Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-23
Senator Farris.

dldate Tor the Democratic nomination
for State Senator, has again, as he did
three years ago, opened up the columns
of that paper to fill it with his articles
of abuse and villification OF Senator
Frank H. Farris, who is candidate
for denomination in opposition to Col.
Organ.
We have no desire, and neither will
we, engage in any political quarrel
through the columns of our paper with
the editor of the Monitor, for two rea-
sons; first, we have no personal feeling
against the editor or his candidacy,
and second, because nothing good can
be accomplished by such quarrel.
Neither are we engaged in any defense
OF Senator Farris, because he needs none
at our hands, and il he did he is per-
sonally able to defend himself. But
we take this opportunity to remark that
the editor of the Monitor seems to base
his eligibility to office, and to urge as
reasons why he should be chosen, the
facts that other men have done certain
things or failed to do certain things.
Upon an examination of Cook s
Manual of Missouri, we find that Col.
Organ was a member of the Missouri
Legislature in the 2Sth, 30th, 33rd,
39th, 10th and 41st General Assem-
blies, in all, six times. Few men
have served in as many sessions of the
Legislature. The editor of this pa.
per, and the people of the district, no
doubt, would be glad to have Col.
Organ, through the columns OF his
paper, or elsewhere, if he chooses, to
tell them, in all of these years of ex.
perience and service in the State
Legislature, what wise, wholesome
and benefcent law for the relief oil
the struggling, toiling masses of the
State he has evolved from his fertile
mind, introduced into the Assembly
forced to passage, and that now stands
upon the Statute Books of Missouri
what potent and glorious reforms he
has inaugurated that have made the
people of Missouri more prosperous
and happy; what important position
he has been able to accupy in the ranks
of his party; what counsel aud advice
he has been able to give in the formu
lation of his party platforms and poll
cies; what young man from the coun
try or from the town, for that matter
he has been able to encourage to stud!
the policies of the great political part
les that in time he might become al
able exponent of the Democratic Doc
trine; in short, what be has done To-
himself, the people OF his county, o
this district, or of the entire state, il
his long term of service that appeal
to them to worship at his shrine, an(
rise up and call him blessed, othe
than the fact that he has drawn hi
pay as member with wonderful regu
larity, and through the sessions of '97
'99, and 1901, had one or other OF hi
two sons as a clerk in the General As
sembly, drawing pay with equal regu
larity. We do not attempt TO advise
but this much we do believe, that tn,
people of this district, and the Demo
Gratis, especially, want a member il
the Senate who will at least be able tt
do something which he himself will b.
able to remember other than the draw
ing of his salary.
If Senator Farris, in his officia
capacity, has wilfully done wrong
we make no excuse or justification fol-
him; If he has made mistakes, it is bu
the record of all mankind. This much
we do know, that he was elected {
member of the Senate when he hat
scarcely reached the constitutions
age, he became potent factor, ani
was recognized as among the ables
mem bers in either branch OF the Gen
eral Assembly. At the second session
he was chosen president protein of the
Senate, a position which he filed with
entire satisfaction, and we believe
stands in history to-day, as the young
est presiding officer that body ever had
He was chosen member OF the Revis
ion Committee OF '99, and his name
appears on the frontispiece of ever,
| '99 Statute of the state, and within 1t,
lids there are three acts he introduced
and forced to passage, which in them
selves. are sufficient reasons to com
mend him to the favorable consider
alton Of the people Of this district.
| One which resulted in the reduction