The Missouri herald., 1922-05-19
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE7

rat-ArguS, in It's issue or May 16,
says:
The esteemed Hayti Herald is au-
thority for the statement that the peo.
pie of that city have appealed from
the decision of the U. S. District Court
in st. Louis few days ago in which
the court house bonds election was up
held and the injunction suit of Mrs.
Harriet C. Brittin, nonresident, de-
MED The case will go to the Federal
Court of Appeals at its next session in
Denver colo, we understand, where
/, will be finally passed upon. this tri-
bunal being coordinate with the U. S.
Supreme Court. and no further appeal
possible.
This action is taken, of course, with
n view of further delaying the process
of constructing the much needed court
house. rather than with n hope of win.
ming a decision. Needless to say the
interests of the people will be taken
care of in that Court, where hearing
will be had with as little delay as pos.
sible.
Who are "the people whose in
terest will be taken care off" There
are two sides to this little involve
ment consequent to ballot box stuff
ing-those who stuffed the ballot
box and those who didn't. Which
side is it that the people are on?
When you say "the people," do you
mean that they are the deck of
cards, the gravestones, hound dogs.
tom cats--any old thing with a
name. with which the ballot box
was stuffed in the two voting pre-
cincts of Caruthersville September
9. 1919, to the number of 1900 or
more? 1t is the interest of such
as these that certain Caruthersville
citizens. have so freely shelled OUT
their coin to employ lawyers to de-
tend: that is. after they had. after
a desperate effort, failed to get tfe
county court to spend the peoples
money to fight the people.
No, it is not the interest OF the
people" that is to be taken care or
bv the Caruthersville-pai attorneys.
II is the interest" of the election
thieves they are interested in to the
exclusion of all other interests OF
both the laws of God and man. The
Dcmocrat-Argus settles this when 1t
saye, in speaking of the appeal,
this action was taken, of course,
with view of further delaying the
process of constructing the much
needed court house rather than with
a hope of winning a decision 1t is
the taxpayers of the county who
have appealed 1t is they, who for
petty spite in the mind of the Demo
lay" Bad, bad people-they, the
crat-Argus, would "cause further de-
taxpayers of the county. 1t is not
their interest" that the Caruthers-
vile paper guarantees will be taken
care Of" presumably by some of the
same people and in the same man
ner that they took care of that 'in-
terest' on the day when the ballot
box was stuffed. They certainly did
a good job of taking care of "the
peoples interest" then, and wOulu
have long since completed thei"
work had the people not put up such
Il vigorous kick that the oare-taEers
bave been unable to complete taking
the peoples hide Off as they vaunt-
ingly assert they will do at the next
and final scufte. Maybe these ba';
people who are causing all the delay
ing of the process of building the
court house are worse than the Ca
ruthersville ballot box suffers, who
made possible the process" 1t is
these process makers that don't
want dalay-not so long as they are
winning. But once let the tables
turn, then see who the gentlemer
are who will wall and weep and
gnash their teeth.
Is it reasonable to presume that
the Taxpayers of the county ouly
want delay? Is it reasonable tha'
they would spend their money only
for that? Is it reasonable to infer
that they care nothing about the
stufting of the ballot box? Is it not
poor estimate of the honesty and
intelligence of the taxpayers of the
county to claim they care nothing
for the $150,000,00 illegally voted
upon them by filling the ballot box
with the deck Of cards and all man
ner of such rubbish? We place no
such low estimate upon the people
of this county but believe they pre-
fer if they must lose their fight for
the purity of the ballot box, that
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