Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-06-22
IN STIRRING SPEECH AT SPRING.
FIELD CANDIDATE FOR GOV.
ERNoR ANSWERS CRITICS.
EVERY ISSUE MET SQUARELy
II Elected He Pledges Non.interfer.
ence With Expressed viii Of
the Voters and to Enforce
Laws as Enacted.
Springfield, Mo. June 6, 1916.

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entered upon this campaign deter
mined to predicate my appeal 10 the
| Democrats of Missouri for their suf'
! frage upon my own merits ana more
particularly upon merits OF those con
/ structive measures which ! advocate
and with firm resolve not to mar
angue the people OF this State upon
! the shortcomings OF my opponents.
! propose to adhere strictly to this
rule throughout this campaign.
Some of NV opponents have adopt.
| ed a different plan and have gone
| about the State discussing my per.
sonsI and business affairs and other
! matt.rs wholly irreyelant to the is.
/ sues of this calupaign. Hitherto |
| have ignored thos. efforts to divert
| tho attention of rh.. Democrats from
| tho real issues but in Justice to those
who are supporting me, | feel that
! the time has com. .or me to mention
! two or three of rhes.. charges.
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| o,,n,n,p,. ui,b ,rb,,h lam CONNECTED as
,r,,s, and IN mo L. head of a trust
s,a.L of II reluctantly and only ny
| roasnr NJ rho u...r,Ii.,r uosition in
! which am p,acad Int I am uroud of
n,y lusip.ss car..r and Of every act
~ nine which cnp,-ibu,ed tn lis suc.
.
IN. ,,i,b M . f..yy n. my ,oIIows in my
, bnr..,y ir,egri,, and husiness ahi,ity
I,a,.. ,,,;l, ~. e, n,,.ir.., which gives
.r,r,,,r,a,, ,o "a ,oodlv ,umher
I -, n.n,Ie and ,,fords m. q CONNIE.
tenc. and enables me to occasionally
give away money where | think it will
do good. This business was developed
and is now conducted in competition
with two hundred and fifty similar
concerns located in the United States
and neither nor my company. nor any
one in its behalf have ever created. en-.
tered into. necome "a member Of. or
participated in any trust or any.
'hlhI r"S'''"''hI trust No'Nl'i'
S'an"'h- 1t" me aSi''''o" anu i"'
ga''o" F"''.N' |" tru"IS u"'lhs
the past ~" years anu inc nu'
mer"us INVESTIGATIONS conducted D.!
learheI A'toFHeE-Geherals' our CONF
pahE was never suspected oil Dong
trust or party 10 i trust agreement
until h"h IN" teilerltE 10 oller my
Sell Tor Office ana theh no formal
charG" l. maze Ill court Out vague
charges ar" madc pE ihSIhu"tloh ana
lnhu'h"o from the stump. SuH"i II"
uncaSlh"~' "a 10 me "'l-ht tha' VII!
De gwen uI me Democrats OF TINS
state 10 charges so Ihau" al such "
TIME as TINS
Some time aIo | was asked by the
State Superintendent of the Missouri
Anti-SaluOn League whether or not, in
the event am elected Governor of
Missouri would use my Influence to
prevent the passage of temperance
legislation, and whether or not
would sign IA Statewide prohibition
bill with the peace, health and sale
~ clause a'iaChrd.
I have never felt any bssitancv
ahnu, rxnrcssinr my views nm mis-
oucstior arrhough I did rot feel under
nhligntinr IN rxrress them n AIR
Sbrnr f,r In. reason TIN, hafore h.
asked me th.se ouestiors no an.
pourcod his nnnositinn m nv cardi.
dacv am nsrfactlv willing for rho