Iron County register., 1904-11-24
THE RESULT IN MISSOURI.
Republicans Won Through the Indif-
ference of Democratic
Voters.

~ uhA WIN thN IVY u "a 11utlNi VIZ
tory, the Globe recently emptied this
cornucopia of craziness upon the repub-
lican banquet tables:
'All hail, republican Missouri 1t is
no longer poor old Missouri, but state
that stands erect with it's face to the
light and marching in company with
New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana. Missouri has cut loose
from bourbonism," etc, etc.
Yet the fact is, says the St. Louis Re
public, that the result in Missouri was
not determined by republican, but by
democratic voters; as everybody who
has followed the figures knows. Re
turns, printed in the Globe as well as
in other newspapers, show that demo-
cratic indifference and not republican
gains determined the election. The
democratic voters stayed at home and
permitted the republican voice to speak
1t was default; not defeat
1t was the fact that democrats would
not accord full support to the national
and state tickets which caused the re-
verses. No sane man doubts that there
were enough loyal democrats in Mis-
souri, to swing the victory, had they so
desired. Missouri is potentially demo-
cratic by preponderating majority.
and there isn't reliable republican au-
| thority in the state who will gainsay it.
| The election went by default, and
btpp oJe H. IA ioIl
has held it with ease for a generation
can retake it at will The very returns
of the election support this proposition.
The result afforded the Missouri re-
publican party, from general down to
the smallest private in the rear rank, the
greatest surprise ever occasioned. The
| average republicans eyes the next day
could have been knocked off with Il
stick" 1t will require some time for
| the republicans to recover their breath.
But they will not be surprised when
democracy promptly RECEIVERS the state.
That democratic voters should go fish
ing on election day was amazing.
Crying "All hail to republican Mis-
souri," is the mere drool of doddering
imbecility overtaken by the shock of
the unexpected.
At first the Ananias exponent of poor
old Missouri" was struck dumb. Then
from its obmutesence it fell into state
of transports and tremens, from which,
| doubtless, it will never recovery To
| the profound shock of the result in the
state was superadded the intoxication
of Butler victory in St. Louis-alto-
gether too much for the starved and
emaciated party organ, which had not
| tasted victory for so many, many long
years
What can old Ananias mean when it
rejoices that Missouri has cut loose
! from "bourbonism?" Missouri was
never afflicted with bourbons, except
once, and that was in the days of the
bourbons and ryes and old crows and
| tom gins of the reconstruction days
when the republican party was last in
! power. Is Ananias ironical? Does it
mean that in reality we have come
again into the thrall of the bourbons? !?
| To be sure, the imperialism and ring re-
| publicanism of to-day do smack of the
old federal gang rule which was the
high-proof and only genuine blown-in-
the-bottle bourbonism ever enjoyed by
Missouri
To toast the feast tables with "All
hail, republican Missouri" is the sheerest
delrium in old Ananias. The old
cracked voice that has carped so long
has crazy ring-an uncanny ring like
the song of senile swan; and like that
song it bears the suggestion of dissolu-
ton. Sing. Ananias; sing once. There
will never be another opportunity. Mis-
souri,, so sure as the sun continues to
rise and set, will return to the demo-
cratic power which has defaulted, and
republicanism short dream will be at
an end