The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-09-24

charges can be read in The confessions u
John A. Lee the records o. legislative In
trials for legislative and municipal norrup-
ton, and the records 81 the grand july
ana police investigations AZ Kansas CITY
and st. Louis.
PRESENT DEMOCRATIC REsPoN-
siBiLITY FOR THIS RECORD.
Nov. in this contest. I say again that 1
DO not want 20 be partisan. and I also
want 20 be entirely faif. ] want 20 do no
man, and no party an injustice. ] DO not
mean 20 charge upon the rank and ole o.
the Democratic party the responsibility
for this disEraceful condition Of police,
Legislative and executive corruption which
existed prior to 1904. A political party Is
TO be charged with responsibility Tor such.
a condition Of Affairs On It's past record
only as Il endorses that record or seeks
TO place again IN power the men under
whose management and control such con-
oiuOns we're allowed 10 arise and unnu
Now. upon that point what are the factsG
last Democratic Convention. Of which
the present State candidates were mem
beers. gave to the administration o. Stone,
stephens and Dockerv the very same en-
dorsement that Il gave % the administra-
tion Of Joseph W. Folk Name me a
membef q he "Old Guard" who gaa
active in the Affairs Of the Democratic
party Tor the twelve or fourteen years
prior 10 1903 who was not active IN this
NNAANN.NkA NLN Tue NOMINATION. w WHEEL.
s. Cowherd. co to at LouiE p see
there IN the primary election returns as
expression OF "Old Guard methods. ev-
dences that the 'Old Guard" has lost
neither its cunning nor Its power. Let me
read 20 you the testimony o. Ed Butler.
convicted By Governor Folk Of boodling
and sentenced 20 1--WE years IN the State
peniteutiary. but saved by a technical de-
cision o. the Supreme Court:
The only nan ] come out for before the
election" said Butler. was Cowherd Tor
Governor. wouldn't be surprised n nay
support made Cowherd ten thousand votes
IN St Louis and Eve thousand outside the
Then you came pretty near nominating
Cowherd. the interviewer suggested
y am not saying that, was the cau-
tious reply.
MY friends won. but that don't prove
that I am back In politics. ! don't have 70
be. ] have friends ali over town and they
know me wei euouEh 20 know what d
want II I had TO tel them every time.
vouldnt consider them worth much as
Whom viii your friends p for
Seuatnrg' the reporter asked.
Stone viii win" was the answer. "even
the preachers are getting on 10 Folk. His
10 hns made more drunkenness in 81
louis % n Sunday than was ever seen be-
fore Folk ven come within thirty thou-
sand votes Of Stone. For myself con-
n Butler. Il gave the most attention
~ "N AANaAAAAANE W. &AAkNNA ENHAAEH =
voted FOR Bass Barrett and Werner. /
cidn't care 20 vote Tor Dillon he goes %
church too much"
Do you want that kind O. a man 20 nom
mate your candidate Tor Governor d
YOU want your Governor under obligations
20 that kind q a man Tor bis nomination.
Now let me read 70 you the testimony
u laWlcr =, Daily. the Chairman OF the
Democratic City Central COMMITTEES On St
Louis az 90 The part that money pi7yed in
securing Tor afr. Cowherd his nomination.
Each ward committeeman who favored
Cowherd." said DAILY. was given one
thousand dollars Tor wand expenses
fThcre are t~WentY-eIEht wards In st
Daily. q committeeman were Furared
with Individual contributions. For exam
PIE. in one ward the committeeman. whose
name I win not mention. was allowed one
thousand dollars Tor campaign expendi-
tureE and also an equal amount Tor his
own personal use. a least $4,000 vas
employed by the Cowheui managers 90
carry ST Louis These are facts II is
true that / was Tor Dave BaH Tor Cover
nor, and induced my friends IN the Twen-
tN-eecond Ward 20 vote Tor him. Now
there ls 40 use hskinG me who gave ibis
money or VINO collected g. because the
nght u over and I am not yelling"
How much we're you and yOu asso-
on the Democratic City COMMITTEES
offered 20 support Mr.. cowherdT" DAILY
was asked
On. / don't know he replied, 'the
amount was 80 much that perhaps the
public would not believe e.. Things didn't
go Just right 60 suit me. but that "a no
reason why ! should have a grievance. N
I Was Colonel Rail. I would 80 home ana
q rest II miEht be nl right % con
test the primary. but II we're Colonel
Ball ! wouldn't DO a. The cards have
been played and there ia nothing Cor him
20 DO tut take his medicine. But they ten
that IN Kansas city one ward which
had HUnNNHmnEH M.a rnWa NHawrkmHH o. 80
iorly 81 i.50o. n that Is true. q beats
our Indian methods an hollow am not
s1ueailng: IN fact ] am perfectly salts
hed With things as they have happened
But what could any leader DO when be
up against that s26.ooo siush fund.-
The ward committeeman won't DENY that
got theirs. In one wand the commit.
tceman VAS paid 81 200 for cawpairn oN.
prn7ea; bceidcs that Eum be was allowed
$500 Tor Individual expenses. crrisef 40
g cent ltali wal a poor man and
there was nobody back o. him who gave .
dollar 30 Tar ns know. There was no
deal on me State ticket. Il was q struirht|
cut uEht and the cash won"
Now lct me read you some % these cleo
ton returns themselves tn Kansas City
ard 81 Louis in order that yuu may So
what WONDERFUL systsm la thst has
been Invented in Kansas Cin and sd
Z outs Tor the purpose 20 NOMINATING and
erting Tor the people their public Oh
~ The 7hird ward o. 81 louis. NJ
cOWherd was credited with l.5ta 4utes and
nNu with 81 IN 1925 upon the some
registration az the Etneral election. Iudee
Nondeon. who poled the highest vote upon
hrmocrauc state ticket received onlg
Tvs votes a cauNnss of this ward hy
thf police department under the direction
ni Governor Polk showed that NOT morr
rs per cent 81 those who were rt
az having voted fur Mr. Cowhpuf
really voted Tor him. Practically the same
vote was rFturned for the other candidates
the machine ticket as was returned
for SIR Cowhend The ST. Louis 'Repuh-
lin" the State nemocratlc oreau. on Frf.
Soy Augpst 2, isoS. sayA IN speaking q
'rhe vote % l.5t3 for Cowherd and 81
Tor nail On and ~ Itself o. not Incredible
when we Pass 90 che onlce % Lieuten-
.lnt-OoveruUr, Ne find The same disparity
Here we're 1859 VOTES Tor Mr. Painter IA
Carroll County. and iE Tor Kelley. the
blind lawyer of 81 Louis. Then wc havr
tbfl fnr Roach ~ Jasper County ana Is
Tor McGruth ~ g. Louis for the once ~
secreuaU - state A Sorry showing this