The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-10-20
PERTINENT POLITICAL PRATTLE
(By A. T. Edmonston.)

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. 3.-The
huge blanket ballot adopted by the
last Republican legislature to so be-
wilder electors that they will vote the
straight "gop" ticket at the coming
election, will cost that party not less
than $4,000 votes, according to infor-
nation gathered in all hooks and cor
ners of Missouri. Rather than lose
the chance of voting for Senator Jas.
A. Reed, at least that many indie
pendent Republicans will vote the
Democratic ticket straight from top
to bottom. 1t means that the DEM
ocratic Supreme Court nominees, Rob-
ert F. Walker, William T. Ragland
and John T. White; Charles A. Lee,
the "Only Reliable Party" candidate
for Superintendent of Public Schools;
the Democratic nominees for Con-
gress, all State Senators; Circuit
Judges; the legislative aspirants, the
st. Louis Court of Appeals, and all
county nominees, will benefit enough
by this strength of Senator Reed to
easily be elected. This shift of votes
which will be statewide, will cause
every close county, and those which
generally are Republican by from 300
to 500 to go Democratic, if all Dem
ocratic men and women only turn out
and do their American share. In ad-
dition, there are fully 100000 former
Republicans who intend to vote DEM
ocratic from Senator Reed all the wayA
down the line.
BoOtleggers for Brewster
With all professional "fat-head"
bootleggers who have grown rich
through non-effective prohibition,
supporting Brewster for United States
Senator so that no change in the Fed
eral Volstead enabling act if he wins,
cuts off their tremendous monthly in
come, it means that all church men
and women, ministers and all other
high class electors who believe in law
enforcement, will vote Democratic to
restore real law enforcement. It is
well known fact that in no Republi-
can county now is the Federal Prohi-
bition amendment or the similar
State law enforced. Bootleggers are
selling vile "moonshine", wine and
poisonous "home brew" all over Mis-
souri, with no fear of interference
from the Republican attorney gene
raj, Republican county officials or po-
lice departments. These same boot
leggers who were poor as church mice
a few months ago, now through pay
ing handsomely for protection" are
allowed OF unload their vile illicit Ii
quors and beverages for big sums
daily everywhere and each one has
bought palatial home, $4,000 auto
mobilea nd each has big bank ac-
count. Each is paying a weekly or
"rake-of" to someone in
power" and all are now influential
citizens intheir communities, due to
ll-gotten wealth. The victims who
,uy the "stuff" at from one to two
dollars pint, are still wearing
straw hats and their summer clothes,
I'VE their butcher, baker, grocer and
'ther merchants and can not figure
'ut where they are going to buy their
winter fuel.
BoOtleggers Grow Rihcer Daily
Such is the condition in all por-
ions of Missouri where bootleggers
ire allowed to flourish and daily grow
lcher and more influential. This is
portion of the mob who will sup
'ort Brewster for the reason that he
S running as a prohibitionist. Thou
ands of men and women over the
tate who are now fully posted on
such as it is at present,
Q save their husbands, fathers, bro
hers and sons from the failure to Il
nforce the Federal amendment will
agerly vote for a modification Of the
folstsad act, sufficient to restore