San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-03

ncen supposed 10 nave anu ! Snall
never willingly consent TO any further
association with him.
"He is the man who wishes 10 de-
stroy the reputation of any man who
dares 10 assert any independence Of
his selfish egotism.
Connected With Armour Concern.
He is the man who criticises false
" and recklesSly the law practice of
n private citizen and vet. rs a sena-
tor of the United States. welding
great political influence. through his
power over appointments and his op-
portunities to shape legislation. is ac-
lively engaged in the practice Of law.
How far, it may we'll be asked, are
his professional emplOyments induced
by reason of his political influence ?
On February Q, 1924, the public press
carried the significant information
that throughout great part of his
senatorial career, Senator Reed has
been employed as special counsel by
The Universal Oil Products company,
the chief proprietor of which is j..
Ogden Armour. the principal figure
in the packing interests. and the fee
Senator Reed was to receive in the
event of victory was estimated by his
envious conferces at anywhere from
S250.000 to S1.000.000.' Some au-
therities said that it might be twice
or three times either of these figures
Qucted.s
He is the man who bitterly op-
poses the present widespread, heart
felt desire Of the American people
to cooperate with the other nations
of the earth 10 work out in common
cause the problems of world dis
armament and world peace.
He is the man who cannot point,
after years of service in the Senate,
to a single constructive reform which
he has advocated or aided.
He is the man who falsely said
in recent speech that no living
man can point TO single great law
suit which McAdoo has ever tried in
| court
Records Refute Accusation.
"The records in the United States
District Court in Kansas City, Reed :
own home, refute him because | tried
| one Of the most important law suits
in the history of American juriSpru-
deuce before Judge Van Nalkenburgh
in 1919. ] refer to the ease Of Smith
| VS.. the Kansas City Title and Trust
company, in which the farm mortgage
| bankers. who had bled the farmers
by uSurious interest rates and hard
conditions in farm mortgages, at
tackled the constitutionality of the fed
cral farm loan act.
under this law the farmers in
every state of the Union were gettll,-
35-year farm mortgages at a rate of
interest not exceeding per cent per
| annum. including the annual amorti-
cation payment. The farm loan banks
were established by the Wilson adj
minstration under my direction as
secretary of the treasury. and were
a Godsend TO the oppressed farmers.
| Ii the farm mortgage sharks should
have had the law declared mconstitu-
tional. they would again have had the
farmer by the throat.
Charles Il. Hughes and George W.
Wickorsham were associated with me.
We won the case in the lower courts
| and the decision was sustained by
| the Supreme Court Of the United
States. Thus the benefit of this great
| farm mortgage system was saved 10
| the American farmers, Reed has never
had case of equal importance nor
| has he ever won a victory in or out
| of court that benefited, as this case
did 33,O00,000 of farm population i'll
the United States.
Law Practice Not An Issue.
"Neither Reeds law practice moi
my law practice is 4 political issue
| The senator admits that he did not
regard it of sufficient Importance 10
| discuss it if l had ket out OF Mis-
souri, as presidential candidate.
What is important. however. is the
public record. My record as a public
| official is before the people of the
nation. The books are open. The
services / gave are matters Of public
| knowledge. l am willing to submit
that record to my fellow citizens.
regardless of party and abide by their
| Judgment. / refuse to believe that
the American people will be guided
in the slightest degree by the abuse
| of Senator Reed.
"Of course the people know that
Reed. with his experience i'll politics.
| has no idea that the Democracy OF
| America. which repudiated him m
state and nation four years ago. VIII
now turn to him and exalt him To
the highest office within the gift OF
| the American people. OF course the
people know that Reed is seeking TO
obtain control of the delegates from
the state of Missouri for trading pur-
poses in the New York convention.
Senator Reed says he is man of
courage. Has he the courage TO come
out and say for whom he is now the
| stalking horse? viii he tell the
voters TO whom he intends TO trade the
| Democratic delegates of Missouri
whom he seeks to take to the New
| York convention pledged 10 do his
political will? Will he tell the Demo
Gratis of Missouri why he would he
willing to trade his silence about me
for the unobstructed opportunity to
secure delegates from Missouri:
Calls Reed An "0bstacle."
"If Senator Reed wants TO know
why | made an exception in the case
of Missouri to my announced policy
of not contesting a state against a
| bona fide home candidate, he VIII tlnd
my explanation in his own record.
Il deeply regret that circumstances
| which | cannot control make 1t I'M
possible for me to get TO Missouri
before the county conventions on
! March 8, and say the things that L
should like to say TO the Democracy
| of Missouri.
THE issues confronting the nation
| are SO serious that no man, and least
of all a man like Senator Reed. must
be allowed TO stand in the way OF
their solution or to destroy at this
crisis the effectiveness of the Demo
cratic party which he has so often
BETRAYED. L should like to lift the
minds of the people from such SUBJ
iect as Senator Reed. his past I'M