The Taney County republican., 1908-09-24


by which II costs S2l6.60 each year Tor
every student in the State University, and
but Sl.59 each year for every pupil IN the
public schools
HOW CANDIDATES SHOULD BE
JUDGED.
I now want to offer some reasons why
I should be elected Governor. The only
way bv which a candidate can be fairly
judged by the people Is by his party record
OF official service, The platform and prom.
scs upon which he invites the suffrage OF
the people and by the influences that sur
round his candidacy. | have already re-
ferred somewhat in detail to the iniu-
ences that have secured the nomination
for MIR. Cowherd, that surround him TO-DAY
and that will surround him In case oI ms
election. Those influences consist OF the
rcprcs csentatives of n corrupt and dlscred-
tied machine; the representatives, OF those
public service corporations which seek IA.
yors from the State and seek TO prevent
legislation in the peoples Interest; the
representatives Of those saloons and liquor
interests which have tried to violate the
law in the past and expect TO do so IN ti'e
future, representatives. OF those WI"
would use men to violate the law VINO
are sworn to enforce the law; VINO woulo
use men to dehlCh the ballot who are
sworn to protect the ballot These are
some Of the iunerCes that secured for MT
COwhcTd his nomination, that they are TO-
day fighting for his election and which
will surround him II successful. :,
! owe my nomination to the people OF
Missouri alone. ! did not desire 10 be n
candidate for Governor. or for any nther
Office. but I responded 10 the eXpresScd
will Of the people Of Missouri without ref
crcnce 10 party. ] number among my
supporters thc representatives, OF no pub
lie service corporations seeking fayorS
from the state; the representatives, OF no
law breaking saloons and | want none ol
either My nomination has come to me
unpurchased and unsought. My election
will come 10 me without the taint ot
ilagAiity. or Il will not come at an. II
there is the slightest question as Ia the
legality og nv election | VIII reiuSe 70
qualify MS Governor until that question IS
removed ! want no tainted Office. The
only influences that will surround me as
Governor are the influences that are repre-.
eeutcd by men as strong and clear ana
true MS ever asked the suffrage of peo-
plc--my associates upon the Rspub'ican
state ticket. II you ask me for my DEC.
laration Of PRINCIPLES and the promises |
offer to yoI, I refer you 10 the Reuhiicanl
state platform, every plank OF which !
endorse and every word OF which ! ap-
prove.
THE RECORD OF OFFICIAL SERVICE
And now as to the records OF official
service that Mr.. COwhcrd ana ! oUer 10
The UeopIr as the promise o' the manner
In which we will discharge the duties Of
the great office Of Governor To an exam
Ination and comparison Of those records
invite the attention 0f the people Of the
State. Mr.. Cowhcrd has held four Of
fetal positiOus-ASsist1n Prosecuting At
turney of Jackson County. First Assistant
CITY Counselor Of Kansas city, Mayor OF
Kansas City. ard Congressman from the
Fifth Congressional District. He has held
public Office for fourteen years, and II ne
or his friends can point TO a single In
stance In any Office that he has held
where he ever attacked an abuse. cor
rcctcd an evil opposed or defeated cor.
rupt pOlltical Influences for the bereNt ot
I tho pcuple Of Missouri shall he glad to
| have that Instance brought to the atten-
/ tiOn Of the people NJ the state.
have held the Office of First Assistant
CITY Counselor Of Kansas city Prosccut-
ing Attorney NJ Jackson County and At
'nrncy General Of Missouri, And II my
opponents can show wherein nave ever
failed tu do my entire duty 10 the best OF
my ability. | invite that criticism. For
the purpose Of this discussion, 1t Is not
/ important to refer n my record in the
,nice oS city Counselor %. Kansas City or
NJ Prosecuting Attorney Of Jackson Cuun'
Itv. Four years ago. ! was nOminlted thr
/ the Office ~ Attorney General 10y accident
and elected on purpose. Aud yet 1t was
an office that ! thought ! did not want
though | cndcavOrCd 10 take hold ~ II rs
In did soon learned that ! could &C
cupy my entire time with It's ordinary rnu'
tine duties but I telt that az chief law
officer OF the state ! should cndenvor Il
correct some of the abuses and evils thnl
existed in Onr commercial and tndrstria
system to the injury of the people OF th'
state,
THE STANDARD OIL TRUST.
found in the spring Of 1905 that the
price Of the products NJ petroleum had no.
declined In this state for twenty years
although during that time there had oesI
n great increase In the production nf crude
petroleum and great decrease In ~
price. | found that In the Kansas anC
Oklahoma oil fields In 1900, there had beer
produced 81 900 barrels Of crude petroleum
for which the producers have received
St.eO q barrel: while In 1905 the prnduc
tion had increased 10 over l2,OOO.00O
year and the price had declined to 40 cent
per barrel And yet. Notwithstanding thl
great increase in the production OF crud
petroleum, and notwithstanding the grea
decrease In It's price the price. OF renne
, oil in this state. less than one hundre
, miles distant. had increased during tina
I
? though there were a few independent 0
companies in this State, they were per
n,tted to do only a small portion ~ IN
> business and that the price OF refined o
! to our people was absolutely fixed an
, maintained by the Standard OIL Trus
, And when realized the significance
! these conditions. | realized that we ha
I here in our midst a power greater tina
o the mower that was ever exercised by an
: tyrant or despot In all the history ~ IN
. word II was n power which could 81
A to the producer what he should receiy
q for his raw material and could say to II
4 congumer what he must pay for the M
. ishCd product. 1t was n power dangerot
to the existence Of Republican Institution
v for Il meant that We had upon the on
. hand a master and upon the other har
: lte necessary cornllary--4a slave. ] tuTne
n TO the courts In an effort to secure rell
n for the people OF Missouri from this trll
q ute which the STANDARD OIL Trust ha
y levied rpOr them for years. ] Instituted
n suit against Il and two of It's puppet co
:, poratons, the Waters Pierce OIL Con
~ many and the Republic oil Company.
n the time this suit wns begun, there W;
II not pending in any state Of the Union
!. the United States Court a suit against tn
ir Trust. A suit which had been beg,
4, against Il short time before In the Sta
of Kansas had been dismissed because
,s WAS claimed 10 evidence could be secur
70 TO sustain IL. Al the beginning. my effor
in to disclose the secrets Of the Standard
10 Trust were greeted only with derision al
70 contempt: but worked on. When fou'
a. that the evidence that wanted could n
al be secured in the State of Missouri. we
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