happened that Polk
did not want to be Governor, bat was
ss anxious TO be Senator as my friend
the Governor. Consequently, he re-
fused aatiootedly TO run for Governor
uotil all the leaders pledged him the
senatcrship. That pledge being given
be did run for both Governor aud Sem
aior, and what's more. he was elected
to both Offices, serving Ms Governor
,hirty-fcnr days aud as Senator six
years.
''Ia 1856 there were two Senstora
TO elect, one for four years, the other
for six.
"That year Green was elected both
TO Congress and the Senate for the
-FOUR year term.
''That year Polk was eleciedsboth
Governor and Senator for the ak
year TORN.
"1hst year Benton ran for Governor
aud Tor the senate both and lost both.
..let's look !illle further
.'l1avid X. Athinsoa was elected 70
sbe United States Scaste whils serving
~ Htnte Seustos. lie honored the
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