The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-14
SENATOR VIM. J. STONE.
William Jennings Bryan Defends Him
from Attacks Of His kccusers,
From The Commoner, May *.

From The tnmmuner. May
1t is pity that all the Demo.
Gratis Of the country, and the he.
publicans as we'll, could not have
heard the speech delivered by Sen
ator Stone before the Missouri
Press Association at Kansas City
few days ago. The Republican
papers had been so malicious and
80 mcndacious III their attacks up
Oh him that he took advantage of
the occasion to make a reply TO.
their Misrepresentation h. had
been accused of securing the pass.
age Of a bill prohibiting the use
of alum II thrmanufucture Of food
products, and the more partisan OF
the papers even Iuslnuated that he
was trying to avoid tcslIfyiHg be.
fore the grand jury IN the bribery
cases now pending The facts as
presented by Mr. Stone are, first
that he never knew OF the passage
of the antl-ulum bill until II year
after II became a law He was
then practicing law IN Missouri,
and was employed TO prosecute
certain parties charged with vio'
lation of the law. During the in
vestigatlon Of this case he learned
Of the testimony before Il congress
ional commission IN regard to the
effect of alum on the health. He
learned that the subject had been
investigated and that according TO
the testimony Of the representa-
tivcs Of nearly all OF the State
Universities and larger colleges,
the use Of alum in food products
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are PecuhIaflIE interested III lhe
exploitation OF the fhlllppihe
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comr;ttae whom bp was - member
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