The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-17

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pened before, and it never will happen
the face of this earth another band Of
gentlemen who will set down in cold
| type that "the thing is bad, wicked,
dangerous to the State, therefore we
do that thing; therefore we ratify it,
we we confirm it, we sanctify."" ~
Think of the judge Of a court say
ing. 81 hereby find the defendant
guilty of murded; therefore,; ! dis
charge him in his guilt with the bless
ings of the court"
Think of the judge of court, CON
victing a man of theft and then de-
claring: at is further ordered, ad-
judged, and decreed that he shall keep
the goods and chattels he has stolen"
Think Of judge trying a case Of
fraud and reciting: BE it ordered,
adjudged and decreed that the de-
efnant has been guilty of fraud and
false representation, and that he has
cheated his neighbor of his goods,
wares, and chattels in the sum Of
100000; but be it further ordered,
adjudged and decreed that he shall be
confirmed in his title thereto"
What is the use Of argument under
those circumstances? This resolu-
ton will make great political plat
form. so it seems to me, for the Sena-
tor who wrote it. And they say, Gle
wrote it all alone!" (LaughterJ in
the State of Ohio this ought to he a
~ eat political platform.
1t was said some years ago t':at
there was one county in Ohio Il nev
er believed it, but it may be true
where a majority of the people bad
been guilty of selling their votes in an
election. | suggest that the Willis
Spencer NewbeITy resolution ought to
be very popular in that county. The
Senator ought to get all the votes
there are there. You see it is SO con-
sistent with the state of morals charg
ed. / can imagine him making
speech to that kind of a crowd and
saying: "You know election day is the
day when we recoup our fortunes.
Then it is we make the rich yield US
portion of their savings. Then it is
every man gets five or ten dollars for
his vote" Now, that trade cannot
prosper, that industry cannot thrive,
if we do not permit the man who buys
the votes to receive the fruits of his
purchase. To that end / introduced
into the Senate and had passed and
ratified a resolution which declared in
the Newberry case that
The expenditure of such excessive
amounts in behalf of the candidate,
either with or without his knowledge,
is contrary to sound public policy,
harmful to the honor and dignity OF
the Senate, dangerous to the perpet-
uity Of free government, and is here
by severely condemned and disap-
proved Wherefore be it
Resolved, that Truman H. Newber-
ry is hereby declared to be duly
elected Senator from the State OF
Michigan. 49,.
| Why, when that was written, if the
: gods in heaven had been malicious, il
: they had for the moment been con
: trolled by evil influences from the
! neither regions, they would have lo0kec
over the battlemepts of the skies, ant
S roared with laughter that would ,hay'
shaken the universe. -
C / feel / ought to congratulate 7tht
e Senator from Ohio (Mr. Willis) upo1
: his wonderful piece of political ethic!
r and modern craftsmanship. i hav'
!, not any doubt that when he rum
Y again all the billboards in Ohio vii
3 have this resolution in large letters
e and above it will be inscribed thu
4 words: written by himself. HI
!, wrote it all alone" Uaughter.l d!
4 | think | once told in this Chamber
d the pathetic story of little Alexander
t as recited by Bill Nye.
Little Alexander was a poodle dos
= with in insctiate appetite. So con
n troned was he by his desire to es'
e that he neither stopped to taste mol
n TO smell. Observing one day par
filed with white fluid that resem
\ bled milk, he greedily swallowed it al
I in a few gulps, only to discover tina
: it was liquid plaster of Paris. jO1
t course, the inevitable happenedr5tI1'
e solidified inside of little Alexander
t and he died. A cruel stranger tosseC
1; his body of in the bushes. The e1e
e ments dissolved the flesh and skin alit
t hair, and few years afterwards th'
;, little child who had owned the dos
: and loved it found the remains. There
e was the skeleton, and there was
d complete reproduction in plaster o.
: Paris of the entire internal anatomy
S of the dog. She took it home, put i
o tenderly upon the mantlepiece, ant
o wrote this epitaph over it: Little
Alexander: An inside view, taken by
s himself" Laughter.)
a This is an inside view, taken by thu
y Republican majority itself. save fo'