The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-08-26

''"h 'f's'f stttt%ss1
st. Louis. Aug. i7-,Joseph ". Folk
has given out the following statement
In regard to tho Stone letter.
"sENATYR s,roNE SEEMS TO he
kNIfI' IL. IKE hGhsi diipiisn
I AROUND TRYING no CREATE 1Ilou-
Bib J. MOST rdPHA1lCALLY DENY
OH AIR. All.t.N ~ 90 On TiiE
TicISLT. on THAT I puHPosEp ANY
Al .ASchg pihsglih on ,.INpi'
0h fiiAr TIilnA Vas Any ALI:
"vhile 1 was no, aniriendiy to them
psfaynaill opposed their nomination,
~ prcfetrcd tho nomination OF men
who Had been ldsnunad with th's mJys
mont rgnld act ana wuula mol as
sumo ~. tpl'. 81 dictator, 40 I hld advo.
Gated the f'sht OF The nropic ~ select
theif own nominees. nna u would not
have been consistent lpf mo 10 dictate
10 the convention What II nhaul1 ID
With reareCt 10 the Other nominations
1T would not have beUu proper lot
me 70 nav. Hslt % TIE n iutionl You
ate mol eutnretont q Hoirct the other
nominees aud yol must name tho man /
had 70 eject and wogil only have iH-
VOWED nv la incoualaf lcipa,
"Mr goak and alt. Allen were nomi-
mated on the uckeL not fnCtusc I wanted
tnfm or NftIuNe ! al not want thUu,
bgt tneaus. tl.y had AIRED q majority
believed that hley wcfs th, best ladscs
~ o. Nhem should b. pso0d On ths
"Nhon the convention named the ticket
gave al Interview, which Nua pubinhCd
" ~, tng rip,rf. nretpNur o.. situation.
- al the nominees had pledged thru-
selves e. the platform and had agreed
TO in} ally support mo in Carrying out the
lyu.i'. hl4 gisauced H..i, u
fAith ! woulu un~heaiiauurly fny -.
Conference at u. southern.
~ week or 10 after he convention ar.
tclet appeared ~ the VuriouH pHptfs aay-
YAK tutt senator stone and uiugfu pro-
posed 10 fore. mo before the state com.
initiec TO make a statement there. Whun
TIE state connilttce meeting was called
wa asked Into a conference a. tho
sSss'H sssx ss's'' ss .ss,s es s.Ss. pr ssSs, sew r%.
enA. AZ. Naadt or. Sir Seibert. Af. Ale.
L.od Mr. Soek aud myselt -
TEhs sENN1oR STONE AKiiogAST.
ln DEaiANnED THAT 90 nEfuRE
TUE yoMMidItE. AND sAl ,1liAT
SS92ffnI iS illa or 1l4iAhTe Nou4I;R p3
iiHb XLgl.AY Exiiii sEb Mi
MidbhMi,sp bSSS SO Ti n,SiiArSy iffsEtNY SNg
amE TIEN. sAip iiE wXS GOING
ni.l okI I'LL fMNlIIEE MD DE-
ASI1oi.p i'm rs 90 AiiHh6' AND
DO AZ HE PLEASED THAT I WOULD
f22fEN III HHAbb ps5d;hhnT2IMsd2r No ,thb lN Wifi
SENATOR cOtkitELL. AND THEY
WENT OCT rogETliEl,.
IN a short while lhcy came back, and
an Interview. which Il Was my inien.
uon to gltv out tho following week. !
told hin had AND eSpseted TO give II
to him az 10 what 1 4hould do.
The next uty a local press represcnt.
aufe asked mo Tor an EXPRESSION Of rpin.
| gave TN Interview 20 him. The inter-
view ala not come out IN st. Louis. but
appeared ~ The Kansas cry star
LOUIS papers, ! had no objections To us
pcing. given ~ the Kansas city Star. aud
thry had a perfect RICH, TO send II there.
Inc other matter that appeared With the
interview was not minc hut the report
ers This WtsrvlOw repeated IN sub
stance what 1 had said ia ;hu staicmsnt
sven out lqst after tho adjournnsnt Of
the convention.
Stone ipcii-i Trouble.
II was told .a%ftcrward that senator
stone MAS melting this man TO question
ny. loyalty % the Ticket aud y demand
1ona bcing TO cmbarTass me "a much as
possible and Keep me from repcating my
attitude on tile ticket. 80 A. TO make All.
- - '"s 49, So fs'tNtFf's :. 4
tile platform.
All Of those controversies are plainly
intendcd 90 divert tho public mind IRON
the lssue on Which the campaign lot the
nomination Was c.ried on, TO collateral
disputes propose To Keep up tho nght
lust ar ! have from the beginning While
tho goNcfnurship II q great honor, II
and Ia achieving II that l must forfeit
my self-rcspect, | VIII keep my %sell-re-
senator Stone hos stated 10 friends
that he thought 1 had directed the at
tacks on him In the H. Louis papers aud
the Kansas city Star, This. Of course,
psrs, and they Judge Tor i~anselye- what
.Illls IS No DounT. THE ANIMus
pAgT oFriis TicRtT isfdnLXni.Y
roNvENIloS IT Worl.D~ nIT
giEdnu p Mns the o i4lsTg To q IIi4AyS
WIlEHE THEY CAN DO
MORE. HARM THAN AZ OPEN ENE'
Mcleod. statement.
Nelson ". Mcleod. who waa prsseat
the coniersnee. Issued a statement, ~
'"sensiSr stone Insisted that Mr, Folk
appear before tho state committee ana
define his attitude AS to the other can-
on tho dcact. Mx Folk declined
70 n 50 anS ,ssu ,hnn hn ma already
and that he wnnld do so again al u
Iutura time IN his own
rsESAI3H sTnoSE sEkmsp VEkY
bEFonE Tile sTATE CON.
MITrEE AND MAKE.A SPEECH AND
ALL On MIR. FOLK no pErEND HIS
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