The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-13
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We had been talking a out going
fishing. the rain aud the crop pro :
poets when solomon Wise who had
said nothing during the evening
strai! htened up and took the floor.
THAT reminds me of a funny thing
noticed the other day" said the old
mar and his eyes twinkled. There
is a weekly paper published in Kansas
City called The Independent. At the
head of the paper as editor Is the
name Of George Creel The paper
was started, if remember right, by
the late Arthur Grissom who gave 1t
TO Creel and Frank Walsh when he
went to New York. Last week there
was a half p1ge article in tbs pap r
about "What Co ernor Folk has
Done - 1t told how Folk as circu t
attorney of st Louis had cleaned out
the city council and uncovered the
corruption and sent the b)cdlers to
the p%,nitentiary, 1t told howbecause
of his eGervc5cing greatness he was
unanimously el,cted Governor Of the
state and hoS hen he became gov
ernor he passed the public utility law
and the good 70 .ds laws and the
primary election law and all tn other
good laws. How he had cleaned out
the st. Louis poll e, tlc s. Joe Asy-
lum and how he was going to clean
cut the Kansas City police. think
it n-oninated Folk for president ana
suggested chat h. W. ID make a good
Gar call America, but Iamnot sure.
But that article left out tn creates
thing Folk ever d diff the real opinion
of theeditor wask Own. He appoiat;d
Georre Cree c al oil Inspector for
kansas city. Talk about your gratis
and easy snaps. Creel ought to have
more consideration for tie governor
than to pill It On % strong.
~ have seen a good many things OF
this kind during my life and am
firmly of the opinion that the editor OF
a newspaper ought not to seek or hold
Office. Ihave seen many a good news
paper nan get into Office and then
his influence wa, forever gone. Now
everybody who reads that ~nauseating
Folk article referred to just now will
remember that Creel has got the
softest snap the governor could give
in Kansas City and how much atten-
ton will be paid to the saying OF The
independent? So it is with every edi-
tor. The m mute he gets paid for his
support of public men that minute
his inAueuce with the people ceases
The newspaper man can put otner
peop'e in office but himself, never,
AS a matter of fact most newspaper
men who are any good can't gel
Office. They have made so many
enemies, have SAID so many TOO
things that hurt peoples feelings, tina
when the voter gets a chance to pa,
back the editor he shoots him full o
holes. No matter how often tn
editor has saved the country he
overlooked when the pie is beln
passed around for we must get som
body who has no enemies You hav
seen the same thing in political COZ
ventions. They nominate some ma
because he has no enemies, I
body cares enough about him to figl
and thus expect to get united su
mort. The man who has fought, bl
and disd for his f lends, belonged a
perhqps led a faction and won gu
is left off the list because the otil
fellows would fight him.
81 hope the method in Jacks
county of nominating candidates
direct vote will change things sol
and put the political coward out
business. 1t ought to make it possi'
for a man who has convictions and
not afrail to express them to so
fore the people and get Office I
politicians can't keep him from
Imay want Office some day and
going to watch how the new schei
works." This closed the session
Solomon lit his pipe again and star
for home talking to himself All
jackson county politics.