Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-11

jury. AS a result of the investigation
which followed a number of the House
Delegates were indicted and many
convicted of receiving bribes. OF these
indicted and convicted officials a large
majority were Republicans. What is
there in this for Republicans to boast
Of? h Just excuse does this afford them
for assailing the Democratic party even
of st. Louis for fostering the crime OF
boodling? These crimes were committed,
every one of them, while the Repub-
Leans were in full control of the city
they ceased as soon as Democrats came
into power. A large majority of the
officials accepting brides were Republic
cans, but Republicans and Democrats
alike went unwhipped of justice while
the city government was in Republican
hands. How quickly the situation
changed upon the accession of the De
The sa%turnalia ceased; bold criminals
vanished into far-off hiding, and stern
Justice struck with iron hand. So far
chiefly on Republican shoulders, while
the honor OF cleaning this Augean stable
belongs to Democrats: and it is proper
for me to add, which I do with pleasure,
iff and the police are entitled to high
credit for their part in this memorable
crusade against municipal debauchery,
the chief credit for the victory won
s~istants in the office of the Circuit At
torney.
Again, it was charged that money had
been used to influence legislation at the
capital. AS soon as that charge took
responsible form, Governor Dockery, the
then Democratic governor of the state,
called into council the Democratic at
torney general, the Democratic prose-
cutting attorney and the circuit Judge
of the district. Grand juries were i'm
panelled, and the whole subject was ex-
haustively investigated. As a result of
these investigations, conducted by the
| attorney general five state CaDatars uyorn
indicted for accepting or soliciting brides.
Of these indicted senators four We're
republicans and only one a Democrat.
They We're tried before impartial juries
acquitted, n that one was a Repub-
lican. Four Republicans to one Demo
crat indicted, and the only one convicted
of these scandals, even when stripped of
exaggerations, every Missourian should
deplore; but above all the Republicans
Of the state should be the last to exploit
t and the most anxious to nave it
THE GLOBE-DEMOCRAT'S CHARGES.
Few states have been freer of public
and official scandal than Missouri for
more than thirty years. There have
been occasional acts of official miscon-
in st; Louis to which I nave adverted,
but these We're local and due largely to
unhealthy local conditions, and did not in
volve the state at large. There was but
one instance, as l have said, of wrong
doing charged against a state official,
and but one instance of legislative mis-
conduct, and in that instance only one
Democratic senator out of a total of 26
was accused, while four Republican SEN
ators out of a total of s were brought
to the bar of justice to answer indict-
ments, In other words, just one-half
| the Rap11hlinanG in tho uapnta mono Ia,
Idicted. Taken as a whole it can not be
g%ainsaid that the public affairs of IA
great commonwealth were never admin
istered with greater success and integ-
thirty-two years the Democrats were in
power. And yet two years ago tn
Democrats of the state, who represent 9
large majority of the electorate. permitted
TO pass almost wholly into the hands of
Republicans. This was due partly to
misconception, partly to pe%tulance, and
partly to dissatisfaction with party CON
ditions, both national and state; but
nevertheless it was an act Of infinite
folly. For one reason or another over
$4,000 Democratic voters did not go to
the polls. l think most of those guilty
Of that neglect deprecate it now. The
fault lies with them; our defeat was
due to them; and I indulge the hope
that these ,delinquents will feel under a
Weighty obligation to do more tina they
tune for which they are primarily re-
sponsible, If they should do this, then
it may be that all of US may ultimately
comfort ourselves with the reflection that
our loss of two years ago is not wholly
without its compensation. For years
past, IN every, campaign, the Republi-
cans, led by the GlobesDemocrat, have
INDUCED in all manner of rash and
irresponsible accusations. The Globe
Democrat charged time and again tina
the state government was unfaithful,
kinds of populations, and even went so
far as to charge specifically that the
treasury had been looted to the extent
OF vi, OOO, goo. Although legislative com
We're members, had, in pursuance of law,
~biennially investigated the books and
accounts of the treasury department and
reported them as correct yet the Globe
Democrat, ignoring these reports, EN-.
ployed pretended experts to examine into
the affairs of the treasury. and, for
partisan campaign purposes, boldly and
persistently charged that the treasury
cried out volubly for an opportunity to
look into the books through officials of
their own choosing, and gave bold as
surance that if that opportunity should
charges good beyond peradyenture. Now,
through Democratic folly they AVE had
possession of the books for nearly two
years. The opportunity they long had
| pouSib ollN SltLhloiNd lolI lLltf uDldlItu,
Every book, document, paper, that would
throw light upon the fiscal transactions
Of the state has been in their possession
for nearly two full years. Now what
silence is the most audible thing coming
out of the treasury department. The
putrtd lips of scandal have been closed
and the discordant voice of the liar
hushed. so far, at least, as these charges
go. We call for proof, and they laugh
at us-laugh to think how masterfully
they worked upon our credulity and
what royal donkeys they made OF
us. But we are wiser now and the
most credulous among us knows better
what estimate should be placed upon the
veracity of the Globe-Democrat and its
retinue In this there may be some
slight compensation for our defeat, but il
should make all Of us who were misled
by this mendacious Gathering show our
resentment and clear our co~nsciences by
doing more than ever we did in the past
for Democratic success.
LOOKING AT THE BOOKS.
Look into the books, they said. How
confidently they boasted, how insolently
they challenged. Look, into the books
Very well, they have had their chance,
They have looked n looked, and let
them look again. What nave they dis
covered. what monstrous thing exposed
to Pubic anan gfaSze9 Nothing. Yes, I am
Globe-D Democrat, who has bayed loudest
and longest in the very front of the
pack made one discovery most afro
had been threatened, so much promised,
that something had to be done: the
exigency demanded it. And so the
erudite and Industrious Jefferson City
correspondent of that, journal was prod
ded to the point of desperation. spurred
and dashed until his eyes and hands and
head ached with exhaustion in weary
and fruitless search. We ave all read
the monotonous rythm of that sad old
work-song, beginning and ending with