The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-06-19
THERE'LL BE A LID ON
WHEN BALL Is GOVERNOR
Strict Enforcement OF the Law His
Policy-He Declares His Position
on Several Important
Questions.

u"sday afternoon To II Jorge audience
that filled tn" seating capacity Of
. the Court House, and for an hour
and half he held their closest at
trution. The strain Of the campaign
Is beginning to tell upon him. Tues
day night he delivered an argument
in n law ease in which hc was en-
gagged at Bowling Green, and from
the close Of his speech that night
until he arrived at Pennington short
| ~ after the noon hour, he was on
tn" train almost continuously. He
remarked to friends that he had
slept but three hours and that he
was dead tired, " which fact, how
ever, he managed to conceal from
his hearers.
Mr.. Ball was introduced lbs W. :.
Anthony, Esq, in brief and we'll
worded speech After some refer
ences of personal nature bearing
ON his individual career, the init
alive and referendum, novel So
luton Of the sO-called schoOl-book
evil In Missouri, the tariff, local
self-government on the liquor ques-
tion and the financial system were
the principal topics to which Mr..
Ball turned his attention.
That the people, the voters, should
have the right to pass upon all leg
islation before it should become the
law Of the land, was the position
taken by Mr. Ball at the outset Of
his speech, and he declared fatty
for the initiative and referendum.
: The much discussed school ques-
! ton, which has come into great
prominence as the result Of chance
remarks by the several candidates
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor, was carefully reviewed
by Mr.. Ball, who, after asserting
that he was already preparing his
, message to the next Legislature, de-
scribed method whereby he would
drive the school book trust from
Missouri.
The creation of commission to
: prepare and adopt IA series of school
, books for use in the schools of the
State of Missouri is the first step
in the solution proposed by Mr.. Ball.
The next step, he declared, would
he Tor the State toproceed to publish
p the books, ufterward offering them
: for sale to the citizens of the State
AT the actual cost uf production
The amount paid to the book trust
each year, he said, is in the neigh.
borhood of 1000 900 The books
D he said, could he supplied to the cit.
{ liens the first year at IA much less
cost, and the cost thereafter woulC
be only thut incidental to the me-
chanical work on the books and the
cost of white paper and binding. II
e this way Mr.. Ball would curb tn,
b school book trust, and the applause
2 which greeted his outline Of the plar
5 indicated that there were many q
: hishearers who had faith in the cor
i rectness OF his theory.
: The little red school house, |,
Mr.. Balls alma mater, according t.
his own declaration, and although
y he referred somewhat disparagingly
to the State University with its 20'
, professors and 1000 students, h,
stood square by higher education
. and asserted he was strongly ii
p" favor of il.
. Each year, he said, there is eX
pended in the public schools of thu
v State an average of Sl.B per pupil
Against this amount he set tn
- 100000 annual appropriation 70
y the State University, drawing aeon
" parison that was obvious; he woul,
. not take from the University, bu
=" would make more generous provis
20 ion for he common schools and bet
10 ter facilities.
" Incidental to his remarks upoI
! the school-book trust, Mr.. Ball pai
his compliments to trusts ingeneral
,r which he said could be easily con
If trolled by the revocation Of tn
l. charters of such corporations II
N were guilty Of entering into Al illep
ar al combination. This method, h
ID declared would speedily put an en-
is to trusts, and when asked what h
l. would do about the Federal Const
" tuition, which guarantees the IN
,r volatility of contract and woul
m preclude the revocation OF corpoI
rs alton charter, Mr.. Ball announce
70 that the Constitution should /
re- amended-a comment that brougl
&c out considerable applause.
As Mr.. Ball briefly elucdated II
lie tariff question, pointed to the Gu
V. tom OF American manufacturers
Nv the sale OF articles at low prices
" foreign markets, and declared (,