Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-01-20


address that hardly know where to
begin. That will not be so bad for
you, however, as it will be if it shall
develop before l have finished that ]
have forgot how and when to stop.
At the outset I want to assure you
that | deeply appreciate the honor
OF being with you on this occasion.
Outside of my own home county, out
in the middle of the, state, there is no
other place and there are to be found
no other people from whom | have as
deep affection and vast appreciation
as have for this city and the loyal
and faithful Democrats in Kansas
City and Jackson county.
might take up the greater portion
of the time shall consume in talking
to you tonight in telling you the
things I like about Kansas City and
her citizens. Were | to do so would
only discuss matters with you with
which you are more familiar than |.
There is one institution, however,
that you have in Kansas City that ]
shall mention briefly because to my
mind it is unique institution, one
such as can be found nowhere else
within the borders of the United
States or its insular possessions. To
my mind it stands out as an institu-
tion to which none other can be COM
pared and to which no decent institu-
tion would want to be compared.
You have in your great city this re-
markable institution which is Ger
man newspaper printed in the Eng
lish language.
This paper is appropriately named
because it is a star of hope under
which foreigners have gathered to
carry on their ideas, practices and
creeds that are not in harmony and
keeping with the institution and prin-
ciples of the American government.
It's policies are directed by man
who thought so little of the United
States as a country and the American
people as. people that he did not
choose to become identified with them
as a citizen until forced to do so for
| the protection of his interests after
/ this nation became involved in war
with his mother country. And the
process of his Identification as citi-
zen or his naturalization, ii you
please, was gone through with under
circumstances that are subject to
close scrutiny, that merit just criti-
cism; if, in fact, the process in its
entirety is not entirely illegal and
void. | can understand why ignorant,
unschooled and uneducated foreigners
| might come to the United States and
remain for years without having be-
come naturalized, but it is beyond
my conception, beyond my under
standing, it is impossible for me by
/ any process of reasoning OF analysis,
to arrive at plausible excuse for a
man who is big enough and possesses
| the qualifications to be the manager
of metropolitan newspaper to stay
in this country as many years as this
chief star of the "Star" has stayed
without becoming citizen of the
United States until forced to natural
ization in preference to being intern
ed in an alien enemy camp. He may
have taken, and no doubt did, the
usual oath of remuneration and ale
glance, but every man is entitled to
draw his own conclusions from the
facts before him, and judging from
! this mans attitude prior to the time
of his attempt to identify himself as
a citizen of this country; the facts
that led him to take these steps and
his conduct since,, judged by the pol
[icy of the paper with which he is
identified, will readily make you be-
lieve that this was an oath of the lips
and not of the mind and heart. There
are stars and stars in the great firma-
ment: poets, philosophers and scien-
fists from time immemorial have
written of the stars and their influ-
ence on the destiny of man, good
\ stars and bad stars; and | say to you
as a Missourian from out in rural
community, who has always felt a
kindly interest for this great western
metropolis, to my mind the greatest
city Of all the west and middle west;
that your evil star, that has done
Kansas City more harm, has stood
! for fewer things that are right, and
| advocated more things that are
wrong; has done more to send out
broadcast over the country evil re-
| ports that have done untold injury
to the good name of your citizens and
your fair city, is this damnable insti-
tuition known as the Kansas City
Star.
i For some years past there has been
more or less complaint, made prin-
aiply through the columns of Repub-
llican newspapers, that Missouri was
being misgoverned. Complaint was
made almost continuously through
4 the columns of the st. Louis Globe
i Democrat, the st. Louis Times, the
Kansas City Star and Kansas City
Journal and Republican newspapers
of less influence, that the Democratic
administration Of affairs in Missouri
was so subject to criticism that the
!. Democrats were so far forgetting
| their obligations to the people of the
state that conditions ought to change
4 Republican politicians and spell
binders were constantly and continu-
ously taking up this line of dope and
chatter and it was carried into all
! parts Of the state. In 1920 the Re
publican party in this state eonceiv-
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