Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-08-04

a Mexicos NO., girl vhess striking bsauty Is sait
tia Mauosas State Bidding 60 the Miss
the wicked yaporings Of a so-called
humanitarianism, that natural justice
which abides 10 the breast OF every
true man, approves her demand. When
men forget that midst thunderings
and ightnings Jehovah with his own
hand wrote thou shalt not steal
when they pillage. plumber, rob. burn,
bride, sell their souls for money,
liberty regards the commission OF tAeir
crimes as an assault upon her own
existence, and she demands their pun
ishment at the hands OF the law.
Thus has been evolved the great
truth to which attention is now being
called that the maintenance of orderly
government, the preservation OF the
life of liberty herself, depends upon
the enforcement Of the law. Nc man
In Missouri, no man In America has
done more for the triumph of this
sublime principle than the young
prosecutor whom / am to nominate.
many prosecutors have boasted of the
number OF their convictions, OF the
number Of scalps dangling at their
belts. But often when their work has
been analysed, 1t has been found that
their victims come exclusively from
the great class that is always with US,
the poor, the friendless, the unfortu-
nate, the outcasts, the hopeless and
helpless along the wide highway Of
life. Never at any time have they
taken their lives In their hands IN the
enforcement OF the law. Never have
they hazarded their political fortunes
by convicting criminals with wealthy,
powerful or numerous friends. Never
have they dared TO attack that excre-
able shape that is beginning Of late
geara TO raise its head 10 America,
that grim monster that comes at last
70 despoil a free people-crIme IN high
places.
Not 70 with my candidate. Mammon
loaded his minions down with the
booty Of plumber, treachery and brib-
cry. he ranopled them with a rich
and thick armor, cleaning with silver
and gold, but the intrepid lance OF
this quiet, dauntless young knight
found its way through their harness.
The revolving door Of the peniten-
tiary has already turned upon
some and justice is demanding that
many more shall follow. l do not be-
lieye that l have a-crueI heart. but l
have witnessed so often the lash OF the
law falling unerringly upon the backs
OF the ~penniless and the friendless; l.
have seen the widows son led away
with such certainty to bis punishment.
l am no advocate for negro equality,
but | have bebeld the poor, ignorant
negro in whose great black arms l
was enswathed when a child, convict
ed so regularly by Republicans and
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linen and fare sumptuously every day.
may also be convicted and punished
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