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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Nominated by "oId Guard" influences Mixed Up With the Alum legislation
How He Voted When a State Senator.

In his speeches throughout the State
Hon. Frank b. Fulkcrson, Republican
nominee for Attorney General, has
been giving special attention to the
public record Of his opponent. Elliott
w. Major, who was nominated four
same Office and was defeated, with the
other "Old Guard" Democratic nomi.
nees.
1t Is well for the voters OF the state
to remember that the same reasons
exist today for the defeat OF Major
that were used four years ago. He Is
no better now than he was then, but
on the contrary, Is more closely al
lied with the politics Of the "Old
Guard" crowd, and they specially want
him in the office of Attorney General,
where they will need a friend. Mr..
F%ulkerson's speeches have been very
frank and plain in dealing with the
record Of Major. In a recent speech
he said, among other things equally
to the point:
The paramount issue Is, shall the
Old Gang BE Restored to Power in
Missouri" My opponent, Elliot w
Major, a member of the "Old Gang
four years ago, when he ran for At
torney General against Iladlcy, and
twelve years ago, when he was elect,
ed and served them as a State Scna'
tor. Is still loyal to them, and they
are trying to secure his election.
Examine his official record as a
State Senator. Did he represent the
people, or the gang? II elected Attor.
ney General will he represent the peo-
pie or the gang? These are pertinent
questions, and the voters of Missouri
should know Majors official record,
for by it they should judge him.
In 1897, his first year as State Sen
ator, he made his connection with the
"Old Gang" promptly, and, as shown
by his Senatorial record, he did their
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
FIRST VOTERS LEAGUE.
An Enrolment Of Young Men Who
Will Cast Their First Vote for
President and Governor.

State Chairman Walter s. Dickey is
enrolling the names of first voters in
the First Voters League of Missouri"
The following announcement, already
mailed to thousands of young men in
the State. fully explains the object Of
the League:
You are about to cast your first
vote. Your first participation in
County, State, and National govern
ment will have a strong influence upon
your life, affecting your associations
and your business. With your first
vote you will ally yourself with q po-
litical party, and the choice of parties
lies before you for calm considera.
ton.
You have the opportunity to enroll
yourself with the Republicans, who
have made this nation what it Is to-
day; who have kept the faith be-
queathed to them by their fathers, es-
tablished "A firm standard of sound
craftsmanship, and administered the
government by men of proved expert
ence and integrity. II you make this
choice you at once associate yourself
with men of achievement and leaders
of the nation.
III, however, some within or false
argument impels you to cast your
vote with the opponents of those who
have accomplished SO much, reflect
well before following that impulse.
The so-called Democratic party of to.
day has veered like a weathercock un.
der the influence of a visionary leader
who champions policies untried and
unapproved by a majority of the
voters in this country.
This year you have a voice, not
only In the election Of the Governor
OF Missouri, but in the election of the
President of the United States. The
Republicans offer for President of the
Republic and for Governor OF Missouri
two fearless, upright men, trained to
the duty OF executing the laws, whose
careers of accomplishment assure the
people Of their fitness for these i'm
portaDt positions, and whose person
alities have won the esteem and ap-
Droval OF the entire American people.
1.-THE Democrats put forward as
their Presidential candidate a poll
tician who has changed his belief re-
p~eatedly, who Is unstable, untried and
distrusted even by members OF his
own party. And you are undoubtedly
%conversant with the method by which
the Democratic candidate for Governor
Of Missouri secured his nomination, a
nomination which created widespread
alarm and distrust throughout the
State.
What will you do with your ballot?
I'VE now ask you to Join the Repub.
lican First Voters League OF Missouri,
a league composed OF thousands of
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
THAT FAKE
Sent to Honest Voters to Deceive
Them About Herbert S. Hadley.

II any one who reads these lines
has received a circular purporting to
come from "The st. Louis Sunday oh.
servance Association" and signed "B.
r. Reynolds, secretary" let him remem
Der. and Let him tell his friends that
1t is.a Democratic fake; that diligent
efforts to locate such a society or such
a secretary have failed; that no min,
lister in st. Louis has been found who
knows anything whatever of such a
society Or such a secretary; that the
chief statAments contained In the cir
cular are false and misleading; thai
the circular evidently was prepared
and mailed for Democrats; that 1t Is
a campaign trick-an effort to poison
the minds OF honest Christian and
temperance voters for political pur-
poses. 1t uses the Christian Sabbath
and the prevalent temperance senti.
ment IN the State for partisan pur,
poses. IL prostitutes to the use Of un'
~scrupulous politicians the religious
sentiments of honest voters. Ii Is
simply a cloak OF virtue under which
Is found the horns and hoofs and
hideous form OF the devil seeking to
invade the homes and poison the
minds O I respectable people. 1t uses
the spirit OF a saint to accomplish the
purposes of Satan.
The author Of this circular gives nc
street or building address, but hides
behind the number OF his post.ofice
box. knowing that the Postmaster can,
not reveal to any n the name OF the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
What Was Done in 1904,

The committee having charge of the
campaign OF Governor Folk in 1904
sent a letter to citizens OF st. Louis
soliciting funds for overcoming the re-
suits OF the frauds %perpetrated at the
primaries In March the frauds to
which the Republic" referred in its
editorial OF March IA Of that year. In
their letter the committeeman said:
THE outrages at the recent primaries
have excited the Indignation of the
people OF Missouri from one end of the
state to the other, and the sentiment
Is freely expressed that delegates which
have been elected by fraud and intimi-
dalton should not be seated in the con-
vention. The desperate efforts
OF the machine ring make II necessary
for us to push the campaign with all
possible energy"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
President Roosevelt Saws:

To fail to elect Mr.. Taft would be a
calamity to the country; and 1t would
be folly, while electing him. yet at the
same time to elect a Congress hostile
to him, a Congress which under the
influence OF partisan leadership would
be certain to thwart and battle him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr..
Tart, and at the same time elect a
Congress pledged to support him, is
the only way In which to p~erpetuate
the policy OF the government as now
carried on. | feel that all the aid that
a be given to this policy by every
good citizen should be given; for this
Is far more than a merely partisan
matter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

renter OF a postofice box. This in
itself shows the cloven foot.
While the identity Of the author of
the circula Is suspected and efforts
are being made to bring him into the
limelight II can only be said at the
Time OF this writing that there is but
iittle doubt that he will prove to be
n man h Christian or temperance
appeals are unworthy of serious atten.
tioh and unsupported by sincere mo-.
yves, and are only promulgated TO aid
the Democratic candidate for Governor
by deceiving voters about Herbert s
iiadley and his relation to Sunday
laws and the liquor traffic.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

prevent similar occurrences at the St
Louis primaries.
Sins of omission may be no less
grave than those of commission.
in the new and dormant issue thus
forced to the front the people of Mis-,
souri,, the people Of the whole state,
people of st. Louis itself. With per.
sonal liberty at an end and free suf'
frage lost in St. Louis, the State is
in the gravest danger. The riot OF
misruIe and disorder here carries III
delegates to each State convention to
misrepresent St. Louis and mislead
the State Democracy.
1T remains to be seen whether the
Democracy Of Missouri is willing to
confirm this domination of rowdies
and rufians."
A VICIOUS DENIAL.
Thursday, October Is, 1908, angered
by the continual assertions Of Herbert
S. Hadley that the general primary
election in August was conducted by
the same crooks and thugs and
thieves for the benefit of Cowherd and
his associates, and that gigantic
frauds were perpetrated, resulting in
n big majority for Cowherd in the
city, the st. Louis Republic broke
loose from It's mooring to pure cleo.
tons and honest politics and abused
and villified Mr.. Hadley in the most
drastic language, saying, among other
things as mean and vicious as any
vitriolic pen could indict:
"HadIey's immortality"
Excerpt from long editorial in Re-
public of October II, 190S.)
"Third-Herbert S. Hadley, Attor.
ney General of the State, superior Of,
ficer and personal and political friend
OF Circuit Attorney Sager, who has
conducted the whole investigation
into frauds In st. Louis, is in a much
better position than anyone else, ex-
cept possibly Sager, to know the ma
ture and extent of the frauds. He
does know their nature and extent.
And knowing them, he has deliberate
ly and maliciously distorted the truth.
He has deliberately and m%aliciously
distorted the truth that he might profit
personally In the attainment of his pc.
litical ambitions.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

The primary election in st. Louis
in March, 1904, for nomination or city
officials and delegates to state con.
yentions, was conducted by Demo
cratic election crooks n thugs and
thieves, Just as they conducted the
primary election in August of this
year. The city was scandalized and
decent people were ashamed of the
scenes and incidents of the day.
March IA, 1904, two days after the
city primary election, the st. Louis
Republic said e%ditorially:
"a Grave Issue.'
mo good citizen can read OF the
Democratic primaries last Saturday
without recognizing that a new issue
has been created of graver character
and higher importance than any ques'
ton of partisan politics. The story of
the day Is a tale of outrage and in
famy-outrage completely thwartinS
private right, and personal liberty
infamy loading the police authorities
with disgrace.
ut is impossible to speak of the
days occurrences with moderate
phrases. They require strong Ian
guage, and no words can aggregate
the gravity Of the issue st. Louis
faces. 1t would have been sufficiently
serious IL the police had simply been
unable to repress the riotous proceed
ings of the organized gangs Of ruff
fans that invaded the West End pre-
cincts. But the seriousness Of the sit
uation Is greatly increased by the
s,- -, 80 ArtInran pboty
ing that the police willingly permitted
many outrages to go ~unrebuked, II
they did not actually and actively as
sist the rufians who committed them.
There is no chance to question the
fact that the imported rowdies who
ran amuck continuously for six long
hours in the twenty-eighth ward had
the sympathy and protection of the po-
lice who were stationed at its two
polls. Citizens who were showed and
beaten and slugged In their efforts to
faithfully execute a high civic duty
appealed In vain for police protection.
Voters who were personally known to
the officers found their appeals as alb
solutely futile as those who were un'
known, and the word seems to have
been passed around that a man with
a clean shirt or a decent coat was to
be accorded no rights unless he was
known to carry a Halves ballot.
"Mr. Halves and the leaders who are
associated with him, as well as the
Board of Police Commissioners and
the Chief Of Police, must meet the full
load Of responsibility the riotous
scenes of Saturday impose upon them.
1T will not avail to deny the riot
ing and outrage. It was witnessed by
too many people and is denounced by
too many Democrats with lifelong rec
ords OF party loyalty. 1t will not avail
to disprove and condemn. The riot
at the Clayton primary put every one
on guard, and the duty of Mr.. Halves,
of his friends. and of the police au-
thorities. who were thus ~forewarned,
was to take effective precautions to
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
BADGE OF THE HONEY BEE.

Working Republicans, contributors of five dollars
and more 10 the State COMMITTEES. nominees on the
State, Congressional, District and County tickets. and
Republican Newspaper men will have an opportunity
to wear IA beautiful Gilt Taft pin as the badge of IA busy
honey bee of the Republican party in Missouri.
Wear them for the week preceding and upon clcc-
ton day with the personal compliments
Yours faithfully,
EH2NI1 WALTER =. DICKEY,
Chairman.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
A Sharp Shot.

II the people of Missouri know q
man from a mouse, Herbert 8. Hadley
VIII beat w. s. Cowherd for Governor
by 10000 votes. Hadley has done
something. Cowherd is the front put
up for the gang that has done" the
people of Missouri for thirty years.
st. Louis Mirror. edited by VIM
Marion Reedy.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Bryan having already been defeated,
with no probability OF success In his
third a C for the Presidency, why
vote for him? Why not get in line
with Taft and Sherman and the great
policies they represent?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29
THE o OLD A OF
"OLD GUARD" SWAY.

This condition of corruption in the elections and in the EN-.
i0rcement of the laws in the large cities was equaled, II not
surpassed, according to the charges of Governor Folk and his
supporters, in the corruption which existed in State affairs, for
he further charged that for years the "bribe.giver and the bribe.
taker had stalked through legislative halls and gone unwhipped
of Justice; that legislation was bought and sold for favored cor.
porations; that legislation in the interest of the people was de
feated by the lobbyists and the bribegivers Of protected cor.
porationS; in fact, 1t was the charge of Governor Folk that the
State government had been so conducted by the men In control
OF the Democratic party that the restoration OF the PRINCIPLES
ol common honesty had become the paramount issue in Missouri
p"itics.-From Speech of Herbert s. TIadlcy.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

WARMING! Whatever Is received
from individuals or alleged ~organiza-
lions against Hadley or any other Re-
publican candidate is sent out by the
enemy. Mail any circular, card. letter
or other matter received to W. 8.
Dickey, Chairman State Committee,
Holland Building, st. Louis.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

What angered and aroused the Republic in 1904, when city candidates
were nominated, and delegates selected to state conventions, IA treated by
that organ of the Missouri Democracy as IN ordinary occurrence in 1908,
when both city and state candidates yer nominated. The same gang of
leadership and auspices, who operated in this city for the sake offs state al
dates of the sam gang in 1908.
In 1904 the Republic expressed the scverest condemnation of their
work and its results. In 1908 it expresses the severest condemnation Of
Herbert S Fadley for pointing out and proving their work and its results.
The Republic in 1904 as vhtuous to a marked degree. In 1908 it is
vicious in the highest degree.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

III a man die shall he vote again?'
is an apt paraphrase of a Bible text.
USED on posters issued by the chair.
man or a Republican county commit
tee. 1t is quite suggestive, In view OF
primary election returns in st. Louis
and Kansas City.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Vote for Colonel Reynolds for Judge
or the st. Louis Court of Appeals, He
Is a fine selection for that important
Judgeship.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

st. Louis Republic, Overweight On Account of Violence and Fraud at Prim.
airy Election in St. Louis in 1904 is Skeptical md Vicious Over
Charges of Similar Frauds in 1908.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Watch out for irresponsible and mis-
leading campaign matter, It's afioat,
and some OF 1t Is villainous,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

bright, ambitious young men casting
their first votes at the coming election.
Please think the matter over carefully,
and without delay return the enclosed
application blank signed. We will
hen issue you a membership card,
First Voters button and a TaftHad.
ley watch fob.
And as a Republican First Voter of
Missouri you will be a member OF the
large, enthusiastic Republican organi.
cation in this State that Is working to,
and will, carry old Missouri for Taft
and IIadley.
Yours faithfully,
"WALTER S. DICKEY,
trhnta. D
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-29

Young men desiring to enroll and
having no blank may write a letter to
Mr.. Dickey in this form. and send It
at once, so as to become a member
before election day:
.''........ 4. . lJOS.
Walter s. Dickey, Chairman Republi-
can State Committee, st. Louis, Mo.
Dear Sir:
Please enroll me as a member of the
Republican First Voters League of
Missouri. In accepting membership in
the league will undertake to talk to
other first voters in my neighborhood
during October and help the cause
along In every way possible.
ToSI OInce
SouhtS ............
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-01

Cincinnati is ito the front with a
proposition .for a Peace Exposition to
be held in that city in 1915 to cele-
brate the Semi-centennial OF the close
of the Civil War. Letters have been
written to lhe mayors Of all the south
ern cities asking their opinion of the
proposition. Below is a part of May
or Malone's, of Memphis, endorsement
Of the proposition:
Mobility of character is recognized
and finds its due deserts among all
enlightened people. and the American
citizen, whether in the North or the
South, has all 10 gain and nothing to
lose by mingling more and more with
his fellow citizens in The more distant
parts of I'll common country. Be-
cause we loved Lee and cherish his
memory is no reason why we cannot
honor the memory Of Grant. Year by
year the North and South are coming
closer together, and ali patriots look
forward IT, the future when they will
be as one
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-01
Sisson Speaks to Good Crowd.

Hon. Il. L. SisSOn, candidate for
congress from this district, spoke to a
fairly good-SIzed audience here last
Saturday afternoon He began his
speech by saying he was his W can
didate, Notwithstanding reports TO
the effect that prominent men, both
in and out of the district, had induced
him to enter the ace. Since he was
a young man on the farm, he had
fought his own battles and Won his
own victories, and was not the candi.
date Of any man or faction. Whatev-
er he had accomplished had been due
to his w eXertiOnS.
Mr.. SisSon briefly discussed the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the Federal Constitution. calling
attention to the fact that the mOdifi-
cation Of ono and repeal Of the other,
which he favored, would not change
the political status Of any voter, but
il would enable each state TO pass
such suffrage laws as conditions de-
manded.
He then took up the record OF COn-
gresham Hill and criticised that gen
| tleman for continuing to practice law
| while a member Of cen ,reSS, charging
that since he became Il member or
congress he had been assent from his
! place in the House a total OF eleven
weeks looking after his law business.
The speaker devoted several minutes
Of his time to Mr.. Hills vote on the
mileage bill in the 5Sth Congress.
quoting the published opinion If Tom
Watson and VIM. j. Bryan on his
vote, both Of whom severely criticised
the action of the memterS who voted
for this bill. All the Mississippi con-
gresSmen, Mr. Sisson said, opposed this
bill with the exception Of Mr. Iiill.
The burden of the latter'S campaign
speeches, he said, Twas rural routes,
horse books, and garden seed" and
stated that all a congressman nae TO
do with rural mail routes was 10 re-
ceiye a letter from the pOStoflice de-
partment official advising him OF the
establishment Cf such routes.
Mr.. SiSSOn closed bis speech by say
ing that if elected he expected at all
times to work for his constituency
and to make their interest his own.
During the course of his address he
was frequently a%pplauded with vigor
and it was evident that he had many
supporters among the auditors
Houston Advocate.
With the consent OF the kind editor
of The EOuCtOo Advocate we make
this change that Mr.. Hill s absence Of
eleven weeks applies to the last SEES
sion of Congress.
SIsSON CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-01
Trustee Sale.

BY virtue of the terms Of "A certain trust
deed. executed on Dee. 10. 1885,. By W j Kay
burn to secure Mrs. A. l.. Obenchain in "a
certain Indebtedness therein mentioned, the
undersigned trustee. at the request OF the
said Mrs. a. l.. Obenchian. will on Monday.
the 3rd day of August. A. ID. 1905, at the Court
House front door in the city of Grenada.
Grenada county. Mississippi. within legal
hours. offer for sale at auction to the highest
bidder for cash. the following property ~
ing and being in Grenada County. MISSISSIPPI
pi. tpwit:
Lots. two. six. sixteen, eighteen. nineteen.
t~wenty-f0ur. two hundred and sixty. two
hundred and siXty-three aud two hundred
and s~iNty-tt :. in the El~r Ward OF tn" city
of Gropada: and the undivided = interest of
said w j. avbur in and to the following
property in said county tn-wit:
SWI4 of sec. Is. township -. Range ) East.
known as the "Worshanr Place" Trust
deed is recorded in book EE. page IA. of the
records q fSaid county.
Default has been made In tAe payment of
sale indeptednc-S. and | have been request
ed to foreclosr. Title believed 10 be GOOD.
but convey It, trust e. only.
This the 18th day e lily '"E.
T. NJ. Wright, Trustee.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-01

The National Independence party,
called to boost primarily William Ran
dolph Hearst, and a party which is
largely his private property, met in
Chicago this week and listened at
themselves speak, wrote some reada-
BILE resolutions, cussed out bOthl the
Democratic and Republican PARTIES,
because forsOoth they had the offices,
and wonnd up by nominating Thos. l..
Hisgen, of Massachusetts, for PreSi-
dent and John Temple Graves, CT
Georgia, for Vice-PreSident. Hearst
is a big millionaire. He continues to
pile up money and all the while poses
as the friend of labor. He, no doubt,
is one of the most insincere men that
ever played Il hand in the politics Of
the country.