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Show What Did Barber Accomplish? .Why Doesn't Democratic Organ Cite List -'. , of His Successful Achievments? The democratic organ attempts to ridicule the statement that Mr. liar-ber liar-ber while in the legislature "did no more than make that pretty little ' speech" In behalf of college Interests, but has that organ pointed to even one other single thing that Mr. Barber Bar-ber did do? Did he make a single vote for the iJL college? If he did, let the Journal .Sfy- point to It. Despite his strenuous labors, did Mr. Barber have sulllclent Influence with his democratic colleagues to bring one of them to his support? If he did, let his champion give the name. Was Mr. Barber able to convince such democrats as King, Van Cott, Richard Young, Moyle and Bennlon that they should be for us rather than against us? Let the Journal point to the fact If it can. Did Mr. Barber convert a single republican re-publican to the cause of the Agricultural Agricul-tural college? If there Is, why does notThe Journal name him rather than Just continue, to attribute to Barber Bar-ber powers that are all but divine? Can anyone believe that if the democratic dem-ocratic orgaq could point to a series of splendid achievements on the part of Mr. Barber It would not have done so ere this? The fact Is, Mr. Barber Is an ordinary ordin-ary man one of the general average, perhaps a little sleepier than the aver-ag2. aver-ag2. While interested In the college, he was a democrat among republicans, and unable to bring party feeling into play to his advantage, Ho was a democrat dem-ocrat among democrats stronger far than himself, and even here his sup-I sup-I posed Influence counted for naught. Without doubt Mr. Barber talked and schemed, planned and conferred to the extent of his time and ability, but where did his scheming, talklngind planning result in anything that was of actual advantage to the situation? Unable to Influcnco democrats, unable to influence republicans, where could he have been of such service as the democratic organ indicates? Aside from the credit duo good intentions, in-tentions, wherein Is Mr. Barber's work worthy of credit even though he hiked his head off, worked himself to a frazzle fraz-zle and planned till he was a tit subject sub-ject for the Institution at 1'iovo? Tiik IIki'UIimcan has no desire to take from Mr. Barber's brow a single laurel to which he may be Justly entitled, en-titled, but when democracy desires to exalt him on the strength of a halo that, for kindly reasons, has been permitted per-mitted to remain on his head as long as he sought to take no advantage of It, surely we have a right to question whether that halo Is the pine gold democracy de-mocracy would have us believe, or but a tawdry Imitation. If the democratic organ by citing facts can prove the halo to be eighteen karat.it would be, more convincing than merely making noises about Mr. Barber's opponent. |
