Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-07-27

@'n@rv nj me wcrIc. I a.ra ST--a nam
at the end or tne DAY as he gathered
his family about him to invoke the
guidance and protection of a beneficent
God. have seen him through the eyes
of the barefoot country school boy. |
saw him yOnder at Lexington as EN-
battled he fired the shot heard around
the world" l saw him by the flick
ering fires of Valley Forge as he knelt
in the snow by his Washington. l saw
him with Daniel Boone on the wild
frontier blazing the paths of civiliza-
ton.
Il saw him at Gettysburg as, led by
murmur for the cause he loved. l saw
him at Appomattox turn south, all lost
save honor, to build again amid the
ashes of his hopes, or turn north to dis
charge the stern tasks of peace with
the same courage he exemplified In
war. / have seen him since in times
of peace, telling the forests. draining
the swamps, carpeting hills and val
lies with velvet and with gold-and
all by honest toll. l saw him without
a murmur send forth his sons to do
and dare and die for the democracy he
loves.
And having so seen and so known
him, | resent the imputation of James
A. Reed that the American farmer in
Missouri wanted $40 per bushel for
his wheat in time of war. as a base
and infamous SANDER.
Seeks Peace With Veterans.
SIN this belated hour, he tries to
make peace with the service men by
d mock concern for their welfare. He
opposed the measure designed to in
sure them bread in wartime, but he
wants to give them a bonus now. But
1t will be observed that he wants his
bonus first. While the bonus bill waits
in Washington, he campaigns for re-
nomination in Missouri. Breckenridge
Long wal for bread then and Is for a
bonus now. l would rather trust him
to keep up the fight for a bonus than
the man who jeopardized the soldiers
bread in time of war.
"Such Is Reeds record on war.
1.-The war ended. The problems Of
peace arise. What contribution to their
solution was made by James A.. Reed?
Again the record answers: Criticism,
obstruction, opposition.
with the end Of the war, arose a
cry from all the world for some .plah
"He asks us to repudlate the Joplin,
Jefferson City and San Francisco plat
| forms, regularly adopted by Demo
cratic conventions, and write d plat
, form to his liking. He asks that we
: repudiate the outstanding achieve
: ments of the Wilson administration
, repudiate the campaign of james E.
| Cox and Franklin Roosevelt that we
repudiate our own votes cast in 1920
"Are you ready to do it? If you
t do, then set yourselves to the task OF
, writing a new platform for the democ.
E racy of Missouri. What will you write
Tribute to Long.
! Il never knew Breckenridge Long un
J til l removed from Galloway County tt
: st. Louis nine years ago. | knew him
{ as a lawyer, a citizen and a Democrat
y before he became known Throughout,
5 Missouri and the entire country. AS 6
! lawyer he was sound in judgment, un
; Improbable in integrity; faithful II
I his clients and fair to his adversaries
u LAS a Democrat he was active, con
!, sistent and persistent in the supper
OF the party's leaders and policies. H,
x was liberal with his time, energy ant
e money. He did not make as mucl
noise as some others, but his work wa
n unusually effective.
II MI. Long was born in old Missouri
u He lived In this state for wei thirt
/ years before announcing as a candidat
for any office. He has been from boy
1 hood a perennial worker for the Demo
IL cratic party, but not a perennial car
10 didate. He did not arrive in Missoul
from a Republican state one day an
- begin running for office the next. l
my humble opinion, If he were defeate
for a nomination, he would not sulk |
le his tent. If he could not have his wa
on a matter of policy, I believe h
he would play the game like a loyal Dem,
he crat, and not hire a hall to vent hi
re spleen on his party, and then hurry 0
to another state and make sneachas e,