Woodville Republican., 1903-04-25

Kansas City, No. April 2i.-United
States Senator William ]. Stone. adj
dressing the annual convention of the
Missouri Democratic Press associa-
tion, Monday, made an elaborate ex-
PLANTATION of his connection with the
baking powder legislation and en-
forcement of the state pure food laws
and bitterly denounced the daily
newspapers of the state, which, he
declared, had "houndet" him out
rageously.
William j. Bryan had been an
nounced as the principal speaker of
the afternoon. He was received en-
thusiastically, and spoke "as coun-
try editor to country editors" lie
declared that throughout the coun-
try he found deep and growing dis
satisfaction among the republican
voters with the policy of the national
administration, and exhorted his
hearers not to make the democratic
party so much like the republican
party that it would be easy for re-
publicans to get into it," but to keep
it different, so that in time of stress
the people would turn to democracy
for deliverance.
Bryan Praises Missouri.
Praising the state of Missouri for
its prosecution of the packing houses,
he said: 1.-The federal government
seems to be afraid to enforce the
criminal law, and prefers the use OF
iniunctions."
| Mr.. Bryan spoke with earnestness
of the hostility of most of the large
daily papers to the democratic party
and said that some of the professed
democratic papers of the east "did
more harm in four years of apologize.
ing for the democratic platform than
they could do in four months of a
campaign when they supported the
| ticket"
He closed with q reference to the
Missouri Legislature scandals, calling
for the punishment of every offending
official
Stone Labors Under Excitement.
Congressman-elect G. NJ Hitchcock
of Omaha, spoke briefly, and ther
Senator Stone was introduced, and a
once took up the bribery investiga
tion. The senator, who labored under
intense excitement, protested agains
the persecution to which he had beer
subjected by the "scavengers of th'
press" who had used "assassin's'
methods. He shouted:
Before my God, / fear them not
| laugh in their faces and spit upoi
them"
/ Senator Stone denied various re
ports that he had been in conference
with Col. William III. Phelps ant
Lieut. .-Gov. Lee since the Legislative
investigation had been begun. He ha'
been the victim of "mendacious at
tacks upon his character" while h
was governor, after he had retired T.
practice law and now suffered unde
slow, insinuating, filthy and false at
tacks. 81 submit to the judgment o
fair American citizens that it is a
outrage" he said. "Neither accuse
nor accused has dared to lay charg
against my door"
Assisted MS a Private Attorney.
Senator Stone declared that he ha
no part in the passage of the anti
alum law of 1899 and did not knoN
for nearly year that it had been en-
acted AS private attorney he ha
assisted in the enforcement of tn
state pure food laws, and, in 1901
when it was proposed to repeal tn
anti-alum law, he wrote an argu
ment against repeal, but he did no
visit Jefferson City.
81 swear to you, never spoke t
or wrote any member of the hous
of the legislature concerning thi
matter, but what j have told YOU" h
declared. II hope every guilty ma
will be uncovered"
In closing his address Senator Ston
said
81 hope God will wither my bant
palsy my tongue and burn my hear
in the flames of hell before | will II
tentionally dishonor any position
which the people of Missouri assig