Scott County kicker., 1916-01-22
HARMONY IN CHUNKS.

There seems to be about the
same harmony between Missouri
Democrats who hold national
jobs and Missouri Democrats who
hold state jobs as there is be-
tween two hungry dogs after
the same bone.
The state machine threatens
one of the national job holders.
Elliot Ma ajor. perhaps the small
est man who ever u"ruuipd the
governors chair of Nissulri
wants the $500 per year at
tached to Jim Reeds job as Unit
ed states senator from Missouri.
This effort to butt in aroused
the national machine in the state.
and four great democratic rallies
were held in different parts Of
the state last fall under the di-
recLion Of the national machine
One of these was held in Cape
Girardcau. and the enmity be-
tween the two factions was made
very clear to observers Most OF
the patriotic organs Of the state
took sides" and some remained
on the fence. Except among the
organs selected by the secre-
tary Of state to print the con-
stitutional amendments in 1914,
at 5000 per, the organs seemed
to favor the national ring
Con. Roach. the secretary of
state VINO had these 5000 chunks
r ,Nin 80 l.,n fn "a ~ Q 4
organ grinders at the people :
eXpcHse. wants to be governor.
And III of the pie-fed papers ~ r.
boosting Roach. But since there
was rot enough pie to go around
there are many hungry editors
who refuse to yelp for Roach.
However, the organs that got
the 5000 are being made to earn
the money. The state adminiis-
tration has been bitterly assailed
because of its extravaganza and
lincompetency. and Roach ha'
been particularly attacked be-
cause he has SO many members o'
his family on the public payroll
| In an effort to defend himself
| Roach has been forced to have
printed throughout the state
hundreds of columns OF stuff that
he hopes that the people will ac
cept as a satisfactory answer
This stuff the organs that go
the 5000 from the public treasu
ry printed without further par
excepting one. so far as | know.
The one exception was thu
Scott County Democrat. 1t re
fused to print the editorial dop'
prepared at jefferson City for th'
enlightenment of intelligent vot
ers. Whether this was becaus
the Kicker had so thoroughly eX
posed and ridiculed the way Dem
Ocratic organs are edited from
jefferson City, or whether it wa
because some of the leading Dem
ocrats of the county are disgust
ed with the state administrator
do not know
Then it may be that Mr.. Dad
ley thought he owned the papc
and had a right u keep still if n
wanted to. Mr.. Dudley is a good
easy-goinE gentleman who seem
to understand uoNt to uO,hinE a
bout politics. 1t is evident tha
ne refused to be used" to tn
extent demanded by those win
have the distribution Of public p,,
Even the county patriots grew
cold toward him, and much of IL
legal printing was distributed a
moug the various papers Of tn
county.
/, Last week things came To ;
head. VIM. ii. Lewis. an employ
in Roachs office at jefferson Cit,
bought" the Democrat, Whert
the money came from does no
matter. For a time. at least. Nj
Lewis will hold down his stat
job and edit a paper here. And
as matters warm up, we may eX
pect to see the state House Rim.
ably defended in Scott county-a
Mr.. Lewis is a good newspaper