The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-11-03
WALSH ON REED
One Democrat Who kasws Ssns.
thias About James A. Reeds
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down the state telling what a friend
he Is Of the common people and how
he Is dead against the cruel corpora.
tons, Is not quoting from Frank r.
Walsh on the subject. Mr.. Walsh
Is a Democratic leader at Kansas City
and knows Mr.. Reed very well. On
April 6, 1914, the latter made q speech
at the stockyards at Kansas City from
which we quote:
There is no question which so deep.
ly affects the homes as the conduct
OF the public utilities. For at least
ten years there has been an effort to
get street railway franchise in Kan.
sas City. The Scent fare went into
effect In Toledo, Ohio, yesterday.
which Is not as good n street car town
as Kansas CITY, therefore, three mil.
lion dollars u year has been taken
out OF the pockets Of the people OF
Kansas City Tor which nothing is
given.
when James A. Reed was elected
mayor for the first time there was n
contest on with tho street car com.
pany. IL was over n question of paw.
ing eighteen inches outside tho track X
and other minor details.
Mr.. Reed was elected; the manage.
ment OF the car company changed
and we had forced upon us what | am
going TO say was the most Infamous.
undemocratic ordinance ever passed
In an American city. called the peace
agreement
u say II was Infamous because as
soon ms II was passed more than
l2ls million dollars OF securities were
raincd upon the peace agreement
alone.
This was watercd stock and the
Metropolitan Il bankruptcd today on
account OF the i2is millions OF
waicred stock placed on II In that
agreement. There IL another reason
why II was Infamous. one OF the
good things TO come out Of II was the
paving between the car tracks and
Tor eighteen inches outside. I want
you TO look over the car tracks Of
kansa" city today TO see whether
they were paved inside or outside.
Tho people were buncoed.
James a. Reed knows he betrayed
the people OF Kansas city In the
depths Of his guilty heart. because
nc has tried to explain II every time
he makes u speech on city politics.
] want TO follow that n little further.
Mr. Reed. tho violent dcfamer. tho
challenging man. tho paid vilificr OF
his ncighbors. tho hired verbal ruff.
fian.-this man became a candidate
for Governor. Immediately following
the peace agreement.
MIR. Reed came 20 Kansas City and
pretended 10 no into the employment
OF tho Metropolitan street Railway.
! say pretended adviscdly. He will
toll you that his firm was employed
for tho sole purpose Of contestins
that litigation which my office had
against tho Metropolitan. I want you
10 ask Mr.. Reed this afternoon. n dur
Ing tho next three years while he
was drawing thousands OF dollars from
the Metropolitan Street Railway he
over had up one legitimate proposition
with my office.
III he says he did. I will como back
here at four o'clock this afternoon and
publically apologize TO Mr. Reed for
doing him a wrong. lie may say his
partner attended TO that business.
Then want TO ask him II during tho
first year his partners tried moro
than two cases with my office: II tho
second year they tried moro than
four; n the third year they tried more
ana YET all this time this abuscr