Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-01-15
An OZARK MAN FOR GOVERNOR.

AN OZARK MAN FOR GOVERNOR.
Editor Mir.or:--
1920 is here-a year that probab-
~ presents more vital problems TO
the American people. and the world.
than any since the United States be-
came a free nation. The scc:es OF
intricate puzzles that are the after.
msth of the great world war; the
! cver present. and ever knowing prob
lens of the high cost OF living, the
insistant demands of organized la
Dor: the menacing presence among
us of thousands of foreign scum, the
| so called Reds" communists, an
archists. Bolshevists. and /. W. w.
human rattle snakes that We have
too long nourished. sheltered and
warmed: all these and many other
matters Of supreme import to the
present and future welfare of our
| people. and the preservation of our
very national life itself. calls for the
best leaders, the most statesmanlike
and wisest officials We can find in all
our citizenship.
Hc>e in Missouri the most import
ami office TO be filled is that of gov
ernor We must have in the official
mansion II Jefferson City an all
around man; a man whose past rec
ord shows him to have the expert
ence in important affairs To fit him
10 conduct the business of the state;
= man with iron in his blood, and
courage in his soul, to face unflinch,
wreck all law if they could: a man.
too, with such 4 broad charity he
would always temper justice with
mercy. a man posted on the needs OF
This great state, and who would Ia
hor for every good thing for all the
people. but who would at the same
time stand guard over the state
treasury. we'll knowing that every
dolla. therein from the toll
and sweat of those to whom that
treasury belongs: a mar above all
and everything else, who is a full one
hundred per cent AMERICAN! That
IS the sort Of a IA We need. and
that is the sort of a man We have
right here in the Ozarks, and who
il already in the field for the Re-
publican nomination for governor of
Missouri. Such d man is +. E. +.
McJimsey. editor of the Springfield
Missouri Republican.
Buying that paper when ii num-
be:ed but a few hundred subacrib-
ers, and most Of them within the
limits of Springfield itself. he has
by his active advocacy of every
GOOD thing. not only fC.' Springfield.
but for the entire Ozark region-in-
deed. for the whole state, and all the
states built it up until it reaches out
hundreds of miles in all directions
| and is fairly reckoned one of the
leading papers of Missouri.
In politics. too. Mr.. McJimsey de
serves well of his party. Long be-
fo:e be came to the Ozarks he was
known all over the state for his able
work for the platform. and while he
vas a stalwart fighter for his party
no mar can truthfully say that he
eve: abused a political opponent, or
took unfair advantage. Indeed. al
though a Republican, without spot.
wrinkle, or blemish." as fairly has
he always fought for his party that
lie numbers among his close friends
some of the most prominent Demo-
Gratis in the state. The mans life is
full of those little kindly courtesies
to those with whom he meets. that
bind men to him in a loyalty that
gold could neither buy or break.
Thus, pledged by any fair standard,
ne measures up 10 the full stature of
q man to fill the Office Of governor
OF Missouri.
So much for the man-now why
should We Of the Ozarks in particu-
la1 work fO., and vote for. his nomi-
nation? If you can look back, as
! can, owe the Republican state tick
cts in Missouri for fifty years, You
will find on those tickets hardly a
single Ozark name; certainly not a
single nominee TO- governor from
The entire southwest. The nom!na-
tons have gone with almost unvary-
ing consistency TO the only slave
holding. rock ribbed Democratic
counties north of the Missouri
river.
And yet the Ozarks form the Re-
publican stronghold of the state
Without ow: staunch vote we could
not have carried the state for Roose-
felt in 1914 or for Taft, or for
in 1908. Without the Ozark
Republicans that party would have
20 more show in Missouri than in
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