The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

cessity for such a change.
Code Revision and New Constitution.
We are told that our legal code is
archaic and out OF date. This Is
matter in which the State Bar Assoc
citation should assume the leadership.
should be governed by their guild
ance and that Of the lawyer members
Of the legislature, and give my full
support to any measure looking to
more speedy and adequate admins
tration Of Justice. The Democratic
platform provides that the people
must decide by ballot as to whether
constitutional convention ID to be
called.
AppointIve offices.
believe the time is now upon Us
when even our busiest citizens may
no longer shirk their part Of the re-
sponsibilities of government. Many
of us have been loud In our criticisms
Of others. yet refusing to serve our
fellow men when called upon. II am
elected Governor ! shall appoint to
office the highest type Of men and
shall insist that they serve even
where it will be a personal sacrifice
| for them to do so. | shall see that
our boards, other than professional,
are made UP Of our people from all
walks Of life. Efficiency shall be my
chief aim in selecting men for office.
Capital and Labor.
Missouri is fortunate in that as .
rule employer and employe live in
| harmony and mutual esteem. Capital
and labor are seeking basis that Is
| fair to both and cooperation seems to
be the keynote that is guiding them
| in working out the difficult problems
which have arisen. ] believe the state
should enact modern workmen's
| compensation act that is just and sat
| isfactory to all. The law should pro-
| tect man who is engaged in any
| hazardous work, against the day when
by accident he may be thrown out Of
employment, helpless and penniless.
Peace.
The national campaign has opened,
and the Republican candidate for
President has now completed his
| swing around the circle. He has har-
rangued the people about our foreign
policy with all the adroitness Of the
| trained turist that he is, but he has
! failed to suggest program, or to
state what he wonld have done had
he been President during the last four
years. His campaign is purely de-
| structive criticism He has failed to
offer a single constructive suggestion.
| He has derided our foreign policy, but
has failed to show where the honor OF
| the nation would have been better
conserved by pursuing any other poi
icy. His chief criticism Of the Mexi.
can policy is In the failure of Presi-
dent Wilson to recognize Huerta To
my mind the action of the President
of the United States in this matter
marked a new era In international re-
lations. The nations of the world have
been recognizing rulers regardless OF
the manner of method through which
they have attained ascendance, but
when President Wilson realized that
Huerta had gotten into control OF the
affairs OF Mexico through the assassi-
nation of Madero he, in effect, an
nounced TO the world that the United
States would not recognize the ruler
Of any nation on earth who attained
his position by assassinating his pre-
decessor.
President Wilson's management OF
the European situation will go down
in history as the greatest diplomatic
achievement in American annals. The
honor of America Is untarnished to-
day because he has preserved peace
instead of achieving personal glory
and renown by involving us In war.
When we read in the newspapers to-
day of the awful calamity that Is lit
orally destroying Europe, and in addi-
ton to the death, devastation and
waste Of the present, Is heaping an In
tolerable burden of debt upon the/fu.
, ture generations, maintain that It is
, an achievement that will adorn the
pages of history that the President Of
, the United States has preserved peace
, and brought prosperity to the hun
! bred millions of people who are look
! ing to him for guidance and protec-
ton.
! Prosperity.
9 The Republican party has often pro
4 claimed that the Democratic party is
g opposed to business. Present-day con-
] ditions so utterly contradict those
Q charges that 1t will not require long
q argument to meet them Every mill
t in this land is now working night and
y day. Every dinner pail is full, Every
man who seeks work Is able to find II
at higher wages than ever before
| Bank clearings are the largest in the
, history of the country. Railroad earn
. ings are three and one-half million
dollars, exceeding by far any in his
tory. Farm products are at top prices
= Is there a man in any walk Of life
. who will say that his vocation ia less
: profitable than 1t was under Repub
= lican rule? And yet a great part Of
the commercial world is involved in
war.
believe that the American people
want peace, prosperity and prepared
: ness. l believe that the people Of the
: state of Missouri will support the 20
4 iticaI party that has preserved peace
: and prosperity in these perilous times
y We believe that the greatest happi
/ ness comes in contented homes-tht
9 family fireside where father, mother
u and children may gather at least once
r day. The home promotes higher
$ ideals than battlefields, where happi
Il ness is replaced by the heartaches o.
s widows and the suffering of orphans
e For my part, l am willing to go be
e fore the people of the country and Of
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