The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-13
THERE'S MANY A SLIP
TwIxT THE cur AND THE LIP

II EhE . MAN n SLRF
TwIxT THE CUR AND THE LIP
Which, as II applies to this ar
ticle, means that there was no ad.
journed meeting of the Board Of AL
dermeu last Monday night. A
quorum failed to show up, and cou ..
sequently those members who were
present, although they constituted a
majority OF the board, could take no
action on the petition asking for IA
local option election. The board
consists of eight members, and at
meeting about two months ago q
silly ordinance was enacted which
provided that II should take six
members to constitute quorum, in
stead of majority, which is five.
Well there%ere five members, the
Mayor aud Clerk on hand ready for
business. A new and carefully drawn
petition had been prepared, as city
Attorney Morsey said there were
me-lapses In the petition present
cd at the previous Monday nights
meeting which did not follow ex-
actly the letter of the law. So, to
avoid any breakers ahead, Mr.. Mar
bury was retained by the "drys" to
draw up petition that would cover
the letter as well as the spirit OF the
law, and prevent the election when
held from being declared null and
void on some minor legal technical.
ity; but-when the time for the
meeting of the board arrived Mon
day night only five members showed
up. After waiting awhile Mayor
Boyer sent the Marshal out to find
and bring in the abscntees, or at
least enough to constitute aaGorum.
Judge Harter of the First ward, it
seems, had been called to Ste. Gene
We've on account of sick sister;
Mr. thinner of the same ward could
not be found, and Mr., Hough of the
Fourth ward had gone coon hunt
ing.
Sounds like "A Joke, doesn't it? And
there are u lot of people, who are
not In sympathy with the move
ment, who are openly laughing
about or quietly staggering in their
! sleeves. Some of our neighboring
newspapers are poking fun at Farm
| ington because of the failure thus
for to get the plans for local OPP
tion election properly adjusted, and
find IL good theme for witty squibs.
Oh, yes, we are being laughed at,
and really 1t does seem funny, espe-
cially the predicament the Board of
| Aldermen found itself in last Mon
day night because quorum was
spoiled by a coon hunt That will
give the phony fellows fine oppor-
tunity to flash their humor and wit
| aud excite the resibilities of the enc
mics of local option.
( But there In an old adage that "He
laughs best who laughs last" This
issue must be met and it is going to
meet, and every obstacle thrown in
its way to cause delay only mekes
friends for the cause, aud when the
election Is held-which 1t will! he at
no distant day the "drys" Will be
all the more certain of carrying the
town. Another regular meeting OF
the board cannot be held until the
first Monday night in December
and a petition will be presented
then. Five members of the board, a
majority, stand ready to act favor
ably OH it--indeed under the law the
board cannot refuse to order an elec
tion. We are sanguine enough t.
predict that there will be quorum
on hand then even II another coor
hunt should turn up on that night
This will throw the election off an
other month, some time in January
but its coming-get ready for It.