The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-10-24
County.
STRUNG THE LONG BOW.

Governor Hadley spoke last Wed
nesday evening in the Opera House
in this city to an audience composed
about equally of Republicans, Pro
gressives and Democrats, and the
Governor probably never met with q
colder reception before an audience.
In making his talk, he undoubtedly
presumed that the people of Bates
county are density ignorant of state
and national affairs, as his entire
speech was replete with misrepre-
sensations and statements calculated
to deceive.
He boldly stated that the Demo
Gratis had never passed any "Home
Rule legislation, yet every intelli-
gent citizen in the state knows that
Senator Casey, a Democrat, intro
duced Senate Bill No. 317, giving St.
Louis Home Rule, which passed both
houses of the last legislature, and
which the Governor, in spite of his
prediction pledges, promptly vetoed.
He made the same assertion con-
corning provisions for State Board
of immigration, yet it is common
knowledge that Mr.. Hull of Jefferson
county, a Democrat, introduced a
bill providing for State Board Of
Immigration which passed both
houses and was vetoed by Mr.. Had
ley.
He pointed with pride to the Eely-
mosynary institutions under his ad-
ministration and condemned the gov
eminent of these same institutions
under Democratic rule, yet it runneth
in the memory of every man that
the worst scandals in the history of
the state clouded the records of the
Fulton and Pennington asylums I'M
der his own appointees.
With voice quivering with emotion,
he told his audience how he had re-
leased hundreds Of criminals from
the state penitentiary, but he ne
elected to mention the we'll known
fact that many of the released con-
victs were negro rapists and Grimm
ais of the most hardened type.
He pointed his nose to the moon
and loudly howled about disfran-
chisement because Messrs. Major
and Roach had performed their duty
as set forth in the constitution and
re-districted the state without giving
the Republicans the majority of the
districts, but he breathed not sim
gle word on the attempt of the Re-
publican bosses to disfranchise sew
eral thousand progressives in the
state.
He stated that the notorious reso-
luton to assess real estate at its full
value which he supported in the
State Board Of Equalization, simply
had in view relieving the farmers
burden Of taxation, but he neglected
10 explain to his audience just how
the taxes upon real estate
would relieve the burden of the
farmer to any greater extent than
would the single tax.
He viciously attacked Democratic
extravaganza, but overlooked mem
ioning that the records show that
his administration has cost the tax
payers of Missouri $3.50 more per
day than that Of any governor in the
history Of the commonwealth. I
His entire speech was replete with
he pronoun a." taking to himself
credit for all the achievements in the
tate for the past four years, including
,uch good weather and good health |
Is the people of the state have en-
Dyed.
AZ no time in the course Of the |
svsning did his audience Display
marked enthusiasm, even the old
- sind pat Republicans listening |
lxnee acedly to his feeble attempts |
) I'D a intslliesnt audience. I