Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21

If policemen have interfered in cleo
| tons in this city in the past, why has
not our circuit attorney indicted and
punished them? If he has information
showing that there has been police in
%timidation, why has he not tried the
cases in court? Probably he prefers to
take an appeal, a. he did from the Su-
preme Court, and try the cases at a
political primary. If there was police
intimidation, the circuit attorney neg
lected his duty. If there was no police
intimidation, the charge ought not to
be made.
ELECTIONS.
books Of Missouri was placed there as
the result of the joint la
bors of some of the ablest
men in St. Louis. The president of the
American Bar Association took an
active part in its preparation, as did
also the circuit attorney of the City of
st. Louis. 1t will meet all require
ments. If anyone has yet pointed out
a defect in its construction or pro-
visions, | do not know what it is. Its
actual operation may develop some OBJ
jections, but up to this time they have
not been found. The question of cleo
ton laws a not be an issue within
the Democratic party, unless the gen.
eral election law of the State Of Mis-
souri, is to be changed. No one, either
Democrat or Republican, has asked for
such a change.
The real cause of the charge of "po-
lice interference" and unfair election
laws is not for the purpose of chang
ing either the police laws or the cleo
ton laws, but simply to lay the
foundation for a contest in the pri-
maries to be held in this city. Promi-
nent leaders supporting my opponent
from this city have been talking OF
contesting the delegations from st.
Louis. The convention proper may no
be held for six months. Not the first
move has been made to call a primary.
The State Committee has not met. And
yet these gentleman are discussing a
contest. What can be their object? 1t
means simply that they know that the
Democrats of this city will give me a
solid delegation to the next State con-
vention. And either they are attempt
ing to discount this strength or they
are sufficiently foolish to talk of revo-
luton.
A fair and honest primary will be
held in the City of St. Louis for the
State Convention. 1t will be partici-
pated in by Democrats alone. Repub-
licans and recent allies of the Repub-
licansk@-1 will not be permitted to
vote. MSil- ne vote will be cast other
than Mp # a Democrat
If 1t had not been for the work of
the Democratic party in st. Louis, our
last State ticket would have been elect
ed by a narrow majority of less than
six thousand. The men who fought us
in this election and in the preceding
one will not be permitted under any
circumstances or conditions, after hav-
ing failed to defeat the party, to enter
its organization to dictate its nomi-
nees. And to those who are considering
the contesting or %unseating of the del
egation from st. Louis, l have simply
this to say: In the first place, no hon
est Democrat would propose such a
scheme; in the second place, | do not
believe that the State Democracy will
countenance such an outrageous pro-
ceeding; in the third place, to engage
in any such corrupt practice will de-
feat every nominee of the Democratic
party In the next election. Our pri-
maries will be honestly held, but in
the primaries none but Democrats will
be permitted to vote.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The broad and majestic Mississippi
which flows by u door tonight,
washing the shores of Eastern Missou-
ri, is the natural highway for COM
merce and trade of the Middle States
of III Union. In length of stream and
volume of water, it is unequalled by
any river in the world. Our own Mark
Twain said of it: ut discharges three
times as much water as the st. Law
renee. twenty-five times as much as
the Rhine and 1913 times as much as
the Thames. No other river has so
vast a drainage basin. 1t draws its
water supply from ~twenty-eight states
and territories. 1t carries to the Gull
the waters from ffty-four subor6i-
nate rivers that are navigable by
steamboats, and from hundreds that
are navigable by flats and keels. The
area of its drainage basin equals the
combined areas Of England, Wales,
Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Por-
tugal, Germany, Austria, Italy and
Turkey, and all this wide region is
fruitful. The Mississippi Valley prop
er is eXceedinly &C."
The opening of tho Isthmian Canal
would make the Mississippi a naturs!
highway upon whose waters we corlt
float the beef, the corn, the wheat 9nt
the cotton of our people, not only di.
rect to the countries of the Atlantic
but to the countries of the Pacific. Thu
? question of markets Is the live question
row confronting the American people
We produce more and make better
things than any other natior+ in thu
: world. In the markets of Europe WI
. have brisk competition. Asia, thu
!, Philippines. all Eastern countries. will