The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-20
Delivers a "WhOop-tO-doo"
Grafton, and Tells What
He'll Do If Elected.
GOLD OAKEN BUCKET"
SPEECH BY DAUES
st. Louis Attorney Introduces
Candidate With Few Remarks
About the Cemetery.

concluded his campaign in this county
last night with an address at the
Courthouse in this city. Five hundred
people, many of them women, heard
him.
His speech was of the "spreaS-
eagle" variety, but the crowd was
cold. He related a number of stories,
which amused his hearers, but there
was 10 applause.
He was escorted through the county
by active members of the local pro-
hibition organization, known as the
Citizens Committee. This club was
present latt night, the Democratic
members as we'll as the Republicans.
Edward w. Flentge, former post
master, and Ed F. Regenhardt, were
present and made themselves conspic-
uous by their efforts to enthuse the
crowd.
Mr.. Swanger delivered "whoop-te-
do" eulogy on "back to old Missouri
rah," before he pointed out the bene-
fits that would come through his cleo
ton to the governorship.
Charles Daues, who introduced
Stranger, delivered what is known in
the hack woods country as an "Old
Oaken Bucket" talk. He sobbingly
told of his utilization with the old
Courthouse, which furnished the back
ground for the meeting, and then
dwelt pathetically on the cemeteries.
Daues used to live in Cape Girardeau,
but is now holding an $4,000, position
under Mayor Kiel, his cousin. Mr..
Daues is enthusiastically supporting
Mayor Kiel for another term.
Swanger is a nice looking man. H,
was nicely dressed in a near-silk palm
beach suit and he looked confidently
out over his white bow tie as he utter
ed the fulsOme words Of his sermon.
His silvery hair makes one believe
that were there mustache, he would
look heroic.
He virtually turned the political
platform into pulpit and promised to
remove with his form grazing the gov
ernor's chair, all ills in Missouri that
flesh is heir to.
Nothing was too great to expect. 1t
was just one of those old-fashioned,
"come-on-boys-we're-with-you," "pull-
fertile shore" speeches.
He attacked the Democratic admin
| iSJratiOn and said it was a nightmare.
All Democrats fight shy of the admin
istration's record, he said, and then he
sounded the death knell of nepOtism
and brought out the fact that honest
elections is an issue in the campaign.
He declared himself in favor, as
soon as he is governor and has an at
torney general to his liking, in favor
of re-districting the state, attacked
Democratic gerrymandering; remark
ed that the police in the cities would
be removed from politics and said all
state boards should be honest.
He dwelt briefly on the subject of
local option, said he is for it, always
has been for it and intimated that he
always will be for it.
He said business should be encour-
aged in the state, labor should get a |
square deal, immigration aided and
good roads ought to be built He re-
ferred to Federal Aid for good roads |
as basis for hard surface road MAX |
ing, a measure urged by an admins
tration that he lambasted.
He said education should be pro-
NOTED. W. S. Dearmont, president of |
the Normal, was present and heard |
that sentiment.
Labor, the only hope of civilization,
and capital should be Joined ain we'd
lock-" he said, and, as he reiterated |
the land-of-the-rising-sun" PROPOSE
ton, he said the keynote of his ambi-
ton tc become governor was to build
a commonwealth.
Regenhardt and Flentge lowered
around the ice-water barrel and drank
long, deep, copious draughts.
The speech that Swanger delivered
marked the close of days campaign
in the county on the arm of Mr.. Daues.
Schuchert's Band paraded on the
streets last night and played several
selections in the bandstand before the
speaking commenced. u