The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
STAR DEMOCRATS.

Entirely too many democrats in
Missouri are getting their politics
from the Kansas City Star and the st.
Louis Globe Democrat. Too many OF
them are being affected and even
stampeded by the malicious ISLANDERS
of these %lnsinuating and INSCRIPTIONS
organs. Too many OF them are be-
coming too cowardly to resent the
imputation Of party rottenness. Let
the democrats turn out every present
oficeholder from Cockrell TO the last
elected justice Of the peace, II they
want to, but let them never be guilty
OF the weakness and dishonor of
tamely permitting moral and political
outlaws to asperse the characters OF
good men whom democrats have been
accustomed to honor until now.
Because a few bOodlers and thieves
have been discovered In their ranks,
do democrats propose to cross them
selves and cry unclean, unclean?
And against whom do the republic
a organs prefer these charges? Did
they ever complain Of John A. Lee
until he was revealed by Whitecotton
and Folk? The men whom the repub-
licans haze and vilify are the men
who have discounted them. The
Kansas City Star devoteS at least one
editorial to Dockery every day. There
is just q reason for it. Dockery
refused to appoint a police commits
Sioner for Kansas City until the
democratic factions should get to-
gether. They got together, and that
is just what the Star didn't want.
The Star would have sung his praises
to the grave IL he had made a fac.
tional, premature, and disastrous
appointment
The Globe Democrat and all its
train Of parrots malign Harry HAYES
daily, and praise Folk without ceasing.
The reasons for it are diverse and
perverse. They think that Folk
could not be elected to a state Office,
If nominated And they know that
Harry HAYES threw to Wells and
Folk the support Of elements that
we're properly counted on the side Of
Ziegenheinism and corruption. They
know that he has compounded this
offense on two subsequent elections
by contributing the support OF the
same elements to the ''solar walk"
ticket.
The Star loathS Mayor Reed be-
cause it a no longer route the
Metropolitan railway extensions and
the park roads to enhance the value
of its stockholders property. And
are the democrats Of Missouri going
to allow themselves to be influenced
by a Matchmaking metropolitan press
more infamous and malign than any
boodler in the Legislature? Are they
going to surrender up the regulations
Of men whom they have honored and
who have honOred them, because of
the bypocritical clamor of those who
only need to know that a thing is
good to denounce it? If they do,
they will be guilty of something worse
than cowardice-treachery. If they
do, they will deserve to be beaten and
kicked out of power. Democrats
have had some experience in DESERVING
their leaders in a body. Let them
call on their memories. This is no
time to apologize, but to recriminate:
no time to make weak admissions,
but to fight. Boodling is non par
tiZan. Let US land all known boodlers
in the pe%nitentiary and retire all
suspects, but suffer no change Of the
issue. There is no occasion for re-
treating out Of sight to form anew.
There is no need for any apologies for
the present administration. The
rascals in both parties in Missouri
government are not the ones whom
the republican press has aimed its
weapons at. 1t is not the boodler
but the "Eli" that the republican
hates.