The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-01-30

EprroE FARMIxsrox TnEs;

EDiToE FARNIXGTOS Tings;
Permit lits long Democrat space In
your paper to express the feelings OF
some Of the good people Of Flat River.
When ! say the good people, | mean
those who are willing to abide by the
laws ns we have shem. We pay taxes
to send men to the Legislature TO make
laws, and when made and sanctioned
by our best people, we are again taxed
Ia see them violated, No maltes
what some men may do, we lind some
Of our citizens ready to go to their aid
aud they escape all Punishment.
We have robbery, shooting aud
gambling on al sides Of Us, aud sun.
day not excepted all day. 1t Is moth.
Ing out Of the ordinary for one or Two
men to be held up once or twice a
week, aud We citizens Of Flat River
would feel lonesome u we dil not hear
some twenty or thirty shot. an hour
from pistols carried by most All our
boys from ten to twenty-five years old;
aud il il nothing strange to sec games
Of chance going on on all sidrs Of our
saloons any Sunday. lel, Whcn one
Of the boys Is brought up he Is iiued
one dollar and cjsis. 90 We may be
able to get his vote this sumner.
Now, I louk at Il this way II a
man In, been given an office Of trust,
aud he fails to liil II up to the handle,
drop him; and II the county ctn't
furnish Democrats 10 do this, We would
better rois with tho C. o. T., though
have ncreE been guilty Of such =
thing. But we have never seen the
lime before when three out Of ten VIC.
lalcrg Of the law would not get some
punishment. Poor Hardin committed
hi' crime twenty years too soon to save
bis neck
II is all well enough to say that So
aud.so Is good fellow and true
Democrat, dysd.in-the wool; bat let
~ look back over his past record aud
sec what he has done In filling the re-
spoasiblc position OF school director.
Inquire, "Did Mr. So-aud.so make a
good and faithful difector'" Well,
yes--uu; you SEQ he couldn't get bis
daughter Sally 10 as n teacher, so he
lets the other fellows run things, while
he concludes to try to get something
with murc money in j--say, justice Of
the peace lie saNs 30 himself. II
will let the boys of easy, ADD ! can
hold on TO that Oilic. until ms ambi.
ton gels ready ior C8ngres' 90 Thea
let Mr. So.and-so 60 to tho white
housc--oh, my, should have said
the roos house. We have plenty Of
good laws, but they are not enforced.
nave been told by men who have
crossed the Rocky Mountains and have
seen tho gambling deas for which the
West was notorious 10 the earlier days,
that they had never met up with any
thing that equsled the Flat River dis.
lrict. VIII the Democracy 81 ST.
Francois county allow It's prestige and
success 10 be destroyed by eiccting
men 10 ofllC5 = hO viii not enforce the
laws? Let anyone 60 to our little
town Elylns and make break, aud
Bro. Yves, will be at hts heels is a jiffy
aud soon have him playing checkers
with his nose - The next day he is
fusd good and strong together with
the dressings that 60 with such, after
which he usually cnlerIaius a little
mere respect for the law.
Some one, say gnodsizcd boy,
that has irisurc, might lind employ
men' IN some of our pool rooms on
Sunday picking up balls that might
toll from the pool tables
a Law ABIDING CITIZEN.