The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-12

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first thing l found to do" ASK the
same thousand men why they art
MethodistS, Presbyteriaus or Cath.
olics, and not one In a hundred viii
make a reply like the above, though
perhaps such reply would be just a.
true 10 tue latter case as In the
former. Considering the voters OF
Missouri, then, effectively, It may be
said, that the largest class Of Folk
supporters is composed OF those who
for divers reasons, personal and i'm.
personal, have grown restless and
dissatisfied ald want a new deal.
They would say, If asked, and would
believe that they favor Mr.. Folk
because of the Doodle developments;
but they would have favored a ne W
deal anyhow, had their been no Doodle
developments, if only the opportunity
had been favorable This restless
ness is MOI unreasoning folly. Moth.
ing Of the sort. There are compro.
misses to make at every turn in
politics and when these compromises
are all against ones liking for a term
of years, he begins to get restless.
Maybe be didn't like Cleveland or
Bryan, maybe he liked neither
Dockery nor Dave Ball, maybe he
wanted neither Stone nor Wallace
Bye and bye such a man begins to
want to wipe Off the slate and start
fresh. Usually be won't admit il.
but he does. Twenty years ago this
restlessneSs was at high tide in Mis-
souri, and came very near defeating
Marmaduke. The very next time it
tioated into the governors chair the
Cadmus Of political black arts in
Missouri-D. r. Francis. The reason
given for the phenomenon at the
time was that the people were tired
Confederate colonies. But this
was not the reason. They we're Just
restless. Every congregation gets
tired Of its pastor sooner or later, and
every bank or business house must
finally fail, If it is dependant upon
the continuous patronage of an un-
changeable clientele.
State politics everywhere is subject
TO these spells. Kentucky went
through with such a spell eight years
lgo; Tennessee, twenty years ago;
Kansas, sixteen years ago; Virginia,
eighteen years ago; Pennsylvauia,
Twenty years ago, and so on down
ihe line. There is a certain amount
disatfection after every election.
is perfectly natural aud is TO be
counted on. Bye and bye it footS up
IN alarming total and has to be
'eckoned with. Ask these men TO
compare Mssouri with other states.
timer democratic states, and say {
whether or not, within the limits of
essonable and attainable good gov.
'rnment, we have had honest man.
cement of our affairs, have made Z
reasonable advancement in our public q
Institutions, have with fair success
n%deavored to prevent combinations S
q restraint OF trade, have made as /
ouch Roadway as we could expect in {
ixing and regulating corporations S
quitahly, and a thousand other
hings even to holding down legisla.
i've corruption to the minimum, and i
hey will answer yes to each item S
,et rather than abide in the state in o
mich they are, they temperamentally '
refer to fly to eyll4 which they know d
OF of. This is believed to comprise \
y far the largest class Of Mr.. Folks O
lpporters. Mr.. Williams first class il
most vanishes into the class above a
escrlbed, but not entirely. OF Mr.. o
Villains second class the INTELLI- l
ENcER has never found one. 1t has y
'und some who believed that Mr.. Sc
ok could be more easily elected ff
ian the other candidates, but iu- IL
they were those who first o.
.vored Folk for other reasons. Mr.. I'll
'illiams third class may be dismissed CO
lch a class is to be found like a mill nj
one about the neck Of every candi- Il
Vie for high office. u
AS to Mr.. Williams classification OF
Ie opposition to Mr.. Folk, it is in
that if classes ~, ~, (S) and al
} were gathered into a single town. liz
lip they would be sufficient to carry m
His class (4), it must be admitted, cl
much larger, but if those who ri