The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
D0CKERY AND CAN'T SPEAK.
Boodling Denounced -"0nIy Few Leg.
islators With q Fathless lieuten.
ant Governor Bodied
"A BoodIer is Q Criminal and q Bribe
Taker a Common Thief Says
Judge CAN'T.

Governor Dockery and Judge
Gnntt addressed 1000 persons last
Saturday at Lone Jack, on the oc-
casion of the anniversary Of that
battle, says the Republics Kansas
City special. The main features OF
the picnic were the political speech
es.
Governor Dockery came squarely
out on the Doodle question, admit
ting the practice had been followed,
but maintaining that it was CON
fined to very few. The Cover
nor's reception was most enthusias
tie. Discussing boodlers, he said:
There has been boodIing at the
State-house. Six or seven legisla-
tors, working with a faithlcss Lieu
tenant Governor, boodled.
For thirty years Democrats have
administered the affairs of Missouri
and not in all that time has there
been the taint of boodling. Dem
Ocrats do not coumtenance the prac-
tice. They are Democrats who are
now pursuing the boodlcrs and ad-
ministerirg the punishment they
deserve.
We can stop hoodIing if we can
control st. Louis. Rural districts
promptly retire Legislators whom
they do not trust. In st. Louis it
is different. Business men there
refuse to attend the nominating
conventions. If they would per-
form this solemn public duty we
would have no boodlers.
BoodlIng belongs to no party.
Republicans cannot lay it at our
door, for during the reign of Zie.
geuheln it was rampant in st. Louis.
Democrats ended it there, as they
will end it throughout the State.
y Democratic attorney and Att0r.
ney General are now convictlng the
boOdlcrS, and Democratic judges
will sentence them. A Democratic
Governor, so long as am chief ex
executive, will keep every boodier
in the penitentiary who is sent
there" "
The Governor concluded by re-
the Republicans that they
had Doodle affair Of their own at
Washington which would keep
them busy for n while.
CAN'T ON BOODLERS.
Judge CAN'T followed the Cover
ernor. He swung into the anti
Doodle column and said:
1--WE all admit there has been
boodIing at jefferson City, and,
much as we regret it, we rejoice
that Democratic Circuit Attorney
and Democratic Attorney General
are probing for the facts. A bood-
Ter is a criminal and bribe- -giver
Il common thief.
"A Republican has no more use
for either than has n Democrat, and
n Democrat has no use for one ex-
cept to put him behind the bars.
Il have been quoted as saying
there was no boodling in Missouri.
What actually said was that there
was no boodling party in Missouri.
Boodlers remain in no party lines.
Public conscience is aroused and it
is well that it should be. Good will
come of this. We will get better
men on our tickets.
Republicans are trying to name
our ticket for us. We can get
along without their advice. We
have thousands upon thousands of
men in our party who are fit to be
nominated for the State offices, and
we can be depended upon to find
themr''
The Judge did not mention his
own candidacy.
FOLK DEMONSTRATION.
After listening to Governor Dock
cry aud Judge CAN'T the crowd
cheered enthusiastically when Mr..
Hadley, former Prosecuting At
torney. paid an eloquent tribute to
Joseph w. Folk as a possible Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor of
Missouri. The great annual picnic
ended in a good.sized demonstra-
ton for Mr.. Folk.
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During the storm on the 9Th at De-
Soto, part Of the tent Of the Clark cir
Gus was blown over, upsetting one Of
the animal wagons. Two men en-
ployed by the circus were caught un-
der the wagon, and one of them,
named Sargent, was SO badly injured
that he died in short Tins. The
other man, Kellogg, was sent TO a