The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-18
Says: THE Gauntlet Has Been
Thrown Down and | Hurl 1t
Back Into Their Faces
'lT IS A FIGHT TO THE END
Says the Governor Has Been
Working With "thc Butler
Hawes Combination n'-Caus-
tic About st. Louis
Primaries.


REPJ Bl>lC, SPECIAL.
Kansas City, Mo-, March 17.-When the
fun text of Governor Dockery's statement
was read to Joseph ". Folk at Thayer
Mo-, yesterday, he made the followine
! statement to a correspondent of the Kan.
sas City Star:
I am glad that Governor Dockerv has
at last decided 10 come out and fight in
the open. That he has been working with
| the Butler-Hawes combination has been
| evident to all who have been watching
| the political conditions for the last two
months.
respite his assertions of neutrality. the
attitude OF the appointees of the State ad-
rnrls @ dIl9n mas shown more plainly than
words could what the position of the Gov
erIlor was As long ago as last sumner
IN speech at Lone Jack, Governor Dock
by seolndis uelned MS ATTITUDE in the Doodle issue
~ dpologizlng for the corruption thai
nad been going on by saying thai il had
iiot cost the people anything
ne might Just as well have winked at
saulted and have told him % not 0h to oo1a- se
stolen. ie! hau oeeh
.nG The political situation in Kansas CITY
and St Louis should alarm every G,as ps.
Irlouc citizen. The serfs of Rnssia ba,.a 20
,as, political freedom than the anti
ess snaelhe Hiit. Democrats of st. Louis and Kan
- The thugsery and brutality with which
me me LH1achlne sought to beat the anil
sa'nHe St. Louis Democrsts lass into submission in
tolerated in the most desnoticu ,!n,.rt, h0t De
mn, I,ient OF earth. AS the police seemed to
na,,e rlawe tolerated these outrages and as the
appointed bv W"fSe dSe G, ths control of a board
io,s St. Louis nave no remedy by their hal.
Iots, except In common with the neonIa
to to the me eGtire Gate State They can only look
to
them oiu oppressed
condTGt Gnless s. he is held responsible for the
sas city and st. Louis, there is no nna ra
SI sPSoInsipIe That is what l meant when
sant saIa that the Governor must confess re-
IS 1T is not or q onasIio oanekIni0wiedge incompetency
any individual received or did NOT recei,e
OF Tree people to exercise their frsncbise
without interference. - 'iiiSe
One would naturally exneo, tho. 49,,
SoveTnor OF the State would deplore the
inlu5anty and ruftianism that charactere
eu be Ine 81 Louis primaries Saturday hut
ne seems SO bound TO the influence thai
carried car on these outrages that he flies in
Sacs Sne iacs OF decency, and personaIIy in
oorSes .!T, an that took place.
him to say that axe Dssa ssou,g gel H.. enough for
iSa.e9 Ts,, mere because 1 did not vote for
Jim Butler, but that certainly is no eSl
vuse use tor ,t tnsating and smuggling citizens who
The riot and disorder in st, Lnnis Sat
~ 1T dlsgrace enough without having
e,,. sne aaaoitlonaI humiliation of the chief ex7
ing t. ~ '''e'y sanction
The Governor seeks to justify the on
IN etpns thas OF me s.. Louis Indians by say
isOs Tor the party. I saw Governor Dock
en- twice In that campaign The first finne
me the question OF making speeches on the
schet was not discussed. The next time I
saw the Governor was a few days hefore
the election. He asked me to give an in
re terylew We t, showing that 1 was not opposed
This 1 did, and my interview NAV he
Iound IN The st. Louis Republic of No
vemDeT Ven =. lsO2 saying, in effect. that /
Democrat and always expected To he ona
ana as such would support all the nom,
inees on the. Democratic ticket except
nnose Iro dominated by the influences i was
lows: as ioi-
The time has come for the peopIe 70
smash that ring which has grown arro.
CANT by long lease of power. Ought NOT
ring that uses brutal methods. that
seeks seek to ride over the people rough-shod,
submission. be smashed by the manhood
Of the Democratic party?
Ihere are two great issues before the
Of corruption that has existed in official
life; the other, political freedom from a
tyrapical IrT and oppressive machine.
nave made no attack upon the DEM
ocradc party. / have assailed corrupt
men In the party and shall continue to at
TACK them, II there be wrongs within the
party L think the party is fully compe-
tent to correct its wrongs. and I believe
we should do our own housecleaning and
not wait for the Republicans to clean us
out. US
, The issues are made the gauntlet has
been thrown down. I take 1t up and hurl
II INTO their faces. There can be no COM
promise. 1t is fight to the end