Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-18

Record of the Republican Nominee
For State Senator.

1t has never been the policy ot
the Independent to antagonize any
candidate of the opposite party on
personal grounds, but it recognizes
the fact that a candidates past
record as public officer is as
much the property of the public as
are the books of the Recorders
office or the records of the County
Court. 1t holds that the people
are entitled to facts IL regard to
any candidates former public acts
while holding Office, so that they
can reach correct conclusion as
to his fitness for the position he
now seeks. In presenting the
record of former official who
again comes before the people ask
ing them to entrust their interests
in his hands he is entitled to have
the facts fairly and fully stated.
This also is only justice to his con-
stituents. This the Independent
will endeavor to do in the case of
VIM. P. Elmer, of Dent county,
who was elected to represent that
county in the lower house of the
General Assembly in 1902. The
journal OF the House shows that
Mr.. Elmer was absent at 1872 roll
calls. There were forty measures
affecting the corporations doing
business in this State. When each
OF these measures was put upon it's
final passage, Mr.. Elmer was
absent and did not vote. There
are other measures upon which he
did vote as will be seen further on.
Dent county was without rep
resentative for fourteen days, or
one-fifth of the entire session.
Mr.. Elmer was absent when
House Bill No. sos, relating to
roads, highways and bridges in
counties having township organi-
zation, was put upon it's passage.
When State Bill No. rs was up for
passage Mr.. Elmer was not pres
ent and did not vote. This was
an act to amend the laws govern
ing the Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. 1t extended the
authority of the Commissioners
giving them power to fix, main
tain, establish and reduce rates.
This is measure which met the
demands of the people.
When the substitute for Senate
Bill No. 76 was put upon it's pass
age Mr.. Elmer was again absent.
This was measure giving ship
pers reasonable time to load and
unload cars and the railroads were
given a reasonable time to furn-
nish the cars after they were or
dered.
He was present, however, when
House Bill No. 1866 came up for a
vote. This was a measure that
required railroads to furnish eff
fective service on all night trains
as we'll as day trains at the differ
ent stations along their lines. On
this proposition he voted No.
When House Bills 50 and 225,
and substitute for Senate Bill No.
8, were voted upon Mr.. Elmer was
absent. These bills prohibited
corporations operating smelters,
mines and underground plants
from working men more than eight
hours out of the twenty-four, and
that eight hours shall constitute a
days work, but when House Bill
399, which provided that any labor
or for a corporation who should
be discharged by the company
should receive a written statement
of the cause of his discharge was
put on it's passage Mr.. Elmer was
there and voted No. Thus virtu-
ally upholding the black list.
Mr.. Elmer introduced House Bill
No. $40, which would have enabled
the apple growers of his district to
obtain special car load rates, a
measure worth thousands of dol
lars to them; after getting a favor
able report upon it he never called |
it up and allowed it to sleep the
sleep of the unrighteous.
Mr.. Elmer was present and voted |
No on Senate Bill No. 324, which
provided that fifteen cents should
be levied on each thousand dollars
of the capital stock of the corpor-
ations doing business within our
borders, a measure that would have
put more than a hundred thousand
dollars into the revenue and school
funds of the State.
MIR. Elmer was not present when
action was taken upon the Joint
and concurrent resolution demand
ing that United States Senators
should be elected by direct vote
Of the people. He failed to vote
upon the resolution calling for an
investigation of the charge that
members of the Legislature were
riding upon passes during the
session. This is Mr.. Elmer's
record in part as shown by the
House Journal. When he did hap
pen to be present his vote appears
to have been with the corporations
and not with the people. Are the
facts straight? If they are, ought
ne to have the support Of the voters
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