The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

| Lnat IN the narrow cOn1lneS OF his owl
community, or upon the broader pag
es of his Nations History, he viii
share the ignominy of the one who sci
the torch to the Ephesian Dome OF
modern civilization"
From the occasion of this most Just.
ifiable comment, he sacrificed another
friend, at least politically, as / chal-
lenge the Betrayer, or any of his Sc
lected witnesses las he always has
them when defending himself) to pro-
duce a word uttered derogatory to the
character of Lorimer up to the time
of the publication of the editorial here
referred to. The facts are, "That he
finds as much joy in destroying the
character of man he cannot master,
as to shoot white-faced hippopota-
mus, or finding lost river.
Citizen, you will note that l hold to
that exaction justly demanded by
thinking people to quote the authors
of the history | am disclosing, and
give data, and reasons for my claims,
which seem to be a weakness of the
gentleman under discussion, and his
political associate at present as well.
His ascension upon the ladder of
fame started as suddenly as the proc
lamation, II refuse to dine with Lor-
imer," found subject for discussion
in every house hold from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and the millions then
ignorant as to the reason, have ever
remained so; and in this case, the
same with the San Juan Hill raid, and
the Brazilian lost river fallacy. Nelson
A. Miles, at the time / am referring
to, stated, and publicly announced in
the press, that said parsonage was not
at San Juan Hill at the time of the
raid, and strange as may seem, mil
lions of his worshipers refuse to de-
stroy one whit of his cheaply OBJ
tanned glory.
And finally, having by accident, and
the falsity of the old time party boss
es in imposing upon the American
electorate this cheap trickery, elect
ed a candidate false or true, and who
at the time thereof hated him as
RATHER hates noise, and do today, we
find him in genial companionship
again in the land of the Philistines,
eating of their sop, playing their
game, which they played in those good
old days, when he knew of no corrup-
ton in their ranks.
Alas, the presidential robe was
placed upon him, and by right or by
mistake he has worn it, and with this
sacred bestwoal by the people of
America who exalted him to the high
est notch of fame within their pow
oar RI hactnuv ba hoe JosoooJoI ~ Al IL.
depth of the cheap Mann and Sherman
type of political slangsters. / am
impelled to ask that he hang up the
mantle we bestowed upon him amongst
the relics of antiquity, to be forgot
ten as ever worn by him, land thank
God that he has besmeared it, as II
avow," that when he sent his emissary
into foreign land with credentials
to invite cooperation whereby to put
over his trump card Bill, he placed a
lamentable stain upon said robe, |
which / again thank God, Woodrow
Wilson will never allow to besmear
his garment.
With the sacred title of ex-Presi-
dent attaching to him, and hence his |
every word weighed by the nations |
engaged in war, while President Will
son, laboring under the trying ext |
gencies of conditions abroad, and the
more trying disloyalty of some citi-
zens at home, was endeavoring to
maintain strict state of neutrality,
at the most critical juncture of dip
lomatic negotiations, when the breath
of the peace-loving Americans was
bated, owing to the accute condition
then existing, this same person was
melting the public mind against the
President, and by reason of his pre-
viousiy worn garb, knowing that his
every word would be interpreted in
Germany and thrown back into our
faces that "the people of America are
not supporting the President" Be-
cause of his previously honored place
n our government, to descend to the
evel of the lowest politician as not
% even cease from his TRADE of in
1uendos, and slur at the very time
he "Great affection that fell to the
OF of the President in the loss of his
wife," | close with that malediction
ipon him, viz; God deliver us from
mother Migrate, Bully or Defamer
f character ever occupying the high
'ffice we would keep unsullied and
orever esteemed.
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