The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-14

Under our form Of government, II j,
meet and proper, in fact necessary, ipI
m intelligent determination of all poo
litcal issues joined between the two
great dominant parties, that they
should be fairly, imparlially aud
thoughtfnlly discussed
Issues are not arbitrarily made 10y
political conventions, and expressed IN
platform declarations: but, rather are
they the expressed results Of paiu>'ak-
ing investigation aud thoughtful dj,.
cusson by the leaders in our State and
National executive and legislative de-.
partmcnts, and are finally presented 'u
the individual voter for his approval 70.
the best policies by which our State
and Nation shall he governed, SO that
the greatest good shall be done To the
greatest number.
The distinguished speaker, whom /
have the honor of presenting To- You,
has for the past quarter of . century
been one OF our representative in the
United States Senate; and, rs such.
has been potent factor in Formulating
the governmental policic, tina, have
and will triumphantIy guide oar grand
old ship of state across the sea pf time.
Pure in personal character; brave.
hpt ,,,unnattt,.,ttl Ia,
but manly in partisan politics; uuiirua
in research; ripe, rs the opulcul field
of golden grain in experience, hc pre-
Scnts TO Us the nublest -prcimau OF
American manhood aud American
craftsmanship
take pleasure in introducing 10 sou
our present aud future senior United
States Senator from Missouri, Genera
Francis NJ. Cockrcll.
Senator CockrcIl as usual dealt
with hard but interesting facts
His speeches have a singular Iaci-
nation because of his spotlcss char
actcr, his long service, woudcriu
memory and clcarncss OF cNprcs
sion. The yigor OF his voice aud
GESTURES indicate that some one
with a senatorial bee hulljng III hi,
chapcau will have a long trcsom,
wait.
Senator Cockrcll, using many
dates and figures, which We cannot
attempt to report here, dwclt AT
some length upon contrast be
tween Republican administrations
OF a generation ago and Democratic
methods since then. No doubt t.
the Republicans who icatllcrcd
their nests during that festive but
debauched period, it seems a long
weary waste of years since the pic
was passed around. The people OF
Missouri have never forgotten that
era of shame and loot, and a Dem
ocratlc verdict was the stamp OF
their disapproval,
The Senator told of the railroads
which had reverted TO the State
being sold by the 1908 and pre-.
yious Republican Legislatures 10
individuals and companies for mill
ions less than their real value, in
which the State was cheated ont of
something like thirty millions, nc
cording to the records Of State
bonds being sold below par, al
though drawing six and seven per
cent interest; OF how the Demo
cratic administrations which fol.
lowed restored the States credit
and its bonds to par value, reduced
the interest by nearly half, lowered
taxation, built up and conserved
an enormous school fund, cstab-
lished large number of State inSti-
tutions in the way of soldiers
homes. asylums, normal schools,
the State University that is equal
to the very best, and other public
institutions.
He showed that Our assessment
of the railroads and other corpora
tons were higher than i'll any
neighboring Republican States
that taxation on the 500 is lower
than our Republican neighboring
States, and that our State school
fund furnishes several times more
money for public school children
than Iowa, Illinois or Kansas. He
seemed to have the impression that
our Democratic administrations had
something to boast Of, and so did
his auditors, for it was voiced in
approval.
Senator Cockrell is always hon
est with his audiences, and cx-
pressed regret that Mr.. Brewster
of St. Joseph, who spoke the night
before, had told the people that j.
w. Folk was elected on the same