The Marshall republican., 1908-09-25
linee for Governor of Missouri

vestigations. the records of the, Sboodl
trials for legislative and municipal corrup
ton, and the records of the grand jur
o and police Investigations at Kansas Cit
a and st. Louis.
n PRESENT DEMOCRATIC RESPoN
3 . sI5lLITY FOR THIS RECORD.
{ Now, In this contest, I say again that
$ do not want TO be partisan, and l ais
= want TO be entirely fair. L want to do n,
. man. and no party, an injustice. l do no
mean to charge upon the rank and file o
e the Democratic party the responsibilit!
c for this dlsgraceful condition OF police
= Legislative and executive corruption which
. existed prior to 1904. A political party Il
7 to be charged with responsibility for sucl
[ a condition OF affairs In Its past RECORD
only as IL endorses that record or seek:
to place again in power the men under
whose management and control such con-
Iditions were allowed to arise M continue
Now, upon that point, what are the facts
The last Democratic Convention, of which
the present State candidates were mem.
bers, gave to the administrations OF Stone
stephens and Dockery the very same en-
dorsement that 1t gave to the administra-
member OF the "old Guard. who was
active in the affairs of the Democratic
party for the twelve or fourteen years
prior to 1904 who was not active in this
campaign for the nomination OF William
s. Cowherd. Go TO st. Louis and see
there in the primary election returns as
expression of "Old Guard" methods. evil
dences that the "Old Guard" has lost
neither its cunning nor its power. Let me
read to you the testimony of Ed Butler.
convicted by Governor Folk Of boodling
and. sentenced to five years In the State
pe~nitentiary, but saved by n technical de-
cision OF the Supreme Court:
THE only man l come out for before the
election" said Butler, was Cowherd for
Governor. I wouldn't be surprised IL my
support made Cowherd ten thousand votes
In st; Louis and five thousand outside the
Then you came pretty near nominating
Cowherd." the interviewer suggested.
Il am not saying that" was the Eau
tious reply.
MY friends won, but that don't prove
that / am back in politics; I don't have to
be. l have friends all over town and they
know me we'll enough to know what l
want. II I had to tell them every time.
| wouldn't consider them worth much as
friends"
Whom will your friends support for
SENATOR" the reporter asked.
stone win win," was the answer. "even
the preachers are getting on to Folk. His
Louis OF a Sunday than was ever seen be-
fore. Folk won't come within thirty thou
sand votes of Stone. For myself" con-
tinued Butler, IT gave the most attention
to the candidates for Circuit Judge. /
voted for Bass, Barrett and Werner. 1
didn't care TO vote for Dillon, he goes to
church too much"
Do you want that kim of a man to NOM
mate your candidate for Governor? Do
you want your Governor under obligations
to that kind OF a man for mis- nomination?
Now let me read to you the testimony
OF Lawler p. DAILY, the Chairman OF the
Democratic City Central Committee in st.
Louis. as to the part that money played in
securing for Mr.. Cowherd his nominations:
Each ward committeeman who favored
Cowherd." said Daily, was given one
thousand dollars for ward expenses"
CThere are twenty eight wards in st.
LOUISE In addition to that sum-" said
DAILY, 'the committeemen We're sugared
with individual contributions. For exam
pie, in one ward the committeeman, whose
name l will not mention. was allowed one
thousand dollars for campaign expendi-
lures, and also an equal amount for his
Down personal use. At least $35, 900 was
employed by the Cowherd managers to
carry st. Louis. These are facts. 1t IS
true that l was for Dave Ball for Cover
nor, and induced my friends I'm the TWEEN
ty-second Ward to vote for him. Now
thero is no use asking me who gave this
money or VINO collected II, because the
fight is over and 1 am not yelling"
How much were you and your asso-
ciates on the Democratic CITY Committee
offered to support Mr.. Cowherd?' DAILY
was asked.
"oh, l don't know" he replied, the
amount was so much that perhaps the
public would not believe It. Things didn't
go just right to suit me. but that Is no
reason why 1 should have a grievance. II
take a rest. It might be all right to con-
test the primary, but IL 1 were Colonel
Ball / wouldn't do 1t. The cards have
been played and there is nothing for him
TO do but take his medicine. But they tell
me that in Kansas City one ward which
had registered $50 gave Cowherd q ma
jority of 1900, II that Is true, Il beats
our Indian methods all hollow. I am not
fed with things as they have happened.
But what could any leader do when he
run up against that $50. 900 slush fund.-
The ward committeeman won deny that
they got theirs. In one ward the commit
teeman was paid 81, 200 for campaign ex-
penses; besides that sum. he was allowed
$500 for individual expenses. I refused TO
take a cent. Ball was a poor man and
there was nobody back Of him who gave a
deal on the State ticket; II was a straight
out fight n the cash won.'
Now let me read you some Of these cleo
ton returns themselves In Kansas City
and st. Louis. in order that you may see
what a wonderful system It Is that has
been invented In Kansas City end st.
Louis for the purpose of nominating and
slseting for the people their public Of
In the Third Ward OF st. Louis. Mr..
Cowherd was credited with 1872 votes n
Mr.. Ball with 81. In 1906, upon the same
registration at h general election. Judge
the Democratic State ticket. received only
LIS votes. A canvass OF this ward by
the police department, under the direction
OF Governor Folk. showed that not more
corded as having voted for Mr.. CowheSd
really voted for him. Practically the same
vote was returned for the other candidates
upon the machine ticket as was returned
for Mr.. Cowherd. The st. Louis 'Ropub-
He" the Stat0 DAmocraffo nro,nn an Trrl-