The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-19
HAWEs SEVERELY cRITICIsEs
FOLK IN OPENING SPEECH.
, Continued From Page One.

A Knott. Colonel e. voorhees,, .. y. TOY
and 8. c. schnitzer and State Senator H:
Clay Heather Of PALMYRA During Ine
afternoon Mr.. Hawes met Hannibal Dem ir
ocrats and others who called; ms ne aye ii dln, !.
leading part in all of the arrangements
Tor the meeting.
After dinner and preceding the meeting
Hawes at the Windsor Hotel; which was
attended by number OF local people ana
the out-of-town visitors. pand rurnlsheo
music for the occasion. large numper
ing ~
MANY WE'RE PRESENT
FROM ST. LOUIS.
A large delegation came from st. Louis.
though Mr. Hawes and his friends had
discouraged any attendance from the city.
Among those who came from st. Louis on
the afternoon train were President OF the
S;n Beard Of Public improvements Hiram
Joseph p. whyte., Sewer Commissioner
Valiant. Comptroller James Y. Player.
IL License Sssds c1setor sa9brd
Pssas Psnsey "ssm Wilian IN Haasf n Reeds Gs James
Anderson. Chief Deputy Probate Clerk
Bruce Starke. Secretary OF the Polite
Attorney E. A. Noonan. Jr;: E; NJ. Gross
man. Superintendent of Lighting Carter.
Plumbing Inspector Quinn and Member
3f the Board of Education. Stephen Con-
Many Democrats came from the sur
rounding towns. Clay Heather and Frank
P. Sossey were with a large party of
Palmyra Democrats.
New London. with about fifteen compan-
ions. State Chairman Will A. .Rothweil
came over from Moberly with his cousin,
James James Sst,i II. Lowell eaS editor Of the Democrat;
Prosecuting Attorney z. Q. Dolph and
Edward Wolfr. W. o. L. Jewett Of the
Shelbina Democrat came to get pointers:
Deputy Beer Inspector N. j. Winters OF
Milan and Worlds Fair Commissioners
John Beal of Edna were together during
part of the day.
date for Railroad Commissioner was here
to push his claims.
REVIEWS ATTITUDE
OF MAYOR WELLS.
Mr.. Hawes spoke in part as follows:
"Rolla Wells was born in the city OF
st. Louis. He is the son Of Erastus Wells
who 50 long and ably represented the ST
Louis district in Congress. In demeanoI
he is modest. and by disposition Is rerir;
ing. He avoids newspaper notoriety, ana
main characteristics are his fine sense Of
duty. his strong will and fearless courage
Tenacious in his friendships. he Is aggres-
sive in his attitudes. and in the perform
ance of his public duty does not know the
difference between Democrat or Republi-
can. friend or enemy. II the Democrats
of ST. Louis have any cause of complaint
moved all of the Republicans left over
from the Ziegenhein regime. He does not
believe in giving a 500 position to S5
man. nor will he remove a competent Re-
publican from office to make room for an
incompetent Democrat; In politics he has
always acted as Democrat, until the
campaign Of 90. when he. together with
many thousands Of others in I'll, the city OF
ticket, which. in my opinion, was grave
error.
"As have discussed previously the ap-
parent necessity for his nomina ton. will
not enter into 1t again. It may be well
to say. however, that he did not seek the
position which he now occupies. He did
not want 1t when 1t was suggested to
him. and believe that he has no further
political ambitions. and would gladly re-
sign his office tomorrow. would his sense
of duty and propriety permit.
MAYOR SUPPORTED
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
MY acquaintance with Mr.. Wells be-
gan at the time of his nomination, and
can testify to one thing-that since his
nomination he has done more than any
other one man in the city Of st. Louis In
loyalty I Supported ted ali Of the Democratic
nominees since his election. He has con-
tributed literally TO each campaign fund.
He has made speeches in almost every
ward in the, city. and his speeches have
been OF great assistance to the Demo.
cratic party. as the high confidence and
esteem in which he Is held by the business
termining the mind Of a large class of in
I'm the campaign Of 1902. when Circuit
Attorney Folk refused to support the city
t1fxo 10 oNr for th4 c%nN1 &l-lrn
Mr. Wells made the following statement
from the stage in Music Hall to an audi.
ence Of over 1000 Democrats:
"I can honestly and conscientiously ad.
vooate to every citizen of this city that. II
they will act for the best interests of this
city on Tuesday next, they will go to the
polling places and vote for every man
that has been nominated by the Demo
HE added to this public Endorsement a
support OF the city. ticket by speaking
wherever he was called upon, and took an
active and personal interest in the election
Of the tickets. because he believed he was
serving his city in 20 doing. A man OF
walth. and having investments in a great
many large enterprises; he probably has
sacrificed more personally In accepting the
position of Mayor than any other man now
holding political office in the State of Mis-
souri,.
REPUBLICAN PARTISAN
PAPER SUPPORTS FOLK.
Probably the vilenst partisan paper In
the whole State of Missouri Is the st.
Louis Star. which Is supporting Mr.. Folk
at the present time in his ambition to Sc
cure Democratic nomination. Be the
the Globe Democrat and the great met.
ropolitan dailies In Kansas City are busy
censoring their news columns in the In
terest Of Mr.. Folk; Nothing derogatory
magnify his slightest acts into conduct OF
great virtue and patriotism. They advo-
cate his nomination by the Democratic
Psrty for for They Oppose editS
candidacy of any other Democrat.
Can it be reasonably supposed for one
moment that these Republican papers will
be supposed that they will not fall upon
him. slander him. abuse him and vilfy
him. as they do all other Democratic cam
didates? Why: then, do, they want him
politicians in the State; and all the Replb-
lican newspapers in the State. want Mr..
Folk nominated on the Democratic tick
ct? Does any sane man suppose that they
desire his nomination because he will be
the strongest man that the Democrats
can nominate? Is II because they believe
that after nominating him they can beat
him? Or. Is i because in two elections in
the city of st. Louis he deliberately re-
fused to support his party. although his
failure to do so jeopardized the interest
OF tne ticket ana became tne local cam
paign issue? Do they want him nominat-
ed that he may be elected. and then con-
trolled by them after his election? Let
US see.
1900 a number of Democrats who were
anxious to nominate men of unusual in
tegrity and standing In the community. 80
might be made in the city, met together
and discussed the merits Of different men.
agreeing to support the best men that
they could find for nomination. was one
of those present.
HALVES GAVE FOLK
HIS OPPORTUNITY.
when the discussion turned upon the
ONCE of Circuit Attorney. proposed the
name Of Joseph w. Folk. He was un-
known to the other gentlemen present. I
Youched for his Democracy, spoke of his