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Show Rocky Rot! for Nfedringhaixs. The w'ay of the transgressor in politics is not as smooth as it once was. The path for Mr. Niedring-haus Niedring-haus of Missouri, ab least, has become a rocky one. In Missouri many honest, decent people had become be-come so thoroughly disgusted with the debased conduct con-duct of the Democratic machine that had become so entrenched in power in that State that its members thought they could do anything with impunity, that they revolted and turned Missouri, for the first time in its history, over to the Republicans. Missouri was for the first time to send a Republican to the United States Senate. ' . The Senatorial caucus came on and much to the surprise of people generally a comparatively unknown un-known man named Niedringhaus was chosen, instead in-stead of such old-time workers for the Republican party as Richard C. Kerens and William Warner. Then came a revelation. By some unaccountable unaccounta-ble means a statufe had been passed in Missouri requiring re-quiring campaign managers to file a statement of 'money expended by them. Xiedringhaus filed his, showing that he had contributed personally $21,000 to the Republican campaign fund. Somebody finelled a large-sized rodent and it was alleged and at least partially proven that the built of that $ 21,000 had been contributed by St. Louis brewers with the purpose of influencing legislation favorable favora-ble to them. These and other things were dug up against Njedringhaus, and there was a revolt. After securing a majority of the votes cast in separate sep-arate sessions for United States Senator, Niedring-haus Niedring-haus thought his election'on joint ballot assured. When the time arrived he was several votes short of a majority and his strength has been gradually waning. wan-ing. The prospects now are that he will be defeated, defeat-ed, either outright or through an unbreakable deadlock dead-lock in the Legislature. The first fruits of Republican victory in Missouri have not a good taste, but it is encouraging to note that there are men in that party manly enough to stand out against Niedringhaus and his ill-gotten nomination. |