The Globe-republican., 1902-10-09
Bailey and Craddock Debate Is
a one-sided Affair.
FIRST HEAT PULLED OFF
Fusion Candidate Has a bad
Case of Crossed Wires in
All His Statements.

The first debate between w. II. Grad
dock and w. j. Bailey was held at Wich-
ita Monday night. Under the arrange
Lnents Mr.. Craddock was allowed to give
a prepared speech and Mr.. Bailey was
required to reply, answering what ever
questions Mr.. Craddock was pleased to
PROFOUND. Mr.. Craddock made much the
same speech he has made through the
campaign. eElect me governor, and if
you pay 500 taxes now, you will only
have to pay $50 them He repeated
that railroads were assessed at higher
rate in Missouri than in Kansas.
In answer to Craddock on taxation,
Bailey said:
81 do not stand here to defend any one
interest against another. L have no
special interest to protect. If am
elected governor L shall endeavor to make
the burdens of government fall with equal
justice upon all. No honest man could
do otherwise. My honored opponent has
organized do right club. What par
adox-to do right and vote the fusion
ticket. He asks you to put up 81 a
fee to join. It's the first time 1 ever saw
a man charged anything to do right.
When the campaign first opened Grad
dock threatened to cut taxes in two.
confess that puzzled me a little. 1
thought that il he cut them in half,
might devise a scheme to lop them off
entirely. But 1 could not find the
scheme. Neither will Craddock cut taxes
in two.
s'CraddOck got up tax comparison
story between Kansas and Missouri. He
deceived the people III his comparisons.
He compared a first class road in Missouri
to a fifth rate road in Kansas. made
some comparisons myself. I took the
main line of the Santa Fe of Kansas and
Missouri. What was the result? The
Santa Fe pays 1924 taxes per mile in
Missouri and $432 in Kansas. Now does
Craddock expect to cut taxes of the Kan
sas farmer in two by cutting down the
taxes of Kansas railroads to that of Mis-
souri, railroads.?
Bailey then compared the assessments
of farm and personal property in the
west tier of Missouri counties with the
east tier of Kansas counties. to show that
the Missouri assessment on farm and per-
sonal property is twice as high on the
same class of property in Kansas. He
declared that F'in trust ridden Missouri,
In Democratic Missouri, the farmers are
assessed twice that of Kansas
Now, here's joke,'' said he. s'Crad-
dock says if he has made misstatement,
he will get Off the ticket. He said the
railroads of Kansas are capitalized for
$500, 900 900. He got in the wrong COL
umn in making his figures. He got the
capitalization OF the entire systems. But
IN not hold him to his promise. 1 want
him to run"
MIR. Craddock made his usual talk about
trusts, charging their existence to the
Republicans. In his reply, Mr.. Bailey
showed that trusts were f1ourishing in
democratic states fully as we'll as else
where, and said that it would take ma
tional legislation TO break them. 1t was
plain TO be seen all through the debate
that in their next meeting. when Bailey
is to make the speech and Craddock is to
answer questions and argument, that the
debate will have a disastrous result for
the democratic candidate.