The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-01
What Would He Have Done?

"Had Mr.. Hadlcy taken an cqud'
,vrrr4t-he-se+4 tt4tit'9t44ss
be posing before the people OF the
State rs the father and founder OF the
system. But when he challenges me
10 give reasons from my record why
| should be selected to tins once III
opposition to himself, ! do not need
"a answer him in my own words.
do not need TO follow him through
his flights OF vain-glonouS boaSting'
lie and | werc- both III the service
of Jackson County from 1000 TO 1907
| as a member OF Congress, ne do
Prosecuting Attorney of that county
Nineteen hundred and two was NOT
presidential year; there were no ma
tioual questions to. take the minds OF
ncoplc away from local issues; there
vas no enthusiasm for presidential
candidate to distract the voter, and
he had then the opportunity OF voting
for the man. Kansas City has gwen
a majority to every Republican Pres
ident with one exception since the
Civil War. Two-thirds OF the. time
il elects a Republican TO the Office Oh
Mayor.
mir. Hadley made the campaign
for the Republican ticket in 1902 |
made the campaign for the Democrat
il ticket; he stood upon his record, |
on mine and the people whom we
both had served, the people OF our
home who knew us both, the people
who were better able than any other
to decide upon the value OF our ser,
vice, elected me by 6,255 majority ana
defeated him by 3,647.
"Alr. Hadlcy says | was defeated
for Congress in 1904 He knows full
well that in that campaign as chalr,,
man of the Democratic Congressional
Committee ! spent but i've days III
my district, giving my entire time 10
the duties OF my position at mead
quarters in Washington and III New
York. He knows, too, that IN III
of temporary insanity that year Mis-
sour went Republican and ten Mis-
sour Democrats were compelled &c
Weld their seats in Congress to Ke'
publicans, largely because of the pop
ularity of Mr.. Roosevelt and the un'
popularity of Mr.. Parker. But whcr
he calls attention to the fact that II
= men | call his attention to the tao
that, Notwithstanding ! made no cam
paign, ! ran 1000 votes ahead OF tn
national ticket in Jackson County an'
led most of the local ticket by lik
majority.
Sewer-Pipe and Trusts.
"Posing as trust buster, Mr.. Had
lev selects Walter s. Dickey OF Kan
sas City as his campaign manager. N
sewer pipe is sold in Mr.. Dickey'
territory except such as comes tror
his plants, and since by some device h
gained control of all the factories i
that territory. and his competitor
verv generously decided not to intel
fere with him. he has more tina
doubled the cost of every foot of pip
that is laid in that portion of tn
United States. A trust-busting can
paign managed by Dickey and a
anti-brewery campaign managed b
Stiefel presents the climax of falls
pretense in politics.
"Mr. Hadley left public office as
result OF the campaign OF 1902, bi
he retired to the more lucrative pos
ton of attorney for the Metropolis
Street Railroad Company and the N
X. & T. road have no fault to FIR
with him for such employment.
was honorable and proper work for
man in his profession, but his moutl
ings against railroads comes with b;
grace from railroad attorney.
Il do not know where the railroad
of the State stand in this campaig
but shall not denounce any great i
dustry in this State in the hope tn
by playing the demagogue i mi
gain the vote of the disconnected.
want the vote of every honest ma
| want the support OF every hone
business. But whether they supoo
me or not, as Governor of this Sta
! shall endeavor to see that in I
administration of the law each
given that and that only to which
are entitled, fair deal, just ADM
istration of the law, punishment
the guilty, protection for the inn
cent.