The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-22
CHAIRMAN AK|NS
TALKS POLITICS,
Compliments Work of Bert d. Nor
toni in the NaturaliZa-
ton Cases.
HAS NO FOLK ENDORSEMENT.
Republicans Will Have Nominee
of Their Own for Governor
Invitation to Circuit
Attorney.
HAS NO FOLK ENDORSEMENT

1T is foolish to talk about the Republic
cans putting Joe Folk on their ticket"
said Chairman Thomas ]. Atkins of the Re
rr:blican State Central Committee in the
Ltndell Hotel yesterday afternoon. "The
men who have been talking that sort of
thing have been simply foollng away their
time.
We all like Folk. Why, to-day took a
petition bearing 800 names of Humansville
citizens to him asking him to address the
Pomme de Terre Division G. A. R. reunion
In our town August s. II he comes, he
will have an entire day to himself and be
the whole show. But there will be no poll
tics in the speech. just as Is the case with
the other speeches he is going to make
throughout the State
Some of the prominent Republicans are
talking good deal about Bert D. Nortoni's
work as Assistant United States District
Attorney. You need net be surprised to
see a movement for his nomination for Gov
ernor After you have examined the rea-
sons. you can see that there Is good sense
in the talk.
Bert went into the office in practically
the same manner as Folk. Like him. he
has discovered fraud of the grossest nature,
though in a different channel and had sew
eral men indicted. He has convicted them
IN the lower courts.
NoRToNrs GOOD WORK.
Right here is where Nortoni's strength
comes In. Let the Democrats nominate
Folk. as I suppose they will do in the end
Nortoni can 20 before the people with a
record Of having convicted those guilty Of
naturalization frauds and having the fur
ther honor Of seeing them put into the
Penitentiary. The Appellate Courts did
their work in Nortoni's case
with eighteen convictions. Folk has not
been able to get single man past the APP
pellate Courts. In other words, Bert has
delivered the goods and Folk can't put
single man to learning the shoe trade at
the Penitentiary unless the fellow has been
guilty OF something other than boodling
I'VE all know that Folk would no. ac-
cept Republican nomination. 1t would
mean political death. He is a Democrat
and of the strictest sect, stuck to Bryan,
and the only man whom he is known to
have bolted IS Jim Butler, and in these
days there are a good many Democrats
who do not blame him for having done that
very thing. 1t would hardly have been
consistent for him tc send the father to
the Penitentiary and the son to Congress
IL FOLK Is not nominated. there are a
dozen able Republicans who can beat any
other Democrat. hands down. Meanwhile,
We are raising some pretty fair crops down
our way and next month We viii! have TO-
600 old soldiers in Humansville attending
that reunion"
Chairman Akins's views on Folk may be
said to square, in a measure. with those of
Congressman Bartholdt. who recently gave
Interview in chi
he said nothing on earth could beat Folk
If he were nominated. To quote Bar
tholdt's words with exactness; lit will be
useless for the Republicans to put up a man
against him. as he would probably sweep
the Staten