Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-10-08

te!,1!iiitaii t''iI' SisibH a-stiiitie''
las, May, viz:
We condemn the metIln'ls re-
sorted by The opposition t" induce
! Republicans to scratch their ticket
and appeal to all Republicans to
lend their efforts in hoi,:ifi" the
party united in the present. cam
! paign. :.
| Mind, this resolution was adopt
ed in Il convention Of representa-
tive Republicans. men whose So
cia! and business standing is second
to none in the county. When the
editor of the Independent heard of
this resolution he, in the succeed
ing issue OF his paper, flung the
whole Republican organization Il
gr;ituitous insult, as follows:
''Ihe virtuous Indignation OF
the Potosi Republican convention
| was SO grotesquc in a party that is
so hopelessIy rotten in this county
that it puts up such pitifnl whine
that although it has majority of
two hundred and fifty votes. yet
there is not virtue enough among
its members to prevent them from
being seduced from their party al
legiance BY THE MONEY AND Wits
KEY FURNISHED BY THE OTHER
SIDE
While the above quotation was
intended only as reelection upon
the virtue Of the Republican party
as a whole, ii is also, unwitting|y,
a confession of what the Journal
has all along contendcd, that the
Democrats resOrted to vicious and
immoral influences to secure the
election of their cant,i1,les. Several
members Of the local Democratic
ring were quick to see the proba
bic effect of the independents ad-
mission and called upon the editor
to demand Il qualification of his
statement. At that time our friend
up the street had troubles Of his
own with the ring. which was try
inc to defeat him for member OF
| the Democratic congressional com
mi,tcc by reSorting 10 booze and
| hoolle practices, and he gave it ont
| cold to the ring that their BULLDOG
ing did not 90 with him, and that
his statement would stand just as
it was printed. Now, however,
that the rinostcrs, who ''seduce"
Republicans by the use Of money
and whiskey haye rcnominatcl
themselves for another term of Of
flee, they have succeeded i'll whip
ping the Independent to their sup
port. Oar friend has no longer
the moral stamina to stand by his
words, but attempts to place them
in the mouth in the journal. The
whip in the hand Of the ringster>
which the Independent fears is :;
60 called ''indcpondcnt" paper pub
lished in the south end of the coun
ty. in which number of the Dem
ocratic candidates are reputed te
be financially interested.
The Independent is trying tt
dodge the issue, and lambasts Tho
journal to turn public attention
away from the fact that our posi-
ton is taken upon a stand fol
cleaner politics. We have invite d
the Independent to join us in oul
battle for honesty and morality
we have said that the Republican
candidates invite their Democratic
opponents to contest for office
upon party principles. What i:
the reply? The Independent in ,
half f-hcarted way says that we ar,
on the right ground, that it wo,'ll
like to see ''party lines draw
tighter here, as they are in Iron
and Reynolds countless" but under
the Influence of the whip evidentl,
does not consider it cxpedient.
The journal viii. continne t.
''scold" along the lines of it:
adopted policy. There is no raw
ness on part of the editor in conse
quence of his defeat III politics two
years ago. We are battling fo
the success Of the Republican par
ity with the same stcadfast deter
mination that has always character
lied our conduct. We do not at
tempt to drive Republicans, w
appeal to them to guide their con
duct by the grand principles of th
party they need not be ashame<
/ of. Should failure meet our eff
forts this year through the cxer
else of those influences which w
condemn by our opponents, W.