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Show B I I jl THE MISSOURI SENATORSHIP. H p ' i I The st Louis Mirror tells why some Missouri I IM!'! I ' I Republicans are refusing to endorse the caucus J I nomination of Mr. Niedringhaus for United States J '' ; ' Senator. It says the chief obstructionist is Richard r I , ! ' Kerens, and that it is in the Interest of the rail- Hr i ' i, roads, It being understood that Mr. Niedringhaus il M favors President Roosevelt's determination to j ; i j prosecute abuses until they cease. The Mirror is B I '! most severe on Mr. Kerens, says he has made his Hi I ?a fortune in the service of railroads, and has from Hg I ; J the beginning been their agent to carry out their B I ! lf desires. It calls upon the Democrats in the Legisla- t I J ture to elect Mr. Niedringhaus and declares that 9J f 1 ( Mr. Kerens has finally killed himself in Missouri. BFj ' If' The picture the Mirror draws of him is not very B ! I winsome. In it one can see things which give a HE ' 1 f I hint of where some of our people here in the West H, I u found a model for their own performances. Hi I U And this seems to be a bad year for all that K i" class, and that is not a discouraging sign. U I 1 V, Rather, it gives an idea that the people of this HI I If country are getting to be the least bit weary of Hji I jh bosses, come they under either the auspices of Hl 1 li money or religion. ' ! I ft |