The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-05

democrat ana good citizen can ear
nestIy support. The nominee Tor the
long term on the supreme bench,
Judge A. NJ. WoOdsOu, has had al
honorable career for many years OIL
the circuit bench ut ST, Joseph. II
elected. | believe he will he credi,
10 his state and To his party.
we have been told that unless Mis-
souri, sends republicans TO congress
there will be no appropriation for the
Missouri river; that is, assuming. ol
course, that the republicans will con
troll the house. which they may not
II any party cannot obtain votes on
principles IL has no right to secure
votes with appropriations OF the pub
lie money.
II the federal funds are available
only to help the republican party, then
Missouri will improve her own river
before she will change her faith. Turn
republicans and get an appropriation.
BE a republican and you can have
privilege Come, be one Of us, and
help MS out, and we will give you in
return tariff so that you may have
a monopoly.
THAT Is the great evil Of this ma.
ton today--the special privileges Civ
on away in exchange for political sup
port They tell you that tariff so
high as to drive off competition and
give a monopoly to favored few,
enabling them to extort more from
the public than enrichment OF the
few at the expense Of yourselves,
brings prosperity to You who have no
protection
Let the crops of Missouri fail; let
our fertile fields and broad prairies
refuse to yield. and by and by hard
times comes a.knoCking at the door,
no matter how high tariff may be.
Then the more tariff, the louder the
knock of disaster and despair,
The tarir monopoly may bring
prosperity to those to whom II gives
a monopoly but II no moro gives pros
porlty tn the people who are without
protection than the visits Of the tax
collector Revise the tariff. which
in its last analysts is a graft given
to fow-that Is what the democracy
proposes 10 do.
The democratic party cannot offer
any special privilege to few Of you
in exchange for support, but 1t does
offer prize of greater value to you
and 10 ALL for TO you and to all 1t
would restore equal opportunity TO
| live and labor upon the earth that
| God has given to all and to enjoy
untrammeled the fruits Of honest
| toll.
Stone Speaks.
In conclusion. Gov. Foil, introduced
Senator William ]. Stone, who said
in part:
You came, not TO hear me tonight
but to hear the greatest living Ameri
| can, who was cheated out Of the pres
idency. My purpose is merely 10 fill
few moments until the next prcsi
dent of the United States arrives, and
in that time | want to say one or two
things.
Some republican papers, all oil
them. indeed. have been striving to
create the false impression that there
were irrcConcllable difficulties in the
democratic party. You have read in
your Kansas city papers that Gov
Folk and ! We're al swords points
that the ST Louis meeting was or
ganized aud controlled by a faction
of the democratic party. and that an
other was sighted. and that the re-
verse was to be exhibited here to
night. came as GOV. Folk did. tC
Join our united voices in endorsement
of democracy.
THE only rivalry which exists b"
tween Gov. Folk and myself Is to So
which OF lis can do the most 10 re
deem democracy. want TO join Gov
Folk in appealing 10 every democra
to vote the ticket straight in NOvem
Der. | want to join him in asking yol
to elect William H. Wallace to con
gress. want Missouri to help Il
make the next congress- democratic
because IL you do you will have
Missourian for speaker-ChamI
Clark"