Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01
ABOt'T "RtE'ORN.'

ABOUT "REFOKM.
We hear a great deal these days
about reform" Not Democrat
not Il Repnblican-has any remedy
to offer Tor existing evils except PCT
ME- IN. Here We are within two
months Of the election. and what il
the is>,,-: Why. it i. Bryan Tor
1908"
The government j. rotten from IN.
ground up. In the cities. in the cr',ln-
ties, IN the states. in tn. uatiun-
wherever the prott has heel, put
rottenIe-. ha. Popped ont. And
yet they give ". BRYAN for l!Os"
90 scrap over
II l. needless tu go away from
home to cite corruptiOr Missouri
has il IN abundance. Take. for in.
stance. the excise commissioner of
IT. Loli-. Until recently this official
got all tn. income oi tl. utfirp-sav
about one hundred Thousand dollars
annually. !ut he got L with the un.
Outstanding that above - certain
amount--I felieve sII,.,sJU--,nu-t he
contributed TO the Democratic cam.
paigu fund. so there was something
like S1I.Hr stolen from the people
and used To corrupt voters The en-
else commissioner /. appointed hv
the governor. and IL. a,lnini.' r,.
tion At Jefferson City j. Responsible
Tor this steal. Your l'cal party Lead.
ers knew thar this wa. going on.
tid they tell you: II they did not
were they not parties 70 il?
What la. happen.d in police cir.
cTes in -. Louis I have told you in
part-"nlv a very small part. NJ
PAPER is too small 70 give details Of
such awful thieverv. 1t il enough to
say that the police wer. in cal,ont-
with the thi-ve. AMI crooks ui the
whole c'.utr.v. and these could op-r.
;.te At will by dividing with the po.
lice. One woman-Olli- Roberts
testified that during the worlds fair
III. stole over 2O.tHn'irom visitors
and gave hall 70 the police for pro
lection" The police department. 81
-. l.oui. i. under your governor.
The commissioner. who run theiorce
are appointe,! by him. Can you be-
lieve that he did not know ~ these
conditions: ] knew oi il and was
down here in Benton. 1t is a notori.
ous TACT that the police We're heavily
assessed FOR campaign funds. hence
part of the stealing. OF Olli. Roberts
and other criminals found it. wav
into the Democratic campaign fund
To save th- party" Coal oil in.
spectors. beer inspectors, anil all 9th.
er inspectors were created with
u sol- view OF making another hole
in which 20 stick another politicaI
parasite TO draw public monav-a
part Of which must go into the Dem.
ocratic campaign fund. .: what u-e
is coal oil inspector 50 long a. the
oil trust dictates his appoint ment
About hall the oil buy i UNIT tl
burn.
! DO you believe that yOpr luca
| Democratic leaders knew O; ch-s4
things? II thev did know and lid not
tell you, were they fair and bona.'
with YOU: II the Republican,, mad q,
a crooked step. they aud their organ,
were quick TO tell you. Why did they
not tell you OF the skuldusgery with
in their own Ranks?
II they did not know. would got
consider them safe and co.up-oeu
leaders?
Take either end OF the horn yo'
want, and there can be buo one an
swer. Either they wiliullv mi.led you
or else they were incompetent and ig
norant. The whole machinery O
state government was run in the in
tere>t OF "che party. and since th
county government wa> run in th
same way. guess they are NOT 81
"Drneu