The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-04-28
Platte County Editor Points Cut
Proven Qualifications of
Man Needed.

wish Of many Missouri Demo "
vrats. We never entered a pol h
.itical fight with less personal in Il
terest in candidates. They do 5
rot owe us anything and we do q
not consider ourselves bound in
any way to any Of them. With
us there is very little sentiment
in the race. We do want a L
Democrat elected governor and I
we think it the earnest duty of :
every Democrat to choose the I
strongest candidate to win out. I
We intimated sometime since {
that Con. Roach was the strong
est candidate in the field. Mr..
Roach has been at Jefferson City
for years and has always held
the respect and esteem of the
politicians who frequent Jeffer-
son City and the leading citi-
zens of every county in the
state. The only charge brought
against Mr.. Roach was nepotism
and being a member of the JEFF
ferson CITY gang. The nepo-
tism charge has fallen as flat as
a pancake, for the simple reason
that there is no truth in it and
you never hear it mentioned. As
for the cry of the outsiders that
there was a Jefferson City gang.
: that has broken down by its own
n weight. Tomorrow if an entire
ar " new set of state officials were
as elected, the next day the new set
k would be called the Jefferson
City gang. And this will always
70 be the case. It's the song Of the
Dv outs to get themselves into office.
. The people understand this kline
of politics and it has lost its
o. weight. But who can show tha'
Con. Roach as Secretary Of tn,
10 Senate or Secretary of State ha.
- not made one of the best official
Missouri ever had? He ha
shown an honesty and an of
fetal ability that no man dare
to challenge.
nd In his work at Jefferson Cit,
&C Mr.. Roach has come in contac
Iod with thousands of Democrats il
If every part Of the state and ha
NO almost invariably made friend
of them. He has been kind an
accommodating to many peopl
co in every county in the state an
&c they feel kindly to him. Flo
- years he has been the right han
81 man of the Democratic Stat
~, Committee and has furnishe
it with valuable Information an
data that have been of wonder
full assistance to the cOmmittt
10 and through it to the party
the state. He has been the chi'
lhe worker in the democratic organ
ed ization. He knows where IL
5 Is leaders and workers are and ca
rye put his finger on them in ever
lich county in the state. He has #
airy years been a tireless worker f,
ives the interest of the Democrat
, Il party and has inside informatic
of the strength and organic
)nal ton of the party that no 9th
rted candidate possesses. The
con- things make him an unusual
so strong candidate. He is fr
900 from fads and does not promi
are to save the Dear Peepul'' by a,
nree fads, civic righteousness, go
roads, land bank schemes or a
vol of the other clap-trap jokes
war. fered by some of the other cs
Mss didates. He is running as
orps every day plain democrat Il
at will simply let the legislatl
sig make the laws and he will do
ming best he can to execute them.
cab has a following in every coul
f the in Missouri, and if the elect
e al was to come off tomorrow
would carry st. Joseph, Kan.
City, St. Louis, Springfield, {
Sun Jefferson City by good maj