Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-01-21

Z Ia I0U4nd4II nAAANNHIEIh lNOAuAI AAaN 49,
~. nar,-,nt,or ey,sts1 and called upon
-parnhI,csn oeisiaIs 10 unearth and
nnn,sh a The scandals connected
sr,,n ,hs North and South bill, and
o,her legislative steals. were discusses
~ sreat length by the al
,ha Zine of their massage.
p,t 5asnlte the nrotest Of the press
"a Inc demonstrations of citizens
With rorss the scoundreIs in Office
boldly continued their robberfes. An
afternoon independent paper went SO
Far IN lis assaults upon the legislation
than nandine hat II practically re-
ceived a rebuff from q Republican
iudpe mon he criminal bench because
of its demands for an Investigation,
Va, nosbing was done. the stoal went
throngh he gang grew fat and the
people lost pride.
The remedy for this condition of
AFFAIRS was applied al the polls In the
election OF 1900 by the selection OF
honest strong ana competent Demo-
cratic officials 10 expose and punish
this r~aseality. The Democratic party.
in convention assembled, In its plat
form charged that corruption did exist
and nledead the party's candidates to
The work of d~isclosing and furnishing
tho thieves II selected men to perform
This espeeIal work, and in every pre-
cine, IN every ward. In the City OF St
Louis Democratic speakers promised
hat IL their candidates were elected
thew wonld faithfully carry out the con-
yentIon's platform pledges.
The officer upon whom would fall
the especial work of conducting the in
vest,eations nv grand juries had the
pledge made for him, no by himself.
hut nv the Democratic party, that he
would undertake this work. If he had
| failed TO do SO he would have violated
he pledee of the convention and the
promises of his Democratic supporters.
For twelve years prior to the cleo
ton of the present circuit attorney that
Office had been held by a Republican.
It was not the circuit attorneys office
which exposed r~ascality, but the Demo-
cratic party, working through the cir
cult attorneys Office, which performed
the work. 1t was the Democratic vic
tory in 1900 which gave to the City of
st. Louis good government, and not
one Of its agents. Without the assist
ance of the Jefferson Club the City OF
st. Louis would still be under Relub-
lican mis-rule, and a Republican cir
cult attorney would now be filing the
place occupied by the present incum-
bent. If he has at any time or from
any source been requested to pursue
any other course than that to which
he was pledged by me party that put
him into office, he owes 1t not only to
the Democracy but to the general pub
lie to name the man and state the re-
quest.
II ,ool, many dava of hard worr A.
tool many NIGHTS dovotod to ersating
q tool great snorov ana the sp6ering
of mucb abuse N elcct our ticket ana
for \ b~enaaciarv now to ioip in with
and lead tho Ranuhl;can nross IN ;ts
sIondor ard ahrso ~ h. nowoo.ocv
and its loodors ;s ,nrordon.hIa
rrhorsad fror nor.or ,ha ,h,,r.,
crorrolIod omong thomso,vos INT
cuorrols rrodrca5 a.,donoo Aat,nr
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wh,oh nom,,na,o1 -,
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nIe nv D-amocr.t;o sna.tars 80 -
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IN omc,,1 10 wh,oh 80 49, $500
for 90 manv ya,rs 4, G, Jaa,s
chooL~ "A 90 asn.uss :.
ba,rovol NV nrnIta $1,000. =. ~,
1ons grav, ,nStana..
of mon,v wara rstsod ~ aou,,. IN
nrosacr,or in ~. 49, y ne
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and retailing NJ sre., ionr,h re AZ
closures ybIch .ara oaoh a.
CommandatIons oonar,,n,a,i..
loving cnns soIlon,ad aoah ash.-.
ouicL sueross,on ~ ,ha 49,
Democratic oHcIaI WIZ hod h,oa
lected nv b,s Marty 70 do 49, -,
AS the rascaIs became mora tr'a.'enaa
AZ tho General ronrtar ,nS,n.a.aen ~
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