The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-11-27
About the STANDARD Politically.

voted nearly two columns OF Its
valuable space in attempting to
reply TO a four line political arti-
Gle OF the TRIBUNE OF the week
previous. That the editor hereof
feels highly ilattcred by so gcncr-
Gus notice after but three weeks
residence in the State, hardly cx-
presses his feelings. The only fear
he now has is that should this
hospitality" continue he may
monopolize the entire edition of
this esteemed contemporary upon
the smallest aud unintcntional pro-
vacation. Should such however
be the case 1t is to be hoped that
the writer thereof will not persist
In trying to palm of his old and
dried up political doctrines, de-
void OF facts or logic, as something
fresh. such productions may be
source of some comfort to the
writer and a few OF his readers
who know no better and arc ever
ready to gulp down such visionary
old political relics, but not so to
the informed reader. What do the
people hercabouts care for the late
Zcigenhcin or Rodman. II IL the
present they arc looking after.
The dead past has buried its dead;
We are looking after the living.
Still more, the people want plain
and undeniablc facts--not guess
work statements. A man does
not now have to reside years In
Missouri or any other state for
that matter, In order to have n
reasonably good knowledge Of It's
general good and bad deeds, its
resources, Its schools, enterprises
and taxes. Dishonesty among
members OF legislative body do
not always appear upon the tax
rolls, and the people Of this state do
not pay for their baking powders.
their school books and even their
street railroad transportation In
taxes. They pay for them at the
store counters and the Offices. The
statement OF the Standard that two
out Of every three of the recently
indicted and convicted members of
the last state Legislature are re-
publicaDs may be true, but II so II
is equally as much to the discrcdit
OF the democratic courts of the
state that they are not punished,
instead OF being allowed TO run at
large with the other convicted
criminals. Tho republicans of
Missouri stand not upon the order
of things, but demand that all be
punished to the full extent OF the
law. Since there may be some
question as to the correctness of
the Standards assertion that two
thirds OF the indicted ones are re-
publicans the TRIBUNE requests
that the Standard publish the list
In full so that the public here
abouts may know the correctness
of its published statement, and
not leave 1t in doubtful light. 1t
IL facts the people want, and the
list is not too large. Another
singular thing about this Doodle
business is the efforts which have
been and are still being put forth
by the state democratic leaders and
newspapers, the Montgomery Stan.
dard among the number, to have
all these boodlers and ringsters set
free; to cover up their crimes by
having the courts put of and set
aside the trials. II Is because of
this that they are denouncing
Joseph Folk and other more honest
men of the party for their efforts to
purify the party. The editor OF
the Standard, as a good and in
fluential democrat, mas been a
trusted official during the legisia-
tive sessions Of this state most of
the time during the past twenty
years; drew large salaries and
spent much of his time writing
articles therefrom every week TO
his newspaper here OF the doings
of that honore6 body, and OF