Show TIIE MISSOURI BOODLER rale of the boodler in missouri is ahns spoken of in the st louis v globe democrat along with the dominance of one party in missouri for thir ly years has been developed a peculiar obstinacy in many democrats that is almost impervious to the plainest evidence the slackest slickest slick est demagogue is the idol of his class he plays at will upon the and passions of thirty years growth his hearers long since hardened in shell of old prejudices in alst that a statement is frue because he saya it is true they angrily brush aside the proof of his falsehood and corruption and abuse those who submit it in state of affairs the basest demagogue is tho most powerful politician he ia ahls glory for his dupes will ib clieve nothing except whal he tells them this is the dotage of thirty years of unbroken political yet it holds a great state in chains and renders ita public standard a shame that excites amazement wh eiver honest i held to ba better than tho rulo of venal and gawdy TOO nop olista the people in the prices taking a heavy toll from alic of the parents of children in the public schools and otherwise |