Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20


Office be considered an equivalenD-
can such party be trusted with the
administration of the much more i'm
portant affairs of the Statep Oh! for
another vigorous campaign from that
eloquent and conscientious statesman
George Graham Vest.
FRANK DEARING FOR CONGRESS.
For some time the Thirteenth Dis
trict of Missouri has sunk into insig-
nificance in the annals of Congress.
This is an injustice to that populous,
wealthy and progressive district,
whose great aud growing interests
entitle it to able representation in our
national legislature. A Congressman
should be earnest in heart, bright of
mind and eloquent of tongue. A
Democratic Congressman should be
one who has given proof of his super
ior courage and capacity as a Demo
cratic leader. He should be one to
whom the eyes OF all Democrats natur-
ally turn as fit representative of his
party in the halls OF Congress. Such
one is Frank r. Dearing of Jefferson
county, who seeks the Congressional
nomination at the hands of the gallant
Democracy of the Thirteenth Missouri
District. Every Democrat who is cog
infant of the aggressive, intensely
loyal Democratic record OF Frank Dear
ing for the past dozen years, feels in
his heart that there is no Democrat in
his district more worthy of the honor
of being its representative in Congress.
For indefatigablp effort and Boer-like
persistence and dash in the conduct of
political campaign he is without q
superior in the State. If the Demo-
Gratis of Iron county want to honor a
| true-hearted, conscientious and cap
| able Democrat with their suffrages for
that high office, they cannot do better
than bestow them on Frank r. Dear
ing of Jefferson county.
OUR WORDS FAIR.
1t would ill become Missourian,
either by birth or adoption, to throw
cold water on such promising Mis-
souri, project as the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition. Your correspond
ent considers cold water good thing
in its place, but its place is not in
juxtaposition with an embryo battling
to sustain life amidst the callous in
difference of cold, unfeeling world.
So let us refrain from turning the hose
of criticism on this plucky bantling,
whose struggle for existence, amid ad-
verse surroundings, deserves our ad-
miration. The energetic efforts of our
Worlds Fair managers would be more
successful in the attainment of prompt
results If they were more intelllgently
directed. At present they call to mind
a remark made by an old Dublin pro-
fessor to one of his class of students:
"My friend, you are hard worker.
You remind me of bee on a window
pane, striving to break an opening
through the glass when the door is
wide OPEN" If the directors of the
Worlds Fair could be induced to sup
press their egregious vanity and in
ordinate ambition, and secure the skill
full services of an experienced Director
General, the success of that undertak-
J ing would be doubly assured. When
baby is to be brought to birth, the
, services of competent midwife and
: nurses are generally Indispensable.
You know, friend AXE, that the old
: Grecian sage, Socrates, hit the nail on
the head when he said the best OF all
| governments is that directed by a
master of the art of scientific govern.
ment--one who does nothing himself
! personally, but intelligently directs
the efforts of his subordinates and
, supervises their labors. This applies
r equally well to the practical realiza
: tion of Worlds Fair. 1t needs the
} services of a scientific Director Gen
/ eral. JOE FLYNN.
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