The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-05-29

e-election.)
If as DR.. Washburn GLADDEN. says,
the newspaper profession is just as
sacred as the ministry, no doubt the
editors would be very glad to have the
people unaerarrnd this very thing.
Said the Progressive to the Stand
pat, why should the tail wag the dog?
And there is some good reason in the
suggested philosophy Think of it!
The progressives polled over 1000,
900 votes carrying six states with oS
electoral votes TO four states and 3
electoral votes Of the Standpatters.
II would seem like there was some
thing to what Mr.. Progressive says.
The editor of The Times acknowl-
edges the receipt Of an invitatian to
be present ut the Forty First Annual
Commencement of the Missouri State
Normal of the Third District at Cape
Girardeau, May 30 to June 4. 1t may
be that there are those Of the com
munity interested, either directly or
indirectly, in the commencement eX-
ercises; those feeling an interest will
please take notice Of the dates on
which the event occurs.
The newspapers of the state last
week conveyed the intelligence that
a. Lnl tay
amount of cash than was ever before
recorded a fact that must have
brought pain to the hearts of stand.
pat republicans, who have so long
exploited what they were pleased to
refer to as a depleted treasury. OF
course, this talk of "looted" or "em-
PITY" treasury was lie, pure and sim
Pile but it helped what real argument
was lacking. Col. Liv. Morse's party
will have to fail back on that other
worm ea,cn chestnut. ''the stolen
acho5 fund. Glasgow Missouriau.
Yes, dear reader this is n political
year, and more than that it is a Dem
ocratic year. Without doubt the party
will be uniformly successful ut the
ProgrCsslves are just putting out
tickets because II is a habit, and also
to keep alive the party organizations.
But let US know that as Democrats
the success and future Of our party
depends upon the rank and file of the
voters. Let us cndcavor to choose
good clean men at the primary, that
we can go before the people and ask
for their support Every voter should
know all about the man that he sup
ports ut the primary Beware of oily
tounged politicians. We want good
honorable men to ill every office.
Verify these days are fast ones
truly progressive. If the deep things
of the heart were known no doubt
there would be manifest a longing for
the return Of the good old days of our
forefathers days when calloused
hands gladly clasped each other in a
sincere warm handshake, when kid
gloves were unknown, when shams
and hypocricies were as rare as radi-
UNI, when at eventide the family gath
cred around the hearthstone and alto
gether drank in the pleasures of home.
Days of happy home life these were.
But take the average family today
about the only member ut home ey-
cnings is the servant girl. Father goes
TO lodge, mother TO the club, Jane to
the club dance, Johnny to the billiard
room for game with a chum, and
Mary to a music circle meeting. Truly
these are fast days, yea, progressive
oppS in Nuhirh wa 1.-Two
One of our exchanges remarks that
the young men of the United States
are so patriotic that if the President
should make q call for volunteers
there wouldnot be enough youngsters
left at home to play tennis, or base
ball, or even to dance the tango. How
horrible to contemplate! But that
our grave fears might be somewhat
allayed, an incident transpiring right
here in Pennington may be recited:
A few days ago Major and COM
panion soldier came to Pennington
to enlist a number Of men here with
the purpose of making up company
in st. Francois county with the an
nounced purpose Of doing service on
the Mexican border. Report has it
that not one man was secured from
our town. The Times is not convers-
ant with the situation sufficiently to
state the reason for no one enlisting
here, even at the solicitation of the
men who were here on the field, but
the fact remains that no one enlisted.
1t would seem that the dark picture
presented by our exchange might not
be true in every instance.
1t is reported through the press
that editor Morris of the st. Joseph
Gazette has been recently robbed of a
diamond shirt stud. The wonder is
how that an editor could come in pos
session of sparkler. Surely it was
through the Kindness of a relative!
But after all an editor has no business
with a diamond, and one that would
be so presumptous as to wear spark
Ter is certainly served right in being
deprived of its possession. The real
place for the diamond is on the ivory
clean front of the shirt of some poli-
tician whom the poor editor has work
ed night and day, year in and year
out, to put in Office. Fact of the mat
ter, that is the place that most Of
them land. In silks and satins the
family Of the Office holder can be dres-
sed while the family Of the poor editor