The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-09-05
THE STARS "ONLIES."

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81, 10 an editorial plea for civil
righteousness says:
"But this point Of difference be
tween the scandals at Washington an,
those at Jefferson City has beel
wholly overlooked by the maehin
orators iu Missouri. In Washington
the full power of the government /
objected toward an investigation O
the wrongdoing in the departments
while in Missouri no effort has beef
spared by the administration al
Jefferson City and the politicians whit
train with the state government t
palliate the crime Of boodling, and t
cripple the man who is fighting
single handed to maintain the honol
Of Missouri"
Democrats Of the rank and file had
probably never realized befo.e the
deprayity of party politics here in
comparison with the strenuous right
eousness Of the band of mlnlstering
angels who from the sacred precincts
OF Washington watch over the affairs
OF the nation. They are Ignorant:
they do not realize the zeal and
earnestness with which Roosevelt.
Payne, Mark Hanna, Tom Platt,
Steve Elkins, and Matt Quay have
been yanking thieves aud grafters out
OF the post Office department and the
department Of agriculture and fling.
ing them in heaps like filthy rags in
the dungeons about Washington.
Think Of the thousands of victims Of
B~oosevelt's relentless persecution
signing away their lives 10 darkness.
and Of the trembling CONSERVATION
with which the poor Indian Territory
grafters await their impending DOOM!
In a few days they will all be corraled
in a barbed wire Enclosure and fed on
cactus and alkali water until federal
prisons a be built TO accommodate
them. But in Missouri every demo-
cratic office holder is a grafter-but
one. That one has been "fghting
single-handed to maintain the honor
OF Missouri y If not to emulate the
example Of the immortal Roosevelt
No wonder the Star is so fervidly
earnest in urging a ticket of its own
careful and conscientious selection
upon the democratic party. This
ticket SO far contains but three names,
but they are all "onlies:"
For governor, Joseph w. Folk,
the only honest democratic official in
Missouri same issue, 9Th page.)
For lieutenant : governor, - Rev.
Clayton Brooks, the only preacher of
civic righteousness in Missouri Same
issue, End page.
For railroad commissionef,-R ube
OglesSy, the only man Of right spirit
towards the railroads in Missouri
Same issue, End page.)
Except for the exalted character of
the Star, known and approved among
all men, it might be suspected that it
has designs of running the St. Louis
circuit attorney out of the state.
Mr.. Folk seems to be a modest man.
He has gone on doing his duty to the
best of his ability apparently never
suspecting that he is the only honest
man 10 the commonwealth. If the
Star should succeed in pu~rsuadlng
him Of the loneliness of his eminence
he might flee into exile with his
family and leave to Missouri no
refuge from the doom Of Sedan. II
the Star really loves Mr.. Folk and the
democratic party, why is it not con-
tent with speaking him fair as a fine,
conscientious, active official, like
scores of others, who having been
faithful over a few things, like scores
OF Others, is deserving to be made
ruler over many things, likes scores
Of Others. If the Star and the other
Metropolitan papers would cease to
boom Mr.. Folk as an ''only" and
allow him to take pot luck with a
number Of other men Of excellent
records, the coming campaign might
be the most amiable 10 the world.
But perhaps they don't want to be
amiable.
The Indian Territory inquiry gives
every superficial evidence Of being as
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