The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-13
REED DELIVERS
SPEECH ON. DOODLE,
Makes Jnferential Remarks Con
/. corning Circuit Attorney
Folks Recent Address.
SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC IN PARTS.
SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC IN PARTS
Work of the st. Louis Antiboodle
Crusader Referred To = Ad-
dress Before G.. A. r.
s." Reunion at Olean. i
BY A STAFF coRREspoNprNr

BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT
olean. Mo-, Aug. 12-Mayor James A.
Reed Of Kansas City spoke on boodlins
at the seond days session Of the c.
A. R. reunion here to-day. Between 4.Ooo
and 5000 persons were in attendance, a
large number Of old soldiers and their fami-
lies camping out for the four days OF the
meeting.
has been the custom of the reunion
each year to have a prominent Democrat
speak. Last year Governor Dockery vas
the chief orator. To-day Mayor Reed was
met at the station by Doctor w. 8. Alice
and other prominent Miller County Demo-
Gratis and escorted to the olean Hotel.
where the hostess. Mrs Currence, gave a
banquet. Mayor Reed was interrupted by
the usual picnic noises during part of his
speech and an approaching rainstorm drove
good part Of his audience away before
he had finished his talk Of an hour and a
quarter.
WHERE BooDLING
FIRST CAME TO LIGHT.
He spoke. in part as follows:
|. This boodling business first came to light
In st. Louis. where, as / understand it.
under n Republican administration. some
gentlemen wanted to steal something. They
put the Doodle In a bank and each side kent
key. Then when the goods were not de-
iivered through no fault Of theirs, some of
me boodlers went and told the Circuit At
torney. He very properly dragged them
before the courts, and hope every last
one Of them who is guilty will be convicted
and sentenced to serve the utmost limit
of the Law.
Then came the charge that there was
corruption in the legislature. Lee con-
fessed, to what i don't know. We don't
try defendants by popular Alamor or in
.he newspapers. am not defending any
ooooiers. but the united voice of the peo-
PIE demands that there shall be a fair trtal
ana speedy one. and that no guilty man
shall escape.
You talk about sandbaggtng Who was
II mat taught this art? II you get down to
Inc core OF the proposition. think that you
wiz ma tnat the paid railroad lobby is re-
sponAoie, there is the seat Of the infamy.
There are some who cry that every one
Is corrupt. II remember rightly, 1t was
EhJah who cried In the wilderness: 4 am
tne only righteous one Bosh! When any
scoundrei, Tor political purposes impeaches
the honesty OF good men. he ought to be
put right alongside in the same class With
sac ooouASAS. 4HeIe mas Deen nothing 10
show that single dollar has been stolen
from the State by a boodler The great mass
OF men has been absolutely faithful. Sun
pose hve or SIX, or even q dozen, have sold
their honor. does that condemn all? Christ
had twelve disciples, and among them was
Judas. Benedict Arnold tried to betray
his country. Yet. the country is safe. Cath
ole priests have proved recreant, yet the
church is not to blame. Who purKes the
church! So will the State purge itself.
REMEDY IS TO ELECT
TRIED AND TRUE MEN.
Let's don't be dyspeptic. Let's be glad
that the scoundrels have been found out,
The only remedy IL to elect tried and true
men. Then I'd pass a law that whenever a
railroad or any other corporation was
proven In court to have maintained a paid
lobby for corrupt purposes the right Of that
company to do business in the State would
be forfeited and the property connscated.
II have no sympathy with the man who
says: You must enlist under the banner of
decency or the banner ,of Doodle. Who
carries the banner OF Doodle? There could
not ten men be found who would march
under such banner. There Is no politics
on this question. The peoble are honest.
Who II 1t that says that there Is q banner
OF Doodle? who Il to enlist under the ban
ner OF Doodle? We have been betrayed
by few men. We win Try them In strict
accordance with law. The world isn't com
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