The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-03
Week Will Be Spent i'll Hard Cam
paigning Among the =
0Zarks. "
REPUBLICANS DIS0RGANIZED.
Candidate in His Tours Finds
Many Men Who Will Desert
Their Party to Cast Their
Votes for Him.


Kansas City. Mo-. Oct. after uu-
usually busy and tiring campaign week,
Joseph W. Folk began upon another to-
night. departing for Houston, Texas Coun-
ty. where he will deliver the first of a
series OF South Missouri speeches BY
team and by rail he will go through the
toughest parts OF the Missouri range of
the OZarks, making two speeches n day.
ending the tour in the extreme south-
east corner OF the State, at Carutilsrs-
vile.
A retrospect OF the State campaign. con-
sidering the districts thus far visited by
Mr.. Folk, points to a condition OF total
disOrganzation among the Republicans
At first. when the Republican nomination
for Governor was mace. the average Re
publican merchant or farmer In the coun-
ties was disposed TO fall in line. The party
tie is as strong, or stronger, among Mis-
souri, Republicans than among Missouri
Democrats. But now this class is silent or
quietly advocating Folk.
The reason seems clear. They refuse to
indorse the campaign OF vilifcation and
personalities which have been undertaken
by the Republican leaders. They heard
much that is now said during the Demo-
cratic primary race. They refused 10 be-
lieve then. telling their Democratic friends
that every one OF them should vote for
Folks nomination. They refuse to believe
now.
A type Of the outspoken Republican
business man is Captain Ewart OF Mays
vile, Dekalb County. He is worth near
81 900. 600 His bed. in the rear OF his bank.
rests upon the top OF his vault. and this
vault is regularly stocked with more than
$4,000 in cash. He keeps five Winchesters
and as many pistols within easy reach.
The man who blows up his treasure chest
will also blow UP him and his arsenal,
Captain Ewart has his peculiarit.es. like
many bachelors, and is willing to admit
them: but no mans judgment in matters
political or financial rates higher In De-
kalb.
FOLK GOT SCoUNDREI-S.
He is a lifelong Republican-well
grounded in the faith. Yet he is counted
for Folk by all who know him. This is
what he says in his emphatic way:
"Scoundrels were at work and Folk got
'em; nobody else did or tried to. We've
seen enough to know that there's clean
ing out needed and, to my mind. Folks
the man to do it"
L met another and a younger man.,
James P. Baker. prominent az a Repnb-
was as positive and his Republican rec.
ord as clean. Farmers and merchants
names could be had in this connection by
the score IN North
by far a. majority OF them prefer not to
have their intentions published, winch 1s
natural.
There is the larger percentage fof, the
and wholly at sea upon the State situa.
tion Every county politician you meet
reports this as the state of affairs. 1t Is
disorganization. 40 far as the rank ana
also that many will not vote at all -
II is not disorganization. however, SO.
far as the Republican machine politicians
are concerned. They are preternaturaily
trick OF the game. The lies-they are
barefaced. uncompromising falsehoods.
with which they load the county organs
They use all those of the primary strug-
gle, and have a6ded some corkers;. Tor
instance, you are informed that Folk has
planned with Butler TO steal St LOUIS
5000 votes. They use such absurd fig
i,ses as "Cry fraud" "Nesbit law" and
either derisively call Folk the Holy One
or bluntly describe him as swiHeier 8 a,,;9e 9e
so strong. but, for the most part. fhey
exceed the bounds of decency, even as
that word may be limited in meaning TO
fit politics.
BOUND. BY OFFICES.
The active Republicans nearly all hold
some job. county or Federal, which COM
pels both strict party allegiance anu "orh
on their part Most Of these men are
pretty lively. The present State Com
rnittee and its chairman, certainly have
oiled the Republican machine well. and
were it not so fatally crippled by the
hostility Of the people it might travel far |
But Il does not talk Roosevelt. There
must be no presidential election for all 1t |
argues. 1t simply belabors Folk.
who's your leading Republican,
asked at Gallatin.
&C. NJ Harrison. the Postmaster, |
though he's down in st. Louis running |
the Publicity Bureau at the State Com /
mittee headquarters. |
Who's taking care of the Officer /
"a girl. a clerk. though the foreman, Of |
Harrison's print shop comes over once in |
awhile TO help with the mails.
What does the Office pay?" I
? Two Thousand five hundred dollars n |
year. 1t has a heavy mail and five rural +
routes. and one girl cannot handle the |
mail conveniently"
That's the way. The leading Republic |
an is ever the Postmaster. or wants to be. |
AS for the Democratic. organization. |
there was never better or more enthusi- |
astic. workers than, now or as many. of |
them. Scarcely vote will be lost in the |
country through desertiOns.- by reason Ell
ther of State or district dissension. |
Mr.. Folk left Maysville early this
lunched at ST. Joseph, dined a
Kansas City and started out over the
Frisco tonight. departing at $50 o'clock
HASTINGS McADAN
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