Ripley County democrat., 1918-07-12
From s. Louis Republic,
June 1s. 1878
Whitley SPURNS
BAUER'S HELP
Senator Says Publication Of Letter
"Was Contemplate Petty PolIt
Ical cileanery."

Senator Xenophon P. Wilfley yes
terday gave the Republic copy Of hi
letter addressed to Ignatius j. Bauer
Secretary Of the Retail LIquor Deal
ers' Association.
Bauer recently wrote letter to r
Perry Spencer, an employe OF tht
State Insurance Department, assurinl
Spencer that saloonkeepers and liouol
interests would support Whitley q,
against Joseph w. Folk.
Whitley in his letter to Bauer DO
clares the preparation and publication
OF the Bauer letter was "the most
c5ntemptible form of petty political
chicanery."
Whitley IN his letter to Bauer tells
him he win make public his letter ia
him. The letter is as follows
"Mr. Ignatius J. Bauer, st Louis
o--Dear Sir: have letter before
me purportlng to be signed by you
aud a copy Of ST. Louis newspaper
in which is published the same letter
addressed to X. P Spencer. In this
letter you pretend to be writing as
secretary Of the Retail Liquor Deal.
ers' Association. and you express most
violent opposition to my opponent in
the race for United States Senator.
Says inference Is Clear.
From the language of your letter
the Inference is clear that you are op-
posing Gov. Folk because of injury
which he has done to your associa.
tioa, real or imaginary, and you clear
ly intended the Inference to be drawn
that you baye received or expect TO
receive, favors from me.
y might have been puzzled by your
letter If IL had not come to me at
the time ! received the letter and the
newspaper Clipping, that carbon
copy OF the Iettor to MIR. Spencer had
been given TO he press by MY op-
ponent before ii reached its destina.
ton
FROM this signif cant circumstance
mn forced TO the conclusion that
your lettor *ss written for the pur-
po2e of favorlng what il seemed 10
oraose, ard in The preparation aud
publication OF your letter there was
Gcsire to arouse 10 some OF the vot.
ers OF the State prejudice against me
by infeTring, What no man can charge,
that have asked for your support, or
that you can expect fayors from me
for consideration OF II.
Attacks Methods Used.
81 shall not undertake to express
my opinion Of the methods adopted
90 the preparation ard publication Of
this letter frrther than to say that 1t
represents III my Judgment the most
contemplate form Of petty political
chicanery.
Il do not believe it will serve its
intended purpose of misleading any of
he voters OF Missouri when the facts
are known, and am giving this letter
to the press OF the State ia order that
The people may be informed and may
lpdgs for themselves the real purpose
Of the letter which 50 speedily found
It's way into the hands OF my opponent
and was with such speed dolivered by
him to the press for publication
= Understand that you are Rspub-
lican and hold a position In the office
Of the Sheriff Of The City of st. Louis.
II is fairly 10 be Inferred that your in.
terest in contest between two Delne.
Gratis in the primary is measured by
advantage that you might expect to
gain for yOur party through the nomi.
nation Of my opponent rather than
myself do not believe that The
Democratic voters Of the State will
fail 70 see the significance OF your
action from this standpoint.
YOURS very truly,
'XENoPHoN p. WILFLEY,"