Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-06
NUMBER 81.
Morgan County, Illinois.

| A"oi Sun SV"h'Jt AhVios
Since winter set in, up to this date,
the mercury has been as high as SO,
or freezing point only one or two days;
rand yet we have had no bad, buster
ing storms. few north and south
lanes, with hedges on both sides, have
been blocked with drifting snow; but
taken altogether, the Oldest settler
cannot say that he ever saw a steadier
cold winter. Our greatest drawback
has been lack of water; some farm
ers have had to haul water for their
stock, and sometimes have had diff
Guilty in getting water to haul. The
prospect for dry weather is very
promising, and it is not saying too
much when one expresses fear that
the coming summer may be more
calamitous than last summer was.
Aside from all the untoward predic.
tions of the weather prophets, it seems
to be fact that there has been un-
usually light falls of snow on the
mountains where our large streams
rise, and floods from which reach US
here in June. We have had to buy
our apples, potatoes, cabbage, onions
and tomatoes this year, and it looks
much like we should have to do so
another year.
But if Jupiter Pluyius has gone back
on us, Jupiter Politicus has been in
dulgent. We have a copious shower
of office-seekers falling just now. The
Democratic County Central Committee
has, for some years, used the primary
election, or Crawford law, which COM
pels candidates to make two separate
canvasses-one in the party and an
other before the public. Yet with this
drawback we have already three can
didates for sheriff, four for assessor
and treasurer, four for county clerk,
two for county school superintendent,
one for state senator, five for repre-
sentative and one for county Judge, or
twenty in all; and the primary is not
to be held till April 5th.
Several Democratic voters called
upon the candidates for Representative
in the State Legislature, to publicly
express their views on local option in
taxation, over their own name in the
principal Democratic paper in the
county; but, 30 far, not one has done
SO, and it is doubtful whether one of
them can do SO. Some of them are
known to be imbued with kind of
blue-light Democracy, that would pre-
vent them from trusting the people
with such an important question.
Representative Wheeler is duly
scored here, even by Democrats, but
his speech as printed in the Congress
sional Record gives more courteous
Impression than newspaper reports
did. As simple matter Of fact Prince
Henry does not represent the German
people at all, but only German royalty
and junkerism. He is delegated to do
nothing but to inspect and receive his
brothers. private yacht, built in an
American shipyard. Wheeler was
fully justified in brusquely suubblng
the exhibitions of imperial and aristo-
cratic taste and tendencies growing too
common here, and as shown not only
in this matter of Prince Henry's junket-
ing trip, but also in the appointment
of special representatives to be pres
ent at the coronation of Mr.. Victim.
We heartily endorse an editorial in the
Waechter atnd AnSsigeY OF Cleveland:
Therefore, honor and praise to the
man who has dared in the American
House of Representatives so vigor-
ously and freely to speak in such man.
ner as to place the Republican prin-
ciple over against the Monarchical
principle" Congressman Kern rep
resents strong American district in
Southern Illinois, but he, too, stood
openly and boldly for American de-
mocracy and against royal toadyism.
Roosevelt was only complying with
common courtesy to allow his daugh'
ter, at the request of the German
Emperor, to break bottle of beer or
the stern of the yact at the childish
ceremony OF sliding it down the ways
into the water; and he will be acting
only the gentleman ii he receive Henry
in polite and friendly, but unofficial,
manner; but beyond that he will merit
censure, and he'll get it too. The cost
OF sending three men to England, in
June. should come out OF private pur.
SOS and not out OF the peoples taxes,
for they do not represent the people.
VIM. CAMM.
| Alexander, Feb. "a, 1902.