Mexico Missouri message., 1903-07-30
The People Aroused.


Carroll county is booming Folk
for Governor with Doodle or No
Doodle" as the slogan, and the
politicians are getting into the
band wagon. tits said that 50
per cent of the business men and
farmers up that way are for Folk.
One man expresses it this wayi
I'VE want some one as Governor
who can show that there are no
strings tied to him, and who does
not fear to go after the boodlers.
We are tired of silence on the
part of the State officials on this
subject and wish to show our APP
probation of the Circuit Attor-
ney's work. "
Up at Columbia, in Boone coun-
ty, there is the same enthusiasm.
Folk is to speak before the Uni
versity students in September. In
reference to this occasion a dis
patch says:
"Since the Butler trial here in
November Mr.. Folk has been a
hero in the eyes of Boone county
and the people are eager for an
opportunity to demonstrate their
appreciation. He is especially
strong in the rural districts and
the farmers are practically solid
for him. The Butler jury was
composed of farmers without an
exception and his closing argu-
ment was, to a large extent, an APP
peal to the rural classes to save
the State from corruption"
Now to further show that Au-
drain Democrats may not be mis-
taken as regards the feeling thru
out the State in favor of the st.
Louis prosecutor, the MESSAGE
quotes here an editorial from the
Morgan County Democrat, pub
lished at Versailles. The editorial
was headed The People Aroused, 1"
Just as the MESSAGE headed lead
err two weeks ago:
While it is assured that $50 pa
pers thruout the state will declare
for Joseph w. Folk for Governor
in the near future, there are hun
dreds of other journals that will
come to his aid, because they be-
lieve in preserving the honor of
| Old Missouri, and not only that,
they believe in higher standard
of honesty in politics than has
been dished up in the past few
years by men who have been pro-
fessed leaders. Newspapers unless
handicapped by political tricksters,
and Doodle grabbers, are not apt
to line up with a faction, or mem
beers of faction, whose sole pur-
pose is dishonesty, greedy pelf and
self selling, when these facts be-
come bare faced, and it does not
take a court trial to convince them
either,
Plenty of evidence of the most
glaring character has been shown
in connection with men who have
been leaders to brand their politi-
cal methods as most criminal while
standing on constitutional rights
rather than expose these dastardly
schemes of disgrace and dishones-
ty, will be sufficient to bring plen-
ty of newspapers to the aid of Cir
cult Attorney Folk, and to cause
his enemies to shake in their boots,
and even warn them that their
rickety structure is lettering over
their dishonest heads. The people
are waking up to a sense of what
has been going on, and they con
, slider that Joseph w. Folk is the
man who has brought the evidence
{ to the surface. An upheaval is al
hand and men who have harbored
this high handed criminality are
g going to be relegated to the rear,
or the grand old Democratic party
will be doomed in Missouri. These
e facts are conceded by honest lead
ers everywhere, and the feeling
t exists in Republican ranks as wei
S as among Democrats.
5 l.. f. Miller, one of the bes
q fellows that ever nsnd q hlnck