Southern Illinois Record

              The Southern Illinois Record
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VOLl ME 3
FLORA. IIJNOIS. TIIIIRSDAY, NOVEMHER 5, IJ)I-1
NO. 6
REPUBLICANS ARE
AGAIN VICTORIOUS
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Tuesday's Election Reduces Democratic Majority in Coogrett.
L. Y. SHERMAN DEFEATS SULLIVAN
Illinois Elects Entire Ticket and Has the
Legislature—Thos. S. Williams Has
Over Two Thousand Majority
The olllclal vote Is nol obtainable at this time but enough Is known to make a great Republican victory an assured fact, al the election Tuesday last.
The Republicans gained many con¬ gressmen in all the northern and western slates, which will reduce the Immense Democratic majority In the lower house duwn lo twenty.
Illinois elects the entire Republi¬ can State ticket and 11 is claimed will have a majority on joint ballot In the legislature. Sherman for V. S. Sena¬ tor wins by a small plurality over Sullivan and Robins.
Thomas S. Williams defeats Fowler by a majority of twci Ihousand or more voles.
Outside of the rocked ribbed Demo¬ cracy In the southern states the Re- publlgan gains were marked In every section: showing by the great gain in Republican congressmen, an emphatic disapproval of Democratic iKilicies, and Is a sure presage that In two years more the Republican parly will be reunited and called back lo lake charge of the country's alTairs.
This is no Idle Uiast but the state¬ ment of a great physiological truth, wliich in llie wise correction of a bad mistake will logically come about. The falicles of free trade for this country have again l)een shown by Its hurtful conseiiuences, and the vote of Tuesday shows that the American people win not stand for it.
Clay county gave a substantial Re¬ publican majority of 50;! for Sherman; 18" dn State Treasurer; UK) for Wil¬ liams; 'JMl for Hoyles: -221 for Lewis and (Is for Acklson. Jenkins for coun¬ ty clerk and Cogswell for sherill on the Democratic ticket receive respective majorities of l,'>2and 3"1.
The contest In our county was hotly contested from the start, both parties had excellent men on their tickets and personal preference and not party choice Influenced many voters.
Robins, the Progre.sslve candidate, received2o5 voies Intlie county, while I'avey, llie candidate for Treasurer, only received 7S votes. No Information could be had before going to press as to the vote received by the Progres¬ sive ticket In Clay county.
From every view point It Is a great Republican victory, an.emphatic pro¬ test aganist the Democratic policy and Republicans have much cause to rejoice.
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Judge MacNiel of Olney  Honored
To our mind one of tlie best local works on Kvidence has Issued recently from the press of Callaglian Si, Co. It Is entitled the "Law of Evidence In Civil and Criminal Causes In Illinois," and the author Is Hon. John A. Mac- Nell, of the Richland County (Illi¬ nois) bar.
Hon. John A. MacNell. the author. Is one of the leading' memliers of the Illinois bar. and this new work on Evidence, whicii lias been in use for three monlh.s, lias already largely added to his reputation In his home state.
Judge MacNell was born near Ken¬ ney, DeWill couhty, Illinois, In 1870. He was educated at Kureka, a blsloric college town, and wiicie, afler bis admission to the bar, he practiced law until llKli, removing to Olney where he has since resided.
Judge MacNell has a unique record. lie passed the examination for ad¬ mission to the bar and llie age of nineteen, was elected counly and pro- bale judge at twenty-live—al lhal time the younge.sl judge in the state —and was re-elected, producing. In the meantime, two standard law¬ books, one of wlilclj was published lie¬ fore he was twenty-two years of age. —Central Law Journal.
New Enterprise in Flora
Greenwood and Sturm are Install¬ ing an up-to-date job printing offlce In the Suggett building. Mr. Sturm informs the Record that this is the preliminaray step toviards starting a live wide awake Democratic news¬ paper.
The Cost of  Politics
Here and there a candidate may win an election at the cost of a few postage stamps. Hut there are many circles In which such Spartan virtue is not popular. There are the liungry faithful, who for many years have drilled the voters. These must have their customary requisites, otherwise their pa/ly fervor may suffer a sudden decline.
Perhaps the politician takes their .service too seriously. Perhaps the country could get along If there was less machinery to be operated and paid for. >
In the case of carriages to carry lii- tirm voters to the polls, the inlirmlty giving rise to this expense is often lazine.ss. One of the big ex¬ penses is the cost of paid workers lo canvass tlie voters. Formerly men would go out and do that work for nolhing. "Tliey t