The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 24, 1903, Page 10

JAMES A. REED) © ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR IN A SPEECH AT SEDALIA SATURDAY NIGHT. Stands Upon the Platform of the Democratic Party and Dis- cusses State and National Issues at Length. SEDALIA, MO., SEPT. 19. lowest rate paid in state. And of this seventeen and one-half cents seven and one-half goes to the City, spoke at the Court House in aFeare The railroads, which under : ‘ epublican rule escaped all taxation, this city to-night. He was accom: are now assessed si 500.00, a val panied by a li delegation of his} ation higher than is fixed in any | Republican state which touches our borders. ty who arrived on a special train dur-| When ey Republicans were in p es “ ‘o also | Power the fees collected from cor ing the afternoon, There were also porations found their final resting present delegations of his friends} place in the pockets of the Republican wagers re officeholders. Under Democratic gov from other parts of the State, and ernment these fees, which last peat he was greeted by a representative | amounted to more than $500,000, have Democratic audience, Mayor Reed] Peer turned into the State Treasury =— Under Democratic management the formally announced his candidacy for} number of asylums has been increas Governor in his address to-night, He} from one to five, and a Reform School for boys, and an Industrial School for girls have been establish- ed, and liberally maintained. The educational institutions of the State I received a very complimentary in-|including the State University, have vitation to address the citizens of} een enlarged and extended until Pettis county upon the political is they have justly become the pride of our people, While other States were a few years since afflicted with every va ceptance impossible, I did not, how-|iety of legislative hysteria, the De- ever, forget the cordialty of the re- | mocracy ot Missouri, always sturdy quest nor the honor done me preaerhe gens HOLS “3 Tam glad to embrace this my first Ite ne — wae i bgp Neti in jterests, or deface the Statutes with opportunity to respond, I do not feel|a line of freak legislation, but it did that Lam a stranger to the Democrats | Pass a large number of wholesome of this splendid county, as I have in and Just measures for the protec: Bia (ant Sten! 6 tion of the laboring classes, among s } which are: ure of meeting) (a) ‘The law giving to fellow ser. Mayor James A. Reed, of Kansas political friends from Jackson coun- spoke as follows: Fellow Citizens:—Some months ago sues of the day. My official and oth- er duties have nitherto rendered ac my pat} afl enjoyed the p at your bidding } with you, j Vants the right of recovery against 5 This county has reason to be proud! railways of its citizenship and particularly of; (b) Laws providing for the in spection of factories and mines. s Sedalia v (c) Prohibiting the employment the home of the illustrious orator Of Children of tender years in fac and statesman whom we all love and | res: revere, Senator George Vest. You} (4) Making the first Monday in had once as yi r the bril-| September a legal holiday, liant and sche ly orator, statesman (e) De and jurist, Judge John B. Phillips Nor have you forgotten the residence among you of the brave soldier, pro-| (f) Prohibiting the payment of la found lawyer and— upright. judge,} bor in * t,”” and compelling pay James 2. Gantt, These men and}ment in lawful money. many others whom 9 cannot now (g) Creating the State Board of ye to name pate meinee the opus Arbitration. * ation, respect and confidence of the » £ . State and nation and your people are (h) It has further protected the justly proud of their achievements NEGO Ontnet by prohibiting interfer I know that I am addressing an au-|°"C° with his right to organize. It dience that is accustomed to hear |b established free employment br men of great ability and must ask ]'@@Us in the large cities. Protected for your most charitable considera: the labels of labor organization, and tion. enacted many other Statutes, which My labors have been so arduous} Wbile of special value to the wage during recent days as to prevent that |@@tner have at the same time been in careful preparation which t! the interest of the public at large sion warrants. Nev. Our party has given to the people to discuss in an intelligent manner]@ @ whole a wise and enlightened the attacks which our ancient enemy |System of laws which protect. them is making upon the Democratic |in all their natural rights. It ha: the great Democrats y -ed-heres— For many y o have resid aring cight hours to be a legal day's work, AN party, fostered and developed the public be The Democratic party in the na-|School system, and guarded the re ae tion has a magnificent history. The|ligious liberties of the people, Ev K38 platform of liberty was built by Dem-|erywhere within the Commonwealth, f -ocratic hands. Jefferson wrote the|the church and school, twin blossoms ee charter of freedom. Monroe extend-|of civilization, spring to the view, ed its protection over the nations of And finally the Democratic party our hemisphere. Jackson reseued it|has defended the reputation of th: from threatened and impending peril,| State from the aspersions of the Re- and. great Democratic statesmen ac-| publican press and the slanders of quired and dedicated to liberty that|}the Republican organization and i princely domain which stretches|has rendered to the people of Mis from the river to the ocean. It is/souri the distinguished service of within truth to say that had there| keeping the Republican party out ¢ been no Democratic party, there would | power. have been no real Republic. This magnificent record gives war- rant for the confidence that our par- ty can, better than the Republican party, or a sporadic organization, ac- complish any needed reforms, or erad- icate the e and abuses~-which po} have been discovered, THE GLORIOUS RECORD OF MIS- SOURI DEMOCRACY. ba mocracy is but little less illustrious ‘When it came Into power in 1872 the Drake Constitution hung like a pall over the liberties of the people. In- THE BOODLER VS. HONESTY CRY. famous laws denied the right of fair] Despite this splendid record there i elections, As corrupt a set of knaves|4re those who now declare that the ae | as ever banded for robbery had fas-|S0le issue in the coming campaign is to be “BOODLE vs. HONESTY:” and by implication, so broad as tc amount to a direct charge, that the Democratic party is responsible for official corruption and is therefore not to be further trusted. Let us candidly examine this claim. If it be well founded, then of course, notwithstanding its glor- ious past, the old Democratic party should be cast out. If, however, the charge be not true, then the slander must react upon those who gave it birth. Fairly and impartially, then, let us look at the facts. There appears to have been two places in which bood- ling occurred, and each place had it In lieu of the Drake Constitution |OW® particular scoundrels. First there athe Democratic party has given a bill] ¥88 wholesale corruption which -of rights which guarantees the liber-|STeW up under the Republican-Zieg- ‘ties of every citizen. Instead of laws|@@hein administration at St. Loui + “which denied any representation upon | Second, there was the corruption - election boards to the party out of|Which existed among some members “power, and made it possible for these of the State Senate at Jefferson City. partisan boards in (for illustration) | The places are not only widely sep- “Boone county, to allow but 410 citi-|a@rate, but the actors from first to zens out of a population of 4,000, to| ast are distinctly different, except in ‘vote, it has provided bi-partisan |the single instance I shall state. It ‘boards, which afford the guarantee of | 18 manifest, therefore, that intelligent “fair elections, and it has further se.| discussion requires that the corrup- “ured the right of.the citizen to anjtion at St. Louis must be considered intrammeled suffrage by the adoption |S @ Separate proposition. sof the Australian ballot. it -has carefully conserved the fi Mances of the state, and collected and © disbursed millions of dollars without loss of a penny. It has extinguish- = ed the state debt, except the amount * due the school fund. It has reduced rate of taxation from fifty cents seventeen and one-half cents, the He | tened upon the State a debt of more ee than twenty-three millions of dollars. ? County after county had been robber ” by the issue of fraudulent railway a! bonds. The railroads and some other great corporations paid no revenue into the state treasury, while the peo- ple were taxed at the rate of fifty cents on one hundred dollars. The penal, eleemosynary and educational institutions were mere wrecks. The public school system was imperfect and inadequate. All these and many -other deplorable conditions were be- queathed to us by the Republica party. Thirty years of Democratic rule have passed—thirty years of achieve- ment and enlightened progress. REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION IN §T. LOUIS. For many years the Republican party had been in control of the city government of St, Louis. In the by tion versus Honesty.” Is this alIt sat at the eastern gate-way of the i sonnet Before there can commonwealth and warned the world be a political issue, there must be that Missouri was the robber state, two sides to a controversy. Each Even more despicable and slander- side must have its adherents and each ous have been the utterances of — must have sufficient strength so that Kansas City Star. On the 10th be Ae a battle is necessary to determine March, 1898, it vilified and slande’ ¢ which is the stronger. If all of the every citizen who had the Proud — people are of one mind, there can be ilege of birth upon Missouri's soil ~ no issue. If practically all of the Star was discussing Honorable Fran! people are on the same side a political ; P. Sebree, a native of Saline county, issue can hardly be said to exist.'who was then the Democratic nom- There capnot be much of an issue /inee for Mayor of Kansas City. Amovg between a gnat on a railway track | other things it said: F i and an eighty. ton locomotive. To af- “That he was born in Missou firm that there is a necessity for! counts for but little in a State where making a political issue on boodle- | there is such a lamentable quota of ism in Missouri is to say that a con-| natives who have no idea of progress, siderable portion of the people are injand no sympathy for modern ideas. favor of corruption, and that a battle} His experience in the Legislature, be- must be fought to determine whether | fore coming to Kansas City, was noth- the honest men are in the majority.|ing, when it is remembered that the I declare that this is not the case,|great municipalities of this State have Boodling only existed because it was!suffered most severely * * s undiscovered. It is a secret crime.|through rural representatives at the I quote from an eminent authority: | State Capitol.” “No one knows of the transaction ex-| Thousands of loyal Missoufians de- cept those implicated in it.” When, | manded an apology, but the Star not however, the disclosures came, theyjonly stood upon its insult, but reit- aroused the indignation of all classes, | erated it on February 2, 1898. Here is and all parties. Republicans, Dem-ja part of the article: ocrats, Populists, men of all condi- It (the Star) can well afford all tions and opinions expressed the ut-|the abuse it is receiving from Mis- most abhorrence and contempt. The/sourians, who are responsible for the universal demand from every quarter] social and _ political limitations from of the State was and is that no guilty| which the State has suffered. man shall escape. This attack upon Missourians gen- erally was only a part of this paper's settled policy. During almost the en- tire year of 1898 it denounced the Criminal Court of Jackson County as corrupt, and boldly claimed that the rural Democracy of that splendid county and of the State was shielding the worst classes of criminals. Never was slander more unwarranted or ins famous. It is, however, in the abuse of ex Confederates that the Star has found its favorite field of action, Here is the play ground where its malice finda delight in each old wound that it can make to bleed again, and as it thrusts its venomed tongue into the faces of the brave who lost, its hatred turns into that kind of joy which may some times tickle the hearts of fiends, Bear with me while I quote: UNJUST ATTACKS UPON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. JAMES A, REED, MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY. = = | This statement embodies substan- spring of 1897, it elected Henry Zieg-|reached the Supreme Court. Three] tally the facts relating to municl- enhein mayor, Under this Republi-|Of these cases have been reversed pal and legal corruption. Is there any F salt for errors occurring in the trials,| thing in the record which justifies the can-Ziegenhein administration all, or ically ail. oh tk ide ‘ while the fourth appeal filed has] malevolent attacks of the Globe-Dem- practically all, of the corruption at}/peen advanced upon the docket on ocrat and the Kansas City Star upon St. Louis D " y the motion of the State: Of the be es is —s es cases Havaieed: two have been re- the Democratic party of Missouri? pal assembly boldly band- tried, and an increased punishment |Can the failure to perform his whole ed themselves together for the pur- duty to the public in these prose: given, The Meysenberg case, revers- 7 Re pose of exacting bribe money. At}ed some nine months ago because of |CUtions be justly charged against any Democratic official? the same time the representatives of a defective indictment, and for other powerful corporate interests willing-| reasons, has not yet been re-tried. The commendation of all true Dem- ly entered into a conspiracy with It is to be regretted that errors ocrats has been given in unstinted these aldermanic rogues,-hecause the]occurred in any of the cases at} ™easure to all who have had an of- concessions desired could be obtain-| nist prius, as otherwise some of ficial duty to perform in purging the ed more cheaply by corrupting pub-|these rogues might now be expiating public Service of the baneful influence lic servants than by honestly pur-|their crimes in the penitentiary, But of corruptionists. To Judge James E. chasing the coneessions from the] jt should be added, in fairness, that|!azel, who promptly convened a municipality. in the haste of trials, errors are special Grand Jury in Cole County, Manifestly, these conditions could} sometimes unavoidable. This, then, and vigorously paces . ore fen not long continue. The corruption: |is the end of the St. Louis chapter Mb tid of ba ve Ss Pen at hi ists—corporate and aldermanic—be- wp to date, It is separate and dis-| DTiPery, 19 She 8 Sey a is came bolder and bolder, The citizens tinet from the Jefferson City tran- oer pie eee bs piv O of St. Louis saw rights which were] sactions, to which I now turn, Sew ee decuelii ite: conieeslan of worth many thousands of dollars : ° s given away without compensation, eae pent nry Aponte athe They beheld with astonishment. the om , . bankruptey of the municipal treas-] BOODLE REVELATIONS AT JEF- peg ig yey ty ey we lng fice, It must be taught that the days ponient ny pe yyy daar PRRSONC SET Ys vestigation. Circuit Fernand —— war — rapine are over, and that “ ve W. Folk, in the performance of his} Kansas City does not propose to havé ly demonstrated the venality of their r is tae or gl bg * . municipal officials. So apparent was Ay the Jaa _ selon of the General | duty oad public prosecutor at St. Loule, the specter of Quantrell preside oves this corruption, that in the elections Assembly a bitter controvery oc-|has justly merited and will ever re its department of justice. The rea a of 1900 d again in the}cured over the effort to pass the {ceive the grateful praise of all law ‘ of the fall of 1900, and agi ¥ ¥ abiding citizens for his energetic ef-]800 train robbers have not been pum hae eats ry arti econ oes aye text ag tag providing po forts to secure the conviction ofjished is simply because the officials y rgec a e Ziegenhe “!the re-letting the contract r 5: vi istration was reeking with villainy. plete sahiak teat ge ie ree eelat inDocuee ot the Govern- have truckled to the element in Jacke And in’ both elections the Democracy alge ae 8 ‘ " ote il ti .|son county which still bears allegi aL. eal baer i ress of this coatroversy a num-| 0's office has been at all times earn he late Confed was triumphant upon the issue so] Progre ya estly exercised by Alex. M. Dockery in ance to the late Confederacy. made, ber of Democrats refused to act with | °SUY exercist ba | These persons are still at wat q ' aiding the State, both in the judicial with the United States and don't co: As to the Ziegenhein admintra-|the Democratic caucus, and it was] invest! Jefferson City and in a pei ion, it is atent that “its latter investigations at J y prehend that robbing trains is not an ue wt ie Bell ee the ae Tt wag |#llesed were acting with the Repub-|the effort to secure the extradition of | 5 o¢ o¢ Yeprisal end war. To get inte asne ‘ie “latter “end,” in the|lcan minority, ‘This engendered Reece beyond the borders of the} jower it has been the custom of the “ 7 as Race ay,|much feeling, and some suspicion. public. worst men of the city and county Dem» months of October and November, Finally, the speaker—Mr. Whitecot.| It is no less gratifying to us that coracy to fraterise with’ ts Guee 1900, that Charles H. Turner, presi he D tie Circuit Judges, Ryan y of the Suburban Railway Com-|t0"—openly charged that corrupt} the Democratic Cire ges, Ryan} vila element, and elect to office its Bak OF The. BUIUEUEN. Haley Van maticde Welt being employed. This |&nd Douglas, of St. Louls and Henry]. othizers and kinsmen.” pany, entered into a corrupt scheme C, Timmonds of Lamar, have shown a | ®Y™P! 4 . Nor are these ancient and dust cov ered utterances, Nor yet have they “Turn the Guerrillas Out.” ~~ “Train robbery in Jackson county will- never cease until the cause, of which masked bandits are the effect, is eradicated, or rendered harmless. “The cause is the sympathy of the dyed-in-the-wool butternut Democracy of Jackson county with train robbery, This element must be driven from of HONESTY THE RULE IN MISSOURI. ob e QO S ouis W en Bood ed into, and the corruption money placed in the safe deposit box, both bribe giver and bribe taker retained a key so that neither party could obtain possession of the fund with- out the concurrence of the other. Hoping to frighten Turner into re- leasing the money one of the gang ’ » representatives of .|led to an investigation by a commit- ge Y SBP Se _|convening of a special Grand Jury in > ; been confined to one paper. The bik ears o Aevematrigl eta ay EL Cole county, by a Democratic Circuit | that prompt justice might be admin- Have beeh the: Commian stone te sane it vault Haga vaid when the|J¥dae, James E. Hazel. This action | istered. f the law in|f many of the Republican papers, ab posit vaults, Y i I understand was requested by Gov-| All the machinery of the law though the Star in this, as in most Aldermanic rogues should steal the| anor Dockery. In any event. it|these investigations and prosecutions siitses {afanions, leads on the mob franchise which the Suburban Com- stands as a fact that the Governor|has been directed by Democratic of- It was but on July- 13th, last, that pany desired, “The Combine” tried} jaq peen earnestly endeavoring to|ficials, and Democrats everywhere the Globe-Democrat gave tongue again to carry out the infamous agree} secure tangible evidence of the al- may rejoice and feel a pardonable tn the old’ Villatiy. dr ght tants corn ie neetrege sr nel SUR: leged corruption. As soon as the puss fi this Frese record of faith- however, the aesanit was not direct mated the Circuit Court Issued “Grand Jury was called, the Gover-|{ful public service. etal junction, and prior to the dissolu-| nop. directed the Attorney General} All of these officials are entitled to pegecoodeny SSOAGIAS Clete Caateante ice of the corrup *l request of the Governor was con-| duty. Yet, pired. The oe ea curred in by the Democratic Prose- ae Sait any apy gt the country distress. A. eee pas part at least of the corruption fund.|cyting Attorney of Cole County. As | tion. s not so rare a 4 2 , Turner refused to pay anything; he/soon as these steps had been taken,|souri to find an official who is per- oa uel is ooee stood upon his contract, and said its} John A. Lee—the Lieutenant Gover-| forming his plain duty. The perform- sition by the Police Board, and John conditions had not been complied|nor, made a confession to Attorney | ance of duty is not so astonishing a rerens formerly A Democratie editor with. The aldermen Peapod ve General Hawes) C. Crow. And it is| thing err paanlild of corruption oe Histo: SENSO, wae appoltites ployed an attorney, who seems toJ/upon this confession that all of the | among o! . 7 : have conceived the brilliant idea/ indictments thereafter found against be ie me are hg — ee gree now, is the inf@ that these thieves could recover on|State Senators, except that against|to do heir duty. pa y a “Quantum meruit.” Senator Sullivan, are based. have officers. recene ot Giese to the marae The controversy between these] It is piain then that. the credit res “tf tion to him Is a i shot public plunderers over this huge cor-|}for what has been accomplished in pie flor gape in robber, who refused ruption fund of $135,000.00 waxed] ferreting out corruption at the Cap- $5 Shay hie Saminens to halt. 8 ue a ae mae Se onan saan 8 deinen bl ge oho The propagandists who raise the cry | But the rural Democracy in Jackson 1s of their labors, ind nts-haye-/-that-the issue is “Boodle-+s-He » | county hich idealizes and idolize been returned against four State | appear to be of the opinion that there vig en Mee ¥ pinoy Gave St 4 * fairly honest men can be found, so|forgiving. The rural ring of the party adduced before the Grand Jury of y ink F ation ton ‘de Cole County, is very largely a mat-|that the army of the wicked, muster- be iy it ae ye! ORS BUGGER, tie ter of inference, because the Attor-|ed beneath the “banner of Doodle,” rocked ray Mest pertiateer 7 lo the rolls ton eg ae aan hide ae At- will not prevail. This is a strangely altogether, and they will go after his 1 le Ail Ms ounty have very |jaughable proposition. If the banner scalp with renewed vigor, regarding gave a guarded intimation ee vac Me hog Ppa fee the of boodle were to be set up there his removal from the Secretaryship a newspaper. ere- . V’ ard who —— inaaiey Wai Sused ahh|. What We- do ‘know 1s that one bier pa Bay fs athe 9a Sah ea Hes oe 8 waning of the powers behind fearing exposure and punishment for| Democratic. Senator, and three Re-| ter dark and hide out before the dawn.|” Abril 9th, 1865, the war was ended, his crime, Turner consulted an emi-}Publican Senators, have been in-|-mhere ig no state, no country, the cit-| ang childrens then-unborn are now the nent criminal lawyer, Gov. Chas. P. aa ine “ ag the print ee izens of which more than equal iD|hoaqs of families and counselors of creat wat too Cire it Atte ‘ hag convioted ‘of ‘soliciting a bribe, | hristian sincerity and Acie of! State, Another war has come, and rmey an 3 sought hen we My hee tn Fase! Following, or coincident with these | Cbaracter Lag pecele x3 et kaos sons of those who wore the Blue and made a clean breast o! proceedings, the Grand Jury at St Who most loudly raises those who wore the Gray have died disgraceful transaction. Following Peery berkn investigating mations cry? When a statement is made, you/together upon Santiago hills to give his confession Turner testified to the connected with State legislation. The have the right to look into the char-| an added glory to their common flag. same facts before the St. Louis) te through the press, have been | ScteF and motives of its author. If he|Thirty-cight years have passed, but Grand ate and upon this Ped br aatved daily with eduuls ournork: be fair re lapeeee baer Lepr 1 the serine, Serene of gg eee several indictments were returned. may generally consider his . eracy, who through them ave There remained however, a miss-|!08 to give the complete proceedings| 6 be a known enemy, it is usually id f the Grand Jury. Whether true ts. That ing link in the chain” of evidence, oe otherwise we cannot well tell since |*#f¢ ‘© discredit his statements. eee ee FS eat each grand juror makes solemn oath ue edger Arig Es bean mie. Yet, again let us cotter. These could be secured. Murrell was at|"the counsel of the State, my fel-|2ar°r aount nots, but who. are, most |Sre, the same Papers that, + Ba coat, ties Ma fugitive from justice, |!0ws and my own to truly keep,” and interesting themselves in {ts propo-|7c"s cast ne oo the "state, enane that time a fugitive fro “|the witnesses also make oath not to ee the faithful the reputation of the » suddenly This testimony was obtained by the gation? “Before we slay the fal raised the cry, “Stand up for Mis .| “directly or indirectly divulge the there ” nag ae ‘en in Mexico, {testimony they may give, nor even pppoe ph a eed sey an MAOH OA tee eco is not wool sticking between the teeth | iong continued habit got the mastery, sent a representative there, and in- id the creed bern considera- of the wolves that stand as his ac- and so they mingled such utterances We assume ” to duced him to return and testify. cusers.” Who is it that presumes as “Poor old Missouri,” and “Mose Prosecutions promptly followed. | ‘Mat these oaths Have been observed | tet thes Democratic party what can’|Back Missouri,” with “Stand up fot The evidence was there, bald, naked,|has been said may be rumor. didates it must en ora 7 Aa Missouri.” It was a delightfully unanswerable. The press had al! the Grand Jury at St. Louis, as the [Platform it must Adopt’ | Ie vt ap?|iudicrous though insulting paradox. ready published many of the salient] resuit of its labors, returned two in-|Vlce of Esau, or the voice of Jacob?) put the people of Missouri re facts, The voice of the people and|qictments, both against Senator Far- membered the day when the Re the mandate of the law alike demand-| rig, who had been previously indicted | ABUSE BY THE RADICAL PRESS.|DPublican party had not “stood up ed that justice take her course. in Cole County. The people of the for Missouri,” but “had stood Missouri The developments of these trials| state have every reason to confident-| Foremost of those who seek to|up,” and robbed her of more tham were startling. They showed such/jy expect that fair and impartial| name the candidates, and dictate the|twenty millions of dollars, and they an outrageous condition as called for | trials will be promptly had. licies of the Democratic party, we | 'espectfully declined to repeat the exe swift punishment, and those who as-| Briefly, nineteen members of the | ?° 44 pitts perience. sisted in bringing these. rogues to|ziegenhein regime in St. Louis have | find the St. Louis Globe-Democra' the bar of justice are entitled to the| been convicted of corruption or per-|Kansas City Star, and following in thanks and commendation of all Mis-|jury, thirteen of whom are Repub-| their wake every mugwump and Re- sourians. licans and six Democrats. There are : In St. Louis there have been |four State Senators indicted, three go pe ete fund looted, and that in the fac . cases one Democrat itable facts contin’ Sen seven bene "Tos ce cee at ship for our party? For years the/very day to insult the intelligence there have been, I believe, appeals.| Upon this state of the case we are But four of the appeals have yet| gravely told that the issue is “Cor-|Globe-Democrat denounced ‘Missouri. | the people of the State by targets for‘an envenomed press. been the best of citizens, are still the -