The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-02-15


on to the fnality Of demanding the
earth. And just here, we might
parenthetically but with uuques-
toned truth suggest that a morr
competent witness Il tei~ fact than
Lafayette county would he hard 10
dnd,
But then, we slnuli perhaps ask
the pardon OF Saline for mentioning
Lafayette 10 the line uf political
comparison. Some people in that
county pass this county by as an uu.
important factor in the democratic
party-a merely existent condition
or ated for tue especial purpose of
increasing the vote Of the Saline
county candidate for political pre-
Ierment before nominating conven-
tious.
AS an evidence of the correctness
of this position we call your atten-
tion to the following excerpt tiken
from the especial page edition. of
the Democrat-Ne here under con
sideration. After exhausting his
vocabulary Of the English language
in telling the people why Judge
Cooney should be defeated, adult
ing. Indirectly, by the way, that the
turning down of Judge Cooney might
resalt in the overthrow Of Mr. Halls
ambitious, the Democrat News says;
"But there is another consideration
that must not be neglected. Saline,
the sixth county of the state, both in
population and democratic vote, ex-
poets to present candidates for offices
after this contest is settled. If the
county now presents Judge Cooney in
convention we submit that the action
will seriously impair her political
future. 1t will impair, for instance,
the prospects of Hon. Saml Davis as
a candidate for supreme judge. La
~fayette is downright sore over the snap
convention. What will be her attitude
towards Saline, when this county pos
sibly asks her aid in support Of Judge
Davis candidacy, if Saline should be
able TO force Judge Coopey upon the
district as a congressional c~andidate?'
THE candidacy Of Judge Alexander
Graves, Of Lafayette county, for a
place on the supreme bench has Of
never suggested itself to the
very fairminded editor Of the Demo,
GRAFT News. The fact that the party
~ this county is DESTROYS Of having
the Missouri democracy elevate this
distinguished jurist to a place On the
bench Of the court OF last resort IN
this state is Of course Of no concern
to the editor of the Democrat News
and his special edition mailed to the
INTELLIGENCER under cover Of an
envelope. Rather than admit the
fact of the candidacy Of Judge Graves,
indeed, the Marshall journalist, with
the sang frofa Of a man with I" a bird
in the hand" goes on TO talk about
Lafayette assisting Saline 10 NOM
mating Judge Davis just as though
Graves had been wiped from
the face of the political map and that
Lafayette must per force bow to the
demands OF Saline, as a matter Of
course. 1t is a bold game that Saline
is playing, judging from the para
graph last quoted from the Democrat
News-a game Of politics that would
signify, indirectly, that both Cooney
and Hall may be sacrificed in the
interest of Judge Davis.
OF course the usually acquiescent
Lafayette county democracy is ex-
pected to fall into line and push
Saline's interests along. No other
construction can be placed upon the
confident assertion OF the Marshall
editor in this last paragraph which
In effect, that If Judge Davis
Is to receive the support of Lafayette
county Judge Cooney must be turned
down by Saline.
Now, we have not a word Of censure
for Judge Davis, but we are here to
demand and uphold the rights Of the
Lafayette county democracy. We are
playing second-iddle to no county in
Missouri in u support Of Judge
Graves, the bald assertion of the
Democrat News to the contrary not
withstanding. And just here and
now we warn the democracy of Lafay-
cite county TO be on its guard and
send delegates to the congressional
convention at Sedalia who are tried
and true friends Of this county S can
didacy for supreme Judge. The Mar
shall paper has sounded the alarm
that there is politics in this congress