The St. Joseph observer., 1922-10-21
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and women to the realization Of their
duty on election day-to vote the |
party ticket straight from top to bot
tom. In his statement to the demo-
Gratis who supported him primary day |
Long ephatically called attention to |
the fact that he and Senator Reed are |
in full accord as to the questions of
tariff and lower national and state |
taxes, and that these issues are too |
vital to endanger them through DEM !
ocrats staying away from tho polls on
election day or worse STILL voting for
q republican senatorial nominee.
Slam at "Pants" Vandivcr
The declaration Of Brcck Long be-
fore the primary which sounded his
defeat that he would support Senator
Reed If the latter was nominated and
his latest announcement that It Is his
intention now for tho welfare of
emocracy, no matter how much It
hurts to live up to that p reclamation,
is regarded as a vigorous party slam
at W. D.. better known nation wide
as Pants" Vandiver, and to other
murky mugwump "marplots" who are
now busily plotting the defeat Of the
democratic ticket at the coming cleo
tion. With the quietus put on the
independent movement" by Long it
is generally believed that the prime
instigator Of that undemocratic bolt
ing scheme, will Immediately fall in
llnc and forget that he ever posed as
a political Benedict Arnold.
Ninety Counties Democratic
A huge democratic vote election day
means that fully ninety counties will
send party representatives. to the next
general assembly which convenes in
January 1923. 1t further means that
Missouri, outside Of st. Louis. will
send thirteen democratic congressman
to Washington next March and that
the coming state senate will again be
controlled by the "Only Reliable
dess Of Liberty as its emblem to grace
the head Of the ticket, above the
printed name Of the United States
senatorial nom<ee, James A, Reed,
Republican VIII Bolt
Word from the former republican
bailiwicks, St. Louis. St. Charles, Per.
ry, Franklin. Gasconade and Cape
Glrardeau counties is that II they go
republican at all it will be by a mar
gin so small that it will not count. In
the city Of ST. Louis the prospects for
sweeping democratic victory grows
brighter as election day nears. The
high state taxes which were forced or
the people by the last Republican gen.
cral assembly and the "gop" tax COM
mission is responsible for the defeat
which is ahead for the party with an
African elephant" as its mascot. In
southeast Missouri the democratic
landslide will be so heavy that It will
be useless to count the few republican
oughly realizing what is in store in
this reclaimed portion OF Missouri,
"gop" spellbinders hurried there Mon
day to spend a week campaigning in
Pomiscot. Butler, Cape Cirardeau,
Wayne. Stoddard, Scott, New Madrid,
Dunklin, Mississippi, Reynolds and
Ripley counties TO repair badly shat
tered fences. The existing high re-
publican tax rate worked well there in
adding thousands of now voters 10 the
democratc wave which will sweep
that portion OF Missouri.
Supreme Court Nominees
The three democratic supreme court
nominees. Robert F. Walker, John r.
White and William T. Ragland will
run as we'll i'm the rustic sections az
will Senator Reed. The county unit
measure which was sponsored and en-
acted by a republican legislature will
cost Sam A. Baker, the "gop" nomi-
nee for superintendent Of public
schools. fully 10000 votes in south
Missouri alone.
Among the democratic state sena-
torial nominees who will win are;
Ernest r. James Of ST. Joseph, Walter
| Brownlee Of RroOkfield. William r.
Painter Of Carrollton, Nick T. Cave Of
Fulton, Wesley NJ McMurty Of Rut-
ledge, David Bagby Of Fayette, Sam
uel L. Snodgrass Of Eldorado Springs,
David NJ. Dabbs of Rocky Comfort,
W. W. Hamlin OF Springfield, Samuel
A. Cunningham Of Cabool, Frank II.
Farris Of Rolla, w. A. Brookshire OF
Pennington, A. W. McCawley Of Car
thage, and last, but just as formida-
BILE as the others, James T. O'Brien OF
st. Louis.
FOX May Win the Race
with the aid Of the phenomenal
race Senator Reed will run on election
day in ST. Louis, Jay Elmer Fox, the
second democratic state senatorial
! nominee in that CITY may also land