The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-09-26
NOT THE KIND TO FINCH.

Reed followers with a desire TO joil
the Reed crowd and by some with
desire to capture the crowd and con
vert TITO his own cause, etc. To al
of these things he replied pleasant,
as he sought his own train; but whel
nne Of the gentlemen, a persona
friend Of his, asked what he would d.
when the Ed. Butler appeal CAM
up-meaning Of course, what effec.
the decision might have upon hi.
candidacy-he replied seriously ant
with characteristic tirmuess:
81 will not finch. l will moi
finch. l do not know what the
people say Of this appeal. 1 do moi
know what the newspapers print
regarding it, l neither listen to mol
read reports Of the case. / know
from the docket that the case is to
come before the court. When it does
L shall be a member OF the supreme
court Of Missouri. l am most sincere
in my candidacy for the nomination
l want to be the governor Of this
state, but when l die, on my monu.
ment will be the words supreme
judge, and that part of my epitaph l
shall live up to as 1 ever have. l was
elected to the supreme bench by the
people because they had faith in me.
l am to be depended upon. / do not
know how many sharpSho Jters will be
out; | do not know how many ears
will be put to the ground when that
comes up. | do know that l will
do my plain, honest duty and observe
the law, all the law in the case. l
will not finch. The race for the
state house will not interest me when
the Butler case or any other case is
up. Any man who knows me knows
that. l ought not to be required 0
say it,"
Judge CAN'T is not required to say
4. Everybody who knows enough to
De fit to vote knows it. When a mar
q Missouri assails the honor of Judge
CAN'T he indicts himself. If the
1eople want some one else to be gov
.rnor, it is all very well. 1t is theirs
chose whom they want. But it is
o be hoped that when the Ed. Butler
.ppeal comes up there will not be
ound in Missouri a man so base as to
that Judge CAN'T is influenced
his decision from the bench by any
considerations Of personal ambition
"a the one hand OIL BY any lntimida-
ion that all the bullies in Missouri
,ould bring to bear, upon the other.
Judge CAN'T has been long before the
people Of Missouri. He has cesn
many times under fire. He has won
The plaudit Of ''good and faithful
servant if anybody has.
For three months Judge CAN'T has
1een going about the state meeting
lis friends and speaking, when in
at Confederate veteran reun.
.ons aud country picnicS. His speeches
lave not been furnished to country
papers 10 the form of supplements or
They have not even been
published 10 the metropolitan dailies.
His picture has not been 10 print.
The lNTELLIGENCER wrote TO him as
+ did to the other candidates for a
ut, but got no reply. He seems to
)e writing no letters. He seems to
re conducting a campaign like they
we're conducted before the war. And
What virtuous nan does not wish
hat that happy day might return?
Nobody seems to be steering Judge
in this campaign. No sin
.uences" seem to be behind him. He
5 merely going about the state visit
ng his friends and letting them
now Of his wish to be governor. If
&c is not chosen he will come out Of
he contest without a scar. The
veapons Of malice will fall far short
+ him.
The lNTELLIGENCER, at least under
present editorial management, will
ever lend itself to any one demo-
ratio candidate before nomination,
kept in case of a home aspirant;
'ut this policy will not deter it from
eviewing in a spirit Of fairness the
ecordS and characters of all candi-
.ates and the nature of the campaigns
hey are conducting. When the kind
4 campaign which Judge CAN'T is
conducting now was 10 vogue there
we're no such expressions in the
language as "boodle, "
loraftern or Mnnlilical machine o for