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And yet Governor Folk, who declared In
favor of home rule, enforced the dramshop
laws in the lame cities, while under Gov
ernor Stephen and Governor Dockery,
who were opposed to home rule, the dram
shop laws In the large cities were not en
forced. In taking hla noaltlon with
Btephens and Dockery, Is Mr. Cowherd to
De unaerstooa as commenuing ineir au
mlntstrntlon of the police departments In
our large cities, and is ne to ne unaer,
stood n condemning? Governor Folk be'
cause he declared for home rule? I do not
care what horn of this dilemma Mr. Cow
herd takes, but let him answer these ques
ttnna. unit flnwF tnem sneclflcally! Does
he approve of the conduct of the police
departments in Kansas city nna oi. lajui.
while Dockery and Stephens were gover
nor? Governor Folk claims that they wero
both Inefficient and corrupt. Whnt doe;
Mr. Cowherd sny upon this question?
imnni nt Ur rviwharri that he either re
pudlate Dockery and Stephens, or repudi
ate Folk. One thing Is certain In refer
ence to this question 'of home rule, and
that Is that the people of the largo cities
will not got It unless thov clearly Indicate
that they want it. Ana ir tncy want 11.
liava ailnli ennnrienpe In their fTOOd CltlZCn-
ship and Intelligence that I believe they
will Uso It to cmorce mo law, aim um
to violate It, But Mr. Cowherd, who be
lieves that we should forthwith give home
rnlo to the Phlllnnlno Islands, with Its
mixed population of negroes, Malays and
Chinamen, with Its combination of Ignor
ance. Inennncltv nnd superstition, would
dim' It to the Intelligent, law-abiding peo
ple of Knnrns City. St. Louis nnd St.
Joseph. I'crhnps Mr. Cowherd thinks that
bemuse he, as Mayor of Kansas City, did
nothing to enforce the dramshop laws
providing for the closing of the saloons
on Sunday, that other city official? whom
the people might elect would follow his
example ...
One thing Is nlso certain In reference to
this question of homo rule, and that Is
that even If the selection of police, elec
tion nnd excise officials Is given to the
people of the large eltles. the laws of the
State providing for the regulation of dram
shops will still remain th laws of the
State until n majority of the people's rep
resentatives wnnt them changed. At the
request of Governor Folk, my office has
enforced the laws regulating dramshops
In , St. I.ouls County by the. orderly
processes of the courts, nnd If 1 nm elected
Governor, that which I have accomplish
ed ;is Attorney General In St. Louis Coun
ty, I can accomplish ns Governor, with nn
honest Attorney Genernl, In tho large
cities or tne state, nut wny is it. may i
again Inquire, If the Republican platform
is in ravor or lawlessness ana tne non-
nforcement of the laws regulating dram-
ops, that nil the lawless saloonkeepers
the state are supporting Mr. cowherd
v. opposing me? There is nothing that
IP x,cowncru couki say mat would con
, thoe men that they ara making n
' tnko In supporting him. And there Is
V, hlncr thnt 1 could snv.ttiat would win
mo their npprovnl. TJdt I want neither
b mrlr approval nor thcif votes, fur I have
no favors to give tohoso who violate the
law. Tho saloonkeeper who obevs the law
Is entitled to tlurinw' protection, and nn
absolutely sqVKrc deal from the State. All
this ho will Jit vp firm me. lint I here and
now aecijre unrelenting opposition to the
lawlessjtaloonkcepcr who seek to nomi
nate tfhii elect our public officials for his
ownprotection.
GiV LABOR RECORD AND MR. COW-
Mr Cowherd had something to say In
Ills opening speech In tcfercnoo to my nt
. Is In
f Vnfor
m opposed to maintaining the present
disproportion of revenue between the
Rials tTnluaraltv M tha nuMln IChOOlS.
by whloh It costs $Jl.eo each year for
every student In the State University, and
cut si. bp eaen year ror every pupu in n
public schools
HOW CANDIDATES SHOULD BE
JUDGED.
I now want to offer some reasons why
I should be elected Governor. The only
way by which a candidate can be fairly
Judged by the people Is by his party record
of official service, the platform and prom
ises upon which he Invites the suffrage of
tho people nnd by the Influences that sur
round his candidacy. I have already re
ferred somewhat In detail to the Influ
ences that have secured the nomination
for Mr. Cowherd, that surround him today
and that will surround him In cose of his
election. -Those Influences consist of the
reprcsentotlves of a corrupt and a discred
ited machine; the representatives of those
public scrvlco corporations which seek fa
vors from the State and seek to prevent
legislation In the people's Interest: the
representatives of those saloons and liquor
Interests which have tried to violate the
law In the past and expect to do so In the
future: representatives of those who
, man n vlnlAtfl the law who
nro sworn to enforce the law; who would
mni In debach the ballot who are
sworn to protect the ballot. These are
anmo nf the Inflences that secured for Mr.
Cowherd his nomination, that they are to
day fighting for his election and which
will surround him If successful.
I owe my nomination to the people of
Missouri alone. I did not desire to be a
candidate for Governor, or for any other
office, but I responded to the expressed
will of the people of Missouri without ret-'
orence to party. t number amonrjMhy
supporters the representatives of no pub
lic scrvlco corporations seeking .favors
from the state; the representatives of no
Inw-brcaking saloons and I wtyrt none of
cither. My nomination has come to me
unpurchased and unsought. My election
will come to mo without the taint of
Illegality, or II will not come at all. If
there Is the slightest question ns to the
legality of my cleatlon, I will refuse to
qualify as Governor until that question Is
removed. I wijnt no tnlnted office. The
only Influence that will surround me as
Governor arc the Influences that are repre
sented by men as strong and clear and
truo 115 ever asked the suffrage of a peo
ple fny associates upon the Republican
State ticket. If you ask mc for my dec
laration of principles and tho promises I
offer to yoa, I refer you to the Itcubllcan
Btato platform, every plank of which I
endorse nnd every word of which I ap
prove, THE RECORD OF OFFICIAL SERVICE.
And now ns to tho records of official
service Hint Mr. Cowherd nnd I offer to
the people, ns the protnlso of the manner
In which we will dlsc.hnrgo tho duties of
tho great office of aovcrnnr. To an exam
ination nnd comparison of those records,
I Invito llio attention of the people of the
fttnlc, Mr. Cowherd has held four of
llelnl positions Aslstnnt Prosecuting At
torney of Jackson County. First Assistant
City Counselor of Kansas City, Mayor of
Kansas. City, nnd Congressman from tho
FlflU Congressional District, Ho has held
public office for fourteen years, and if he
or his friends can point to a single In
stance In any oITlco that ho has held
whete ho over attacked nn abuse, cor
reeled nn eiil. nnnoscd or defeated cor
rupt political Influences for tho benefit of
V
Html,' upon questions of Interest to the,,"'" People of M'sourJ.I shnll ho Bind to
laboring classes. I have had no ocrislon "' i" 1 . "J ,i i b;...
particularly to deal with questions affect- ,I1V,..1T,,,T0. .,.,,
inir Hie itihti nf nrcntilzcd Inline ercent 1 ,ll,v" held the nfflcn of Urst Assistant
as Uha'cMha.0occaslon to decide que's. City Couns clor of Knns Clly. Prot
I Inn- mid to conduct litigation In which " Alton oy of JnHson Couiity and At-
iiiii nil; i :i ii 1 1 r i viii J 1 1 iiu uvmiuii " ..". . t
next nns for the various State Dfnnrt- I '.'I'.'""" . . "" ""'.
. . fni nil n fin mv nnii tn iinti t rt w in nftui nr
my nblllty, I Invito that criticism. For
the purpose of this discussion, It Is not
'mn.irt.int to Tcfor to my record In the
'jlllen of City Counselor of Kansas City or
hs Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson Coun
ty. Four yenrs ngo, I was nominated for
the office nf Attorney General by accident
nnd elected on purpose. And yet It was
an olllce that 1 thoiiKht I did not want,
though I endeavored to tnko hold of It ns
If I did. 1 soon learned that I could ne-
d In the Supremo Court cpy my entire time .wllh Its ordinary rau
ales. Hut Mr. Cowherd ''"ties but I felt that ns chief l.iw
mnlces the statement thnt 1 did not go on ! officer or ine inm i si i enoeavor to
tho Committee on Hesnlutlons of the nc- correct some of the abu-es ond evils that
. ..uu vt.ii ,.... ,i,. i...-. 1 1 exls I cd In our commercial ond Industrial
did not dcslro to bo Inwlvnl In n contest "Vstem to the Injury of tho pcoplo of tho
over the Injunction plank which was sub- "i1"-
mlttcd to that convention. This slate-1 THE STANDARD OIL TRUST
mnnl la Atiil.lv ltiplflnc lt tt'ntl, nnrl T nu. i
sume that Mr! Cowherd must have been 1 I found In the spring of 1905 that the
misinformed or be would not have made prleo or tuo prouuets oi pciroicum nnu not
It. My nnmo wn never picsented ns n declined In this Stnto for twenty years,
msmber of the Committee on Resolutions, 1 nllhough during that lime there had been
although It was considered In connection n great Increase In tho production of crude
with that position. Hut when 1 found that petroleum nnd n great docrenso In Its
Major Warner desired that honor. I with-1 price. I found thnt In the Kansas and
draw In Ills fnvnr In deference to his , Oklahoma oil Holds In 1000, there had been
wilts nffectlng the Interests nf tho labor
ing classes. I have endeavored to render
decisions In accordance with the law of the
land, without fear or f.ivor to any class.
In the conduct nf litigation. I have en
deavored to siwlnln tho laws that the peo
ple have written upon the statute books.
And the fnct that today those who work
In underground mlr.es do not work there
more than eight hours in every twenty
four. Is due to the provisions nf the law
of this State. Hie constitutionality of
which I sustained
of tho United St
tlon, has been exposed . 'nd driven from
the State; the Standard OH Company of
Indiana and the Waters-Pierce Oil Cotn
pany of Missouri have been forced by
order of tht Circuit Court of elwn
County to obey our laws and sell to all
who wish to buy. Competition In th oil
business has thus been mad potHbls and
lines March, 10S, when I began suit,
thirty oil companies have been admitted
to do business In th Stat, a larger num
ber than had been admitted In its ntlr
previous history. Th result I that th
prle of refined oil no longer Inorj
whn th prlc of petroleum deortfM.
The result Is that although th wholeHn
prlc of refined oil was SH ) a rallon
a tha tins T hsran this slllf. tt Is today
ttt cents a gallon, which mean a avlni
of over 1800,000 a year to th peopl or
Missouri.
THE MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
OASE.
But over and above th material
vantages that hav been, accomplish!
the moral slnlflcanca and lmnortansa or
this litigation. And It wUt always be a
ource of satisfaction to me ancf i believe,
to the people, that It was the Stat of
Missouri which forced theAffieers of this
great combination of weytn and of power,
the greater! In the history of the world,
to bow for the first time In humble sub
mission to the lawhnd the court and to
disclose Its plan of organisation and busi
ness methods. And this result was ac
complished hf a foreign jurisdiction, a
against thepersistent and untiring efforts
of the ablest lawyers that money could
secure. The evidence developed In thl
uit.ias since been used as 'tne oasis or
sujig against the Standard Oil Trust by
five States, nnd hv the National Govern
ment, and the arrogant and Insolent dis
regard of the laws of the Nation and of
the States and the rights of competitors
and the public which once characterised
the actions of this corporation have now
become largely matters of ancient history.
Dy this result there has also como to th
American people n realization of the fact
that no combination or money ana oi
power Is abeve the law and that none
will be permitted to violate the law with
Impunity. It Is a narrow partisan Indeed
who will rcfuso to be satisfied with re
sults such ns these.
INSURANCE TRUST.
I want to tell you tho result of the pro
ceedings that I conducted against another
combination of corporate Interests doing
business in this State. In 1899 my prede
cessor, Mr. E. C. Crow, began a suit
nralnst a number cf Insurance companies
on tho charge that they wero violating the
anti-trust laws of this State. The Su
preme Couit sustained his action and as
sessed n fine of 11,000 against each of the
corporations charged. But during the
last two years, by reason of complaints as
lo ll.o rales or insurance, i Degan nn in-
cstlgntlon from which I became sausiica
thnt the former suit conducted by Mr.
Crow had not resulted In a correction of
tliu abuses incident to the nre insurance
business hero; that lire Insurance rates
had not hc?n reduced and were arbitrarily
Ilxcd and maintained with but slight, if
any, reference to the hazard of the risk.
And so I began proceedings against some
79 of these companies, charging them with
tho violation of our anti-trust laws. But
before tho testimony was completed th
representatives of the insurance compa
nies oncned negotiations looking to an
adjustment of this litigation and offered to
reform their business so as to comply witn
the laws of the State and to treat the
people fairly In the matter of rates If the
prosecution against tnem was not con
tlnud. I Informed them that If they
would rc-rnte all of the property of tho
Slate on a scientific basts, giving to each distance of 100 mites. It would coat th
b'.lldlrg the benefit of any protection from town homc-bullder 125 for the same car
lire that It might enjoy, I would hold In Ithe same distance. A similar condition
abeyance the suit that i nna Degun. i nis exisi in me rrcignt rates in Missouri ana
proposition was accepted and the work of the freight rates In Illinois and Iowa upon
eadjustmcnt of Insurance rates In this i other commodities and for other distances.
State l.i now In progress, and will prob-1 These facts and many others Important to
ably be completed within the course of the people of Missouri, hae been dovjl-
ino next sixty aaya. in mo uiiy ana.opruin me course or tnis litigation. Tne
brooder experience and knowledge on
questions of national politics. For that
net I novo no apologies to oner to any
body. It wan made public nt the time,
produced $1,000 barrels of crude petroleum
fur which tho producers have received
$1.20 n barrel; while In 1903 tho produc
Inn had Increased to over U'.nuo.uoo a
nnd I hnvo no hesitation In s lying now. ! year and tho price had declined to 40 cents
"til'- '"I
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m,
lira 7
that I was In favor of a more definite
declaration ns to the powers of the courts
hi 'tho grunting of Injunctions than that
which '3 contained In the National' Ite
uMlcan plotform. But there can be no
uestlnn but that the declarations upon
.his subject In tho Tteniihllcnn National
platform mean fur tnoro to tho laboring
classes nf this country than tho declara
tions upon tile snmo subject In the plnt
fnrm of the National Domncrncy. The
statement of Mr. Cowherd that I dodged
n vote upon this or nny other question
that came before the National Republican
Convention Is nlso entirely false. I voted
upon every question thnt enme before thnt
Convention, nnd I voted In favor of the
plunk for campaign contributions, n sub
ject upon which the people await with In
terest Information from Mr. Cowherd nnd
his St. I.ouls mnniigcrs. The only time
that I was absent from tho Convention
was upon the Inst day. when tho candi
date for Vice-President was nominated.
nnd nn thnt dny I wns nliscnt because my
official duties made It necessary for me
to return to tho State of Missouri Per
haps Mr. Cowherd hns been disposed to
believe these stntemcnls In rcfeienco to
my attitude upon questions nffectlng the
lntcrf-sts of orcnnlrcd labor by reason of
his own experience In the campaign of
four years ngo. At that time he brought
upon himself the condemnation of the
laborlntr classes nf the Fifth Cnncrcsslonnl
District by tefuslng to nnswer nny of their
Inquiries as to his position upon ques
tions of nntlonnl Importance nffectlng their
interests. And ir Mr. cowherd can show
that, during tho eight years that he was a
member of the National Congress, ho was
as nctlve in support of mensures In the
Interest of organized labor ns he wns In
behalf of legislation In tho Interest of the
Beef Trunt r.nd tho railroad companies, he
will give to the pcoplo of Missouri n here
tofore undisclosed chapter of his official
service.
MIXED 8CHOOLS AND THE SCHOOL
QUESTION.
Mr, Cowherd, In his remarks upon the
school question, would seek to leave tha
impression, without making tho statement,
that I nm In favor nf mixed schools. This
statement is absolutely lacking In a sug
gestion of fact to support It. I am now,
nnd have always been. In fnvor of tho
complete separation of the races, not only
In the public schools, but also In our
higher educational Institutions. And If I
am elected Governor, I pledge the people
hero and now that I will see thnt the pol
icy which was Inaugurated by the Re
publican nnrtv. when In control of the
state government In 1861, nf providing
sopirate schools for black and white chll-
An la NtMlnlnln llnnlianva T , 1. 1 n I.
i,.. - itiniimiii n, m i. v iuii n,n
all Intelligent persons whn have Investi
gated this question will readily agree that
it, Is for the welfare of bnth races that this
n be maintained,
In the Republican State
in fnvor of Increasing the
raising tne standard or
nubile school system.
s does mv party believe,
inie ana necessary ap
be given to the State
State Normals, yet I
A"Ufy sbo
per barrel. And yot. notwithstanding this
great InCrcnso In the production of crude
netrolnum. nnd notwithstanding the great
dec-eiihe in Its price, the price of refined
nil In tins state, less tnan nno nunareo
inl es d stunt, had Incrcnscd during thnt
lime over two cents a gallon. I found thnt
though there wero n row independent on
eomnanles In this State, they were per-
milled to an nniy n smaii portion or tne
business and that the price of refined oil
to our people was absolutely fixed nnd
maintained by tho Standard Oil Trust.
And when I realized tho significance or
theso conditions. I realized that we had
hero In our midst a power greater thnn
the power thnt wns ever exercised by any
tyrant or or spot in nu inn History or tne
world. It wan a power which could say
to tho producer what ho should recelvo
for his raw material, and could say to the
consumer whnt ho must pay for the An-
isneu pro(iu:t. it wns n power anngerous
to the existence or Republican institutions
for It meant that we had unon the one
hand a master and upon the other hand
Its necessary,' corollary a slave. I turned
to the courts In on effort to secure relief
for the people of Missouri from this trib
ute which the Standard Oil Trust had
levied 'ipor. them for years. I Instituted a
suit ngalnst It and two of Its puppet cor1
porntlons. tho Waters-Plerco OH Com
pany nnd the Republic Oil Compnny, At
thn time this suit wns begun, there was
not pending In any Stnto of the Union or
the United States Court a suit against this
Trut.t. A suit which had been begun
ngnlnst It a short time before In the State
of Knnsns had been dismissed because It
whs claimed no evidence could be secured
to sustain It. At the beginning, my efforts
to aiBjiose mo secrets or tne standard oil
Trust wero greeted only with derision and
contempt: hut I worked on. When I found
that the cv.'dence that I wanted could not
be secured In the Ktntn of Missouri, I went
to tho City of Now York, the home of the
Standard OH Trust, and subpoenaed Its
lending officers. They contemptuously re
fused to answer the simplest questions "on
the ndvlcn of counsel." And again I turn
ed to the courts for an order to compel
them to disclose their secrets. It took me
six months to right out this controversy,
and I foueht It throush the courts of two
states and the Supreme Court of the
United States. But at the end of the
fight tho Judgment was In fnvor of the
people of Missouri, and the officers of the
Standard Oil Trust, for the first time In
it history, bowed In humble submission
hefora the law and the courts and dli
closed tho secrets of that Brent oraranlza
tlon. It took me two yenrs of constant
work to secure my evidence and submit
the case for decision, but when the de
cision wan finally rendered on the 21st
dny or Mny. 1907, by Judge Robert A
Anthony of Frederlcktown. Missouri, ao
nolnted by the Supreme Court to hear and
det?rmlno the case. It was In favor of the
Sta'e upon every charge that I had made,
And aunougn tne exceptions to tnac at
clslon are still held under advisement by
the Supreme Court of Missouri, let me tell
vnu some of the results that have already
been accomplished, Thn Republic Oil Com
pany, a puppet organisation of the Stand
ard Oil Trust, which was maintained her
for the purpofe of crushing out competi
tor than I wooM hat thMght it rkjrat
ta ttni the njBBlar or tka hurctar ta I
hry trftwt upon th pdl r plyiac I
taair avocations, u jbboi aasayj
taken, I am in tftTs artto4ar. -at I
in antiN aooora wiia in great m
of th pop of th Itat. At an 1
I will continue ao loaf aa t am Iff
office. to act upon th theory thatwhat tM
peopuj want, ana wnai my CMUl Of
asinav
reculre I flarhtiiut
promising with lawli
Tnia anti-trust
undue Dromln4oa
reality, constituted
u wont ox ray one.
Mia in uw
tain these
not
except
regular 1
to which aa
in riven, haa in
a am all MM of
In tha conduct of
g of testimony to sua
hav had no Htio
'which was furnish fey sy
THBfrAILHOAD RATE LITIGATION.
litigation over th Maxim might
,te Laws of 1IM and HOT. and tha two-
cent passenger rat taw of HOT. with tha
eighteen railroads of tit Itat. baa batn
a much gtt ater and mor laborious under
taking, and. In fact, haa been th largeat
and most difficult piece of legislation In
th history of th Stat. It haa been nec
essary for th attorneys for th Stat to
fully aequalnt themselves with th meth
ods and system of railroad construction
and operation, th method In whleh th
railroad rates are fixed and sUbllshtd,
the methods and details of railroad ac
counting; in short, with every phase of
the railroad business from th standpoint
of operation, aa well as from th atand
point of litigation, Th expense of expert
accountants who hav spent month In th
examination of th books and account of
the railroad companies, has been consid
erable, but I believe It has been money
well spent. This work has enabled th
people of Missouri a well aa th peopl
of oilier States, for th first time, to
know tha truth as to tha reasonableness
of, railroad freight and passenger rates.
It has disclosed to the people of this Stat
the enormous tribute that they hav by
Inaction permitted th railroad to levy
upon them for years.
It has shown, for Instance, that th Bur
lington Railroad Company makes a net
profit of IB. 000 eaoh year for every mil
of road that It ha In th State of Mis
souri, while It makes an average of 11.100
a year for each mile on Ita entire system:
that though It has but 11 per cant of Its
mileage In the State of Missouri, that 11
per cent produces over 22 per cent of It
Income. While this condition may not ex
ist In the case of' all th roads of th
State, it Is probable that every road In
the State receives a much larger revenue
for every ton nf freight that It hauls on
mite In the State than It receives for
every ton of freight that It haul on mil
In Interstate traffic. This evidence has
also shown that the peopl of Missouri
pay the railroad companies freight rates
from 2S to 35 per cent higher than do
their neighbors of Iowa and Illinois. For
Instance, the Missouri farmer has to pay
1C0 to hnvo n carload of wheat hauled 100
miles to market, while In Iowa and Illi
nois It costs the farmers of those State
but, 140 for the same car the earn dis
tance; while tha stock raisers In Missouri
have to pay the railroads 124 a car to
have their cattle hauled 100 miles to th
stockyards at Kansas City, St Louis and
si. Joseph. In Illinois the farmers of that
State can have their stock carried to th
Chl:igo stockyards, the same distance,
for $20 a car; that In Missouri the rail
roads charge the farmer and Implement
dealer in to hav a carload of agricul
tural Implements hauled 100 miles, while
In Iowa It would cost for the same car,
.the same distance. 118; that while It
would cost the Missouri housebullder, ac
cording to tho rates established In this
Htnie 32 to get a car or lumber hauled
'minlv nf St. Louis. I am Informed that
there has been, stnoo tho beginning of this
suit, a reduction In rates on business
roncrlv of from 30 to 40 per cent, nna
from tho reports received of the new rates
established In some fifteen or twenty
towns In different narts of the State, It
can be confidently stated that the avcragt
reduction 111 insurnnco ruics. mus sccurec
will be between 10 and lli per cent. As
tho nnnual amount paid In premiums by
thn peoplo of Missouri to fire insurance
companies, other than mutunls. Is npproxl-
mntciv is.roo.oou a year, mis reuueuor,
will amount to a saving to tho people di
rect of, at least IS0O.O00 n year for an
Indefinite ncrind. Where Is the man not
blinded by partisan prejudice who would
hesitate to admit that this Is a better plan
of procedure than to secure the Imposi
tion of a fine which the defendants could
In n few months recoup by an advance in
charges,
OTHER ANTI-TRUST PROSECUTIONS.
In adlltlon to these suits brought under
tho provisions of the anti-trust laws of the
State, I have also conducted a suit against
the Tracers' Live Slock Exchange of Kan
sas Cltv. which was sustained by the Su
preme Court nf tho State: a suit against
the Lumber Trust, In which I secured an
Injunction against tno rurtner consolida
tion of that combination: a suit against
the Harvester Trust, In which the testi
mony will soon bo completed and sub
mitted to tne court ror aecision. in inn
last case It Is worthy of note that the de
fendant oftirtd to pay a fine In order to
escape the notoriety nnd trouble of litiga
tion. I Informed the attorneys who sub
mitted this deposition mat tne question
of punishment was a question for the
courts, anu not ror me Attorney uencrai
lo determine; that no company could pay
a fine to escape thn trouble of litigation
and continue what I believed to be prac
tices In violation of the laws of the Btate:
that ir It was not guilty or violating our
lawn, it should nay nothing, and If It was
guilty, It should make way for others who
would comply with our laws. Ana it is
also worthy of note that during the taking
or testimony in mis case uyrus a. Mcuor-
mlck, tbo president of this 1120.000.000
corporation, a relative by marriage of John
u. KOCKereuer, camn to jenerson uity at
my request and freely answered all ques
tions that I asked him as to the nlan of
organization and tho business methods of
the International Harvester Company.
This same officer recently refused to pay
any attention to similar processes Issued
ngalnst him by thn Attorney General of
our neighboring Btate of Kansas. It thus
testimony In these cases has Anally been
completed and Is now ready to be submit
ted to the decision of the United States
Circuit Court. I cannot hut view with
confidence the final result of this litigation.
nut in mis litigation, as in tne anti
trust litigation already referred to, sub
stantial results have already been secured.
The facts developed ns to the value of
rauroaa properties cnauied tho state
Hoard of Equalization to Increase their
assessments inst year over 110,000,000,
thus adding 1175,000 to the State's reve
nues eacn year.
THE TWO-CENT PARE FIOHT.
Further. Governor Folk In bis St. Joseph
speech In his present campaign for the
United States Senntorshlp said, In speak'
Ing'of this litigation:
"A great deal of testimony was taken
to determine the fairness of these rate.
and as n result of these Investigations Into
the cost of freight and passenger service,
the conclusion was arrived at. both by
myself and the General Assembly, that
passenger rates could be materially re
duced without doing any Injustice to th
corporations, ueueving tnat tne passenger
business nf the railroads Justified It, I rec
ommended the reduction of the passenger
rati from three cents to two cents a, mils."
With the enactment of the two-cent
passenger rate law In 1907, the railroads
announced that they proposed to enjoin It
enforcement In the Federal Court, as they
nna two years oerore enjoinea me en
forcement of the freight rat law of 1901.
They also announced that they proposed
to make Missouri the battle-ground In
the r contest against th two-cent far.
had learned something in the two year of
litigation I had had with th railroad com
panies as to their methods of legal war
fare, nnd I decided to use the same meth
ods In fighting them that they had used
In fighting the people of Missouri. I da
elded not to let them select both th form
nnd the rorum or litigation, and on th
day that they announced that they would
nsk for an Injunction In th United State
Court to restrain me from enforcing the
two-cent 'fare law against them, I want
Into the Stat courts and asked for an In
junction enlolnlnr the railroad eomnanles
from disobeying this law; and I went Into
tne ptate courts a rew nours earner tnan
tha railroads went Into tha Federal court.
Judge Matt W. Reynolds of St. Louis, and
Judge John O Park of Kansas City. Issued
the Injunction I asked for against th
rauroaa companies, ana tne raiiroaa tnen
prepared their papers for an application
at mwmaa:,iu " " ' "
TH IRMUUlTIOni. 0V PRlldHT
RATE a,
Th conclusion fiat I hav raohd aa
a rmlt of tola litigation orar freight
rate la that th fixing of chdul of
such rat ought not to b undertaken
by a. legislature! such work cannot ba
uooatafdly aooompilshad by suoh a body
In th hast, confusion and Inaoeuraey,
which asually attend th delllmation of
a stat ItfMatur. Such work should
bo undertaken and accomplished by as
Intelligent commission composed of man
who. by training and atudy ara com patent
to oi with this question.
Durliur tha nriari nm of thta lltlntan a
chance was offered through th Initiative
of Judge 0. M. Spencer, on of th at
torney of th Burlington Railroad, to ac
complish what I regarded as a aaUsfao
tory compromise of thl litigation. H
offered to out Into effect for hla road,
which would hav necessitated that the
other .road do likewise, all of th rates
nxea oy in act or uos, witn th xcep-
tlon of tha llva stock aehatlula. and In
that Instance he offered to establish a
rat a .low aa that existing in any con
tiguous state, Mr. Frank Wlghtman. on
of th Railroad Commissioners, and a co
defendant .with in, agreed with m that
thla would b a aatlafaetonr camnromlie.
and Governor Folk was also disposed to
a,vor it. am inrougn toe opposition 01
the democratio members of th Board of
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners,
and particularly that of John A. Knott,
thl comprotnl waa rendered Impossi
ble, and th litigation atlll continues.
THE DISCONTINUANCE OF PASSES.
Another instance In which I feet that
have aecomnllahed a result without liti
gation which Is of value and Importance
to tha people of Missouri, I by aecurlng
a discontinuance of the Issuance of rail
road passes. Since 1875 tho law of thla
State have made It a misdemeanor for a
railroad company to give or a publlo of
ficial to receive railroad paases. Thar
ha, however, heen no law nmhlhlttna-
railroad company from giving free passes
10 a person otner tnan a pudiio omciai.
Although th Constitution and law of
the State prohibit all discriminations In
railroad charge, th legislature haa, for
soma Inexcusable reason, failed to pro
hibit the Issuance of free naases. though
an act of Congress prohibits such dis
criminations in Interstate commerce. A
aw prohibiting passes to publlo official
Is of little conaeouence or value ao lone
a all the politicians who nominate and
neip to eiect tnose official have their
pockets filled with passes. At the last
session of the Legislature I drew and had
introaucca a diii prohibiting tne rauroaa
companies from Issuing passes to any
person other than employes and those
engaged In works of religion and charity.
This bill was opposed by the rnuroad
lobby, and by using the argument among
Democratio members of the Legislature
that Ita passage would advance my po
litical fortunes, Its defeat was accom
plished. The. Legislature having failed to
do Hs plain duty In this regard, I under
took to ace what I could accomplish with
out the assistance of the Legislature.'' I
called the attention of the railroads to
tne fact thnt thoy were, under tho con
stitution nnd laws of thla State, com
mon carriers nnd prohibited from mnklng
any aiscnminations in tncir enarges tor
transportnton. I called upon them to dis
continue tho Issuance of free pnsses to
persons other than employe and those
engaged In works of religion and charity,
and advised them if such action won not
taken I would Institute suits to secure a
Judicial determination of tho question. I
did this becauso I knew that for every
politician who rode on a railroad train
free of charge thnt It waa necessary for
the railroad company to Imposo an addi
tional burden upon those who paid for
their transportation. And I believe with
Theodore Roosevelt that tho railroads of
the country should be highways or com
merce onen to all alike and unon fair
and equal terms. After some delay and
some grumnung, every rauroaa company
In the Stnto Informed me thnt It either
had or would discontinue the issuance of
free transportation. And there has been
witnessed during the Inst year In thla
State, for the Urst time since railroads
were constructed, four State Conventions
or the two lending political parties to
which, according to newspaper reports,
nn one enme on n railroad pass who was
not entitled to ride on one. Thua, there
hns been produced tho successful result of
reduced railroad transportation to nil and
special favors In railroad transportation
to none. And the discontinuance of the
Issuance of fee transportation haa re
sulted In a saving to the railroad com
panies of nenrly 1500,000 a yenr It. State
passenger earnings nlone. The discon
tinuance of the railroad pass has also
tended to n correction of the evils of
bosslsm and corruption In politics nnd
legislation. In bringing about this dis
continuance of the Issuance of free trans
portnton, I wish to freely acknowledge
the credit that ahould be given men like
Wells H. Blodgett. James L. Mlnnl.
Gardiner Lnthrop. James and Frank Ha
gcrman, Samuel W. Moore, Sam H. West
and a number of other attorneys of the
railroad eomnanles of the State who have
aotlveiy co-operated with me In bringing
about a correction or mis long estab
lished evil.
to have me adiuda-ed arullty of contemn!
anneara that the order and the decrees Y the United States Circuit Court. Thl
or tne couns or tne mate or Missouri are
now respected by the trust magnates of
tno country, inis is some aavancement.
at least, from the .time when H. H. Rogers
and his associates were with arrogant In
solence declining to answer the simplest
questions on "advice of counsel."
WHAT I HAVE ENDEAVORED TO AC
COMPLISH. In these anti-trust ults that which I
have endeavored to accomplish Is to re
lieve the people of the oppression and evils
of monopoly by giving them th benefit of
free competition. My efforts have been to
accomplish a correction of existing evils
nnd abuse, rather than to Inflict punish
ment for past offense and leave uncor
rected the evils and abuses which consti
tute those offenses. In thl work I do not
claim to hay been entirely successful. 1
do claim, however, to hav accomplished
something. And today the people of Mis
souri have fairer conditions of trade and
freer competition In practically every lm-
Sortant article of commerce than they
ad when I wa elected to office. If 1
wa the notoriety seeker which some of
my Democratic opponent assert, who
cared nothing except for hi own glorifica
tion and advancement. I could easily hav
settled the Standard Oil litigation thr
year ago for an amount far In excea ol
nil tha fines imposed against corporations
for tha violation of our law during the
ntlre history of th Stat. In my con
ception of th duties of my office, , T did
not think It right to license th Standard
Oil Tiust or th Harvester Trust to levy
tribute upon th peopl of Missouri Any
of the courts it the State of Missouri are JVLaJPJ&gL rot
.JUlic, (vvi, imuin wuufto muriiviBvii mi ma
united states circuit court at Kansas
City, but before the decision waa rend.
ered the railroads weakened In their fight.
Honnaonea tneir man 10 nnve me aaiuaffea
guilty of contempt and agreed to put Into
effect, for ninety days, the two-cent fare
as an experiment. The result of the ex
periment wa an Increase In earnings for
tha railroad companies until th business
depression last winter affected unfavor
ably the, railroad business along with all
omrr lines or inausiry. Tne ra 11 rotas have
recently endeavored again to secure a
temporary Injunction against th two-cent
passenger rate law, but their application
waa denied by the United State Circuit
Court, and tha entlra enntrnvarav. Itialn.
iiik ooin ins rrmgni ana in passenger
riB wa. 1a now oi uown lor nnai nar
Ing'on th 5th of next October.
In thl controversy! with tho railroad
over i two-cent passenger rate law, It
haa not been my Intention or desire to
do Injustice to the railroad Interest. I
do not want .to see the railroad companies
of th Stat compelled to carry passen
ger at two cent a mils It by so doing
inoy win lose moniy.i nut 1 contenoea
that tht question could not be Intelli
gently determined until the railroad oom-
Kntes hsd actually carried passengers at
o cents a mile and ascertained by
actual experience whether or not th de
crease In th rat woulu remit In an In
crease In th number of passengers. The
results nave vinoicatea tne correctness
my Insistence that th railroad eomtMi
ahould comply with thl law. Arid whl
11 nss not resuura in any suonannai
auction In pang r arnlnn, It bag
. M tamnaltu to Nt ,V;
lftt to misw otirwliiaMrtaarMf K imi
OTHER RAILROAD CONTROVERSIES,
There ta another condition In tha rail
road affairs of this Btate which I have
believed to be in violation or our con
stitution and laws,' and which I have
undertaken to correct by suits which hav
been finally submitted for decision In th
Bunreme Court of the Btate. For year
the Missouri Paclfio Rallwny Company ha
Dwnta ana canauciea coai mines ana eie-
vators in thla Btate a Private business
enterprises, and In company with the
wapasn nanroaa company, nas ownea ana
on' u ea in r-acmo tsxpress company.
But recently, the Missouri Pacific, to-
letner witn tne iron Mountain, a luoiiai
try company, acquired a controlling Inter
est in the stock of the Wabaih Comnany.
which Is a parallel and competing Una
of the Missouri Pacific. A the Constitu
tion prohibits the consolidation of parallel
and competing lines, and as the laws pro
vide that railroad companle shall fur
nish the same facilities to all exnresa
companies and oonflne their business
solely to tnat or transportation, I be
lieved that these conditions were unlaw
ful and I Instituted a suit to bring about
tneir correction.
RAILROAD OPPOSITION TO MY CAN
DIDACY.
T am advised by men who pretend to
know that on account of these contro
versies that I have conducted on behalf
of th people of Missouri against th
railroad companies of th State, that tha
railroad companle are opposing m and
favorlna Mr. Cowherd for coventor. I
do' not know whether thla statement Is
true or not. out 1 say nere ana now tnat
If Mr. Cowherd, or any of hla railroad
friends, can show wherein I hav ever
oon or tnea to ao a rauroaa company
a single act of Injustice, I will withdraw
from th race and request th peopl of
th Stat to vote for Mr. Cowherd. All
that I hav tried to oompel th railroad
nf tha Stat to do I that whleh aaeh and
vary cltlien of Missouri ha to do obey
it laws. 1 ao not. want 10 sea a rail
road company deprived of a atngl cent
to whleh It I legally entitled; I do not
want to see any railroad company treated
with Injustice or unfairness. And If 1
am Matted Governor of thl Stat. I will
as unhesitatingly veto a bill whleh treat
a railroad with lnjuttlc as I. would veto
a bill whleh treat th peopl with In
justice, Nor do I think that th raUroid
ahould b compelled to rdua their
chart for transportation, unit It can
b shown, or stem reasonably ertain.
tnat' unaer in rain pi uuu u uit fain
in vaiue or uitir
make a fair ratum unon
Invaatmant. Hut when tha avldana a.
IV- k.k -I. - Ika, .L.lfl - - " -
iiru viiv vuri vuuiv m imvm wp H anuwa wm Mivir waia bp in ana nV IT . OOuDIM UM SOBTfc VB -la vVVfVmul,'
th railroad oompsnk too high and that they ar levying an. un- paVl of ou
1 thl law. Arid whrf fair tAbut upon thajpMpi of Missouri, irnwrTeTvS tUTtSi XWi
UMM
raanaat af
th Buprtjtn court 't
in ttt Ooflflnat of 111 rail r
cult court of SL Loula County. And 1
mr own inataao 1 mu a mit la.ia
uprera Court of tha Itat to ferfitt'th'
charter of tha Dalmar Joekay Club wkM,
protected by oflkKTand toilUeJ iff
, had loot dafid th laws of TSa-r
aouri. Thla suit waa Mttwty mtMM?
by th ablest .lawyers, Urosigli tha
pram Court of Missouri and th tupr
Court of tht united Stat, asld wlthtn
tha last six month, a dtctalon waa sc
oured from th hlghwt tribunal la Mr
land andln tha xlateaoa of that- no
torious, but onoa powerful, organ laatiaa.
Another Important matter of Utlsattoa
that la deserving of kMntioa, in vtw ft
th plank In th XMmocratta platform 5
raftrtnc to lawlessness , la SL Loal
County, ar tha prosecution that hav
been conducted by Mr. Keanlah and my"
self to aupprca tha lawlea aalooas and
liquor club In that county. And by th
use of th ordinary proc of th law
In th courts nf that nnunt. thaaa aa.
loons and club which were conducted
not only to th Injury of th Hond sa
loon, but which wra also th eauM of
frequent dtaturbanoa and lawlaaanasa,
have now been piacUealty upprd. At
all event, the law regulating th aat
of Intoxicating liquor, through th aotlv
saoru 01 my onice, ar aa wauvwurorow
In St. Loula County today as they ara la
SL Loula and Kansas iMtv. and It I a
algnlfloant fact that every on of th
saloons and lid. clubs which furnish th
occasion for thla plank In th Dtmooratlo
platform, war open upporters of Mr.
Cowherd for th nomination and ar to
day actively supporting him for letloa. '
Further comment upon thla attuatloa
would be superfluous.
in anauion 10 in suit against tna mi
ni ar Jockey Club which I prooutl
anlnst able counsel ta a aiinrisarfhl da
cialon through the Suprem Court of Ml-
oun ana inrougn un supreme court 01
th United State, I have ' also conducted
through both of these court th Bar
rlngton case and th Spaugti oate, and
a case which Involved tha constitution-'
allty of th law limiting th hour of
labor In underground mine to eight
hour In each twenty-four. For my ef
forts to sustain th constitutionality of
this taw, which resulted In a unanlmoua
decision from tha Supreme Court of th
tvwviTw vi 1 c mail, iiv
only of th Western Federation of Miners,
out aiso or a numoer or associations or
miner In th Btate of Mlnouri.
In addition to 'these' matter of litiga
tion, I participated during tha laat year,
at the request of the Stat of Minnesota,
In the argument of the moat Important
question affecting our system and form
of government which ha been submitted
to the Supreme Court of th United
State In the Inst twenty-five year. That
was tho question n to whether It waa
tn rignt or a punuo service corporation
to enloln in the United States Courta an
officer of a atnto from enforcing a itat
law In Its own courta. I assisted In this
cast at the request of th Stat of Minne
sota, because the sams question wa In
volved In Important litigation In whloh
the Stat of Missouri wa Interested. It
waa my contention In that case that It
was a violation of tho Constitution of th
United State nnd nn infringement upon
tho soverelsnty that belonn to th sev
eral States to deny to the officer of th
State tho right to prosecute In It own
court suit to determine the constitution
ality of Ita own laws. Though thl ess
was uy a aivioea court aeciaea aaveraeiy
to thla contention, It wa some satisfac
tion to mo, nnd some satisfaction, I be
lieve, to the people of Missouri to know
thnt thin State took an active and an ag
gressive part In thl Important contro
versy which arose from the effort of the
people of the several State to regulat
the charge of publlo service corporation.
And, yet. notwithstanding thl record
which I hnvo but briefly and Imperfectly
reviewed for you, I understand that It la
the contention or tne jjemocrauo orator
that while I have endeavored to dl- -charge
the duties of my office with an
honesty of purpose, I hav foiled In th
accomplishment or results. And It was
tho statement of my distinguished op
ponent, Mr. Cowherd, that the afllc of
Attorney General, under my management,
had reached "It maximum of efllclenoy
In advertising" and "It minimum of effi
ciency In results." I ahould be very much
pieaaea ir Mr. cownera wonia can 10 ma
attention of the people of Missouri that
portion of hla publlo record which, In hi
opinion, represents "the maximum of ef
ficiency In results" and tho minimum of
efficiency In advertising."
WHAT I CLAIM FOR MYSELF.
Thla Is tho record of serWtr that I.
offcr to the people of Missouri ns n prom
ise or tne wny 1 win cnaenvor to serve
you If elected to the office of governor. I
do not claim that I have done nnythlng
aa Attornoy General beyond my plain
duty. I do not claim that I hav accom
plished nil that I would Ilk to hav ac
complished. I do claim that I have en-
deavored to do that which wa beat for
the people or tne state, ana tnat I nava
accomplished something In the way of
practical results. I do claim that today
Missouri stands In the lead In that great
nation-wide movement for honest busi
ness and the correction of the evil and
abuse of our Industrial and commercial
systems, and that to Missouri not only
do th States of th Union turn, but
also the National Government for assist--anca
nnd advlc In the carrying forward
of thl great work of reform.
It I claimed by om of my political
opponents that there are violation of law
by corporations In thla State that I hav
not brought suit to correct or punish.
That may be true. There I a limit to
what cne man or one office can accom
plish In, three year and six month and '
then It I always easy to criticise. I hav .
endeavored to do first what I considered
moat Important. I hav consistently r-
rur m to commence any sun in response
to popular clamor for political effect, or
In any case where X did not bellev a
useful publlo purpose would b ubsrved.
tn caa th suit wa successful. And X
hav tried to so conduct th affair of
my office that in ao far aa I could accom
plish, and In ao far a I could prevent,
no man and no corporation, however
strong and powerful, eould fel that they
were above th law, or that they eould
violate the law with Impunity. And If I
have succeeded In putting th tar of tha
law Into the mind of men who never felt
that rear oerore, men 1 can reel tnat my
ofilolal efforts have not been In vain rn
though they do not satisfy th Democratic
politician.
CONCLUSION.
Just a word more and I am dona. I
hava been told that there art man In thla
community who do not agree with m on
question of national politic, but who
will vol for me for governor. I do .not
know that tht la tru. But If .It Is, X
wian 10 say 10 inoa men in,nr ta
not a man upon the Republic Itat
ticket who I not a worthy of -your 'up
port a am X. And If you hav auSolant
oonfldtne In me to rot for ,m..i'aak
you to hav suffleltnt consideration for ,
m to gtv me mtn at my SMOdat In
the Stale frovtrnmtnt who will work tn .
mnngnr ' wnn uia ivr uiv pnimimi.Bi'
tn peopie-a interest. Ana-ir yp
trust to us th eonduot of th affair of '
mi great, aiarcy w prorata roa nin
anexnow upon every coneideration of
parrjoand personal honor that w win not
enaot useless law to rwtrtot w lfborty
nf. tha Bltlaen or to lntrfr with busi
ness affairs: but that w win nfore- all
it laws, witnoui isar ana.witneui ri
that wa wUt eonduot, the bualn tr
Stat with Monomy and ffielny.i 1
that w will, abova an thing, ,st
place ana at an timta. seur .ta
oiiissn, nqn ev poor, W"a wr,"
oiaca or wmn to ngni'tv
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