The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-06
A FOrceful
Arraignment

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The following letter was written by
William Antony Kennedy, from his
f! home, "Toonreen," in Larchmont, .
suburb of New York, to his father,
Capt. W. A. Kennedy, of this city. The
writer is scholar, as his letter plain
ly indicates. He is also a high finan-
cier, who has made o wonderful bus
mess success in life, He is also a
writer of no mean ability, being the
author of "The Master of Bonne
Terre," a story, the scene of which
was laid in the great lead belt of st.
Francois county, where the author
grew to manhood. 1t will also be
we'll to remember that the writer was
raised Republican, in which path he
continued, until now he has apparent
ly discovered that there might be a
"better way" Read and profit there
by:
Larchmont, N. Y, Nov. 80, 1918.
"My Dear Father:
"No letter from you this week.
suppose you did not reply to my de-
layed epistle. Well, | had too much
company at Toonreen. / could not be
impolite and leave them to entertain
themselves. Therefore, l neglected
you until last Tuesday.
"But unless you were similarly en-
gagged, you have no lawful excuse.
You should have written--I missed
your letter never greater degree in
my life.
Everything here is about the
same. We are well. There is plenty to
do-and plenty to eat. And after all,
the latter fact with most people is
the thing that counts.
"On Thanksgiving Day, we had a
regular American feast-that il the
way people in this country celebrate,
or give thanks. Our great dining
room was decorated with ears of corn
and bundles of wheat. A huge fruit
basket, made from a large pumpkin,
occupied the center of the table7-in it
were apples and pears. There was al
so a twenty-five pound turkey. There
were cakes and trimmings-sweet ci-
der and rich old port wine. We had
for guests ourselves and two gentle
men and their wives.
"And then comes Christmas!
"The old world moves on about as
before. People are grumbling and
| finding fault-some few are happy and
contented. Even the United States
Senate is threatening to appoint
commission to go over and watch Will
son at the Peace Conference. sup
pose that nagging commission will be
composed Of Roosevelt, Lodge,
Hughes, Poindexter and Shermanl If
so, | hope Wilson will allow German
cruiser the freedom of the seas long
enough to capture the scoundrels and
hold them in custody until his return
from Europe. l say hurrah for Will
son! Roosevelt, Lodge, Hughes,
Poindexter, and Sherman--has-beens!
81 am for a strong centralized gov
ernment, but if the Republican party
is going to represent the American
people in advocating that the support
of the Constitution of the United
States, man outside of the sorehead
quintuple will have to be found.
suppose in desperation, the next NOM
inee will be General John Pershing!
"What / have tried to say in the
above thesis, is that it is dirty,
scoundrelly trick that the Republi-
cans have so belittled themselves that
President of the United States, chos-
en- twice by all the people, cannot rep
resent those people at the conclusion
of the World War, which he guided
to a successful conclusion, without
pack of disappointed aspirants for
Republican President to stand around
and hiss at him. Don't you be one of
them!
~ know that the United States has
done the right thing in this war
saved the world from the most cruel
domination ever. attempted since its
creation. You know what damned
German is-he's seven-eights hog and
nine e-tenths brute-the rest is beer fat.
And this country asked nothing. She
fought for the liberty Of mankind.
Wilson guided this country's course
throughout the struggle, and why
should he be criticised at this time?
Oh, hear some nasal-toned, slouched-
hated Republican say, 'He insulted
the American people by asking them
to support him in this last electionp
Did he insult them? Pm not so sure
that he did. ! am more convinced
that the Republicans insulted him!
"The shaping of this next presiden-
tial campaign will determine my
choice Of a political party. l have
lived abroad so much that ! have not
voted i'll this country but once-and
that was for William Mckinley. If |
am to continue to reside in the Unit
ed States, ! shall take my proper
place in public affairs, and | must
choose. AS matters stand, don't
know what ] am. was Republi-
can when there were Republicans. But
of one thing | am certain: l am not
a sOrehead."
LICENSED To MARRY