The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-23
MIR. Aklns and The New Vote.

In a fearful card Of appealto the
voters Of Missouri to vote tae Re.
publican ticket this fall, Chairman
Atkins of the Republican State
Committee says:
Since the election of 1900 a
stream of immigration has been
pouring into Missouri. thereby
making our chances for success
brighter than ever before. "
But Mr.. Atkins is a trifle inron.
sistent. He aud his kind have for
thirty years been abusing aud mis-
representing the State, referring
to il as Poor old Missouri" or
the robber State, " or the bandit
State, and spreading broadcast
the miserable falsehood that the
States, affairs have been misman-
aged, It's school funds looted, It's
moneys misapplied, sqnandercd
and stolen. Nothing has been too
mean, too sarcastic or too yene'
nous for Chairman Akiu's Hsso.
ciates 10 say about this splendid,
prosperous and growing common.
wealth. and their savings have
been republished in the Republican
newspapers in all the Republican
States, from Maine 10 Kansas.
II the people Of other States be.
IIeyed any part of the vicious mis-.
representation made hy Mr.. Atkins
and his political friends. would
they come to Missouri to make
their honest
And as MIR. Akius himself ad.
Nuts they are coming, lin n
stream, why should he presume
they will vote the Republican
ticket! II they ever read anything
about Missouri Republicanism,
aud in despite of such reading de-.
cidcd to locate in Missouri. that
very act was a repudia,ion of Mr..
Akin's party II was a distinct,
emphatic and practical declaration
that they did not believe one word
of the ISLANDERS uttered against
Missouri hy the Republican leaders
who have prospcred and grown
rich amid the environments Of
Democracy. deccncy aud abund-
auce which these leaders pretend
10 decry.
The truth Is the stream of i'm
migration now pouring into Mis-.
souri, is due wholly 10 Democratic
efforts 10 advertise the SPLENDID
resources OF Missouri; 10 let the
people outside of Missouri know
that under Democratic admiuistra.
tions an enormous Republican debt
has been practically paid off, taxes
reduced to the lowest of ali the
States, an unequnled school fund
built mp, aud the States indus,
tries developed in all lines of pro-
duction.
Il has required weary years aud
persistent labor to run down and
counteract the slanders against
Missouri by Mr.. Akins' associates,
hat the truth has prevailed Mt last,
aud the stream of immigration"
now pouring into the State should
know that they might have come
here years ago aud been financially
independent by this time il Mr..
Aklns, Maj. Warner, the Globe.
Democrat aud other Republican
leaders had not M long and per
sistently kept them out by misrep.
rrseuting the land of Canaan. "
sir. Atkins is hugging a delusion.
The stream of immigration now
pouring into Missouri has had
enough of Republicanism in ILL
uois, Iowa, Ohio. Kansas aud Mas.
sachusetts. 1t is coming to Mis-
souri, TO enjoy the blessings of q
Democratic State Government. along
with the richest soil and the most
magnificent resources. II will help
rebuke Mr.. Atkins and his assc.
cintes for their shameless ISLANDERS
of the best State in the Union.