The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
The Landslide.

The Columbia Herald:
aero Prophesy has he, n fulfilled. the
and war upon the state adm'r @atration
able has borne fruit. Missouri has z he
B, republican. Mr. FOX has b en- les
reali ted, but with all the remainder Of
|tage his administration iepublica", With
Ibis the legislature replbiclu, with The
and electoral vote for president IN tne
b eX republican column, Wtth tue defeat
prop Of Senator Oockr'll and win MIR.
M Folks election due t. rep ,blican
more votes. the victory for lln l. finn =
ARE political standp int a b.rien one. it
their IN his mauacled and embarrassed
nsta situation, whatever his wishes may
bn ii be, it will hardly be possible for BIN
bill, TO be OF special service to his party
WI With hostile party in possession OF
rance the legislature II is questionable II he
made will be able to do any effective work
% wi m the direction OF any movements
eioud which he may regard OF interest to
PIT tn to the people. While the senate IS
Eonse democratic there are enough members
Eqr OF his party ia it unfriendly to
pr a him, who, by = combination with
hear Yepublicars, may be able TO thwart
lena him 10 many ways,
he or .,f a.h to ,,ost derl,rahla
w The more sd Nhen 1t is considered
ne . that il could have been 80 cas- ~
avetted. Mr.. Folk, or any other
ue good democrat could have been cleo
n fac 20 $50, liz = ,r, da,noc ..,ic
state ticket and a democratic legisla-
ture, and the state could Rave been
carried for Parker, unpopular as he
uu was with a certain element Of his
party.
r6sh n +
= ~ The causes date back a year OF
eighteen months, when led by the
e republican press democrats them
selves began s~enseless and unprOvoked
attacks upon their public officials
The entire executive department
T from the governor down was subjected
- to this FIRE Of unjust criticism anC
|Ompl 49,,
~ COuTJ was CODu6nubu duu CudISeN
49, with sympathy with boodlers. tt
undertake a defense Of the admins
tratiOn or the supreme court was +
subject the defender to the suspicion
oUoin II not the direct imputation OF iden
49, LITIGATION with boodleism. Their
was q public craze. The republican
newspapers we're adding fuel to th
In name. And many democratic paper
|itsI we're joiulng in the howl. Only
ines few democratic papers had the hard
riend, hood to lift their voices for reaso
Ia rom and Justice. Politicians who wante
|onvaL Office got frightened and afraid to ca
q IN their souls their own. The old guar
axe h. Who had been fighting the battles
hahn z, the party from the days Of Rodms
|ital and Acknowledgement were discreditC
elves and were declared to be members
|eculia 1.-THE riug' that was plundering I'll
|een p state treasury. liza man held a sta
ain dt ONCE or expressed confidence In ii
hat I state administration, he was 8
|ance down as a part Of ''the machine
b she and this was sufficient to place hi
|audy under suspicion and to disqualify hi
rewa for participation in the counsels
= opp those who had started out to "clean
the Augean stables" AS a result ft
Of these old-timers showed up in /
At local conventions. Rather than p
Eia.t themselves In a place to be run on
sons they kept away. For what was t
|aaoa use Of going where their preser
N. BE- vas OF no avail and where only
=. initiation awaited themP Some Of tn,
|oppe raised voices Of warning and Of p
|eamc test against this wholesale condemn
|lght ton OF democrats and predicted IL
n wss giving aid, comfort and u