The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-10-03

financial end of the states business
and the great showing his depart
ment has made he is entitled TO the
confidence and support of all citizens,
irrespective of politics.
State Treasurer.
The interest received from state
deposits during the four years that
the Hon. J. f. Gmelich was State
Treasurer amounted to the total
sum OF s2S9,477i9. The receipts from
the interest on state deposits during
the term of Hon. Jas. Cowgirl. Dem.
ocrat, as State Treasurer, to Sep.
TENDER |. 1912, already total s3i7,.
5GL30. Thus for the three years and
eight months of his term Judge Cow.
gill has collected s5S.OS3.S1 more in.
terest on she public moneys and
turned same into the state treasury
than did Treasurer Gmelch during
end Of his term Judge Cowgirl will
have collected at least $50 10000
more interest during his term than
did Treasurer Gmelich during his
term. or an excess average OF $780,
10000 per year. Treasurer Gmelich
had the advantage during the greater
part Of his term Of having included
In the states deposits the sum of
s475l9S13. which was collected by
a Democratic state administration
from the United States government.
II was received April !, 1906 and
held In the treasury until September
10, 1907, at which date It was paid
out under proper appropriation to
the several counties in the state.
Attorney.General.
In the Office OF Attorney-General
| have endeavored to discharge the
duties with efficiency and dispatch.
Never before in the history Of the
state has the business OF the de.
partment become so important and
so great In volume Suits pending
when came into Office and those in.
stitutcd by me have demanded that
for the public good certain interests
be prosecuted and certain laws main
tanned | unhesitatingly made the
fight and enforced the laws As to
whether or not have given good
account of the stewardship, the record
must speak for itself
Since my incumbency the business
of the department has increased fully
fifty per cent. We have had forty
nine cases in the Supreme Court OF
the United States. which IL a greater
the entire number handled by all the
other ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS since Mis-.
souri, was admitted to the Union.
That Is more cases than the Attor-
neys.General from the other forty.
seven states have had in that court
during the time | have been in office.
We have had forty.siX cases in the
United States District Courts, some
thirty.odd original suits in the Su.
preme Court OF Missouri, and more
than four hundred criminal cases.
During this time we wrote fifteen
hundred opinions, as against six hun.
bred and Twenty-Five written by my
predecessor during the four years he
was in office.
Out of this great volume Of bust |
ness there were many important |
cases and matters which materially |
affected the entire citizenship of Mis-.
souri,.
Stamp Act or Dowell Law
Among the more important cases |
which we have conducted might be |
mentioned the one. involving the |
stamp act or Dowell law. This act |
'cquired "a twenty-five cent stamp to |
De placed upon the memoranda of Ger,
ain sales made at certain places and |
commonly known as futures. This law |
was passed in 1907. but had not been |
observed.
The law was attacked on the ground |
hat 1t was unconstitutional After Il
conviction was had in the lower
'Ourt. upon appeal TO the Supreme |
'ourt of Missouri we sustained its
by divided opinion.
rhe case was carried to the Supreme
curt of the United States upon writ
If error and there we sustained the
aw by unanimous decision
We then visited the exchanges in
It. Louis and Kansas City, in com,
,any with the Auditor, and collected
Il one time a fraction less than $40.
900 from those who had failed to
observe the law, and placed that sum
II the treasury of the state to the
redit Of the road fund. The proceeds
rom the enforcement Of this law now
mount to over s1OO0O0OO, and are
increasing at the rate of practically
10000 per day. This is our official
contribution to the good road move.
nent in the State OF Missouri
Harvester Trust
The Legislature In 1907 passed q
esolution demanding that Attorney
ieneral Hadley institute suit against
he harvester trust. Suit was in.
tituted and some three or four wit
esses examined at the time | came
nto office. We Immediately began
vigorous prosecution in this case
nd something like one hundred wit.
esses or more were examined by |