The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09
Mr. Folks Springfield Speech.

the people ul Missouri de- In thu crisis
wli have an Influence tor good ul cyl.
Tor years to come, u,u assaulted aud
attacked hy those / have been pinru, u,
INK Auu have stood by m' luuT faith
Is an have. and whatever the outcome
may h". want 10 Keep that. | went int"
the office l now hold without any prom
ta" lp amy man amt under Civilizations
To none, ana II am called Co Ct higher
position. II must De under The same CON.
ultiDu- Propose to be- free 60 do my
duty as ! So" II tu my party and lD my
people. aud I shall not submit to- any
ruttugluE alliances
II ! am elected governor, the first ru-
NOR Of bribery around Jefferson tiN
VIII be- answered hy an investigation
thorough Hud complete, II hay" To- run-
duct II my S5rlf ! do not propose that
a corrupt lobby shall up"rut" Ia Jefferson
city and shall drive It from tho capitol
II any bill IS passed Tor sandhaEEiuE
purposes, or by the use uf money. | shall
not hesitate" To veto Il / shall not per.
NIT public S"ryiC" corporations to make
the legislature the tool Of corporate IN
tcr"sts. | shall So" that corporations and
All other interests. as well Ass individuals.
are treated fairly aud justly. They. us
well rs individuals, shall have an the
rights tn" law avCuTdS to them but Uu
murr. They SHAH have equal and exact
justice, hut no special privileges The
legislators FIRST step towards corruption
Is ~" railroad pass. The laws on this
subject VIII b" strictly enforced The
passage Of laws making IL a felony for
an official To- solicit "a bride and law"
compelling witnesses 10 testify to bribery
transactions Will bo recommended, ami
the passage 81 laws making all fran.
ChiEcs obtained by bribery void viii b.,
advocated, Recommendation VIII also BE-
mad" that the statute Of limitations Ia
bribery eases De- liked ut ave years
shall do my best to have the principle
u the initiative and referendum pat into
rnrct. a constitutional amendment Iru-
Niding for this Il now before the people
II TINS Is adopted, the people can by 90.
ttiun initiate new lcEisL,tiun. ar veto bad
legislation. With this law IN rfIrct, tn"
incentive to bribery Of Legislators VIII
b" taken away, IA what they do can br
undon" by the people
The policy Of my administration Will
be tu iay the burden VI taxation rquitr.
hly on All classes ~ property including
franchises
Laws protecting the rights 1T labor ~
well ~ the rights uf capital VIII be-
favored. The man who earns his INiug
by the sweat ~ his brow Is Just
~ honest and just AZ patriotic. with
purposes ~ noble az those of his EN-
pl"y"r. Each has rights that the other
should respect. ana that the law should
protect. The rights Of one before the
law should not bc greater than the rightH
Of the other
| shall recommend new laws on thu
subjects OF roads. and shall eudcaVor tu
provide system whereby good roads
can b" built from one end Of the stat"
To the other. AS one OF the steps In this
direction, | shall advise that the rail-
road commissioners be made state high
way commissioners. with authority tu
look after and oversee the construction
OF public roads
The police departments of st. Louis
Kansas city and st Joseph will not br
used In politics While they have the
same rights to political beliefs AS other
citizens, when on duty they shall be the
couservhtors of the peace and not poll.
ticians. ! shall do my duty to have cleo
tions 80 conducted that every Democrat
every Republican, every POpullst, every
Socialist. and every man of every party
ana of no party. may go to the polls and
vote Just Hs he plcasrs, without Interior
enCe from any source, The Democratic
party wants the ballot In Missouri hon
est, and fair and free, and desires pOlit-
icul liberty to reign supreme In this state.
| do not propose To build up machine
and shall see to II that members Of the
state committee are not office holders
under the governor, believe the hes,
machine any individual can have Is the
heart and conscience OF the people. II
he does right, he will have this. but
II he does not do rigR, he will not de-
NO DOODLE SUPPORT WANTED.
j do not want the support Of any
boodler ! expect and want all OF them
to fight me. and ] say this knowing full
wei, the forces they can control through
their wealth and sinister Influences That
is why | am making this race. Next
To tho honor OF defeating them Is tn,
honor OF being defeated by them. | want
the issue clean cut | had rather he de.
feHted without Doodle votes than elected
with them. Defeat without them would
be more honorable than success with
them. ] want my party to win as much
rs any man. but I would rather 1t would
go down to honorable defeat than VI
to dishunorable victory The party is IL
this fight for Il principle; that is what
this contest Is for. The Democratic party
believes honesty Is the best politics, "a
Ciple Of the Democratic party that viii
win. because 1t Is right.
II the Democratic party takes such a
stand M to make the boodlers bolt away
liens bolt towards II. When boodlers gel
on one side, good citizens should 80 on
the other, Boodlers are never divided
good citizens usually are. That is how
which party will the boodiers vote this
election? II does not take prophet to
tell they will be with the Republican
party. Good Republicans said u ycai
ngo that II the Republican manager
should invite Ed Butler to join the Re
publican party. they were going to gel
out and come over to the Democratic
party What are they going to do about
IL now?
REPUBLICAN CRITICISM.
Some OF the opposition criticised th'
prosecution Of boodlers, and asked why
was not this or that done We did only
the best we could, but do not criticisms
come with poor grace when II Is remem
bered that nobody had been prosecuted
before, and that there were no ofiicia
exposures whatever prior TO two and q
half years ago? | defy the Republican
managers. who are 80 free In findine
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