The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-12
Rev. U. G. Robinson.

light on truth on REV. L u. hoOln
son, president Of the AntiSaloon
League, editor OF the Missouri Mes.
sage, the Leagues official organ, and
just now posing as the gubernssorial
Warwick OF the state. 1t appears
that Rev U. g. without whose con-
sent no man dare present bis name
for Office in this state, that Is, no
Democrat, lie Republican and has
always been and Is using his office TO
disrupt and defeat the Democratic
party In this state. While he has
loudly Intercepted this Democratic
candidate and the other, demanding
TO know how they stood, he has not,
so far as recorded, pestered Republic
can candidates with unpleasant ques-
lions. This, OF course, aroused DEM
ocratic suspicion and that suspicion
has been increased by subsequent
events. Rev. Robinson, for instance,
has persistslkall along In espousing
the cause Of Judge Fort, compare
lively unknown, and the weakest
man presenting himself Tor the Dem
ocratic gubernatorisl nomination, In
the face OF the fact that other and
stronger candidates willing to stand
on a prohibition platform were avail
able. Added to this the Message"
OF last week contained an editorial
very cautiously advising Democrats
in Gaze Fort was not strong enough,
to support Mayor Beardsley, OF Kan.
sas City, or some other good Repub-
lican with prohibition tendencies
This strengthens the suspicion that
MIR. Hsdley will not be u candidate,
but that Besrdsley is the man TO be
sprung at the last moment, 1t also
indicates pretty strongly that Robin
son has been taken in as q part OF
the Hadley Star. Beardsley combine
to deliver the electoral votes OF Mis-.
souri, to TAFT, In return for which Mr..
Hsdley, In case OF Tait's election, il
to be given place in the cabinet,
Z litor Nelson an Enthusiastically
aud Mayor Beardsley Is to be made
governor. What Rev. Robinson is
to getis not known, but the fact that
prohibition In this state is no longer
snon-partisan movement, asupposi-
ton on which Democrats have acted
in good faith, is evidenced by devel.
opments even more suspicious
Within the last week Gov. Folk has
been charged with having In the year
1890 accepted from the Retail
Liquor Dealers Association OF the
state q retainer's fee Of $3.50, which
was to secure his services in helping
to enact a law making saloon licenses
In this state perpetual. The bill,
which, our readers will remember,
the Mercury severely condemned at
the time, failed c! passage, as II
should have done. Gov. Folk, in a
frank manner, admits that he and
Mr.. Halves, then friends, divided the
fee and justihes bis action on the
ground that he was then q private
citizen and practicing lawyer and
as such had q perfect right to accept Ia
retainer from any client who desired
his services In Legitimate way. The
defense is sound officially and the
most uncompromising enemy OF the
Governor will not attempt to, deny
him the right which WAS nndonbted-
ly his as an attorney. But this Is
Irrelevant. The charge had no more
than been made before up hobs she
Reverend U. G. and announces that
he would Investigate" assuring
an anxious and waiting public shat
mo iavorites would be played"
That the charge was resurrected for
! this purpose and OF impeaching Dem.
ocratic rule In this state all along
the line is justly suspicioned Gov.
Folks pet aversion is the liquor trai-
&c, but, being a Democrat and not a
prohibitionist, even he will not, 1t
seems, escape the bulls and excom-
muBications OF Reverend Mr.. Robin
son. This Is to warn Democrats OF
every faction and put them on their
guard. As long as the prohibition
crusade proceeds along non-partisan
linee, ell right and we'll but when Re.
publicans get control Of the organ.
isation and attempt to use It to split
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