Typescript letter signed Lon V. Stephens, Bell Air, Missouri, to M.V. Byars, editor, Miss. Valley Dem. & Journal of Agriculture, St. Louis, defending himself “against charges of double dealing from the enemy’s camp.” Encloses copy of edited platform for the Missouri Democratic party and typescript letter signed Harry B. Hawes, St. Louis, to Gov. Lon V. Stephens, Jefferson City, Missouri, dated September 7, 1898, discounting rumors reported about Hawes, Stephens, and Stone. (Includes undated newspaper clipping titled “A Fight to the Finish. Police Department Will See the Pool Room Contest Through. Commissioner Hawes and Chief Campbell Undeterred by the Kansas City Appeals Court Decision or the Threats of Pool Room Men–Preparing for Fight from the Start”; undated article “Is He a Chump? Who? The Rural Missouri Democrat” from The Mirror, regarding Missouri Democrats and the corrupt relationship between Stone, Stephens, and Hawes.), 1898 Sept 13

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.