The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-11
WILSON ALWAYS WRONG
WHEN THEY DIFFERED,
REED SAYS AT MOBERLY
Senator, in Dramatic Speech Opening
His Campaign, Accepts Issues
oftOpposition to President
and Reported Wealth
of Opponent.
Fom the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

States Senator James "A. Reed, open
ing his campaign for denomination
here this afternoon, accepted the IS
sue of the Reed-Wilson fight in his
candidacy, and very directly and very
clearly set forth his defense, dra-
matically and with frequent resort to
sarcasm, contending that Wilson was
wrong and he was right on all Tie
measures over which they disagreed,
The speech was characteristic
Reed effort, in which the sarcasm in
voice, expression and manner served
to say what was in his mind. rather
than the words he used. He played
upon the emotions Of his hearers, and
at times scored with his audience, but
taking the speech all i'll all, il did not
provoke outbursts of applause.
His audience numbered probably
something in excess Of 5000, all the
seats in the large tent being occu-
pied and several hundred persons
standing at the entrance. In addition
to residents of Randolph County and
nearby places, there were about 1900
from Kansas City and St. Louis. spe-
cial trains being run from Kansas
City, Reeds home.
There was no heckling of Reed,
though there were in the audience a
large number of Wilson Democrats,
who are supporting Breckinride
Long, his opponent. The only ques-
tons asked from the audience were
designed to bring forth answers
which would in the opinion OF the
person asking the question bring out
Reeds points, more forcibly.
The questioning was by only three
or four persons.
With Reeds speech delivered, the
issues of the campaign and the lines
on which it will be fought from the
Reed angle are:
The Reed opposition to Wilson,
accepted as an issue by Reed,
who is seeking by his method Of
handling the issue to take the Of
fensive rather than be placed on
the defensive.
The reported wealth OF Brock
inridge Long.
Analysed, there was little else in :,
the speech. Reed brought out his
points with force, though he was
careful not to actually mention the
name of Wilson i'll any disparaging
way and he did not mention Long : :
name throughout the two and one
half hours he was speaking. He
talked of Wilson and used Wilson'S l.
name, but insisted his sentiment to- !
ward Wilon was not anmosity but '
profound sympathy
While there was nothing i'll the
speech indicating any desire to soft a
n in his opposition to the admins /
ration measures he fought during v
he eight years Wilson was Presi- c
lent, he did not fail to recount the q
measures on which he supported the Q
position of the President. This, he
was for the purpose of
setting at rest this miserable story t
hat always fought the President" /
He admitted that he and the I
President had differed over questions c
ii patronage i'll Missouri, and that at '
,ne time the President refused to ap- |
,oint to office any person recon- '
nended by him and the late Senator 4
Stone. He insisted, however, that the t
differences over patronage had been
;ettled and forgotten long before the c
line he opposed legislative measures {
ldv coated by the President. Through a
,ut the speech, his apparent effort c
vas to try to convince his audience |
hat he had not the slightest feeling /
against the President personally, and ,
hat his opposition to such measures
rs he opposed was due solely to a ,
feeling that the desires
,f the President were wrong. ii
AT one place, when discussing the i
luty OF Senator to follow his own
opinions and to refuse to accept die
alton from the President, he s
brought to play his sarcasm and his I
)1ay on Longs name
IF Missouri wants rubber stamp
n the United States Senate, it un-
ioubtedly can find one without So
letting far or long" After the
word long" he paused, gazing sig I
lificantly out into his audience for |;
he few seconds it took for his hear I
70 to grasp his meaning, then smiled
It the laughter produced.
Promising in future speeches to
ak more on the Newberry case,
vhich was generally understood to
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