The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

Especial Washington Letter
YE1HE Republican factions in Mis-
souri are having one of the tlerc-
4 est aud most spectacular kil-
kenny cat fights on record. They
are making the fur tly IN tie most ap
proved fashion They are at each 9th
er's throut in a death grapple. They
laugh TO scorn the beautiful one Hun
dred and Thirty third Psalm, which be
gins in this wise: Behold how good
! and how pleasant it is for brethren To
dwell together in unity! The bone Of
contention among the palpitatlng pa
triuts is the patronage. state and fed
cral. or course. as an aid To securing
official pie is the state organization, for
| which they are now Waging battle.
| one faction is headed by Hon. Thomas
H. Niedringlaus. present chairman.
who was the regular caucus nominee
, for United States senator when Major
| William Warner gobbled that luscious
plum, Il performance which Hon. rhOm-
as *. grieveS over even unto this day.
! He will probably reflect bitterly upon
/ that msadventure even on his death
bed. He has always blamed Colonel
I Richard c. Iierens for that thwarting
of his ambition. and not without cause,
for Colonel Dick led the bolt which
| eyemtuated in Colonel Toms defeat.
The old dictum, Hell hath no fury like
Il woman scOrned,' should be amended
so as to read Hell hath no fury like
( a Republican statesman deprived Of
his pap" Colonel KerenS was deprived
, of pap which he believed rightfully be-
longed 10 him. because he had paid for
! it in hard cash; hence his fury to the
point Of boiling.
Colonel Tom thought that lie had an
( indefeaSible title to the pap because
he had bought il. but Colonel kerens
claimed that the money he had been
contributing for years TO the Republic
an campaigns in Missouri was his own,
earned by the sweat OF his face in
many Il deal. While he alleged that the
| purchase money on which Colonel Tom
based his claim was not Colonel Toms 5.
/ but belonged to others: hence Colonel
! Dick bolted and not being able To COB
i Bile the senatorShip for himself and be
| ing determined that under no circum-
/ stances should Colonel Tom have it,
! made Major William Warner the bene-
liciary at an expense 10 the major OF
Il score Of ducats spent on hotel bills.
Colonel Tom and Colonel Dick bite
their thumbs AT each other when they
meet, and their feud is as bitter as that
between the ancient houses of MOnta
! que and Capulet, which William Shake
speare, Lord Bacon or whoever wrote
| Romeo and Juliet" has embalmed in
immortal verse. It's as impossible To
/ make peace betwiXt them as it is to
mix water and oil The governor Of
| North Carolina once remarked 10 the
governor of South Carolina, ITS IA long
! time between drinks So with Nilsson
! ri Republicans its long time between
, United States senatorships thirty
years, Ia he exact. Colonel kerens and
| Colonel Niedringhaus agree OH one
thing and one thing only, and that Is
! that they do not want to wait three
| decades for another senatorial seat TO
| come accidentally 10 some Missouri Re
publican. In the meantime Major VII
| liam Warner. Il most estimabie gentle
man, is a living illustration of the an
cient saying that Its better to be born
lucky than rich.