Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-11-26

Buuer ana Doo0le, FOLK VIII knoH.
Ask. Folk"
Call Circuit Attorney Folk.
Ask him to answer publicly wheth-
er the Democratic city ticket for
instance was the product of a con-
vention which was for or against e
the Doodle crusade and for or
against his work. Circuit Attor-
ney Folk can be reached without a
subpoena. Call Circuit Attorney
Folk"
Mayor Wells and others are
asking votes for the Democratic
nominees on the ground that these
men will not thwart the efforts Of
Circuit Attorney Folk and that
their success will not make the
work OF Circuit Attorney Folk
more arduous. If THIS BE so
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
OUGHT TO BE ELECTED. Is it
so2 Call Circuit Attorney Folk. He
is the best witness"
Circuit Attorney Folk Is easily
reached. Let The Republic put
him on the stand. Ask him wheth-
er the Democratic city ticket or
the city committee OF. the con-
gressional committee or the State
administration Is unfolding his
hands; whether the Democratic
city committee met his expecta-
tioDs or the expectations Of the
friends of clean government and
the enemies Of the Doodle gang.
Ask him whether he is publicly
supporting or will support the
Democratic city ticket The mat
ter is easily solved. II the Demo-
cratic party locally and otherwise
is for Folk and reform, Folk will
know. Call Joseph w. Folk"
AS a sample test whether the
Democratic tickets are under But
tier and Doodle control, The Star
proposes that The Republic refer
to Circuit Attorney Folk himself,
AGREEING TO ABIDE BY HIS
DECISION. The answer Thursday
morning is absolute silence, and
silence is confession"
These editorials and others Of sim.
liar import and the nightly statement:
made on the stump by Republican
speakers, who loudly claimal that Foil
was against the Democratic ticket ant
wanted the Republican :icks. elected
squaraly raised the issue of whether
Mr.. Folk would support the Democrat
ic party or not.
AS the campaign went on, some o
the candidates on the ticket and som,
of the party leaders became frightened
1ney thought that we might probabl!
lose the city ticket, and that the Stat
ticket would suffer heavy losses in ST
Louis, If Mr.. Folk did not make his 20
sition clear. Governor A. NJ. Doekery
Governor William J.. Stone. Colone
Moses C. wetmore, Major Harvey Sal
mon, and a score of 1ther Democrats
leaders out in the State besougat hin
to speak for the Democratic ticket, OF
if he were too busy to speak, to die
tate a statement that he would sup
port It.
This Mr.. Folk refused 20 10. wen
to him, so did Mr.. Thomas c. Hen
nings. chairman Of our campaign com
mittee, and almost every Democrat o
prominence in St Louis. lie gave u
evasive replies, sometimes saying tina
he would speak ard sometimes tina
he would not, bnt ne never did speal
or make 4 statement Finally, as III
situation appeared TO econe MGR
complicated, and Republican speaker
and the Republican press began TO de
vote their WHO'S time TO the questio
of whether Mr.. Folk would speak O
not. a meeting was arranged in III
Office Of Mayor Wells. The meetin
was ATTENDED, by Mayor Wells. judo
Vale Reyburn, Mr.. Folk and mysel
We went over The whole matter vii
Mr.. Folk, comparing the difreren; car
didates on the State ticket with the RI
publican candidates, the different car
didates on the City ticket with th
Republican City candidates.
We finally thought that we had pc
/ suaded Mr.. Folk of the necessity of h
saying something, and now state pos
J lively that he promised Judge Re.
, burn, Mayor Wells and myself tina
upon his return from jefferson Cit
, he leaving that night for the Capita
: he would either make speeches on Il
stump with Mayor Wells for the tick
. or would issue a signed statement asl
ing the voters to support the Democra
ic City and State tickets.
After this statement of Mr.. Folk, tt
Star was .eo~nspicuously quiet for SON
time, and we all waited anxiously fl
, Mr.. Folk to issue his statement or
make a speech. He returned from Je
ferson City and refused to do eithe
i Then again The Star commenced
/ editorials Of Call Joseph w. Foil
J or why does not Folk speak?"
: If Folk supports the Democratic tic
ct we will then know it is worthy
: support" and other like editorials. I'll
[ campaign closed. the election was bel
E and Mr.. Folk had not spoken for Il
{ Democratic ticket. But in spite of N
Folk and the Republican press u
ticket was elected by an increased m
iority.
= Practically the same thing occurrl
in the spring Of this year. when q
) Democrats elected a council ticket n
Folk was written TO and asked
speak. and he was solicited by person
request to make speeches for the part
AID he again refused. and again his r
fusal became a campaign issue in Z
City.
+. The only reason that has ever be-
obtained for Mr.. Folks failure to suI
. port the Democratic State and CT
i ticket was that his support Of the ticl
! ct would lose him personally the SUI
port OF the Republican papers in s
Louis.
This taeit trade by which he fall
10 support his party in considerable
Of the Republican papers supportir
him, was, in my opinion, an act
barter in which he sold his par
loyalty in return for Republican new
paper adulation.
Il IS now being claimed by some
Mr.. Folks friends that his refusal
support his party nominees was !
worse a political crime than the suI
port OF Rolla Wells for mayor. wi