The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1900-09-28


his dishonest old mother to rob Lie
brother Essu OF his bIrthright, his
mother covered him with the skius Of
the goat In order that tho blind old
father might be deceived when he
felt OF Jacob, for Esau was q hairy
man,
When Alexander Dockery connived
with the dishonest old Democratic
party 10 deceive the people Of the
United Sstes. Uncle Ssm) aud rob
the Repubhssa party Of this state Of
its birth-right. b, took jas. seib~ri's
old campaign text book with its dis
torted aud false figures. aud ou.
structed . cloak to hide the facts, but
the people when they heard him de
clared, 1t 10 the voice OF Dockery but
the figures Of Seibert' These figures
have been SO often proven untrue that
Il seems a task of supcrogstion To
make definite reply to that speech,
but since the newspaper supple
plements containing It have been dis
tributed In violation OF law, over all
the state, II ia well to disseci aud anal
we that speech.
The postal law OF the United States
declares that all supplements OF news
papers SEM, out shall bear the full
name of the paper sending them, ms
well as the date Of the paper Of which
they purport TO be a supplement.
Every Que sent ont fails In this respect,
aud every one Is a product then of a
violation of tho law; bu, before we
are through with this great speech 1t
will be seen that there IL nothing
strange for the men who inspired IT,
II the reader will take one of Seibert's
campaign manuals aud follow Vi and
this speech OF Dockery's. he will fInd
aES slant evidence Of the fact that tho
ds,iiocratic candidate for governor has
| been 90 long out Of the state that he
has not acquainted himself with the
fncta aud has relied utterly on Seib, rt's
manual for his basis, which, proven
false. destroys the fabric OF the speech.
The speech lie a long one aud so full
OF glazing m~istaiements aud incon-
si~siencles, that II would take too long
I o point all of them out, but we pro-
pose to make several quotations aud
show by democratic authority that
they are either untrue or prove the
utter incompetency of the democratic
party to govern this state.
We fret notice what Mr.. Dockery
saws will be determined By the present
campaign. He says 1t will be deter
mined whether we will surrender the
control Of local affairs This comes
from the candidate Of a party that bv
legislation has taken away from the
great cities of 81. Louis ard Kansas
City every vestige Of local control.
The population of these two cities is
much greater than that OF Porto Rico,
over which Mr.. Dockery sheds so
many sympathetic tears, aud yet these
cities are sAorn OF the power of con-
troll of elections, n board appointed
by The governor absolutely dominate
ing the conduct thereof. They are
deprived of the control OF their police;
the law there is moi enforced as in the
rest OF the state by officers elected by
the people but by men appointed by
a police board, selected by the Gov
ernor aud their salary fixed, not by
the municipal authorities but by the
board. aud IL is made n crime for the
Legislative bodies of those cities to
fail to vote every dollar of the salaries
fixed by these mep. Then again. the
licensing Of the saloons is not a local
matter. An excise commissioners Is
appointed by this same governor, who
licenses all the saloons aud utterly
controls them as a political machine.
Then, again, an Inspector OF beer Ia
provided, to be appointed by the
governor, with the purpose of making
the brcweries subservicnt to the party
These are a few OF the instances wher,
this party stands ready TO rob the
people OF local government, notwith'
standing its declaration.
Passing to the discussion OF thai
part of the speech devoted to STATE
issues, Mr.. Dockery. says OF the reeor,
of the two parties both Of which hav'
controlled the state,
The official record will determine