The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-28
Mr.. WALBRIDGE DECLAIMS.
The Republican Candidate for Governor
and Assistant U. S. District At.
torney kortoni Speak In
Pennington.

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Pennington,
The Repu blcan candidate for
Governor, Mr., Walbridge of st.
Louis, made II speech in Farming
ton Tuesday afternoon to a mixed
audience of about 800. He was
accompanied by Mr.. Nortoni of st.
Louis, Assistant L. s. District At
torney.
Mr.. Wa!bridge is a prudent and
successful business man, but as Il |
campalgner or speaker he prob
ably does not fill the bill. He made
no allusion to national issues, con-
filming himself to general PROPOSE
tons about honesty, public and
private. Nobody could question
his statements concerning the fact
that corruption in Office is Il dan
gerous thing aud must be met with
the disapprOval of all honest men
OF all parties. That was n state
mcnt that every Democrat ap.
proves. He said that every citi-
zen should have vote and have it
counted In this he is applauded
by all honest men.
But Mr.. Walbridge does not ap.
prove of Mr.. j. W. Folk. Mr..
Folk is insincere" and is also n
corrupt man" pretending to
stand for purity in public life, ne
cording to Mr.. Walbridge. His
prosecution of criminals is mere
bluff. Mr.. Walbridge said: Il
am seriously in carnest-if you will
make me Governor ! will do all in
my power to set things right, "
But when Mr.. Walbridge was
Mayor of st. Louis the leading Re.
publican organ, the Globe Demo
crat, openly charged in its editor
als that St. Louis official life was
so corrupt that bribery was a daily
matter in the city council. Mr.,
Walbridgc must have read those
editorials. Vet, neither his admin
istrati0n nor Mr.. Xcigenhein 5
| purged the city. Then came a
Democratic landslide and-t'olk
No one questions Mr.. Wal.
bridge personal integrity, but We
shall have to think of these thing,
awhile.
Mr., Nortoni, being a lawyer o.
some rcputc, made better ant
more amusing speech than did Mr.
Walhridgr. In order to make his ef
fort funny and inject a little life int,
- the audience, Mr.. Nortoni mad
several wild statements that no on,
b. would take seriously AS for tn
p figures he used with regard to vot
ing precincts and some obscure of
ficiaIs or candidates in st. Louis
we presume that the liberty he tool
with facts was only in fun and no
at all meant seriously.
MIR. Nortoni said that Mr. FOIL
, had no corner on honesty an,
10 righteousness. Every Democra
y and Republican in Missouri agree
with him. Mr.. Nortoni has him
). self shown that he is possessed o
? official energy and integrity. II
49, prosecuted naturalization frauds il
St. Louis with great zeal, and ever
good Democrat applauds him 10
it. It does MOI seem just the de
cent thing, though, for man q
Mr.. NOrton's own record in prose
cutting corrupt politicians to insin
u nate, nay openly assert, that Nj
!. Folk is II prctender and has len
h. himself to fraudulent practices
hold office.
Mr.. NortOui said that Mr. Fol
is allied with the Butler India
gang, when every citizen in ST
:. Francois county knows that But
!, lcr's paper, the st. Louis World
ID has libeled Mr.. Folk in Il crimini
ID manner for months, yet Mr.. Fol
~ ignored it. Who but j. W, Fol
+ has utterly destroyed that for
= gangs influence in our great Mis-
~ souri, city,
70 1t is a dangerous thing to imput
IN fraud to a man like Folk. When
N is well known that none of hi
= predecessors ever lifted a hand t
m free st. Louis of its official villainy
Mr.. Nortoni joked and smile
,r broadly at the results of Mr.. Folk
Il. prosecutions. There are man
ii men in st. Louis, and Canadi
rs Mexico, France, nay, one a mil
III onaire in New York. who do NJ
h. smile. Smile on, Mr.. Norton
ID But Missouri is on trial. The pee
no pie love n man who can sho
IN them"
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