Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-29
MEREDITH SPEAKS
| SOME PLAIN FACTS
in Letter Addressed to His 0p.
j ponent He Covers Issues Of
Primary Campaign.
CONNOLLY PUT on GRILL
10 Asked Some Hard Questions BY
the Farmere' Candidate for
United States Senate.


the Farmer9 Candidate for
United States Senate.
Edwin +. Meredith, candidate for
the nomination tor United States Sen
ator at the democratic primary next
Monday, has addressed letter to his
opponent, clearing himself Of the
questions raised regarding his candi'
dacy and putting some perplex1ng
problems up to Mr.. Connolly. The
letter follows:
Des Moines, Iowa,
u May rs, 1914.
Hon. Maurice Connolly,
Des Moines, Iowa.
My Dear Sir: Many friends over
the state have written to me within
the past week calling my attention to
certain misleading statements sent out
from your headquarters. l am writing
you this personal letter to give you an
Opportunity to publicly retract these
false statements or put yourself in
the position Of being willing to deal
In falsehoods If necessary to advance
your interests.
First.-Your campaign committee is
circulating . report that I supported
Kenyon. This 10 absolutely false, as
you know. I ordered the editorial
taken out just as soon as I saw it..
Not to exceed $500 copies Of an edi-
kion of over 100000 carried the edi-
torial, which did not write in the
first place. You were Informed of this
fact two weeks ago by me personally
when put in your hands copy Of
Successful Farming which does not
contain the editorial. Notwithstanding
your knowledge of this, you continue
to mail them over Iowa in an effort
to mislead the Democrats of the state.
Your statement that Successful
Farming has given editorial support
TO Kenyon, Cummins and Holden is
mot true. Successful Farming is a
non-partisan agricultural paper, but
stands for progressive principles. The
only editorial in which the above men
were mentioned also endorsed Bryan,
Wilson, LaFollette, ETC. If you will
but tell the truth and the whole truth
I am willing to stand on my record.
Connolly Non-Union Shops.
Second.--Your campaign committee
As circulating q report that am op-
posed to union labor. This is an alb
solute falsehood. I have employed
union men exclusively for the past
eighteen years, both in my business
and in building operations You on
the other hand have conducted a non
union carriage business and you are
today interested in enterprises that
are fighting organized labor. You
could hardly 90 before the union men
this fall with your record. t
Third.-You have questioned my
Democracy, If this be an honest
statement how do you account for the
fact that you were willing to support
me for governor, saying to mutual
friends that your ticket was Meredith
for governor and Connolly for SEN
ator?"
How can you honestly question my
democracy in the face Of such testi-
mony as the following:
Fred e. White.-"I shall support
=. T. Meredith for the democratic
nomination for United States Senator.
I feel he Is the strongest candidate in
the field"
Rev. Nugent-"Mr. Meredith printed
ct his own expense 100000 copies OF
Mr.. Bryan's Prince of Peace and fur
nished them to me for free distribu
ton. am only too pleased to un.
qualifiedly endorse Mr.. Meredith, not
only as a Democrat of long standing
but as one who is truly progressive
and anxious to advance the interests
OF the party in every way possible"
Sullivan for Meredith.
Jerry Sullivan.-"At this distance
cannot appreciate who would question
your democracy. ! have ever known
you to be true and faithful to funda
mental principles Of the democratic
party. You were always an arden
supporter, Of the policies of Mr.. Bryan
and in the 1919 preliminary contest.
were a supporter. of Mr.. Wilson. l re
member you at Baltimore standing un
Ieservedly for his nomination"
I was working for the democratic
t(S~A y uhuCA NCACl al weaver duV
State Chairman e. M. Carr and others
before either you or Ed Dunn were
out of school-before either had fin
1shed your law course. I would Hkt
to ask in this connection whether i
has come to pass in Iowa that Loui.
Murphy, Ed Dunn and yourself are t,
pass on 4 mans democracy ant
whether you feel 1t is necessary ever.
democrat have a bill Of health from
you three? II so It might be we'll To-
you to issue approved Democrats
travelling or working card. Person
ally do not believe things have We
come to that stage.
Connolly Opposed Tariff Reduction.
I have the following letter from
Dubuque. Are the facts properl.
stated?
. perhaps you are not aware that a
the time Of the hearing on the Payne
:Aldrich tariff bill, Mr.. Connolly wa
sent down to Washington, at the ex
pense of the zinc operators OF thi
district, to do all in his power to Sc
that the tariff on zinc was not lowered