The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1909-08-19
MISSOURI POINTERS.
Timely Comment on the Course of State Affairs.

after Hadley became governor resulted
in an overwhelming Republican vic
tory because his pledge was redeemed
there. The election board, following
his Instructions, compelled an honest
election. It was a signal triumph foI
clean methods in conducting city
election, as well as decisive victory
for the Republican party, which had
for years been defeated in that city
through the Vaccinations and frauds
connected with primary and general
elections. The first election in Kan
sas City after he became governor oc-
cured few weeks ago over propos::-
tons affecting the government and
the credit of that city, and it was con-
Quoted so honestly that the Demo
cratic politicians who sought to pro-
mote propositions to which the honest
people of the city were opposed went
down in ignominious defeat. These
two elections have shown the Demo
Gratis that the long established conten-
ton of the Republicans that the big
cities are normally Republican is well
founded and absolutely true. AS re-
suit the Democratic politicians are III
sheer desperation. They know very
we'll that without Kansas City and St.
Louis they cannot hope to carry the
state. They must discredit the govern
or and defeat his purpose to restore
an honest ballot in. the cities or else
they must step aside from state poll
tics and occupy the minority position
in which they held the Republicans for
many years by holding the cities in
their grasp. It is not ito be supposed
that they will tamely submit to such
situation. Of course they will fight.
They cannot fight honestly because
their quarrel is not just. They must
fight dishonesty, hoping to deceive
and delude the people. The first ef-
fort is to break the force of the gov
ernor's contention that elections in the
cities, under Democratic control, were
not honestly conducted. To do this
they must refute, in some way, the
olo hot
brought about honest elections. The
facts are all against them. They can
only resort to the tricks and schemes
of the demagogue. They must throw
mud on Hadley and dust in the eyes
of the people. This is the game they
are now trying to play. Their chief
organs, the St. Louis Republic and the
Kansas City Post have been enlisted
in the unclean effort. The latter paper
has special spirit for the effort because
it represents the corporations which
have been hit hardest by the policies
of the present administration. The
Republic has been free to engage in
the effort because it must lead any
fight the Democratic politicians under
take or lose its place as the party
organ. The leading Democratic week
lies take their cue from the Republic
and they have been drawn into the
attacks on the governor to keep in line
with the metropolitan sheet which
pleads for the return to power of the
long dominant but now decadent and
defeated Democracy.
Is it possible that the intelligent
people of this state can be hoodwinked
by such course on the part of the
Democratic press and the Democratic
politicians? Will they endeavor to as
certain the facts or will they be mis-
led by these party newspapers which
purposely conceal the facts involved?
Who that knows Missourians will be-
lieve that the gallant young Repub-
ican governor, elected by the people
because of his brave and successful
contest with the strongest trust in the
world, and because of his evident and
eminent abilities and his sterling char
acter, will be discounted by them un-
der such an assault as a prejudiced
press has begun? Let the people grasp
the truth of this matter and they will
become more than ever determined to
relegate the Democratic party to the
rear in state and municipal politics
and sustain the party which has made
possible the changes wrought in Mis-
sour affairs within the last severak