The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-09-29


Democratic candidate, received 2,401
votes to 1866 votes cast for retiring
Representative A. o. Clay. Of Canton.
Some Democrats also voted for J.
R. Grinstead, of Warrensburg, for
Democratic candidate for Representa-
tive Of johnson county. 1t 10 chron-
icled thus in the official reports of
Secretary of State, and also the fact
chat j. H. Russell, Jr.. Of Chilhowee
is the Democratic nominee thus
through regularly receiving 1876
votes. Similar nominations for Rep
resentatives were made by electors on
the Republican ticket in counties
which had no regular "gop" eandi-
dates. There was also some "freak
voting"
Independent Ticket on Ballot
An interesting feature of the COM
ing election is that the regular
blanket" ballot will carry a ticket
which will bear the caption "non-par-
tisan independently Candidates" 1t
will be on the extreme right, and, so
far, the entries through regular fl
ing and votes cast for the candidates
on primary day consist of:
For Judge, Sixteenth Judicial Cir
cult, Division No. jackson county,
Glen Lamer Bruner, Kansas City.
For State Representative kansas
City, Fourth District, Jos. G. Hodges
of Kansas City, and Sixth District,
Ernest D. Hodges of Kansas City.
On primary day, Bruner received
81 votes, all in Kansas City; Joseph
G. Hodges, IL votes, and Ernest D.
Hodges, g votes--all in Kansas City.
If additional candidates file through
petitions by electors who took no
part, either by voting or as candidates
at the recent primary. their names
will appear in this same column.
Democrats Must Vote.
How absolutely necessary it is for
every Democratic man and woman in
Missouri to vote at the coming cleo
ton is shown by that there are 1911
1928 negroes in the state who will not
overlook this important function on
November z, next. The negro vote
consists Of 53,452 men and 1886
women. Failure at the 1920 election
of fully 100000 Democratic women
to vote and the fact that at least S.
900 colored women did exercise that
privilege turned Missouri over to the
mysterious stranger, who is in the
saddle to stay if Democrats fail to
take an active part in the coming
election. ~
The Republican primary returns re-
veal that had there been negro in
Missouri daring enough to contest for
United States Senator on the "gop"
ticket and all of his black brothers
and sisters had supported him,7he
would have won the nomination over
r. r. Brewster of Kansas City, the
nominee, by not less than 10000.
Next time that six or seven Republi-
cans enter the senatorial contest some
negro will undoubtedly get into the
melee at the last moment, and, with
the aid Of the votes of the states
10000 colered electors, both sexes,
pull down the glory of being the "gop"
toga gladiator. The constitution of
the United States freely and grac-
iously grants this privilege to ne
groes and nothing could be done legal
ly to curb the aspiration of such. an
received 89,528 votes at the recent
primary. With l21, 900 negroes vot-
ing for a member of their race at a
primary it is at once plain what
wotild have happened had black
man filed.
ST. Louis Negro Vote
In st. Louis there now are 6,181
negro males and 24,200 females II
years old and over, total of 60,381,
who are entitled to vote at the coming
election. This means that with the
negro vote eliminated it would be al
most an even vote between the Re-
publicans and Democrats at every
election, if all white electors, regard
less of sex, voted. 1t is the negro
vote which always gives the Repub-
Leans their lead in that city under
normal conditions.
There is, however, evidence in st.
Louis and also elsewhere in Missouri
that the negro voters will not solidly
support the Republican ticket on No.
vember Z. From information which
comes from centers where negro vot-
ers predominant, it seems that fully
OV,vuU are utIeTnllleu 10 NOL5 DeIilO-
cratic this time, from Senator James
A. Reed "all the way down the line, =,
to emphatically indicate to "gop"
leaders and bosses that they are
weary of being Republicans solely to
vote for and help to elect and put in
office their white partisan brothers,
and only be remembered with ap-
pointments, are announced, with me-
NAL positions such as janitors at $50
month.
Kansas City has 23,412 negro men
and women q years old and over.
This is half of the Kansas City Re-
publican vote at an average local
election. The negro vote of the state
represents one-fifth of the Republican
voting strength. Therefore, it lis
figured out by leading and we'll in
formed negroes that their race is en-
titled to fifth of all the places in
Missouri, Federal and state, which
are at the disposal of the Republican
party, when it is in power.
As election draws near it is plainly
more evident that fully 10000 Repub-
lican men and women will vote DEM
ocratic at the coming election. With
solid Democratic vote on November
7, every close county in the state will
go Democratic. Former heavy Re-