Barbour County index., 1906-06-13

| tlOn they demanded and all they now
have, Mr.. Tucker processes to believs
that the only hope for producers and
refiners lies in the success of the demor
cratic party of which he is "a member
He became fixed: in this belief only afS
ter his futile effort to bluff Governor
Hoch into calling special session of
the Legislature. He is now circulating
petitions among people Interested IN his
seductive schemes piedglng the. signers
to bolt a part of the Republican ticket
This is probably the first! of the unim ]
portant and freakish schemes which
Mr.. Tucker will spring during the com ;
| ing summer"
| Mr.. fuckers reply is as follows:
=, CherryYale, Kan, May 21, 1906.I
Mr.. 7. A. McNeal,
Press Agent Standard Oil Co.,
| Dear Sir:
Through the courteSty of newspaper
| friend we have just come into posses.
| Sion of an extract from some matter
| which you are sending out which refers
directly to me. / was aware that the
Standard OIL company had appointed a
press agent in New York, but until l
read your contribution was not aware
that the corporation was represented IN
Kansas by literary bureau. 1t would
be interesting to know just how much
you receive for doing the press work of
the railroads and the Standard in this
state. Your charge that | % Demo-
crat is right in line with the methods Of
the interests you stand for Because l
have seen fit to endeavor to protect the
interests of the thousands of stockhold-
ers of the Uncle Sam Oil company in
lfhQr / MI I,r
in the ranks of the Democrats and Pop.
ulists. Who gave you the authority to
read me out of the Republican party?
Let me tell you right here that if YOU
attempt to read out bf the Republican
party all of the men who refuse to swal
low part of the dose fixed mp at Topeka
by the interests you represent, you will
find that you have, undertaken an enor-
nous contract and you had better touch
the wires for help;
tan age when most boys are enjoy
ing bOylsh sports L was helping a Grip
pied father whose woundsiwere the re
suit of fighting his countrys battles,
and whose Populistic tendencies were
the result of the wrongs done by the
crowd of which YOU are the volunteer
spokesman, the corporations. When
the opportunity came for me to show
my cOlors cast my first vote for VIM.
Mckinley and one OF the proudest days
of my life was when | marched down
the street carryingtbe banner of the
Grand Old Patty and hufrahlng for
Mckinley. l mention these facts for
the purpose of showing that my affilia-
tion with The Republican party was not
for revenue only ,ahd that ID more than
1 can say for some of the Interests you
| represent anu whose seaf appointed
press agent you assume to ;be.
When was the law passed that pro-
hlblts the people OF Kansas from petl-
tioning their chief executive to call the
| legislature IN special session that some
much needed laws might be passed?
| Thousands of good people in this state
joined In that REQUEST because they
feared that the very thing thai did hap
pen would come tOip8ss. Had the ahtI.
pass and direct primary lplans been
made into laws we Weuld have had no
such scenes as occurred at Topeka at
the Republican conventionI when the
railroads dominated the wHele proceed
lngs from soup to nuts. BecauseII took
a part IN thus petltioning the Governor
according to you | hm no Repub blican.
How about the thousands Of Republi.
cans who joined In that movement? ?
Are they to be read out Of the party
with me?
The best evidence that am Repub-
llcan, perhaps, lies In the fact tnat
shall vote for you. LIDO NOT consider
that your position has any bearing on
the point at issue so you can be assured
of that one vote at {east. When il
comes to the candidates for lieutenant
governor and railroad commissioners
as Klpling says'Thatis another story. .
Now word about the seductive oil
refinery proposition Why should II
not be seductive? The ten; thousand
stockholders in Kansas see ih the Uncle
Sam proposition at least an honest ct
fort to do business in the face Of the
opposition of the most aggressive and
mammoth aggregation of ;capital In
the history of the world. qhings have
been done and the stockholders In some
Of the companies which have long since
passed in their checks,one oil which had
the distinguished honor of .haYlng YOU
for sponsor, have long since Kissed
their money good bye. There have beer
so many failures In the. Oil business thai
any proposition that bears evidence of
Delng successful is bound to be seduc.
tive. In fact it lOOkssso seductive 70
people who have theiE money lnvesteG
IN The Uncle Sam COMPANY that they
are quickly alive TO any condition, DO
litical or otherwise, which threatens tc
harm the growth and the strength of
the company. That is why certain mem
bers OF the Republicans ticket noninat.
ed at Topeka and who are supposed Ia
be allied with the railroads and al
trust, have failed to win the support O.
some OF the stockholders of The EncI,
Sam Oil Company and mysslf. Thev
like myself, will refuse to be read ou
OF the republican party by any self
constituted press agent whose avn
pathies are known to be with the cor
porations. Ii the attempt ID keep th,
advantage the independents oil mer
have gained in this state comes unde
the head of 'freakish scheme'' then
Mr.. McNeal you are quite right wheI
you state that Tucker will spring othe
freakish schemes ere the leaves f,eoi,
to turn.
In conclusion wish to cali vour at