The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-03
The Democrats are up against it in
this county.

WILLS COuutS.
Albert e. Poe is in the city. Mr..
Poe is one of the best electioneers in
the county. He is a clever young man
and he will get more votes than his
party has in the county.
The City Council will meet next
Monday night, and at that meeting
the ordinance giving Houck's Nilsson
ri & Arkansas Railroad the right of
way into the city will be passed.
The newspapers of Southeast Mis-
souri, all have Wilson Cramer's name
spelled right, but they have instruc-
tons from the Secretary OF State to
spell it ''Creamer' on the tickets.
The City Marshal has notified the
slot machine proprietors that the open
season for slot machines was not yet
open, and to-day there is not a slot
machine in running order in the city.
The electric railroad man from
Belleville, Illinois, is expected here
this week to look over the route be-
tween this city and Jackson with the
prospect of building an electric road
connecting the two places.
The low lands southwest of this city
are being denuded of all the timber
large enough for saw logs. In a few
years there will not he a tree standing
ing in that section eighteen inches
through!
Mr.. J. B. Swan, the oil prospector,
left for his home yesterday. He will
return in two or three weeks to further
investigate in this section. When he
returns he will come here prepared to
take leases and proceed to bore for
oil.
Linus Sanfor, Jr., is at home from
Chicago on a visit to his parents in
Jackson. Young Mr.. Sanford is an
electrician and holds a responsible
job in Chicago. He is one of the nj
cest young men ever raised in Cape
county.
Right in the midst of a big job of
election ticket printing for this and
other Southeast Missouri counties
our press broke down last night but
we will print the tickets all the same.
We have had the break repaired and
are now in good running order.
The Western Poultry and Game
company will buy and pay the high
est cash price for poultry and game.
Mr.. Gillian informs us that he has
established a branch house in Jack
son, where poultry and game will be
looked after and the highest market
price paid.
The DEMOCRAT will have the last
say in the campaign in this county.
The last issue before the opening Of
the polls will be printed Monday ev.
ening. Candidates iwho want to sci
themselves right before the voters car
have space in Mondays issue at reg.
ular advertising rates.
At a special election of the stock
holders of the First National Bank
held yesterday to fill the vacancy ir
the Board of Directors occasioned by
the death of DR.. W. B. Wilson Johr
A. Miller was elected as a member O
the Board of Directors, and j. A
Matteson was elected Vice-President
W. NJ. Stone, the Main street gre
Ger, has taken out his gasoline light
and put in electric lights. The gaso.
line, acetylene and other lights do no
) give the satisfaction hat the electri
: lights do, and no matter what the pee
pie try as an experiment they usual,
: fall back On the electric lights, as the,
p must have something that can be de
pended upon,
A subscription is being taken up t,
secure sufficient funds to have tn
. Western Union take election bulletin
, on the night of November & and pos
them consciously on Main street. /
few years ago in one OF the states tn
Republicans made a clean sweep o
> Everything. The Democratic mana
gers at headquarters were half Graz,
for the news that kept coming in
There was one located that had no
5 been heard from which usually gave
nice Democratic majority. One o
the members of the committee wire,
the operator there for returns, no
because the result could then b
changed, but because it would b
pleasant to know that this county ha,
escaped the general wreck. The lin
D was not answered. A second messag
was sent and still no reply. Tn
third time the gentleman wired, s.sen'
in the returns as quick as possible.
The answer was flashed back over tn
wire, ''there amt any returns, every
g thing here has gone hell west an
9 crooked for the Republicans" Thi
is about the news the Democrats vii
hear on the night of the election an
they had as we'll brace themselves TO
o the shock.