The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-14
With Some Caustc Running Comments
by a Reporter Of "The Times"

the first, for occasionally the GLIB
tongue trippcd aud snaGG"d uatlI
the cue word was recalled.
One fellow on the west side OF
the room saved the occasion. lie
had heavy foot. He gave the
signal. Three others had well cal
loused palms. They followed suit
or, more properly, renigged by
palming their approval.
The fellow with the heavy foot
got his cue from Mr.. Brewster.
Mr.. Brewster had a way of swell
ing M and thrusting his large fat
palms into his trousers pockets ut
the end of burst of vlllIicatlon.
The heavy foot followed
Fellow citizens, ~ said Mr..
Brewster, Joe Folk was elected by
fraud, knowingly, and deserves the
vote of no good citizen. "
The heavy foot on the west
stamped approval. Three pairs
of palms joined in.
Mr.. Brewster made much fun of
the fact that J w. Folk dlsCov-
cred that bribery is crime. lie
said that Republicans had preached
it for twenty years. But he failed
to mention that his own Republic
nm organ, the Globe Democrat, also
preached it while Mr.. Walbridge,
now the opponent of Mr.. Folk, was
mayor in st. Louis. The q. ID.
openly alleged in the face of Mr..
Walbridgc that st. Louis was rot
ten with corruption and boodllnG.
Funny, isn't it :
Then comes along n cheap petit
logger advocating the election Of
Walbridge under whose mayoralty
administration occurred half the
crime that Mr.. Folk has been
prosecuting for so many moons.
why, Joe Folk is n fraud and
prctendcr. He has put II few ig-
norant criminals in prison. and
that's all. -
All, Mr.. Brewster, when Mr..
Walbridge's own political organs
accused his administration in st.
llouis of all manner of infamy, why
didn't Mr.. Walbridgc play hypo-
critic, fraud and prctender, and also
put Il few criminals out of busincsS'
Before we vote for Walbridge for
Governor, explain why he as Mayor
of st. Louis SO complacently clucked
and coddled over his Republican
nest of added eggs, so corrupt that
even yet when Mr.. Folk lifts the
lid it smells to heaven?
Why, Folks a fool, n pretend
er. an insignificant county prosccu-
tor, and any lawyer could do as
we'll. "
All, Mr.. Brewster, why didn't
they do itl
Yet Mr.. Brewster and the man
with the heavy foot think that the
intelligent voters of st. Francois
county would believe that Il cheap
fraud like little Joe Folk" would
risk his political future, his money,
his reputation, nay, his life (for it
was threatened), because he was
prompted by corrupt motives,
Look up, Mr.. Brewster, look upl
The great periodicals Of this coun-
try and Europe say that Missouri is
on trial. Missouri would not dare
smitc in the face the man that
risked all to cleanse his city and
State of her infamy, whether the
grand jury found it in one political
party or another. j. W. Folk
says, The boodler has no poll
tics" If he himself was elected
by fraud, in Code name let us have
more fraud. There was fraud at
the election, it is true, committed
by both parties, but without the
knowledge or consent of this man
who has made Missouri odious to
thieves in both parties. Not a
criminal or a corrupt politician in
Missouri approves off. W. Folk.
Mr.. Brewster severely criticised
Mr.. Folk for not doing the Gar
Reed or Emperor Roosevelt act at
Jefferson City and nominating all
the Democratic ticket himself, in
stead Of permitting the convention
to do it. Democrats are not gov
erned by those methods, friend
Brewster. And when the party
becomes so craven that it bends