The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-23

Hadley Flags Cowherd and SUGGESTS that He Make
His Speech in n Nearby Cemetery.
Suggests That Hi. Democratic Opponent Explain Some Things to
the People Concerning His Own Political
Alliances and Record.

sdTne pldtIOIm at JdChSOH, III SdpS 'io
deau county, September &c. Democratic
newspapers have represented that Cow
herd won a victory there. A staff corre-
spondent of the Kansas City Star. an in
dependent paper, who was present, gave a
correct report of the occasion and the
speech Of Mr.. Hadley, as follows:
jackson, No., Sept 26.-That Herbert
S. Hadley is more than the equal of w. S.
Cowherd on the stump was abundantly
demonstrated here today to a crowd Of
about 1000 persons when the two met as
speakers at the homecoming of the peo-
pie of Cape Girardeau county Mr.. Had
ley did not know that he was to meet his
Democratic opponent until he took the
train at st. Louis this morning, but the
lack of preparation was not evident in his
speech.
The meeting was held in the city park.
Hadley was the first to speak and kept
the platform about an hour. He followed
somewhat along the lines of his opening
speech, but injected into it much that was
new. He spoke of the part that Cape Cir
ardeau county had played in the history
of Missouri and of the record Of Missouri
as a pioneer in settlement and the develop
ment of the West, and that in recent years
it had been a pioneer in the correction of
public evils and abuses in industrial and
commercial affairs.
At Home With the "Ghosts."
After reviewing the results of the last
primary and telling of the fraudulent
votes that were cast and particularly those
cast by dead men for Cowherd, Mr.. Had
ley said:
81 feel that out Of Difference to Mr..
Cowherd we ought, when he begins to
speak, to adjourn to the cemetery, which
is about a block away, as he is so popu-
lar with ghosts he would probably feel
more at home there"
This sally brought long and pronounced
laughter and applause. Again. in speak
ing about Mr.. Cowherd's charge that Mr..
Dickey is connected with the Sewer Pipe
Trust, Mr.. Hadley said that Mr.. Dickey
and II. M. Rubey, chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Committee, were associates
in an important business enterprise. Mr..
Cowherd interrupted by asking:
do you mean that they are interested
in the sewer pipe business?"
NO" said Mr.. Hadley, Il don't mean
that, but if Mr.. Dickey was violating the
criminal laws of the State, and Mr.. Rubey
was his partner in anything, l would sup
pose that you would run him off your
committee, like Roosevelt ran Haskell off
the national committee
The crowd, while slightly Democratic
in numbers, was equally generous in APP
plause. Mr.. Hadley's speech was sim
gularly free from partisanship and many
Democrats Joined as heartily in the ap-
plause as the Republicans. Mr.. Hadley
spoke in a complimentary manner of Gov
ernor Folk, as the Governor spoke very
kindly of Hadley yesterday in his speech
here.
Cowherd on Ball and Wallace.
Mr.. Cowherd spoke for an hour and
forty minutes in reply. His speech being
largely a repetition of his previous utter
ances. He spoke of the charges of Mr..
Ball and Judge Wallace that his nomi-
nation was stolen for him as the "vapor-
ings of sore-headed politicians sweating
under the sting of defeat"
Mr.. Cowherd, much to the surprise OF
the many Germans in the audience, said
that the in st. Louis would favor
any man for Governor who would let them
violate the law by keeping their saloons
open on Sunday.
Mr.. Cowherd seemed to take great Of
Tense at Mr.. Hadley's argument. Severa
times he interrupted and showed consid,
cradle anger. Hadley was in the happiesI
frame of mind and kept the people goot
natured. Mr.. Cowherd never smiled once
never had one single good word to say o.
anything or anybody, and closed with
terrible TRADE against everything tina
seemed to conflict with his views.
Mr.. Hadley said in part:
cowherd Claimed the Last Word.
When / accepted the invitation to b.
here today / was advised that Mr.. Cow
herd had accepted an invitation to speal
Thursday. am advised, however, tina
he informed the committee that he coul'
not come Thursday. but would come to
day II given an opportunity to speak afte
me. And yet. yesterday. according to tn
Democratic press, he spent the day in 81
Louis, resting up for this occasion, an
trying to fix up an answer to several ques
lions I have asked him.. I am reminds
by Mr.. Cowherd's action in this matte
of his similar action on a similar occasion
We were both advertised at a politica
meeting in our own county of Jackson
and he was advertised to speak before me
When the time for the speaking arrive
Mr.. Cowherd did not make his appear
ance, and the chairman announced that h
would be unable to speak on account c
sickness. I, therefore, began my speech
but / had not spoken fifteen minutes be
fore Mr.. Cowherd appeared on the plat
form, and after I had finished he ad
dressed the audience without the slightes
suggestion of physical weakness.
HE also is trying to do the same thin
at the State Fair, refusing, as / under
stand. to speak there next week unless h
can speak after me. Although Mr.. Cow
herd has had five years more of publ
service thar have /, although he ha
served eight years as a member of Con
gress, / am entirely willing to give hiI
every opportunity in the world to answe
the charge of David A.. Ball that he, M