The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-17
BALL REFUTES CHARGES
Takes His Accusers to Task for Mis-
representations Of His Record as
State Senator.

| y. Ball, candidate Tor the Democrat
ic nomination for Governor, refutes
certain charges that hav" been in
duStriously circulated by his OPP
poncnts in the following vigorous
| style:
Mr.. Ball said that friends Of one
Of his opponents, writing under
the sting OF defeat they see staring
them in the face" have recently
made him the subject of the most
bitter criticism.
"ln their efforts to promote the in
terests Of their candidate and to in
iure me- said Mr.. Ball, nothing
seems too reprehensihle for them to
| do, and no statement too false for
them To make.
"When | entered this campaign, |
said ! would not make it one of
| Islander and mud singing, and |
have kept my word. have said
nothing against any other candi-
date, nor have nv friends to my
knowledge. But no depths seem too
low for the friends OF one Of my OPP.
ponents To go, and nothing too con-
temptible for them to do in order to
save their candidate and defeat me.
ain recent issue Of The Rcpub-
lie there appeared letter purport-
ing to have been written by one
George BcchtOld to David Krcyling,
secretary of the Central Trades and
Labor Union of ST. Louis, extolling
the labor record of his candidate,
and stating that il the members Of
the Central Trades and Labor Union
would investigate my record while II
member of the Senate Of Mis-
souri, they would find that 'on
February II, in the Thirty-fourth
General Assembly, Senate bill No
2G}, entitled An act to prevent eN-
tortion, unjust discrimination and
pooling by railroads and corpora
tions, was bitterly opposed by me.
The Central Trades and Labor
Union very properly paid no atten-
tion to the letter, nor did it indorsc'
the record or candidacy of Mr. Cow
herd
"Tr Mr.. Bechtol, or the friend "l
my opponent who furnished him
with his information. had taken the
time to examine the Senate journal
of the regular session of the Thirty
fourth General Assembly, lie would
have found that Senate bill No. 293
was not introduced until February
II, 1889, and that | was then absent
from the Senate by leave Of that
body. ! was not present in the Sen
ate February IL, 1851, and the jour
nal of that body SO shows, and If
had been | could not have opposed
the bill referred To for as | have Just
said, it was not introduced until
that date, and anyone should know
that no opposition can he made to
the introduction of n bill, and the
records Of that days proceedings in
the State Senate show that none
was made.
"Mr. Bechtol says further that
through my efforts mainly this bill!
was defeated in the regular session.
This statement is controverted by
the records of the State Senate. In
stead of voting against the passage
of Senate bin No. 293, voted for it.
1.-The Senate Journal of the regu-
lar session of the Thirty-fourth
General Assembly, at page 495there-
Of, shows that on March I, 1887,
Senate bill No. 293 entitled An act
to prevent eXtortion unjust discrim-
nation and pooling by railroad cor
porations" was read the third time
and passed, by vote of IS to 10,
and | am recorded with II other SEN
ators as voting for the passage of
the bill.