The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-14

IuA6exff Suddenly tie
City Star i publishing column N
Idav coverinp speeches made y
candidate for governor, Mr.. Hy4ts \
aYont Kansas City's holesalS &
| ti6n frauds, and IL indirsc4f butf
| po9elX ttyinE d to Md The pepr5e
|6elJey III F11teEl ID gGing III ll
|fhiS Contest, and tliat KansaS lls
elections IRE dishonest and rri1 HUT
Why MI this fuss and spte
about elections il this cityl ! Il III
aimple as can BE-. Kansas CIV
Democratic by ! few thousand .
Louis is Republican by many
and. A contest is pending il the kSs
eral coust there in which the contS4k
tatits allege that Senator Spene4
was naniinated for the high oif
United States senator BY ffaad Y NJ
the ST. Louis primary. N,
Senator Spencer wrote . letter IA
John Schmoll, February ~, IQl&
concerning proposed election l1
providing that when . voters j ssSl
tration was questioned, he GlA0
personally appear before the eiG6ff'
commissioners or his name wpda6 ~
striclen from the list; certAinay
good Sit aef fair for ST. Louis ~ sfe
NEity; but listen to N4}1f E
Asve been talking this mora u
with one Of the owners Of the, KA1lS
sas City Star. He seems TO thipl
that the legislation which has beeS
proposed by The Republican metnh
Of the board sM election commissioayS
ers Of Kansas City will help ! lck1
in Kansas City. ! do not think We1
would want some of it in st. Lonis.'
4 He then goes OF, to say that Kan
sas City is a strategic point, and tiat
the Star" owner suggests that they
have The Republican house pass the
bill applying only to Democratic
Kansas City, and then use highway
methods to force the Democratic
senate to pass this bill applicable
only to Democratic Kansas City, or
hold UP bill increasing pay of KanS
sas City policemen and other off
GERS until the, election bill applicable
only to Democratic, Kansas City I1
passed; and this was not only talk.
It was fought out along this line bya
the Kansas City STAR just as hard
as it could, but was finally foiled.
"That is the height OF these de-
famers' ambition. The Star is SOL
vicious and bitterly partisan; so de-I
termined to elect Governor, that III
can dominate, so intensely caustic]
against any Democratic candidate:|
so stepped Lid its Republicanism; aud
50 lost to honor. truth, and iutegritxf
that SNi& isxsj xsjoinin6 1tfh HYDE xisd|
Sne4ss iE4hEifs sbrazcn and psxty tac-
tics 70 defeat two IS clean, upright.
and honorable men ay ever asked the
pApple ofs this State for their suf-
frdxe, and upon an absolutely false
issue. n s
This same sort Of campaign was
carried on in 1908, and resulted in the
of Governor Hadley; but the
people soon found that affairs in city |
andscounty were ynnade much worse
isntead eof better; and have not, and
| Am sure, will not be misled again |
bv false issues and political promises |
Of a panacea for every imaginable |
condition that may exist in city or
Il have BEEN intimately connecttt
with our state government for many,
=
many years, and / assert, without
hesitation, that, Missouri, under Dem
ocratic government for more than 50
years, except from 1909 to 1913, had
The cleanest and most economical ad-
Of its affairs of any state
III this union.
We have dominated q man of
known integrity, Of established pub
ic record for absolutely clean ana
honorable conduct; thoroughly con-
,efsant with the life and business of
his state; I man who resorts to no
:ricks or schemes for political ad-
,antage; clean ia private as well as
,ublic life; and am confident that
,ur people will be glad. to turn over
D John ~. Atkinson the big duties
nd responsibilities of the office of
governor OF. this state.
JAMES cOWGILL."
(tats Highway Board Approves
Dueiss. Rieh Hill Roa1
The State HiahWHv Aoard has ap.