The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
HONORABLE j. N, FOOTE ON THE
REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
THE VALUE OF BUTLERISM.

voters" in a Republican ward owned and
operated by tho distinguished phiIanthro-
pist who for 50 many years prevented the
GU! = eartaG" from gong To waste. OF 70
other Ind loss deserving Cputractcry The
poor but honest candidate IN question.
happened 10 be an auti-Butler man. and
the Butterflies ana l~"ut"naut- Of the Boss
in the ward Jgared At his asri-at!Dus-pr.
rather. they 'Jcshad." Just f1r ffn. th.y
offered 10 bet the simple and honest one
that he wouldn't get "a hundred votes. Tn.
good man, Ia Il burst n anger. accepted
the waE"r. The fiu".se aud exquisite fo,il-
n'lus II he Butler mechanism was 1sIfi-
ttLlIy nlinifo-tel o. election lay. whom
'the easy marx" as they called him. ra-
CeiN"d aa even I!a"tv-uiHs votes. r HI=
what Won might call trimming itm 70 q
hair II was a nee pie" Oh machine
narrow margin.
With his KIM Of rnacHinrrv at rheir
I command The pie h-iEad" -~prt"rrpll'az :.
finish job IN -. Louis this fIi They naEr
shown what they can 10 when ti.y hay.
the Instruments. For Instance. TIE post
ohire faction not - very long ago got
control IF the election uI-cSir"ry ir q
prominent county seat where there -.JS e.
, Threatening Democratic majority so over
come. They lined tho BOYS" ,u 90 tho
polls 10 tho exclusion Of all Democrats
and kept. them busy choking IN tie hal
They voted them with uhi.serr and
without. upside down ard cTosFUiSc. hack
wards and forwards. inside ont. with and
AHi'E 81 sA-aA DAa N|."H WIZ ffkh
four pairs Of blue jeans pants trying Them
on and reversing them. they Used ~ Il
gross Of green goggles and Two dozen yell
low sGnshadcs.
At about four o'ciork ~ the afternoon.
however. word came from headquarters 10
ceas" firing but tho boys werc just warm
Ing up 70 their work and refused 10 quit.
The ballot boxes were full and In" Judges
and clerks had gore to sleep. but The Loys
kept Up the merry page 'n = Tsritahle
TiOtoGs orgy OF voting. and the situation
began to look desperate even from the
Republican standpoint.
Al last. unable to endure II any Longer.
a prominent Republican leadcr rushed over
from headquarters waving his arms and
mo;IorIug wildly for the business To stop.
Cant DO II. said tho boys. were just
beginning to go some now. the fun IS only
commencing. Watch US snow 'eIn UNDER
But" -hrickrI the politician. "ToI: mus.
stop-the Republican farmers are coming
TO town now who'ye got n perfect right to
vote,"
II lis only occasionally that the Butler
machine Stops over in any such fashion.
Political enthusiasm and party loyalty Is.
OF course. difficult 10 restrain. and there
primaries OF last spring. when Butie-ism
simply cauno restrain Itself.
What ;he gangs will do III a great crisis
like that which confrouts them row.
against an enemy Of the proportions Of
Folk. with anti-Folk ardor at fever heat.
with the gangs very syistsUcs at stake
land u campaign fund Of. say. A quarter
of a million to oil the machinery remains
to be seen. Butlerism viii certainly help |
some"
Eext week there will be moro to tell
J. y. FOOTE.
Late of K~nobnoster. now Of Protein.
fancy County.