The St. Joseph observer., 1919-05-03
DODGE STRIKES FROM THE
SHOULDER

runs the Milan standard over In Sulli-
van county. lie is democrat-one
Of that persuasion Of Dem ocrsts
who believes In the teachings Of
Dcmocracy-of the pure old fashion,
ed sort-therefore when he takes off
his coat and reads a lecture to the
peace disturbers in his party. he does
a good job Of it. In his last issue ap-
pears the following which should be
read by every Democrat in the state
and needed. He heads it, "A heart
to-heart talk with Democrats" and
says:
Almost every day we arc asked
what Is the matter with the Demo-
cratic party in sullivan county, I'm
Missouri and in almost every place IN
the United States. Democrats have
begun to ask the question, what is the
matter" as the numerous Republican
victories everywhere gradually pene-
trate their brains.
"a question which covers so large
a territory is hard 20 answer--hard TO
make the average voter understand.
and after he understands. it IS STILL
HARDER TO get him to change his
manner Of thinking and believing.
THE GREATEST REASON for the
many defeats of the Democratic party
/ all over the United States Cand espec-
/ tally in Sullivan county, is the
/ IHYPHENATED- DEMOCRAT There
are many OF us who would become
offended should one Of our Demo-
cratic friends tell US that we are
/ |hyphenated Dem ocrat. yet It Is an
] MAJ
/ Of Democrats everywhere are nothing
more or less than HIPHENATED-
. DEMOCRATS. We have them at
home and abroad--national. state.
county. township and even school dis
trict hyphenated- Democrats.
! How many Of you Democrats have
said, 4 will not vote for him because
he is Tim Maloney'S candidate2' or
how many Of Tins Democratic
friends have you heard say, 4 will
not vote for him because he was not
for our candidate?' How many Of
you are guilty? Most all of US are.
and 1t is time to quit; timo to come
to our senses; time TO realize that un-
less we do quit our dam fOOlishneSs
and GET TOGETHER the Repubu-
cans will continue to hold the offices.
TO laugh at us--as they are now doing,
3 We have. right now, starting from
jefferson City and leading TO every
county in the state Of Missouri, the
hNphenated-D Democrat The reports OF
the daily newspapers iaH or them
Hepuhh'ah' independent and so-called
Democrat ncwspapers) help keep up
and urge on the hyphenated-Demo-
Crat 10 do his scratching and bOlting
Iat each election. NJ Ost any day you
l'an I'aI IN a,ih'sL any ually news
IaptI ABOUT lH' M'Alli7ter-SulllVah-
MlddIeham P- democrats, the Gardner
brHo'Ta'7. me i tFfla-DemOcrats the
.''u ''hnE- E-i'"np'lbls' ana 80 on ana
so on Inc dlL.y newspapers that
pI I.u' ai"L Ti't T are either
.N''-NI.rSI me temperate party or
WIN. L" NJ Hi. lhe poiCI"s ana
ENN' T. lhe candidates Tor the party.
nat Is a7 rue % YOU are reading
lN'7' ''l"7. ana II HeS can not RUE
,"l t.r'l the OiIl'"is that Will give
ln"h iu- p'el ihey are willing 10 see
. lHo peWpcIdIIo party go 10 the devil
ana TRUST 20 luch IN setting rake-otf
from IN" Eepubncan'. IN" FACT
t"al 'H"N print thelt canning hNphe-
nairu -SllLL IS enough 70 convict them
IN ~ IRtE l. DEMOCRATlC TRIB-
.rni"
Ihe Milan STANDARD, thank God.
is not hyphenated, ana as long as the
present SuitoT remains In charge,
never VIII De. Inc standard IL neith-
tr usoh-Ilemucrat or Reed
democrat a Hardner-Democrat or
. Ni'N"IsirT-Dem II mas no ny
phen before ita Democracy. II IL a
democrat from principle; IT Is
/ D""oeFat because II believes In the
democratic platform as II now stands
ana always has stood. and has believ-
ed In IL Tor many years, When the
principles or democracy were written
President Wilson was not on earth;
neither was Jim Reed. Governor
.EaFdner Joe FOLK or any other pres
ent day Democrat and why Demo-
Gratis Of average Intelligence can be-
,wbr,bo,.or e,'I yor choo. Dts sI heaued' e,
and get so cocky that they think thew