Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-08-22
Folks Machine.

Certain so called Democratic
newspapers over the State continue
to lambast Folk, thru good or evil
report.
The Governor is only human.
be is not immaculate, he may
make mistakes, but You better be
sure you are right before you con-
denim q man.
The Coal Co. Democrat, one Of
the most influential papers in the
State always fair aud conservative
has the following to say concern
ing the situation up at Knsas City:
In dischargiug Police Commits.
sioner Rozzelle Of Kansas City, and
thus disrupting the disgraceful
alliance between the police depart
ment OF that city and the Metro
politan Street Railroad Company,
Governor Folk is now charged with
a design to create a political ma
chine.
In casting off ROzzelle the Gov
ernOr also cast off Barney COrri-
gan, the manager Of the MeiropOl-
itan Street Railway Co. Barney
Corrigan aud Frank Rozzelle are
two of the oldest, best known, most
experienced and astute politicians
in Missouri. They have been act
| i've in State politics for thirty years.
This Metropolitan road is owned,
as is we'll known, by the Armours,
ia other words, by the Beef Trust.
Armour, who owns the beef trust,
also owns the Metropolitan. The
Governor, then, has thrown aside
two of the ablest politicians in the
State, and in casting them off he
has likewise cast off their financial
backing, representing some hun
dreds OF millions of dollars. lie
cast them off, his enemies say, to
form a political machine. And
who does he get in their placesf
Crafty and experienced politicansi
No. Wealthy corporation suppOrti
No. He gets none of these. In
the place of these astute, wealthy
and powerful interests, which are
discarded, he gets Elliot II. Jones,
a young lawyer who never went az
a delegate to a State convention in
his life, who has had absolutely nc
political experience, and who brings
to the office of police commission
err nothing but "A good reputation
a level head and n clear conscience
Political machines are made Of
stronger, if not of "sterner stuff.
In the face of the admitted facts
to accuse Governor Folk of an ef
fort to establish a machine in Kan
sas City is to accuse him of i'm
beeility.
The charge is silly. upon its face
it is self-evidently false and de
signedly malicious.
Why not recognize the true rea
son in the casef The recOrI
speaks. The evidence shows tina
unparalleled graft and corruption
existed in the Kansas City depart
ment. 1t shows further, as pro
ven by the police department an'
the street railway company. where
by the people suffered and the cor
pOration prospered. The Governo
terminated that alliance. III he hat
wanted q political machine, wha
would have been the natural ant
logical course TO pursue
Wonld any man have fired an"art
list" like Rozzelle and put in mer
political tyro like Jonesi ObviOnsl.
no. Would he have thrown ava
the support of the Beef Trust To-
that Of an all but briefiess barrister
Decidedly not.
What would you haye donef
IL you had desired to be honest
at all hazards. regardless of tn
personal cost TO yorself, and il 20
had desired to give to Kansas Cit
an honest. clean and decent ad
ministratiOn, You would have don
exactly as did the Governor.