The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
NO BLEMISHES ON THE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Brief Mention of Different Candidates
Who Should go Over the Top by
Large Majorities Next Tuesday

The urgent call of President Wilson
for the election of all Democratic can.
didates to Congress next Tuesday, il
order that his administration may re.
ceive the hearty endorsement of al
Americans, not only insures the sue.
cess of all Democratic candidates tc
the House and Senate, but is the
strongest possible endorsement of all
Democratic nominees at this critica
time in the history not only of this ma
tion, but of the world as well. That
such action was taken by President
Wilson for political effect no one but
the most biased partisan will or can
believe.
Not only now, but for some time
past, has President Wilson been large
ly bearing the weight of the entire
world on his shoulders. Is there any,
thing unreasonable or unfair, then
in his desire for the united and unan-
imous support of the people he has
been serving so well and so faithfully.
The Times does not believe it has ev-
er occurred to him that it could mat
ter as to whether Democratic or Re-
publicans are elected in the different
Congressional and Senatorial dis
tricts throughout the country, except
! as such election might appear to what
is left of the Central Powers. But
the President is absolutely correct in
his belief that the election of Re-
publican members to those bodies
would be taken by the Hun govern
ment as rebuke to the present ad-
ministration.
Should such thing transpire, then
a possible. result might be the coptin-
uance of the war Indefinitely, Which
might result in the giving up of un-
told thousands of American lives yet,
before Germany is finally ,overpow-
cred and compelled to- surrender. 1t
is now up to every American to
think of these things, to think seri-
ously Of what their vote may have to
do with the final termination of the
horrible world war that is now in con-
dition to be brought to an early close,
if no unnecessary hindrances are cast
in the way, such as prejudicial vote
might mean at this critical time.
President Wilson's request, that DEM
ocrats be sent to Congress, was not
political "trick". He is too big for
such things, in times like the present
And you are too big, also, to permit
yourself to be controlled by old .po-
litical prejudices if you will only stop
to think carefully of what your vote
may mean in the settlement of the
war and the return of your boy.
The Presidents request will result
in the election of Hon. Joseph w.
Folk and Hon. Arthur T. Brewster,
Democratic candidates for the U. S.
Senate and Congress, respectively. 1t
will also have a material tendency to
increase the majorities of Hon. Uel
W. Lamkin for Superintendent of
Public Schools, and Judge Walter w.
Graves for Judge Of the Supreme
Court. All are good, clean, capable
men, altogether worthy of any conf
dence which. maybe reposed in them,
and especially qualified to perform the
duties of the various offices they seek.
The next candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket is Jonh Henry Tetley, of
Pennington, who is making the race
for State Senator from the Twenty |
Sixth District. Nothing more need |
be said of Mr.. Tetley, as he is fairly |
well known throughout the district
as high-class and capable gentleman,
who would be able 10 accomplish much
for this district in the Upper House
of the law-making body of the State.
He can be depended upon.
County Ticket.
jeff D. Poston, of Bonne Terre, can
didate for Representative, heads the
county ticket. Mr.. Poston has pre-
viously been tried in that position, and
proved himself entirely worthy of
such trust. Furthermore, the expert
ence he now has in legislative mat
ters will be of great service when he
is returned to those duties. From the
very beginning he will be enabled to
do his full quota Of work for his con-
stituency. |,
w. Alfred Mitchell, who was given
the very unusual compliment of being
promoted from Associate Justice,
which position he is now most salts
factorily filling, to the nomination for
Presiding Judge of the County Court,
over strong opposition, is indicative of
,he confidence and esteem in which he
IS held by the people, of the county,
Nor is such confidence misplaced, as
Judge Mischief has given to the coun- I
" business the same careful and !
'ainstaking effort he would. to his per- t
,onal affairs. ii
John w. Jones, of Flat River, can !
lidate for County Judge from the
First District, is one of the old and I
highly respected citizens of that COM
nunity, and many friends are san-1s
yuineiin the belief that he will be in (