Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-07
MORE FOLK LORE.
Jasper County Democrats Misrep-
resented.

cOILiN 1AOs, 1sl1tSii 1o1 AVN
To the Country Press Of Missouri:
AS it seems impossible to obtain
a truthful report of current politi-
cal events in Missouri through the
columns of our metropolitan pa
pers, unless such reports are favor
able to the cause of one particular
candidate for Governor, l feel it to
be matter of duty to the Democ-
racy of Jasper county and of the
State of Missouri, to denounce the
false and misleading reports of the
meeting of the Democratic County
Central Committee of this county,
held in this city March 18th.
The meeting of the committee
was called for the purpose of fix
ing the time, place, basis of rep
resentation and methods of elect
ing delegate to the three State con-
ventions to be held at st. Joseph,
Joplin and Jefferson City. Fifty
seven out of the fifty-nine mem
bers of the county committee were
present. The contest between the
Reed and Folk followers was
fought out squarely and fairly on
the question of holding primary
election or county convention to
select delegates to the State nomi-
mating convention, and the date
for holding such primary or con-
vention. Thex following of Mr..
Folk contended for a primary,
while the supporters Of Mayor
Reed favored county convention,
in accordance with the custom
always observed in this county.
The Reed men carried this point
by the decisive vote of thirty six
to twenty-one. The Folk men
wanted the time fixed in June,
while the Reed men. favored April
18th; which date was selected by
practically the same vote as cast
for a convention. Some of Mayor
Reeds followers wanted the basis
of representation fixed on the vote
cast for the Democratic candidate
for State Senator in this county in
1902, while the Folk followers
wanted the representation fixed on
the vote for Bryan or Dockery in
1900. The reason for this was very
apparent, as the Phelps-Roach
Democrats in Carthage, who now
constitute the head and front o1
the Folk following in this county,
all voted the Republican ticket in
the campaign of 1902, thereby de-
feating the Democratic ticket in
this county and causing the cleo.
ton of Republican State Sena.
tor, and two out Of three Repre-
sentatives from this county, where
all four members of the Legisla-
ture had been Democrats.
The extent to which the present
Folk followers knitted the Demo.
cratic ticket in 1902, is best showr
by the fact that on the basis of the
vote cast for State Senator in tina
election, the city of Carthage would
have but ten delegates in the com.
ing County convention, while OF
the basis of the vote cast for Brya1
or Dockery in 1900 they would bt
entitled to twenty-four delegates
Seeing themselves hopelessly de
feated as result of their own party
treachery in the last campaign
Cornelius Roach made q cringins
appeal to the committee to allow
Carthage a larger representation
in the coming county convention
and in an unusual spirit of fairness
and desire to promote harmony, {
number of the Reed followers vol
UNFAIRLY voted to make the basi
of representation in the comm.
county convention on the vote TO
Valiant for Supreme Judge in 1902
By SO doing, Carthage was givel
four more delegates than she woult
have had on the basis of the vot'
she cast for State Senator.
The following morning the st
Louis Globe Democrat printed a dis
patch from this city under tn
headline, "Folk Controls the Jas
per County Organizations" tn
body of the dispatch making sub
stantially the same statement
which was unqualifiedly false.
The dispatch printed in the st
Louis Republic stated that eth
Folk men made strong fight fo
a primary, and expected victor.
until the Reed men produced thei
proxies, Of which they had larg
number, when the vote on the pri
mary was thirty lone to thirty-six.
Also, "The Folk followers sue
ceeded in getting the basis Of rep
resentation on the vote for Su