The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-13
REEDS INDICTMENT
OF COY. HADLEY.
His Campaign of Hypocrisy and False
Pretense II is K. c. Police Board 3
Mix-Up with Criminals His
Cry for Taxes, More Taxes.

In his eloquent and splendid way,
uttered the following true and sting
ing Indictment Of Governor Had
ley's professions and performances
contrasting his administration with
those of Democratic Governors:
When wccoolly consider the events
of the last campaign, we are no
longer astonished at the result. Al
the same time, we find abundant
reason to confidently anticipate fu-
ture party success.
Cowherd-clean, able, eloquent, In
heart and brain the equal of any
man who has over occupied the of
flee of Chief Executive of our State
despising all demagoguery, hating
every form of hypocrisy, refusing
to indulge In any pretcnse for the
purpose of catching votes--was met
by an antagonist whose tatics were
the antithesls of all Cowherd stood
for.
In prohibition districts Hadley
cajoled the temperance element with
tlattcring promises. In the large
cities he declared for home rule, and
gave the impression that these cities
would be permitted to select excise
and police boards which would give
the liquor business unrestricted
sway. Tho guest of the prohibition
lists Of the rural district one day, he
received the homage and enjoyed
the society of the brewery interests
Of st. Louis ON the next He liter
ally made his campaign with the
Bible in one hand and glass of beer
IN the other
Cowherd manfully stated his posi-
ton. II was not entirely satisfact-
DRY to the extreme prOhibitiOnist,
neither did it crafty the liquor in
terests. He suffered at the hands
of both, To-day these two elements
Iprefer the policies which C0wherd
bravcly announced to those which
Hadley has inaugurated.
In scores of pamphlets, speeches
and interviews Hadley asserted that
the people should be given immedi-
ate relief from what he was pleased
to characterize as an iniquitous and
tyrannical system Of police govern
mcnt. \ thousand times he had de-
clarcd tie people of the cities were
competent to rule themselves and
that they should be given this right.
Yet the bill he caused To he intro
tivcs stponcd home rule for Kan
sas City until after there should bc
another city election.
Why Hadley Postponed Reform.
What was his purpose in thus
postponing his promised reform?
There is but one answer.
He had determined to hold control
Of the Police Board, in order that
through the exercise of those tyran-
nical powers he had SO often de-
nounced, he might hurl the police
forces into the election booths of
Kansas City next April. He meant,
through the police and saloon-con-
trolled vote, to elect IA Republican
Mayor. Then, ana not until then,
was he willing his much-vauntcd re-
form should take place. Before he
would permit the people of Kansas
City tosrule themselves he proposed
to himself control the election
through the very means he had de-
lnOunced.
The home-rule bill passed the Re
publican House. 1t was returned
by the Senate with some slight
amendments. The House refused
TO concur. ThcrcupOn the Senate
rcceded from every amendment cN-
cept the one which made the hill cf-
fcctivc ut once. The bill, therefore,
embraced all Of Mr.. Hadlcy's prom
Uses, but simply placed them in
force sooner than was consistent
with his partisan scheme. If Mr..
Hadlcy had raised one finger in ia
vor Of this bill as amended, II would
hav" become n law. But Hadlcy did
not raise that finger. On the con-
trary. the bill was killed because he
wanted it to die, He willfully and
deliberately broke his promise to
the people. The two great promises
of Hadley's campaign have turned
to dust and ashes.
How has MIR, Hadley used his po.
lice and excise power in Kansas
City? 1t is difficult to properly
characterize his Police Board and
It's conduct. Its first act was to en-
ploy swarm of disreputables as
spies. Some Of these creatures were
eX-cOnvicts. And upon the testi-
mOny of these criminal sneaks, he
proceeded to discharge some OF the
best officers on the force. This