The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-29
Members of Republican State -As-
suciation Displeased With DIS
tribution of Cash.
ATTEMPT TO BUY FOREMAN.
One Publisher Tells of an Effort
To Take Advantage of Employe
During His .tbscncr-DicL
~ for kercns.

Pepubliran editors may try 10 purs.
themselves os the stories that are hoing
told OF the Use nf money in connection
with the seratorship vner the Republi-
I can state Editorial Association meets in
g. Joseph tomorrow
YESTERDAY the Indignation! of the better
clement anons the editors was expressed
irecl" over The facts disclosed in TIE Re-
public regarding rho iaviSh distribution OF
cash in rari0US parts of the State.
That papers should 10 approached with
the idea that they are for barter and sale
Is not 4 popular idea at the present time.
The reform Increment in Missouri has
aroused the popular conscience TO the
danger. As one Republican editor remarked
yesterday. We have not forgotten what
john 4 Lee wrote to u. J. Kelly about
distributing s. and $40 bills around among
the country editors.
Members OF our association are under
suspicion. OF course. it Is hard ,or rs tn
determine just who has been grating {.
anyone has. but. considering the attitude
the editors have been placed in. 7 think
1t ia no more or less than our duty 10
express ourselves forcibiy on the subject.
Another story concerning the use Of
money in the senatorial campaign came
10 Eight yesterday from a country editor
who was in the city.
saw the statement in The Rerri1ifr
ms morning about certain men who hav..
'rrh approached with money offers" H..
SAID i know PERSONAL: OF ono of rhs fr,
stances recounted. but / have a more ia
innate knowledge Of another instance thar
came close home 10 me.
I have been absent from home a r,nnI
zeal OF late \ Young man has charcs -
my WttHLy paper during ny absence. The
Gay os11te NE last issue was TO be print
tu close friend Of one Of the senatorial
Candidates went TO him and wanted him
10 insert cut and laudatOry sketch of
ms candidate. pledgins the paper 10 his
REFUSED TO PUBLISH
Ny assistant refused to publish it. To
him was offered practically any sum of
money he might name if he would do so.
He sti!l refused. Then this man went TO
my foreman that night and asked him TO
90 so Surrsptitiousiy- Though my fore
wife was very sick. he stood steadfast.
he was told that he would receive
enough to enable him 10 loaf for couple
OF years II he would take advantage OF
ths opportunity He was even followed
back home to the side Of his sick wife.
and the offer Presented again. / am
proud TO say that my foreman, tempted
as ne was. was not for sale. That fact
prevented the opposition 10 make it ay-
pear that ] had been seen" J"
The Republican Editorial Association
viii be in session two days. Some OF the
editors are resolved TO go to the bottom
OF the matter. ana if some very warm res
olut!ons are not discussed in connection
win the senatorial campaign, 1t will be
a surprise to some OF those who have. kept
posted on the subject
DICKEY FOR KERENS.
Walter S. Dickey and Congressman-elect
E. c. Ellis Of Kansas City were in the CITY
yesterday Mr.. Dickey has finally come
down of: the fence and told his friends for
publication that he ts for Kerens Mr..
Dickey has been interested in business
with the former National Committeeman
while his relations with Nr. Niedringhaus
are purely OF a social nature.
Representative \. \. Spesr OF Usage
County Is in the city with the Auditing
COMMITTEE. examining the accounts of the
various state offices located IL St Louis
He Is candidate for Speaker.
,o am am not making an, an active canvass.
that the present conditions can best be
turned to my advantage IL | do not enter
into an active contest for the place. How
ever. some OF my friends are working
hard and I am not exactly in the receipt
i've stage. i do not believe the serlatorShip
should enter into the fight have not Dc
clared myself in that contes-- Ny record
for conservatism. common sense .'u6 ex-
perience IS my chief .laim 70 the ronoT.''
Mr.. Speer voted for r. c. Kerens for
the minority nomination two years ago.
him now. The speakership caucus will hs
held next Tuesday or Wednesday night.
At the beginning. the fight Will probably
be between Pettij0hn OF Linn Hill uf
Butler and Tubbs of Gasconade.
Both Niedringhacs and kerens will go 10
St. Joseph tonight. Mr.. Parker will re
main in 81. Louis and receive callers at
his office. BY next Monday. it is expected
that jefferson City will have more Repub-
licans on the townsite than at any other
time in its history. not excluding conven-