Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-07
AS TO SENATOR STONE.
From the Potosi Independent.


THE Independent has no grievance
against the Post Dispatch. We read
it like we do any other paper
without considering it's character
or it's management. We have no
personal interest in the men it
praises or in those it denounces.
The Independent looks upon it's ma
neuvers in the arena of politics
from the view point of one of the
audience at puppet show or the
disinterested spectator at horse
race who does not particularly
care for horses. Without q trace
of malice or ill will against the
Post Dispatch or any one connect
ed with it, in fairness to our pa
irons we are compelled to place in
cold type language that is ordinari-
ly the product of hot blood. AT
ter careful examination we have
reached the conclusion that where
certain men and measures are con-
cerned the Post Dispatch lies-lies
without the excuse of violent an
ger or bitter hatred. Lies deliber-
ately and with malice prepense as
a part of its general policy, which
is probably dictated from New
York City. The Post-Dispatch is
a branch of the New York World in
the sense that it's policies are
formulated by the same men, and
the New York World is as much
the organ of predatory wealth as
the New York Sun. The plutoc-
racy believe that lie persever-
ingly kept before the people will
after a while, in their eyes, as
sumo the guise of truth. They
have ample justification for this
view, especially where they mo-
nopolize the avenues by which the
people are reached. The lies it
puts forth about Mr.. Bryan and
Senator Stone are made to order.
The activities of it's falsehood fac
tory have recently been restricted
in the case of Mr.. Bryan because
the people are so well informed in
regard to him that they availed
nothing, so in the last month al
most its entire OUTPUT has been
devoted to Senator Stone. Here
is an instance: In it's editorial of
Apri l25th entitled, "Folk's Rec
ord of Things Done," it says: "He
(Stone) never reformed an abuse.
He never assailed a wrong. He
never risked vote or a dollar in
righteous cause. He was con-
tent with things as they were."
When it declared that Senator
Stone never assailed wrong it
LIED, not through ignorance but
with guilty intent. What are the
facts? When Senator Stone was
Governor of this State he served
notice upon the king of the lobby
at that time that he could not
make the Governors mansion a
headquarters from which to do
business. He used all the power
he possessed to induce the legis-
lature to pass a Fellow Servant
Law in order that the man work.
ing on railroad who should be
crippled might not become pub
lie charge, or in the event he
should be killed his helpless fami-
ly might be afforded some relief.
About this matter he attacked the
lobby as boldly as Governor Folk
attacked it. When the legislature
failed to give the people the
remedial legislation they required,
he convened it in extra session in
order that no man might be able
to dodge the issue. At that time
the Post Dispatch commended him
in terms of the warmest praise,
yet to-day it says "He never as
sailed wrong" From the day
that Governor Stone called that
extra session to the present time
he has been bounded by the rail-
road lobby and it's allies. In his
campaign for recollection to the
Senate it is predatory wealth and
it's organs-like the Post-Dispatch
that are camping on his trail.
These people are not sincere in
their denunciation of him. When