The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-12-30
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Kaness City Journal Of Susday
last gives r. c. Kereas the follow.
Ing very conplineatasy notice,
vhieA every god repselieaa Of
the STATE shoa,d be proud 70 resd
regarding any Of iss party leaders:
Every persoa Who knows Rich
Ard k-ress pessonaily and veil.
ane uho 10 sos . parry oppooers
o. TIE champion Of sno:hes can.
didAs< Ct arosses locality. hope
tia; be Will De elecsed. The
ressoss for this Widespread pref
sr.eos ne easy TO give. Mf.
Ksr.ns 10 .. ores.hesrsed. o?er-
hAa1ed. helptsi nsa. Away. sa-
itssj.ssie, always eogrss~og.-s
typical Anercsn etiIea- he
fsht. bard og; fofxre asd forget.
noe; nax-sai-oasly. Primarily
. os.ire.s nan, be has fraud tine
s,osg tue vsy % be asooi colder
snd . ~polinciAs Of di.tncsios-
though ssve;. We believe 40 oHce-
holder. He has bull; railroads.
0pese1 n.aes. established factor
ZEE. fosnd-e towns, or2sniIs5
osax. and ;Aksn . stroa2 haaa 10
anos; every other line Of honor
able Business. he Ia. acquired
reslih--src tais. 20 far A. ~e can
learn. 10 tae osly offence rita
which be IL charged He IA.
certainly hustled hard enough
% hare sec7m7iAr3 more noasy
,hAn Morgan o. Rockefeller. o.,
b.. aoessli;y hss KEEP, HI. cum
total within reasonable limits.
We have lever heard Q. bis being
tl-repgiaols IL any respect.
Strictly oorrec. 10 HI. p-vate life.
. losing Asa h9splAb.e man 10
bis home, = powerful! supporter Of
the greA; ~char;Aole Ana ed9cA-
;ionsi work Of his church. sad,
AZ interchangeable Champion 0. the
sepgolIcsn party, he seen. ex-
cepaorslly well qualified for the
senatorial position. Hi. caucus
nomination q; the lac; three sen
atonAl eleedoa. may have been
treated Ashil! by come ~ho par
;!eipated in l.. bs: by the great
majority t was In every case a
deliberate Judgment THAI be ~as
worthy Of and deserved the place.
iiis long battle for republican
supremacy Ia Missouri has had no
return except trouble AMI expense,
aud for this the senstor-hip will
be no adequate reward. Outside
Of the republican ner-papers he
has been more ~sfiectivel In bringing
about the recent revolution than
any other one maa. IL is such
work a. ma. been done By Mf.
kerens which resulted nnally Ia
splitting Missouri Of the block Of
the solid south. II Mr.. Kerens Is
elected, the burden % keeping
Missouri In the republican column
~ili fall heavily on him. sad the
place al mean only day and
Night struggle from beginning 10
end. No man except one Of his
untiring ieHthusiasn and superb
energy would be able 70 stand Up
70 the work ahead. In doing ,hi.
work Mr.. Kefen- will have the
great advantage Of no; having 10
lose time in learning how. 1, IL
said that President Mckinley dis.
posed Of ' 400 appointments
on Mr. Kerens' recommendation.
Nj. kefens has enjoyed a like
intimacy with President Grant,
President Arthur. Presiden, Harri-
son. Secretary Blaine. Senator
Hanna. Speaker Reed aud the
other great party leaders. Presi-
dent Roosevelt's methods were
d%ihe'en, from Mr.. AcKialey's, but
he has no feeling whatever against
Ar. Kerens aud will be a. glad 70
cooperate with him as with any
other Mis.ourisn. The two men
are greatly alike In their eItraordi.
nary force and activity and would
make a powerful team for the