The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-10-13

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Gov, Folk, in the coursc OF his
remarks, sad TINT he had no de
sire &c interfere with any vested
rights, At he did demand thai the
liquor cr"sts and all other in
terrsts " the law; that the
liquor intc. psls had no right TO de-
mund the special privilege of law
breaking, aud that IT might br
necessary in order to regulate this
traffic throughout the State TO have
II State Excise Commissioner, with
power to license aud control sa.
looms in every county. lie also
touched upon graitcrs and bood.
lcrs, and said that n CRATER is not
necessarily II boodler; that graft
ing may not be unlawful. 1t is
either II special privilege exercised
contrary TO law, or one that the
law itself may give. Privileges,
monopoly privileges, law protected
privileges are CRAFTS, and should
be hateful to every Democrat.
When the officers of a great insur-
anCc company use the money IN
their hands for their own profit
that is n graft; when the president
OF great insurance company takes
funds held in trust for the bCnC-
fciaries of insurance policies and
without their knowledge and con
sent converts part of the trust
funds into n political campaign
fund, that is embezzlement just
the same as if a public official in
charge of the public funds were to
put his hands into the public treas.
ury and take therefrom money
which he turns over to someone
else for political or private pur-
poses. The officials of n life in
surance company should be prose
cutcd when they are faithless the
same as corrupt men in public of =
flee.
Legitimate combinations of
capital, whether they he for insur
ance purposes or otherwise, are en-
titled TO fair treatment the same as
individuals, to equal and exact
justice, no more and no less. But
if they cannot exist without resort
ing TO bribery and surreptltiOus
violations of the law it would he
better for the people that they be
wiped out of existence. The time
may come when the State will in
sure har own citizens at far less
cost, and with far more safety to
those who need that protection. "
Senator Stone, along the lines OF
party harmony, said:
From this time forth it is to be
hoped that we will hear less talk
among Democrats about machines,
old or new, and that there will be
less of suspicion, and less of acri :
mony and pickering. The spirit
of discord is fast dwindling already
and it is to be hoped that after
this meeting it will disappear.
Meetings of this kind give assur.
ance of victory, for when the Mis-
souri, Democracy is united and
aroused it is invincible. Meetings
of this character are not. for sen
timental love makings or sentiment.
al gush of any kind, but they are
expressive of wise purpose on the
part of Democrats to net with sense
in party affairs and not to play
;he part of fools for Republican
profting. If the spirit of this
meeting shall be reflected through.
ont the State, then the Democratic
party will stand on solid ground.
If we are Democrats we must have
at least one common object, and
that is to restore the Democratic
party to unquestioned supremacy
in Missouri.
The least government consistent
with public order is the best. AS
the country and the State advance
new conditions will arise and new
problems confront us, and the
Democratic party must prove itself
capable of meeting every situation,
so as to promote what is good in
the things that are new without
| destroying what is good in the