The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-28
FRY TO BOLSTER PARTY
Democrats in Assembly Ignore State
Needs to Play Politics.
WILL ACT AS A BOOMERANG
Defeat of immigration Bill an Instance
of Organization Effort to Stag
nate Development.

! The Globe Democrats Jefferson
City correspondent writes as fol-
lows of the late legislature THE
Democrats are still squirming and
twisting under the vigorous casti-
g alton which was administered to
them by Gov. Hadiey in his recent
review of the work of the General
A seem bly,, in which he contrasted
the course of the Republican
house with that pursued by the
Democratic senate. The governor
made it clear that the Democrats
in the senate, taken as whole,
were more desirous of EN- barassing
him than they were of enaoting
lie gislatiop, which would prove to
be of benefit to the entire state.
That the preservation of the
Democratic party, OF SO much of it
as remains, at any rate, was pre-
dominated over the material de-
velopment OF the state, was partic-
ularly demonstrated in the senate,
where the Democrats, who have
absolute control, fought the ap-
Precipitation of $25, 900 for the Mis-
souri, state board of immigration
on the ground that it's passage
meant the bringing of 10000 more
Re pu blicans into Missouri. This
was echoed in a feebler way
among the Democrats in the house
who also fought it. While the
course taken, particularly consid-
ering the reason assigned, reflects
no de gree of credit whatever upon
the Democrats in the assembly,
all the odium which attaches does
not rest upon that body. During
Eboth the Dockery and the Folk Ad ;
1ninistrations aid was denied tho
same board, and the advancement
and exploitation of Missouri's nat
ural resources have beeb for some
years su bordinated by the Dem
ocrac in efforts to gain or retain
supremacy for its party.
| Ignore People isr Politics
| Making a political matter of this
immigration bill, as the Democrats
did, shows the desperation of that
party, and the acrobatic feats to
which it resorted when measures
of really political character came
up for consideration. Not content
with throwing obstacles in the
way of honest and earnest efforts
to bring about further develop
ment of this state by drawing to it
a desirable class of newcomers,
letting it be known, among them
selves, at any rate, that this was a
good way to kill the bill, they
have given still another reason for
opposition to it, which has only
developed since the adjournment
of the legislature, and this is that
it was a good way to knock the
railroads, which would profit by
immigrants coming into Missouri
When the Democrats permitted
party biar to so prejudice them
that they opposed this measure il
is not surprising they fought the
bipartisan election board bill, be.
cause they did not wish to surrend
er even half a loaf in the interest
of honest elections. They fought
the bill divorcing the breweries
from the saloons, for uniform as
. sesments, for an annual tax or
automobiles and for the reduction
, of the number of legislative clerks
They opposed this latter measure
! because the senate, with it's thirty
four members, always has more
} clerks than the house with its IA:
j members, but their opposition t.
the other measures mentioned
which does not take in the entir,
list, was put on grounds as variet
as the character of the bills name,
/, though the sole reason was tina
! they wanted to embarass the gov
! ernor.
Il .Haue Fooled Only Themselves
Il They permitted their course OF
? home rule, which they killed, =
I. be largely dictated by Joe Shan
! nom, head OF the Kansss Cit
. rabbits" whom they nov loo
upon as altogether Irregular,