Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-29

VI the tnroe departments OF gov
srnment the judicial is necessarily
made up Of lawyers; the legislative IL
largely composed Of members Of the
legal fraternity, and for some time
past the chief executive OF Missouri
has been selected from the bar; the
Attorney General ef Missouri is neces-
sarily q lawyer, 80 that II does not
seem to me that, facing a. We are,
rapidly changing conditions In our
economic and Industrial affairs, Il re.
Quires a lawyer to manage the bust.
ness affairs Of the state. and that ID
after all the Governors chief func-
ton. Therefore do not think that
under the circumstances the expert.
ence Of man who has devoted his
life to the problems of the law, quaiif,
him any better for the office Of Go,I
ernor than the experience of q busil
ness man who has spent his whole life
In working out problems of efficiency
economy and development In the every
day affairs Of growing business be
set with derce competition and con
stantly changing business conditions
What we want to apply to present day
questions In Missouri 10 not logic and
theory, but rather reason and expert
ence.
There is another difference between
the Republican nominee for Governor
and myself, and that is that he stands
for the policy of Republicanism. and
l stand for the doctrine OF Democ
racy. He believes in the principles
enunciated by Alexander Hamilton.
believe in the philosophy Of Thomas
Jefferson. He is committed to the
fault finding, criticising campaign OF
Judge Hughes and stand for the con.
structive, statesmanlike administra.
ton Of Woodrow Wilson.
He stands for the stand pat, reac.
tionary. special privilege, trust incn
batting Payne-Aldrich .tff--as the
best method Of raising revenues for
the national government. I stand for
the Underwood tariff, an income tar,
an inheritance tax, and a tax on war
supplies. The difference is that his
method OF raising taxes would place
the burden on the consumer, ours on
accumulated wealth, where II can be
more easily borne.
He must stand sponsor for the Re
publican financial legislation which
turned the nations affairs over to a
half dozen men In Wall street, enabling
them to milk the nation at any time
they chose through the so-called
commercial panics. stand for the
federal reserve act which has forever
done away with such an unbearable
and unjust condition. Just imagine
the opportunities the European war
would have given Wall street to Gre
ate financial panics had not the fed
eral reserve act stared them In the
face.
He must stand for the utter failure
Of his party to enact during their long
tenure Of office progressive laws to
help and assist the farmer and the
laboring man. endorse each and
every one Of the splendid and numer.
GUS measures which have been recent
ly enacted to promote and assist agri-
culture and to help and dignity labor.
His party proceeds upon the theory
that federal courts are infallible and
for years. while in power. refused to
abolish government Of employees by
injunction, while my party, upon com
Ing into power. abolished government
BY Injunction and provided that all
employees charged with being In con-
tempt OF federal court In an equity
proceeding involving labor disputes
should be entitled to a trial by a Jury
Of his peers. His party regarded hui
man labor as commodity, while my
party has decreed that the labor Of q
htsV N kAt Il. Ia
nor an article OF commerce.
He must say why his party refused
to give the people the parcel post
system and always operated the post.
Office department at q loss, whereas
under our administration millions OF
dollars. OF surplus have been turned
back INTO the treasury.
Judge 'Lamm seems to mistrust the
people Before and since the primary,
In his speeches throughout the state,
he has denounced the present state
primary law, claiming that II breaks
down the moral stamina OF candidates
by giving them enormous temptations
to bid for votes by making all kinds
Of promises
Judge Lamm ought to know. and
probably does know, by this time. that
II there had been no state primary law
he could not have been nominated for
Governor.
But when Judge Lamm submitted
his cause to the voters OF ST. Louis
he received $3.50 votes to 10,454 cast
for his principal opponent II was this
vote that gave him the nomination
. vote that he never could have got.
ten In o convention.
As for me, I stand for the present
state primary law. have an abiding
faith in the judgment Of the people.
They win not be misled BY false prom,
ises. They are quick to detect the
lack Of stamina In any candidate TIA
people may occasionally make q rnis.
take. but I hope the day may never
come when the citizens composing the
political parties In Missouri win be
denied the right to name their own
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