Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-09-21

ABOUT Two weeks before the late
primary the REGISTER received a
printed slip containing an editorial
from the Milan Standard of June Is.
NJ ilan was the former home of John
L. Swanger. The envelope in which
the slip was enclosed was dated St.
Lo uis and bore on its upper left hand
corner the legend, "Henry Lamm
Club of St. Louis, 515-516 Boatmen's
Bank Bdg." l give it place because
just now it makes mighty interesting
reading for my Republican neigh
bors:
The st. Louis Republicans are be-
ginning to see John Swapger as he
really is. They have begun to learn
what the people in Sullivan county
have known for a long time-that he
is a smooth, designing politician, who
Is always ready to run for an office,
and that his moral conscience does
not shrink from getting votes, no
matter how or where he gets them.
The Republican members of the city
committee in St. Louis who were
forced to endorse Swanger by "Boss''
John Schmoll, "Hank" Weeke and
others, are beginning to wake up.
They have learned that Johnny
Sick" is a four t1usher; that he is
playing the game of "wet in the
cities and dry in the country" They
have also figured it out that a man
can not be for local option in the
country and against state wide pro-
hibition. That old fake is like the
old tariff fake, and, strange to say
the Republicans in st. Louis have
actually begun to "see the light" The
shrewd politicians, both Democrat anc
Republican, have pulled off the "wet'
stunt in the city and the ''dry" stun
in the country for the last time. Sen
sible people will not stand for it any
longer. 1t has finally reached to thu
''gray matter" OF the rank and file il
both parties that, if we had state wild,
prohibition there would not, no,
could not, be any local option in thu
State. Hence, it is very, very SAT-
for candidates for Office to say, 81 an
for home rule in the cities and TO
local option in the counties" A ma
that makes a statement as that shout
be branded as the Great High Prizes
of the Ananias Club. Because, if
man is for home-rule in St. Louis h
could not be against home-rule il
Milan, and that is what Swanger i
telling the people all over the state
1t is impossible for a man to be "wet
in one place and 'dryn in anothe
place. And auy man who seeks a
office from the voters (and especial
the most important office in u grea
state) and puts out such chunk" a
that, is certainly not entitled to an
consideration by the voters, A ma
who is big enough to be governor
the great State of Missouri, should b
man enough to take a stand on ever
vital question and not %equivocate {
pussy-foot.
The conclusions to which the Stan,
ard arrives are correct, but can the
be applied to Mr.. Swanger's cand
dacy? If so, he hoodooed the faithf,
in Iron county, receiving 1893 vot'
against SO for Mr.. Lamm-just two
one. Mr.. Lamm is here to-day ar
will address the citizens Of this coul
ty to. night. On the Prohibition que
tion will he stand iat-footed or giy
us the alleged Swanger double-shufl
In any event, how will the two-to-or
Swsngerites of this county consid'
the matter in view of the foregoir
excoriation of the man they want'
for Governor, scattered broadca
with the approval of him who nc
asks their ~suffragesP