The Marshall republican., 1908-09-25

am opposed to maintaining the present
dlsproportion Of revenue between the
State University and tho public schools,
by which 1t costs S21e.60 zach year for
ever. student in the State University, and
but 1.bs each year for every pupil in the
public schools
HOW CANDIDATES SHOULD BE
JUDGED.
I now want to offer some reasons why
I should be elected Governor. The only
way by which a candidate can be fairly
judged by the people is by his party record
OF official service, the platform and prom
ises upon which he Invites the suffrage OF
the people and by the influences that SUR
round his candidacy. / have already re-
ferred somewhat In detail to the. infiu-
ences that have secured the nomination
for Mr.. Cowherd, that surround him today
and that will surround him in case OF his
election. Those influences consist OF the
representatives OF a corrupt and a dlscred-
tied machine; the representatives of those
public service corporations which seek ia
yors from the State and seek to prevent
legislation in the peoples interests; the
representatives Of those saloons and liquor
interests which rave tried to violate the
law in the past and expect to do so In the
future; representatives OF those who
would use men to violate the law who
are sworn to enforce the law; who would
use men TO debach the ballot who are
sworn to protect the ballot. These are
some Of the infences that secured for Mr..
Cowherd his nomination, that they are to-
day fighting for his election and which
will surround him II successful.
/ owe my nomination TO the people OF
Missouri alone. l did not desire to be a
candidate for Governor, or for any other
office, but l responded to the expressed
will of the people OF Missouri without ref
erence to party. / number among my
supporters the representatives OF no pub
lie service corporations seeking favors
from tho state; the representatives OF no
law-breaking saloons and l want none OF
either. My nomination has come to me
Impoverished and unsought. My election
will come to me without the faint OF
illegality, or II will not come at all. II
there Is the slightest question as to the
legality of my election, l will refuse to
qualify as Governor until that question is
removed. / want no tainted office. The
only influences that will surround me as
Governor are the influences that are repre-
scented by men as strong and clear and
true as ever asked the suffrage of a peo-
ple-my associates upon the Republican
State ticket. II you ask me for my dec
~laration Of principles and the promises ]
offer TO yol, | refer you to the Republican
State platform, every plank of which ]
endorse and every word of which ] APP
prove.
THE RECORD OF OFFICIAL SERVICE,
And now as to the records Of official
service that Mr., Cowherd and l offer &c
r the people as the promise of the manner
} In which we VIII discharge the duties Of
the great office of Governor. To an exam
nation and comparison of those records
l invite the attention OF the people OF the
State. Mr.. Cowherd has held Your of.
fetal positions-Asslstant Prosecuting AT.
E torney OF Jackson County, First Assistant
City Counselor of Kansas City, Mayor Of
J Kansas City. and Congressman from thu
Fifth Congressional District. He has helt
public office for fourteen years, and II he
or his friends can point to a single In,
stance in any Office that he has held
where he ever attacked an abuse, cor
= rupt political influences for the benefit o.
e the people OF Missouri. ! shall be glad t.
4 have hat instance brought to the atten'
: ton Of the people OF the State.
I I have held the office of First Assistant
: City Counselor of Kansas City, Prosecut
ing Attorney Of Jackson County and At
torney General OF Missouri. And II m!
: opponents can show wherein ] have eve
: failed to do my entire duty to the best o
r my ability, I invite that criticism. Flo
g the purpose Of this discussion, It Is no
important to refer to my record In tn
: office of City Counselor of Kansas City o
= as Prosecuting Attorney OF Jackson Coun
ty. Four years ago, / was nominated 70
K the office OF Attorney General by acciden
a and elected on purpose, And yet 1t wa
: an Office that / thought did not want
v though l endeavored to take hold OF II a
Z II l did. / soon learned that ! could oc
I cupy my entire time with its ordinary rou
A tine duties. but I felt that as chief Law
\ offcer OF the State I should endeavor Il
: correct some OF the abuses and evils tina
7 existed In our commercial and industrial
1 system to the injury of the people OF thu
: State.
: THE STANDARD OIL TRUST.
n 1 found in the spring of 1905 that tn
9 price OF the products of petroleum had no
a declined in this State for twenty years
although during that time there had beel
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t petroleum and a great decrease In 1t
= price. found that i'm the Kansas an
s Oklahoma oil fields In 1900, there had beel
n produced 81 900 barrels Of crude petroleum
( for which the producers have receives
: 81, 20 a barrel; while in 1905 the produc'
tion had increased to over IL, 1000. 600
year and the price had declined to 40 cent
G. per barrel. And yet. Notwithstanding thi
s great increase In the production OF crud
/ petroleum. and Notwithstanding the grea
: decrease In its price. the price of refined
o oil in this state, less than one hundred
miles distant, had increased during tina
time over two cents a gallon. l found tha
z though there were a few Independent oil
: companies In this State. they were per
: mitted to do only a small portion Of tn,
e business and that the price of refined OF
to our people was absolutely fixed ant
n maintained by the Standard oil Trust
n And when l realized the Significance o
a these conditions, | realized that we ha'
I here in our midst a power greater thar
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: tyrant or despot In all the history OF tn,
: world, II was "A power which could sa.
a to the producer what he should receiv
Q for his raw material, and could say to tn,
n consumer what he must pay for the fin
: ished product. II was a power dangerou
to the existence OF Republican institutions
y for 1t meant that we had upon the on,
g hand a master and upon the other ham
: Its necessary corollary-a slave, / turne,
o TO the courts In an effort TO secure relic
0 for the people OF Missouri from this trib
e ute which the Standard OIL Trust hat
L levied ppon them for Years. I instituted
I suit against II and two of Its puppet cor
I porations, the Waters-P Pierce on Com
9 pany and the Republic Oil Company. A
the time this suit was begun. there wa
r not pending in any State of the Union o
: the United States Court a suit against thi
r Trust. A suit which had been begun
v against II a short time before in the stat,
a of Kansas had been dismis led because I
5 WAS claiRaed no evidence could be secure
e 10 sustain II. At the beginning, my efforti
n to disclose the secrets OF the Standard OF
e Trust were greeted only Will derlslon an'
Q contempt; but l worked on. When l founS
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