Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-12

'''' VIZ '''NSy R"N' hN tIHS dI'
his money to the work Of his party ..
freely and literally as ii he were try
ing to develop a gigantic industry,
tie went at the work Of organizing.
educating. c%nthusing and leading an
army OF Missouri Republicans II,
eagerly, Mechanically and industrious
ly as though his own fortune or well
fare of the nation depended on hi,
success and now that he has sue
cceded he seems disposed to waive
any useless gIorlilcatlon or jollliica-
ton and 10 settle right down to the
work oi keeping Missouri under Re
publican rule and reducing the long
dominant Democracy to a state Of in
nocuo,iS dcsucuudc.
Mr.. DICkcy began the campaign
determined to take the people into
his confidence and to treat everybody
fairly. He hearth, approved the
idea Of Mr.. Hadlc, that honest cleo
tons. good government. home rule
and development ct the material anG
protection Of the moral interests q
the people should be the paramount
propositions ot the campaign. and hc
adhered to that idea all the wa,
through always p~rcdI,aling the guul
ct the state on the success OF tn,
National policies represented lis
Judge Taft and the Republican part,
He was avcrSc to discussing dead
issues. /" appealing to common
prcjndI'cs. To string up 'Ias, e.
productions. on to the use ui an,
%,pcciuus plea, IN behalf OF the cause
he was promoting. The Iitcratur,
sent ont was pure. clean, wholrsum,
and convincing. The methods en-
pIoycd in appealing to and cnli,llng
voter, were ialr and honorable. \u
Anonymous or misleading letter, g.
circulars were C~Ountcnan,cd.
The spirit oi the entire campaign
was aggressive without being offensive
= or vindlctlvr. He asked the ,,rc,,
= bureau and the speakers hu.au to- h.
: broad liberal and ialr. t. any speak
cr rc51fiCd to upialy 2ta, ks or to un-
Just criticisms or made ncc,Ilessl,
offensive illusions It was not the fault
t, OF Mr.. Dickcy. tor he certainly die
not inspire anything III that kind
$ One thing which he did inspire. and
8 which proved To be one ol the bcs,
= publicity features OF the campaign
was the attractive advertisements
which appeared over his signature IN
|. in every big daily newspaper OF tn,
!. State except the ST. Louis Republic.
1t occupied the entire page in the
$ Weekly and Daily Globc-Dcmo'ra,.
, the Times. the Star thron-
iclc. the WcstIichc-puNt. the Dali,
News and the Daily World in ST.
: Louis; in the Daily and Week.,
= Star and the Daily and Weekly Iourn-
= al. the Times and the Daily Press.
Gcrman), in Kansas City in the
Y Springfield Republican. ST. Joseph
e Gazette. Joplin Ncws-Hcrald, Scdalla
, Capital and the Hannibal Courier
n Post and was printed also in $50
e 900 supplements furnished To weekly
~RcpublIcan newspapers OF the State
t 1t was prepared by Mr.. VIM. CIcndc-
q min. n OF the best al writer, IN this
s country. from the suggestions OF Mr..
n DlCkcy. II was a most attractive
r argument in behalf OF the National
e and State Republican tickets. and con.
4 trlbutcd largely to the success II the
notable campaign. During the en-
tire campaign Mr.. Dickcy sought to
advance the interest Of every nOmi-
nee ot the party, whether IN counties.
. districts or the State at large. Many
10 Of the nominees who were elected to
the legislature received adyirc. aid
and direct corporation from the
chairman and the headquarters. The
close congressional districts were
: watched with intense interest and the
n nominees were assisted in every
possible legitimate way. 1t was u
Y campaign to elect kcpn'II'an nomi-
nccs and everything that could be
done. within the of the
e chairman and the State headquarters.
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