The Taney County republican., 1910-06-09

called san emissary of the Repub-
| leans" Mr.. Micheal is an out
! and-out Folk Democrat. He is
not hide bound partisan. The
explanation some Democrats gave
for his turn down was because he
was not strict enough party man.
In this spirit of independence
MIR. Micheal stands squarely along
side Of Mr. Folk. AT ST. Louis on
Wednesday night of last week at
the big Folk-for-President meet
ing Mr.. Folk said as reported by
the Kansas City Times;
The sentiment abroad in the land is
not for the Democratic party, no mat
tor by whom cOntrOlled, but in ia vOr of
real democratic principles.
There is an independent spirit in ev-
idence over the country and it is to this
spirit we must appeal. The party must
convince the people not what it pro-
poses to do for itself, but what it can do
for them.
The thought presents itself that
probably the Democrats of fancy
are against Folk, who is thus
shown to be rather independent
and has himself been called by
Certain Democrats .'an emissary
of the Republicans" and against
all who sympathize with him. But
on reading an account of the Folk
for-President dinner in the. Globe
Democrat we found the following.
There were number of claimants a..
mOng those attending the Folk for
president dinner for the distinction of
having first thought Of the former gov
ernor as president of the United States
The main claimants were Cyrus 81. Ray
of Branson Mo-, editor of the Taney9
County Democrat: Q. o. Wright. DEM
ocratc candidate for state represen-
tative for Taney County and r. w.
Napier of Hamilton former secretary of
the state Democratic Committee. Each
claimant asserted his county was the
first to indorse Folk for president. EdE
tor Ray produced the resolut on inwhich
his county had endorsed Folk for presi-
dent, and gave the date as April 81
Napier produced neither resolution nor
named date. IN
Asr So the fancy County Democrat
and the other Democrats of Taney
are for Folk for president? And
not only for him but they are
claiming to be the leaders and
orignators of the idea?
But while they are for Folk for
President, they are violently op-
posed to and denounce as "an en-
isary of the Republicans" candi-
date for Congressman who is a
strong Folk supporter, man who
takes Folk as his model and his
ideal. From the perpetrators of
such Hypocrisy, double dealing
and intrigue can the people of
fancy county expect any good?
And yet by crying "bosses" and
rings" this element hopes not
only to hold the Democrats in the
county in line but actually to make
inroads on the Republican ranks.
And they will succeed, provided
they are right in thinking that the
people of Taney county are suck
ers. But we think that they will
find that the people of Taney are
just as smart as they are.
This Folk-for- President move
ment is a funny thing anyway.
1t is evidently not being pushed
by the genuine friends of the ex-
Governor. The Presidential nom
ination is two years off. Folk
could run for the Senate this year
and whether elected or defeated
he would still be in as good shape
for the presidential nomination as
he is now. The launching of ihe
at this time can be only
for the purpose of getting him out
of the Senatorial race. We can
why his enemies should
be pushing the movement but we
can't understand why Folk him
self should be allowing it. Either
Folk is weak and afraid to fight |
back or he has other reasons for
his capitulation. The chatauqua
and lecture platform are a great
temptation these days. Bryan as
q Democrats candidate for Praci-