The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01
HYDE MUST BE ELIMINATED

Governor of Missouri is statewide. II
has spread through the state like the
traditional wildfre. The best way to
get rid of him would be for him to
resign. If he had the intelligence to
realize the feeling against him all ov-
er the state he would not hang onto
the office he has sogrievously abused
If he is incapable of this realization,
or if he is too stubborn to appreciate
its true meaning and act in compli-
ance with the general demand, the
General Assembly of the state should
harken to the voice of the people of
the state and GUST him from the posi-
ton he has disgraced in the shortest
possible time consistent with formal
tiles of law and due regard for proper
procedure.
There are so many causes for this
widespread condemnation of Hyde as
governor that scarcely 1.-THE of them
can be told in the space of single ar
ticle. These reasons are so conclu-
sive that any one of them should be
sufficient ground for his elimination
if not by voluntary resignation, then
by the impeachment process. His be-
trayal of the trust of the Republican
party has been so fragrant that it is
incumbent on the Republicans in the
two houses of the legislature to take
the initiative and to push proceedings
agains him until he has been forced
from office. Especially should this ac-
ton be prompt and peremptory, for
every day he is allowed to hold onto
the office Of governor is a day of
menace to the party and an incubus
on the state.
The feeling against Hyde is espec-
tally strong among the farming classes
of the state. They hold, and rightly
so, that he is responsible for the in
creased taxes that have been imposed
on them. This tax increase on farm
property has been forced on the ag-
riculturists at time when farm pro-
ducts Of all kinds are at prices so low
in the markets that it is simply i'm
possible for the farmers to raise
wheat and corn and hogs and cattle
and other food products and sell for
prices that pay the cost of produc-
ton. The added tax is like the added
weight to an already overburdened
carrier. The farmers simply cannot
carry that burden and make a liSing
on the farm at present prices-and
there is no prospect for any better
prices in the near future. The oner-
Gus tax increase for which Hyde is
responsible is just that much too
much, and that alone is, in the opinion
of the farmers, sufficient reason for
getting rid of Hyde. That is one of
the reasons why curses are heaped on
Hyde throughout the rural districts of
the state.
The quackery bill. by which,
through the action of Hyde. medical
science has been given such slap in
the face, is in itself sufficient to stamp
him as utterly unfit. Hyde is respon-
sible for letting down the bars and
throwing open the gates to all sorts
Of abuses under this bill that has set
Missouri back at least half a century.
Every self-respecting member of the
medical and surgical profession con-
dennis Hyde for foisting that meas
nre on the state, They have said so
in the plainest possible manner. Not
only has he affronted medical and sur
gical science, but he has made a de-
liberate attack on the lives and health
of every man, woman and child in the
state. He has, by inviting in the
quacks, fakes and frauds, placed in
jeopardy every persons life and en-
dangered the health of the states en-
tire population. | have heard this ac-
ton characterized as nothing less than
a deliberate conspiracy between him
and those whose bidding he did in this
matter of pro9tituting the practice of
medicine to commit murder by whole
sale. For this reason many thou
sands of people, aside from the doctors
and surgeon. themselves, damn him
with earnestness and urge his elimi-
nation before he has gone to other ex-
tremes in the same or similar line of
attack on the health and lives of the
people.
Appointments made by Hyde have
been distinctly bad He has conspired
with unfit persons, several of whom
the Censor has repeatedly named, to
foist on the people unfit men for pub
lie places. This is especially the fact
in St. Louis. His factotum, Victor J.
Miller, head of the police department,
is glazing illustration. He has made
in pursuance of person
al bargains to the great sacrifice of
public interests. He has totally ig-