The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-11-13

WHaC came DSIOTe MIN anu HIS uc~
cision was always, "right off the
reel"
Though a man of many extens
sive business interests, represent.
ing vast wealth in Investment and
in production, Mr.. Dickey, gave
his time and mis- money 10 the
work of his party, as freely and as
literally as II he were trying to
develope a gigantic industry. He
went at the work of educating,
organizing, enthusing and lead.
ing an army of Missouri Re-
publicans rs eagerly, methodical-
ly and industriously as though
his own fortune depended cn ais
success; and now that he has
succeeded he is disposed to waive
all useless glori6catiou or joliif-
cation and to settle right down to
the work of keeping Missouri un-
der Republican rule and reducing
the long dominant Democracy to
a state of inocuous desuetude.
Mr.. Dickey began the campaign
determined to take the people in
to his confidence and to treat
everybody fairly. He heartily
approved the idea of Mr.. Hadley,
that honest elections, good gov
ernment, home rule and Develop
ment of the material, and protec- ,
ton of the moral interests of the
people should be the paramount
proposition of the campaign, and
he adhered to that idea all the
way through always predicting
the good of the State on the sue
cess of the National policies rep
resented by Judge Taft and the
Republican party. He was everse
to discussing dead issues, TO ap-
pealing to common prejuoices,
!, to stirring up class or special pre-
} dilections, or to the use of any
. spacious pleas in behalf of the
! cause that he was promoting. The
, literature that was sent out was
pure, clean, wholesome and con-
| vincing. The methods, employed
in appealing TO aud to enlisting
voters were fair and honest. No
: anonymous or misleading letters
or circulars were countenanced.
The spirit of the entire cam
paign was aggressive without be-
? ing offensive or vindictive.
/ He asked the press bureau aud
speakers bureau to be broad, lib
eral and fair. Ii any speaker re-
, sorted to unfair attacks or to un-
f; Just criticism or made needlessly
: offensive illusions, it was not the
3 fault OF Mr.. Dickey, for he cer-
= tainly did not inspire anything of
that kind. One thing which he
= did inspire and proved one of the
best publicity features OF the CAM
D paign, was the attractive adver-
= tisement, which appeared over
:, his signature in every big daily
r newspaper of the State except the
$ ST. Louis Republic. 1t occupied
3 an entire page in the weekly and
+ daily Globe-Democrat, in the
: POST Dispatch, the Times, the
Q Star Chronicle, the Westliche-
O Post, the Daily News and the
II Daily World in st. Louis; in the
}, daily and weekly journal, the
e Times and the daily Presse,
h GERMANY in Kansas City. In the
. Springfield Republican, st. jose
% eph Gazette, Joplin News-Herald,
= Sedalia Capital and the Hannibal
u Courier Post and was printed also
Q in $780, supplements furnished
II to weekly newspapers of the State.
d 1t was prepared by Mr.. VIM. Clen-
d denim, one of the best add writer's
o in this country, from the suggest
o ions of Mr.. Dickey. It was most
1t attractive argument in behalf Of
,s the National and State Republi-
Ie can tickets, and contributed
rs largely to the notable campaign.
a During the entire campaign Mr..
d Dickey sought to advance the in
'g terests of every nominee of the
is party, whether in Counties, Dis
~ tricts or the State at large. Many
:, of the nominees, who were elected
- to the legislature received advice.
rs aid and direct corporation from
~ the Chairman and the headquart-
O. lers. The close Congressiona