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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
THESE ARE THE FACTS

To every thinking man-to every
person not blinded by narrow parti-
sanship-there must be evident in the
present political situation these Sig
nificant and undisputable facts.
1t is a fact that under a democratic
administration labor has received the
highest wages over paid in the his
tory of the world.
1t is a fact that under a democratic
administration agriculture has enjoy
ed the greatest prosperity in all time.
1t is a fact that under a demo-
cratic administration our manufactur-
ers and business men have had an
era of the greatest prosperity.
II is a fact that under demo-
cratic administration the wealth of
the nation has increased by unnum-
bered billions and we have ceased to
be a debtor nation and become the
greatest creditor nation in the world.
1t is a fact that under a democratic
administration and under democratic
leadership this nation organized and
armed itself and fought and won the
greatest war in history. and that the
financing of these gigantic undertake
ings was possible only by reason OF
such democratic legislation as the in
come tax and the federal reserve act.
1t is a fact that under a democratic
administration and under democratic
leadership this nation has accomplish
ed the greatest achievement in his
tory and taken its place as the lead.
ing nation in the world.
1t is a fact that under a democratic
administration and under democratic
leadership there has been negotiated
a treaty of peace with a covenant foi
a league of nations which has beer
approved and accepted by every 9th
er civilized country in the world. anC
that we have been prevented from
ratifying that treaty and entering tina
league by the narrow partisanship o
republican senate which has no
hesitated to sacrifice the nation
honor in hope of gaining a partisal
advantage.
. 1t is a fact that the republican or
ganization has taken advantage c
: every opportunity and employed ey
: cry conceivable means TO develo
: some vital weakness in the demo
t cratic record; it has hired traine
, experts, attorneys. accountants, ecor
5 omists, examiners. investigators an
publicity men; it has employed i
= most acute and inscriptions pract
Z cal politlcians-all in vain. Baffle'
o disappointed. desperate. they have r
recourse save the rawlings of impotel
g rage, now developed into a ridiculol
> scream.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
LITTLE WILLIE AND THOSE "UN
TOLD MISERIES"

Little Willie Hays, the chairman Of
the gop national committee, took a
little jaunt up into rock ribbed"
Maine last week, and while up there
exhorted the republicans OF that state
to help save the country from the
wicked wilsonian that has brought
untold miseries upon a people who
have every right to be prosperous
and contented."
These untold miseries" are evil
IDENTIFY confidential on the part OF
young Mr.. Hays, but it is easy to
enumerate them.
They do not apply to the working
population of the country, of course,
for wages were never before so high,
the demand for labor was never be-
fore so great and there was never be-
| fore so little unemployment. They
do not apply 90 the farmers, who
| never before received such prices for
their crops and were never before so
prosperous. They do not apply TO
the average business man, who has
been making profits that he never
dreamed of in former days.
AS a whole the American people
are the richest the best fed. the best
housed. the best clothed and the best
provided for Of all the peoples in the
world. But the republican polite
ians, whom Mr., Hays represents. have
suffered dreadfully during the las
seven years. Thousands OF then
have been compelled to earn theil
own living. without assistance from
, the public payroll. Nobody can over
estimate the anguish Of a republican
office seeker under a dem ocratic ad
: ministration. and that is what Mr.
p Hays meant when he talked abou
t untold miseries."
e or possibly just to go a trifle fur
D ther in this enumeration OF thOs
. untold miseries." perhaps little vii
. lie had in mind the Federal Reserv
5 bank act which President Wilson ha
!. enacted into law eight months afte
y his Inauguration. No one will ques
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04

the tariff will be the issue" he was
looking directly at them.
And this learned few also are fully
cognizant Of the fact that whom the
tariff tax is increased to protect
American interests" it means that it
enables these interests to tax the peo-
pie 81 or S5--in some instances $50
or $1OO--for every dollar of tax the
government collects. The tax to the
import duties, and, being added TO
the price Of the article, is paid ulti-
mstely by the consumer. The tax to
the protected American interests is
paid to them directly in higher prices
for their entire product, made possible
by the tariff tax that increases the
price Of the imported competitive ar
ticle.
Do you see the relationship. now.
between high tariff promises and
campaign funds?
which also brings to mind the fact
that when the grand old party of
standpatism and rawfawm sees the
need--as it does now-of raising an
immense amount of money for cam
paign corruption purposes. it talks
tariff. That is the same as talking
turkey. 1t is a language that the
special interests both love and under
stand. There is no idealism about it,
no altruism. no internationalism. OF
any other kind of slush and flub-duh
at which practical men turn up their
noses. But there is the Jingle of dol
lars and cents There is the pros
poets that money invested in a cam
paign may be multiplied. later. a
hundred fold.
And after thinking it all overland
meditating over the matter-we have
come to the conclusion that when WI
hear Senator Harding say with all o
that solemnity that the tariff viii
be the issue" when he knows yer!
well. so far as the plain people" arr
concerned, that 1t isn't so-when W,
hear him saying this, then we ar,
more than ever inclined to believ,
that there is good reason for Cover
nor Cox's charge that the republican
are raising A prodigious campaign
! fund.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04

As an example OF plain lying take
the case Of gop Congressman Britten
of Illinois. who loudly proclaimed
the other day that the British gov
ernment had contributed ts7,5OO 10
the democratic campaign fund. On
Tuesday the Senate investigating com
mittee called him before it TO sub
stantiste his charges, and he could
not offer a single fact and backed
down entirely. He admitted publicly
that he had not a single fact to sub
stantiate any OF the charges made.
Traducers Of his caliber should be put
out Of the society OF decent men OF
both parties.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
Democratic County Ticket

Judge Circuit Court Division g
LAWRENCE a. Worries.
Representative First District
J. II. BARNES.
Representative Second District
r. w. HObk bkENBRINk.
Representative Third District
EBERT +. SPENCER.
Representative Fourth District
ERNEST L. JAMES.
County Court. First District
JAMES c. HUNT.
County Court, Second District
W. II. FIlANS.
For Assessor
JOHN NJ. CRAWFORD.
Tor Coroner
DIR. W. w. GRAY.
For Prosecuting Attorney
STEPHEN h. OWEN.
Public Administrator
MARY A. WILLIAMS.
For sheriff
SAMUEL II. PRICE.
Tor Surveyor
II. l. MEYER.
For Treasurer
A K. NASH.
Constable Washington Township
JAMES BYRNE
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
How About Il. Hyde?

Politics do sure make some strange
bedfellows. Now. take notice Of the
great bond between one Liv Morse
and Arthur NJ. Hyde, and make a
few mental deductions. Let's see, 1t
was Liv, wasn't it, that handled con-
siderable Lowden money awhile back.
and who started out as a supporter Of
McJimsey. 1t was Liv who handed
out a few thousand dollar bills, and
suddenly became an ardent supporter
of Hyde. And now, we are wondering
what is the connection; how does it
all come about? Morse, money.
Hyde ?-Platts County Landmark.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04

are feeble words in which there is no
spirit OF succor. Harding is all for
safety first and staying by the sty
and putting fat on home ribs.
But surely that is not the spirit OF
the country. 1t is merely the spirit
Of the present old-guard republican
leadership; the spirit of Lodge, Pen
rose. Knox. Brandegee and their fell
company Of highly respectable and
practically competent old-line repub-
lican tories, who feel that government
belongs of right to them. and that
whoever beats them to It is rascal
and a usurper
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04

Ohio and held their meetings without
let or hindrance.
And here is the result. as reported
by a shrewd observer: violence in
Pennsylvania, men and women hurt,
fighting in the streets; in Ohio. not
so much disorder as attends a trolley
strike in New York city"
Score one long, tall credit mark
for Governor Cox of Ohio for this
record, and another for this: that in
the Industrial state Of Ohio, in all the
six years Of his administration, Cox
has never called out the militia to
police a strike, because he never has
needed to.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
MORE SCORES FOR GOV. COX

As we go further into the campaign
we get to know more Of Gov Cox to
his betterm ment-and we also get to
know more of Harding generally to
his detriment-and right here is
where a couple of new long white
marks can be chalked up to Gov.
Cox already good long record Of
achievements.
Pennsylvania is a steel state.
SO is Ohio.
The disturbance in the steel indus
Try last year began about the same
time in both states.
In Pennsylvania there was a shame
full repression of popular rights OF
free speech. free assemblage and free
agitation.
In Ohio there was none whatever
Cox was governor there.
In Pennsylvania men were arrested
and jailed for talking TO their fellow
workmen.
In Ohio no man was arrested foi
any such act: but those who wished
10 talk were permitted to talk Il
their hearts content.
! Moreover, in the Pennsylvania stee
towns along the border between th'
two states workers forbidden to NEE
and discuss their affairs in Pennsyl
vania marched over the border Int
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
Democratic state Ticket

Tor Senator
BRECKINRIDGE LONG.
Tor Governor
JOHN NJ. ATKINSON.
For Lieutenant -Goyornor--
CARTER ~ BUFORD.
Tor Secretary of state
JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
For Auditor
GEORGE II. MIDDLEKAMP.
Tor Treasurer
JOHN II. STONE.
For Attorney General
WILLIS IL. MEREDITH.
Judge Supreme Court Division
tuueXpirod term)-
". r. RAGLAND.
Judge supreme Court Division
(uneXpirod torm)--
J. l. WILLIAMSON.
Judge Supreme Court Division
tfull termD--
+. l.. WILLIAMS.
Judge Kansas City Court Appeals
JAMES ELLISON.
FOR Congress, Fourth District
LEWIS CASS GABBERT.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
DOES NOT NEED A TELEPHONE


Every person who read the pro-
ceedings OF the republican conven-
tion when it was in session in Chi
cago will recall that 1t was daily stat
ed in the press dispatches-and never
donied-that the sanity Senator PEN
rose was in direct telephone COM
munication with those who were sup
posed to be in charge at Chicago.
Now no telephone is needed, since
personal conferences are possible.
Senator Harding has denied that
there was any senate oligarchy. Yet
Chairman Hays was in conference
with Penrose wednesday last, and on
more than one occasion he has re-
ported to him. The Penrose house
Is to be the real center OF the Hard
ing campaign. In a Washington dis
patch Of Thursday was this:
Strategic moves will be planned
there and from there the senator will
give out orders to the New York and
Chicago headquarters. The senate
oligarchy which dictated the nomina-
tion of Senator Harding prefers TO
do business at the Penrose home
rather than In New York or Chicago" !"
So once again everything centera
round Penrose, head OF the oligarchy.
who is rapidly coming to be the real
manager of the Harding campaign.
1t is of course much more satisfac-
tory for the great man to deal face TO
face with his associates-or subordin-
ates-than over telephone wire
though it may be that both methods
are being used. In the old days Pen
rose would have been chairman OF
the national committee, as Quay was
before him on the republican side
and Barnum and German on the
democratic. But in these days it Is
thought better--or more advisable
to sever the power and the title. Per
hbps there is no oligarchy, but there
certainly is a Penrose with whom
the chairman of the committee ant
the candidate. through the chairman
confer. 1t is evident that great re
lance is being placed on him, a
there was at Chicago. The trail be
tween Marion and Philadelphia is al
ready beginning to show signs o
wear, as are the trails between Phila
delphia and New York and Chicago
No doubt also there will be a consid
erable increase in telephone toll:
There really does not seem to be any
thing tending TO prove that the sen
, ate oligarchy-which undoubtedl
once existed-has been dissolved
, Perhaps Senator Harding has nc
given the matter that careful atteu
, ton which its Importance would seer
, to demand.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04

The American dealers in women's
clothing, who went to Paris last
week to buy winter goods, baked at
the brazenness of the styles for. the
coming winter and refused to buy. 1t
is stated that the new style skirts
put out by Partisan designers are the
shortest since the days of Eve. One
model which the French dress max
ers argued would be much in style
this coming winter was a skirt COM
posed of front and rear panels reach
ing the knees. The panels are sewed
together only part of the way, 50 that
the slightest puff of wind blows them
apart.-Milan Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04

tion that the Federal Reserve bank
act brought untold miseries to a
bunch of Wall street financiers. who
had been accustomed to cnotrolling
the country's credits.
Or perhaps Mr.. Hays had In mind
more specifically the direct election
of United states senators, or the
child welfare measures enacted by a
national democratic administration
or some of the other measures. long
promised by a republican administra-
tion but not enacted into law.
Surely Mr.. Hays did not mean to
question Americas course In entering
the world war; Yet anyone with q
sense of justice and fair play realizes
that this single heroic contribution OF
the nation called for tremendous sac.
rifices and many heartaches. The
same sense of justice and pride oi
national achievements should cal
forth from Mr.. Hays the admission
that America today stands as the
most prosperous, most contented ma
tion on the face OF the globe. out oi
turmoil and conflict, common ordin.
airy honesty must force the admission
that America today would exchange
place with no other nation on the
face of the globe.
When Mr.. Hays speaks of the un
told sufferings of a people who hav'
right to be prosperous and content
ed, he is merely spreading a new
brand of Indiana piffle.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
WHAT HARDING REALLY is

Although candidate Harding has
quite a number Of good qualities
even the majority of his own party
do not look upon his nomination with
any degree Of enthusiasm. This lack
of appreciation is because the public
realizes that Mr.. Harding is not MIR,
Harding primarily but the imperson-
alton of the professional conservative
or reactionary part of the republican
party and especially that he is the
candidate of the senate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
Because They Protected Farmers

The st. Louis Post-Dispatch is
clamoring for the defeat of John l..
Sullivan for secretary of state and
Geo. III. Middlekamp. present state
treasurer, for state auditor, because,
forsooth, they as members of the
state board, voted against the as
sessment of the farm land and city
real estate at their full cash value.
In other words. because these gentle-
men would not vote to make the
farmer pay TO the utmost farthing
taxes on the cash value Of his land
in sight. while the money. stocks.
bonds and so on of the millionaire
were assessed at a twentieth OF their
real value. and stood a good chance
of being untaxed through entirely
hidden from assessor. This matter
has been threshed over SO often that
there is little need to again refer to
it. save for the purpose Of again
pointing out and emphasizing the at
titude OF John Sullivan and George
Middlekamp. If the Dispatch
hopes to injure these efficient state
officials by such methods, it simply
demonstrates it's narrowness of vision
and complete lack of harmony with
the views entertained by the people
Of Missouri who very properly regard
the proposition to tax farm lands at
their full value as a step. at least. in
the direction of the fullfillment OF
the monstrous single tax doctrine
We ask the farmers OF Henry county,
regardless of party, to by their sup
port .show their resentment OF this
attempt to make capital in the iargs
cities against the two men who voted
for them in the assessment NATTER
Henry County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
Is A SHAMEFUL REFLECTION

At one time in the famous gop
convention in Chicago there was
moment when a paragraph in the re-
publican platform was read. of which
moment and which paragraph no de-
cent American, however partisan. can
be proud. That moment came when
Senator Watson reached Armenia"
in reading the report of the commit
tee on resolutions. The undisguised
note of sarcasm in his voice brought
from the delegates a litter of derisive
laughter. The cynical doctrine of
American aioofness won its appropri-
ate tribute. The ebb of the tide from
the American idealism had reached
it's lowest point. The paragraph is
one. which the senator read a mo-
ment later in reference to President
wilson's proposal that the United
States accept a mandate for Armenia:
| mo more striking illustration can
be found of President Wilson's dis
regard of the lives of American boys
or of American interests"
That is base and unworthy ut
terance, a claptrap indictment of the
president and a shameful reflection
upon the true spirit of Americanisn
and of American manhood.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
OF Course Hearst La

The New York Times. the New
York World and the New York Even
ing Postal independent newspapers
with great circulations and influence
support Gov. Cox for president. The
Hearst papers. charged with disloyal-
ty during the war and boycotted by
the loyal Americans and even the
Canadians, are of course supporting
Senator Harding.-Boonville Adver-
tiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
ARE GETTING EXTREMELY
SENSITIVE

There is considerable complaint
among the republicans Of course
that Gov. Cox and Franklin Roose-
welt are not ladylike in their cam
paign speeches Particularly resent
ed are their references to leading re-
publican senators. To speak of
Lodge and Smoot and Penrose as a
Clique" an "oligarchy," or as plot
ters" is the height of impoliteness
But these sensitive-plant senators
cannot be killed by epithets. II they
could, they would have succumbed in
1919, when another Roosevelt was
laying about him with words that
these same senators In his full-blood-
ed way as second story men,"
porch climbers" thieves" "receiv-
ers of stolen goods" Senators who
lived through being bethwacked by
the vocabulary of Theodore Roosevelt
have nothing to fear from reviling at
once less vigorous and less pictur-
esque. The classic Lodge ought to
comfort his brother senators by quot
ing "Graviora passi," which being in
terpreted means: you who have
been bludgeoned over the head by
Theodore ought not to vince when
tapped on the wrist by Franklin"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
To Avoid Embarrassing Questions

Senator Spencer ANNOUNCES that
he will shortly resign from the COM
mittee investigating campaign ex-
penditures. before his own call comes
for a hearing. That is wise decis-
ion since it would, of necessity, be
most embarrassing to have to ask
himself how much and why he ac-
cepted Lowden money.-Glasgow
Missourian.
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
GEN. PERsHING's GOOD LUCK

Gen. Pershing, who led our Ameri-
can boys to victory in France. was
mentioned for the republican nomi-
nation for president, but he is a
lucky man because the senate did not
pick him to be it's republican candi-
date.
II it had-if today he stood where
Harding stands-imagine his mortifi'
cation at being compelled to recas
his famous speech in France and Il
give forth. as Harding does, this wore
to the world:
Lafayette, we have quit!"
The St. Joseph observer., 1920-09-04
Arc the First to Howl

And the very !. w. Ws. who scoff
at law and order and want to sup
plant this government with soviet
reign of terror are the first to yip
and yap about the law not atfording
them more protection SO that they
can do as they please about causing
disruption.-DeKalb Tribune