The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
Opeu Letter to S. J. neluschmldt.


Sam ]. Kleinschmldt, Esq, Higgins
vile Missouri.
Dear Sir:-Filling the columns Of
= small paper like the Advance must
be Tor you, It's editor, Luxurious work,
particularly when your time is so
much occupied as 1t IS in discharging
the arduous duties of postmaster.
Your last issue, however, was just
brImming over, each column filed;
and as the sayings and doinRs Of the
undersigned we're directly responsible
for so readable an issue Of your paper,
/ will not deny you another such
chance, hence this open letter which
1 trust to see reproduced in the
Advance.
In your lecture to the Lexington
News for the course 1t takes in
"boosting the boilers" you say: cat
the time Lafayette county's new
representative was hanging around
the Kerens headquarters 10 ST. Louis"
etc, Sammy, Sammy What an open.
ing you have given me- Don't you
remember how, shortly after the
election, you wrote me an urgent
letter to fix the time and place where
you could see me quick, ard how l
ad vised you that you could see me
almost any time in Lexington, and
how you did see me about two days
before Thanksgiving and showed me
a letter from Tom Niedringhaus?
Don't you remember what that letter
contained9 Something like this;
"Dear Sam: See your member from
Lafayette, If you know him, and get
him down here to see me quicR before
the other fellows have chance at
him. Buy him a ticket and put him
on The train if necessary and l will
make 1t square about the expense
and also come with him, If you can,
so that he will be certain to reach my
headquarters, ETC., etc. :"
Don't you remember how you urged
me to go, saying that it was quite
the proper thing? And now yor
criticise me for going to St. Louis
the very thing you urged me to do
But l did not accept the ticket
Sammy, did 1? Bot l did 90 to St
Louis and, too, for the purpose O.
consulting with the man, who from
the first had stated l would support
r. G. Kerens.
Oh yes, 1t was alright for me TO n
\ and hang around the headquarters o
NTom NiedringbauS bus all wrong 70
me to hang around the headquartcr
Of the other fellow.
do not want TO make your pligh
too bad, Sammy, but / can't refrail
from adding tina I for man who pub
Ideally declared he would rot be Al
applicant for re.appoiutment 70
postmaster aud who today is, you ar
somewhat too critical OF the cours
pursued by your humble servant an
somewhat too Indifferent to your ow
and what people think about it.
And now about publishing tn
names Of republicans who endorse m
"bolt," as you put it. have no dC
sire, neither am l authorized,
publish their names, whether they b
few or many. They can do so II
pleases them; but will be more tina
glad to have you publish the name
Of those republicans who demand ths
/ vote fer NledriHghaus or who col
demn my course; provided that Ii
signatures follow this preamble: "W,
the undersigned Republicans Of Lafa,
cite county, having read the evldeuC
given before the Senate InVestiga
ing Committee, appointed to invest
gate campaign reseipts and disburs
ments, with reference to NiedrinI
haus as Chairman OF the Republica
State Com mittee) and being full
advised CT the charges made Of fall
affidavits, filed by said Neldrlngbau
and proven by said testimony givel
and being totally Indifferent to wh,
he may or may not have said or don
do hereby request our representati,
so cast his vote for the caucl
nominee" With this preamble
would be pleased to see the names
those republicans hold enough to sig
|, for one, win never consent
aid any man 10 securing the hig
honorable and responsible position
United States Senator who stan