The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-04-03
COMPARISONS ARr opoRous .
Secretary Sam 3. Cocks campaiGu
Book WIN Make Republicans Fess
the ENree u this Dog seTriaR
Expression.

MF. Cooks purpose Is to compare
the records Of the two leading political
parties Of Missouri, and also TO com.
pare the Democratic record 10 this
State with the Republicans records In
HE adjoining States Of Illinois, iowa
aud Kansas.
The figures given are taken from
the official records and no statement
will be made which is not verined by
the records Of the respective States.
The assessment OF railroad property
10 Missouri under Republican aud Dem
oeratic rule, and comparison Of the
Democratic assessment In this state
with that Of tho Republican States
named, make m interesting and inn
portant chapter. The financial con-
iiiion Of Missouri and the earnings VI
the State departments now AZ com
pared with the Republican rule; the
creation and reduction Of the State
debt; tho management Of the school
funds; the policy Of the Republican
party leaders and party journals in de.
flaming their own Stale; the ''gold
brick" statesmen whom the Republi-
cans have secured from the DemOc.
racy, with other subjects, are all han
died In such a way M 10 be specially
convenient and useful TO public speak
sn and newspaper publishers. Mr..
Cook makes the Republican cry Of
''Poor old Missouri" the subject Of
his opening chapter.
OBTAINING MISSOURI.
cit 10 difficult to comprehend the
spirit" says Mt. Cock, "wbinh
prompts Republican party leadsrs In
Missouri to continually deiame their
own State.
| Legitimate party criticism Is not
only allowable, bat Is proper and ben
cficial to public interests; cut the Re-
publican party leaders arc not coutent
with this. Ins,esd, they seize upon
every P=ss'5lo opportunity on the
stump and In the prcss 10 praie OF
"poor old Missouri" and hold their
State up TO ridieule.
This policy would DO bad enough
II there we're some foundation Tot such
talk, for, NJ the old maxim goes, 1t
Is a dirty bird that beiouls It's own
nest, bat to dciAlne the State without
= = shadow Of Justification is infamous Ia
. the eyes Of every loyal hissOuriaB, nc
matter what bis party preferences
may DO.
"Pariy politics is one thing, State
pride another. Republican party
leaders have become 50 consumed with
the former thai they have apparently
lost all the latter. So far has THU
spirit gone among the faithful who
9 are shaping the Republican party poll
cies that The term poor old Missouri
has become the Republican battle cry
c Every expression Of derisiOn aud con-
tempt against the State, however bass
less and unjust, or whoever made By,
Is hailed with approval by Republican
party leaders aud by Tho most Promi'
nent Republican party journals.
A sAMPLE CASE.
"a case directly In point; Al Ihi
banquet given 10 Kansas City 10 Feb
!. runry by the Young Meas Republicar
Association, q State organization o
which both Colonel kereus aud Chair
man Atkins are members, Henry j
= Allen Of Kansas made use Of Ihi
language:
a. In Missouri arc many renot'
communities, uniravsrsed BY railroads
+, uuIlghted By electricity, unviaitsd b,
> newspapers. The people who weF
born there and who jet live there ar
hereditary Democrats. The problem
there can be solved only by tho slov
process Of education
! "StGiko from Mr.. Aliens langung
the word 'Dmeoorats,' and substltu1'
the word Republicans. and even thet
such a SANDER on the State wVul
have raised storm OF indignation i
!, zsy Democratic gathering.
"And yet this slanderous attack o.
the Commonwealth was applauded b
the GOO Republicans who sat sroun'
}. the banquet board. sud was publishe'
&c with approval BY the leading Repnb
licau papers Of the Stale. 10 all tha
:. audience Of Republican party manager
there was not one who did not sin
bis State pride below the level OF mcr
! partisan politics.
ave have no quarrel with Mr.
Allen. Hs has evidently been read
= ing Missouri Republican newspaper
and listening to Missouri Republics
orators, and bis conclusions wsre lh
"a direct and natural result oi the iDioi
Z nation he had thns received. 1t
:. not surprising that people away iror
Missouri, who read Republican news
papers, form the opinion that the Stat
has many remote conusaniiIus, M
81 .rvaeEsed By railroads, unlighted b
70 electricity, and unyisited by new
papers.
NO REPUBLoAK DEFENDERS.
"Bat u there had been . ioy'
=, Missourian present Re weE'a have sal
!. TO AIR. Allen that he had been grossl
misinformed as 10 Missouri That
- the lbs counties 10 this State all br
a fivc arc traEsrSed By railroads, 40
that these iise, instead of being PEI
pied by Democrats, were overwheln
"a iugiy Republican, and bad been so b
the past forty years. He wonld hiss
snsortasd Mr.. Allen further that u
70 snmber of cnmmuhaGies sunlightsd
10 electricity' we're much fewer In Mi
g. sours than In his own slste OF kanss
tic could hsye informed aln fnrth'
"a that there Is no ooarty In Missouri shi
re- has not sne or more newspapers, viii
usms. - E.4Amm NhaNa N,