Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-21
HARRY B. HAYES
Announces to the Democracy OF Missouri His Cand.
dacy for the Nomination for Governor, in an Address
Delivered in His Home District in the City of St.
Louis, Saturday, January Is. 1904 :....,.,,

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fundamental differences between par
ties may vary with the races of men,
but as a rule men are divided into Two
parties, as Jefferson says: "Those
of firm health and spirits are unwilling
to cede more of their liberty than is
necessary to preserve order; those of
feeble constitutions will wish to see
n strong arm able to protect them
from the many. Wherever there are
men there will be parties, and wher-
ever there are free men; they will make
themselves heard" Two great parties
in this country have made it's history,
developed it's great men and made a
great nation. Our statesmen from the
time of Jefferson have all been par
tisans. The middle man, who, vac
ciliating in his beliefs, shifts his allie.
glance from one party to another, as
best serves his personal interest, can
never have any great influence in
bringing about reforms and changes in
governmental affairs. Strong, robust
men Of virile constitutions are parti-
sans. ~Partisanship does not demand a
base subservience to the wrong, nor
does it require a defense of corruption,
or those things which would revolt the
moral sense of any mar, otheh moral
code is above and heyoi Thurh.rties
and greater than them a Potosi 6an-
ship, however, does deatgRdP some
things, and, amongst others, gratitude,
MAJORITY RULE.
An obedience to the principle of ma
jority rule is as essential in party
organization as it is in the government
of a republic. The power of the ma
jority is founded on the wise principle
that the interests of the many are pre-
ferable to the interests of the few. JEFF
ferson said: "The will of the major
ity honestly expressed should give
law"
The absolute sovereignty Of the ma,
jority is the very essence of Democ.
racy. 1t has not been a hard thing
for me at all times to obey the will OF
the majority voices of my party in
either city, State or national CAM
paigns. l do not know of a candidate
who has been presented to me for my
suffrage whom | could not willingly
and heartily support. When the time
comes for me to deliberately set my
judgment up as greater than that of a
city, State or national convention, then
| expect to become Il non-partisan in
politics. If the time comes when l con-
slider myself to be bigger, greater and
better than all the other 10000 Demo-
Gratis in Missouri, then l hope either to
be put N al insane asylum or the Re-
publican party.
PARTY ORGANIZATION.
The Democratic as well as the Re-
publican party has each its State or
~ganization. In each township the
voters elect a township committeeman,
and in each county they elect a county
committeeman. The township COM
mitteemen gather and elect a chairman
and secretary to preside over the
county. The foundation of the State
organization is the township organiLa-
ton. When assembled in State con-
vention, the delegates representing
each congressional district elect two of
their number to represent them on the
State committee, making the govern
ing body Of the State. In the large
cities of the State each ward assemblies
at a primary convention, and elects a
ward committeeman. He represents
his ward in matters relating to his par
ticular locality. They assemble and
elect a chairman and secretary.
If there is any other Democratic or
ganization in the State of Missouri
than that which | have described, 1t is
a new one recently organized in the city
Louis, not for the purpose of electing
candidates after a conven-
ton has spoken, but for the purpose
of forcing the next Democratic conven-
ton to nominate one particular candi-
date. The Democratic State organiza-
ton, or as it is called by the Re-
publican papers, the Democratic ina
chine" has an exact duplicate in the
organization. The Repub-
lican party is organized in a similar
manner, and upon the same principles
as the Democratic organization. Not
only is this true in Missouri, but also
in every other State. This IS the or
g%anization which is denominated the
machine" This is the organization
which is now receiving the fire of Re-
publican newspapers and renegade
This is the machine"
which is charged with being opposed to
"civic Righteousness"
This is the organization which has
battles and won great victories
for Democracy and good government.
In each township, and in each county
in the State where township com
mitteemen and county committeeman
have been elected, they probably owe
their election to contest. Those de-
feated in this contest have been yigor-
ously requested, as they have also in
the city Of st. Louis, to join this new
organization. Defeated a~spirants for
ward leadership in st. Louis, defeated
aspirants for nominations and dis
gruntled politicians, have banded to-
in this new organization, and
under it's direction the Democratic
party Of the State is assailed with the
general charge of dishonesty and in
The regular organization elected by
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