The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-05
FOLK SPEAKS TO
1900 At FESTUS
Opera-House Is Overcrowded and
Many Republicans Are Among
the Number.
COUNTY SAFELY DEMOCRATIC.
Majority Will Be Greatly In
creased-Nominee at Freder-
lcktown, jackson and Cape
Girardeau To-Day.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
DE Soto. No.. Nov. 4.-Two hundred Re.
publican votes. according to the estimat,
VI local politicians. will be polled for FoIl
iii 'eherson County. The State and ma,
lohai tickets will carry the county, and
Homer Weaver. the present representa-.
i've, Democrat. will be returned to the
Legislature.
AS each day brings the campaign nearer
TO Its close. 1t seems that Folks reception
surpasses the many preceding ones as ex-
pressive of popular confidence in the Cir.
cult Attorney of st. Louis.
In Festus tonight an opera-house. seat
ing l.eD persons. was packed to suffoca-
lon by cheering supporters of the Demo-
cratic nominee. They were on the stage.
IN the window alcoves, standing in the
alsles. and lined up half way down the
stairs from the door, where they listened
without seeing the speaker
Easily 2.5o persons were present with
o.ltsTs y.itsT seeking but unable to obtain place
within earshot. Festus is growing
toWn. Many working men and Others
having business at the CRYSTAL Citv pjote
Class Works or at the Herculaneum lead
otstries are within few miles, and their
presence has marked influence upon tbe
BUSINESS OF the locality and upou po.jtjos
met at ai' Riversde S bv at s'G as p Folk
ton of Jefferson County citizens Among
them were Judge Thomas Charles Homer
seais meaxer' J,,hn John Tuttle ?. R Lloyd. Claude
send; Thomas Boyce. Doctor Donnell
w; e. Goff. Doctor Henry Hensley. ID I
Adams and John Meyer.
Sn the car were score or more others
who purposed attending the meeting. and
OF them, as going to show the Folk fol-
lowing among the Republicans, were sew
erai of the opposition party.
REPUBLICAN VOTES FOR FOLK.
This is Mr.. Giebler." said one of the
committeeman, introducing him to Mr..
Folk, "a Republican, who will vote for
yor."
And this" put in second Democrat.
as he brought forward q broad-shouldered
slN-looter. this Is Mr. Ciske, another of
your Republican friends "
,Ciske Is foreman in the Hercuianeum
ouH1ry. Ihese works employ many men
and the major percentage of them Intend
Foting the Democratic ticket SocIaiisn,
claims some of them. and over hundi ed
national ald State Social,stic tickets eTbn Tbn
last Democratic majority for the State
ticket in Jefferson County amounted snit;
20 , thlrty-elsht votes. This year it is con-
to 200. VIC ii''i gin
Folk spoke an hour and half at Fes.
tus. He left by special train over the
Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Rail-
way. connecting with the regular Iron
Mountain ut Riverside. thence he went
to Bismarck for the night He speaks at
tredericktcwn. Jackson and Cape GirarS
deau tomorrow. Big meetings are ex-
pected at each stop.
Coming down on the train this evening
the conductor quietly said: "AIr. Folk
nine Is another Republican vote for
Another conductor on the Frisco put 1t
the same way. in almost the same lam
guage. few days ago. Casual talk with
trainmen all over the State has shown
the sentiment to be general.
a further significant fact is the number
OF German farmers at the Folk meetings.
They were at the Florissant meeting in
st Louis County this afternoon and they
are here tonight. As a class. they are
for Folk, despite that most of them nor
mally are Republicans. With such striking
evidences of sentiment constantly reap
pesring. reason exists for emphasizing the
prediction of recori-breaking majority.