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

can never stand between the people
and Democratic principles.
Mr., Brewster laments that in
Missouri pure ballot and fair
count are an incredible tradition.
The old gray haired fathers in the
audience went away thinking that
he alluded to the time in Missouri
when q Democrat risked his life
even If he stood near voting place
on election day. Was that the
time, friend Brewsterf About
thirty. five years agoY
Come again, Mr.. Brewster; you
ale the best man in Missouri to
line up aud set on fire backslidden
Democrats. There will be few, if
any, who can forget your yilllica-
ton Of our Democratic sires, aud
your imputation of dishonor and
fraud to the motives of the people S
hero, Joseph W. Folk, the next
Governor of the best State in the
Union.
Mr.. Brewster says Democracy is
n failure in Missouri. Yet We have
II school system approved and cop
led by many great States. Our
school fund is enormous. Our tax
es are lower than in any neighbor-
lag State. We have also extin-
guiShcd a State debt of millions
placed there by Il Republican ad
ministratlun, notorious for its loot
and political infamy, bartering
away the States securities. Isn't /
it strange?
Mr.. Brewster praises Mr.. Roose-
welt. Well, Mr.. Roosevelt is no
small quantity. He and Mr.. Folk
have had II few transactions. But
Mr. b, and the lieutenant with the
heavy foot desplSc and condemn
Mr. Folk. Whyi Because the
people love aud admire brave,
pure man.
Bah! the people know }. W q.
Folk. Jackals will never cease to
bark at the sphinx. Does the
sphinx care'
Now, here is the touchstone.
What of that cess pool in Wash
ington that had a BriStow from
Kansas to pry the lid off! And
right well did he stir up the gang
of postollice thieves. But hush!
Here comes n deputation of Repub-
lican stalwarts from Republican
House aud Senate. Listen to their
address to the noble Emperor of
the Leperous Philippines and Pres
idcnt of the United States. See
here, Ted. this Jayhawkcr from
Kansas hasn't enough brains to
ask us how much money will stop
him, lie is going to put the whole
postoflice push in Sing Sing if the
present investigation is not discon.
tinucd. Now. you call him Off and
hush this thing up, or we will blow
your light out. "
Where is Bristow of Kansasi
Where are the thieves that robbed
our people of millions during the
last few years of Republicanismi
Why did this Bristow of Kansas
fall silent like a man struck down
in the dark by foot-padl
When Folks life was threatened
in st. Louis, what did he doH Ask
Kelly, or Lehman, or Kratz, or Ed.
Butler, or any of the score of 9TH
ers that have been convicted or
made political outcasts and Off
scourings fOrever
AS for our present President, Mr..
Brewster possibly overdid the thing
little. 1t is difficult to form even
an intelligent guess on man
whose advent was purely an acci-
dent, and who was regarded by his
own party as so spectacular, so err
ratio, and so unsafe, that they
sought to shelve him on the Vice
Presidency. a dreadful fatality,
an unforeseen accident, pushed him
into view at time when unlimited
patronage and three years of Office
enabled him to entrench himself so
that to depose him would have
shattered his party.
The Republican elocutionist, and
his lieutenant with the heavy foot 4,
think very little of Mr.. Parker,
who has been the Supreme Judge
in a Court like that of New York.
He fails to credit Mr.. Parker with
being Il man of great ability, as n
matter of course-for even the un-
learned know that a man of Park
er's character would not only be
safe, but by reason of his great
legal learning would be an ideal
man for such an exalted and try.
ing Office as the Presidency.
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