Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-07-30
He is Doing Things Even Though
There Are Many to critieise
His Methods and Proceed
ures Out Of Dark
ness Into Light Of
a Better Day.

R. NJ. white. Editor. Mexico. Mo.
Mexico, NO., July 2S, 1908.
Raised in the country, l learned to
reap and pillow
To feed the stock, stack the grain and
milk the COW;
And there l learned the greatest les
son OF my life
That from the farm must come a hero
for each mighty strife.
And 50 it must continue to be for
I~courage, honesty and purity, devel-
oped best where Natures God comes
closest in communion with mankind
and to those who are reared on a farm
must we look for deliverance from po-
Iitical corruption when great strug-
giles come between right and wrong,
when vice in Its varied forms and de-
finance Of law, comes squarely in con-
tact with law enforcement and moral
supremacy in Municipal, State and
National government. Missouri has
had In the past many noble adnerents
and fearless defenders OF political
principles; great men Of brains whose
fealty to party principles at times
overshadowed the enforcement Of law,
and vice was allowed to run rampant
uncovered and unchecked in daylight,
and darkness alike, while the author
itY and power Of the law lay dormant
and unused by the officers OF state,
and municipality. And SO 1t con-
tinued, till within the last four years
a man unknown to politicians and al
most "a stranger In the state, who
stood for law enforcement, and pro-
lection OF Gods holy day OF rest. The
common people made him Governor.
You may criticise his methods, you
may impugne his motives, you may
charge him with ~selishness, but that
he went right to work "doing things
you cannot deny. The Sunday saloon
that had run wide open for a quarter
LOT a century was closed.
The Sunday Horse racing was stopped;
the igamrler, bride giver and taker
were sent to prison, and the diamond
bedecked beauties OF females form,
were excluded from the1Sunday wine
rooms. And now at the coming clos
ing OF his administration, we see Mis-
souri, honored as she never was before,
lauded from every platform, ~eulogized
by every newspaper from New York
to San Francisco, she now stands at
the head Of the column Of her sister
states. What did 1t but law enforce
!, mentp And nov like a meteor, flashes
across the political heavens, a new
star Of the first magnitude, in brill
liancy OF mind and courage of ,convlc-
tion, moving In exactly 1.-THE same or
bit, as the one now SO brilliantly clos
ing, his Guberatorlal term. A native
Missourian, without a speck or spot on
his political record, who for twenty
five years has fought fearlessly for law
enforcement. WIN not the same hon
est, uncorrupted people now put in the
Governors office a worthy successor Of
him who now retires with the love Of
every ~hearthstone Ia the state? Can
we afford to run any risk of losing
what we have gained In the last four
years? No great help will come from
the metropolitan cities; purity does
, not flourish there; he has nothing to
hope for from the politicians; they
hate him for bis purity and the law
breaker fear him for his fearlessness.
Farmers and laboring men, you are
the campaign managers In this race
for law supremacy. We have no poll
ticians leading US, and to that must
! be attributed the cause of the great
est uprising Missouri Democracy ever
, witnessed, unprecedented In the his
. tory of the State. Two weeks ago no
definite move had been made, now
whole counties are falling into line,
and from every hill and valley comes
: the ~rescuing shout OF victory. Now
come from your corn fields, your
threshers, your plows and the mechan-
, les from your shops and work benches
I turn the babies over to the good
housewife and turn the cows and
calves together for one day, and go tc
the polls August 4th and spend the
whole day working and voting for thai
!. most brilliant Of Missouri orators ant
! most fearless defender OF the Chris
:. tians' day of rest, Judge William Fl
Wallace, for our next Governor.
]. v. Williams,
Vice President Mexico Wallace Club