Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01
HAS HEADQUARTERS.

J~ hnssp'I mas esCaOiisneu MS
campaign headquar'er. ut Charles
ton and has installed a stenographer
and private secretary. When u man il
so anxious for office hat hp will spend
thousands OF dollars to yet it. he
cannot be experted 'o serve the r,eo.
pie. Cnder such conditions, what
chance has a poor man or u man ~
moderat. means To reach congress?
wonder IL Mr.. Ru->ell'- = llpadquar.
ters will follow tl." style OF state and
national headquarters and -end ont
circular letters pleading poverty and
soliciting financial aid' IL will ", re
nlembered that ". j. Ward. Stnd-
dard county farmer who actually
ili- III. soil. Wa. Nr Russell opJ,o.
n.nt for III. nomination. RecentlyI I
Saw an item in - Bloomfield paper
where Mr.. Ward had hauled hi-
wheat 10 town aud received a. a pre-
MUM fine buggy from his dealer
Tor the finest crop.
The contest between Ward aud
Russell wa- close until it reached
Stoddar.i-Mr. Ward'- home county.
Here Senator Marshall opened his
t,ar'l and Am told that some I'VE
thousand dollars was put in circnlh.
tirn and that hired root.r. were
placed at every poll to work FOR Rus.
sell The result wa. that Wari car
ried his county hy only 3l-and he
Withdrew. 4 i..w dav. later the I.ex.
Ter Mp-..nger contained th. follow.
ing:
The poor man is practically elm.
mated from holding high official po.
sitiun. This becomes more apparent
every day. The farmer boy OF a gen.
Grafton ago who had high hopes and
ambitions nf representing his statei in
congress hs' better dispei the idea
unless he has a good roll at his beck
aud cali to further hi. ambitions. 1t
takra money To climb the ladder Of
fame at this day Our commercial.
ism has decrped it 80. We DO not
mean to say there ar. no poor men
IN congress. but IN ninety case. ont
of every hundred. they are sent there
10y some special interest. VINO furnish
the campaign money. The peopl.
h;Av. been educated along the lines OF
mOnev getting in election times, and
the iden Of patriotism is d.rided and
held up To ridicule by tn. class who
are willing TO put their money in an
election ~ an investment. Men who
want TO 60 to congress expect 10 pay
for the honor. IL they have the mon.
e.v. and il they haven't they usually
stay out. or hit upon some plan
whereby they can get it. There isnot
man in congress to-day. who ha.
been there two or three terms, that
has not spent five times the amount
o; money to b, elected that the state
law. prescribe. There was more
. money spent in Stoddard county 70
make the Russell showing Oh April
l4th than should have been spent in
the entire dist rict q nominate. Il good
; man for the position on the Demo.
. cratic ticket. W. arr credihlv in
. formed that no less than $1,000
, found it- way in this county OH that
day for election EXPENSES. This may
, be little too high. but i, j. safe 10
say that twu.thirI. OF this amount
| VIII. spent III this race by one man
four day. previous to the election.
And how do peopl- profit by such
transactions? They are wouged and
held up 20 queen taste. by our
, national statesmen. These scound.
rels who pay for their election have
absolutely got the people b.v the
throat. and congress cannot move a
: peg upon any proposition until the
Speaker oi the House wants them Co
move. or the packed committees in
the senate get ready to act.
The corporation and money power
can get action any day. because they
l have paid for it in advance but the
a., common people-what about them
They must live on promises and be
: dug little deeper every day.
: These conditions have come about
u slowly. but the stock. .iobbery in poll
!. tic. j. beginning TO grind on tbs
@ American people. and it will continue
to grind until the manhood OF the
nation reasserc. itself and puritie.
0 politics.
tale-- the Isopla assert their inde
pend-uce os political machines. il wil
:. be- Useless, hereafter. for anyone not
:. able % buy q nomination.. establish
political headquarters aud pay d
!. ,tenographer and private. secretary
70 trv 70 reach congress. \ man .
The l'eop!r will be- barrel! 1t j. ha'
y enough for Us To send either land
!. lord. Il lawyer or II banker 10 repre-
u sent us IN congress. but when W. arr
y asked to send Il man in whom is com
n binen all oi these disIualiticatinn--
I that is the limit.
j. When our present congressman.W
I. TvnIall, arrived at Washington
- :, he Was urged to buy a plug hat be
il cause they were in style there. Th
=. idea did not set wsI with the states
= man from the Ozarks and he blurte'
o ont What: NJ wear plug ha
= and my wife at home making soap.
\. Would that We had more men in Ou
u law.making bodies whose wivesl ca
% make soap.