Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-07

M. Hearst 10 create a temporary
monopoly on the saloon business. re
curing an agreement from all the sa
loon keepers and ~bartendcrs to sell no
LIQUID refreshments TO any but Hearst
men. The mere fact that q hotel.
restaurant or saloon monopoly would
seem Inconsistent In the anti-monopoiy
candidate would not bother MI. Hearst
an instant, as consistency has never
been known 10 give him trouble.
THE CONSCIENCE or MISSOURI
That the people Of Missouri have
Il conscience which only needed 70 be
awakened 10 assert itself Is shown by
The returns from the different coun-
ties In the state. Despite every means.
that ingenuity. greed and desperation
could devise. the attempts Of the cor.
ruptionisis to hold back the tide that
Ii sweeping over the state In favor
81 Folk has utterly failed. For the time
being. every man In Missouri who
loves his state and cherishes her
honor Is becoming q politician and
making the campaign for decency =
matter of personal concern
The following declaration Of the ST.
Louis clergy Is being verified BY the
results Or the primaries up 70 date:
Missouri Is a state o. Christian men
who think their religion has some-
thing to DO with this world as well
as with Heaven, and are resolved 20
tolerate no political hells under the
caves / their churches. II IL a state OF
brave men. who. when they know they
have been trifIed with, carry enough
of Gods wrath In their conscience
to hold an instant judgment day and
hurl tho t~rIflers into the oblivion that
yawns for them
This Ii an extract from an appeal to
the manhood OF the city and state.
prepared and signed BY forty-seyen
ministers Of 81. Louis, representing
every denomination Of Christians. In
making this appeal TO the conscience
Of the people Or the city and state,
the ministers are acting wholly within
their providence as the N mics Of
vice aud crime and the opponents o.
deoency and righteousness,
They have realized the hclplcssnoss
OF the people OF st. Lois 70 rid
themselves Of the octopus Of corrui,'
tion and have turned To the sturdy
homes, population ons the farms and
In the villages.
The valiant efforts or Mr.. Folk, as
prosecuting attorney, to bring the
boodiers 10 justice have been thwart
| ed by the entire machinery OF the
government, backed by the govern
mcnt and the judiciary. The people
Of the state have come TO realize
that the only remedy for the existing
conditions lies In q complete clean
Ing out Of tho present forces which
control the state.
A most significant feature Of the
Folk movement IL that Il Is confined "a
no political party. Republican farm
crs are ais much concerned for the
success Of Folk nh are the democrats
All are contributing 70 the campaign
funds and all are self appointed work
| era for the cause Of decency. Ever,
republican newspaper In tho state II
supporting Folk, Il Is said that the
long distance telephones and the rnr
al free delivery are important factors
III what Is practically 4 political royo
lutlon. Whenever the machine ora
tors start tho campaign In a county
the farmers get busy at Tho tele
phones, call their township meetings
adopt their resolutions and In an amaz
ingly shorl lime have n machine d
their own going fun blast for Folk
on III same day FOLK carried twt
counties on the Iowa line and one Of
the Arkannas line. Three days late
he carried two counties IN The ecntra
part of The state which hyi been con
fidently claimed by the machine. 1t /
said that the best politicians In III,
state nov conccde that his nomination
Is certain.
The eyes Of the whole country an,
EVEN Of the world are nov directe,
AZ the queen city of Missouri whicl
il soon 10 welcome the people Of al
nations 10 her magnificent exposition
Every American has q peculiar inter
eli IN 81 Louis u this time and ever.
patriotic citizen must share with he
the stigma Of her shame. The cour
try will watch with the greatest Il
,erett and concern the awakening /
the conscience OF Missouri and ID