Flora Journal-Record

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FLORA. ILUNOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 1926
NUMBER 25
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Jnhtt'^-t.Iooklng up from a Chicago ^Ifiykn has been reading) "I see that pnator McKinley from onr state, to hStSg- charged with committing an unpaMonable sin."
Ifatp—-"Who is making the accu- aation and what U th* crim* chnrged?"
John—"Senator Reed from the Mto¬ aouri bulrushes, Senator Borah from the bleak Rocky Mountains of Idabo, and Col. Frank L. Smith of our own Stat*, are the chlet witnesses. Their •charge is that Senator McKinley voted in Congress to sustain President Coolidge and the National Admlnls- ttntlon, and to carry out the National plnttorm pledges".
Mary—"Is there no way for Sena¬ tor McKinley to be treed from this in- iatoons charge? Can he not prove MA allblT"
John—"I tear It to Impossible for him to prove an alibi, his opponent, Goi. Frank Smith, has that."
Mary—"But I nnderatand, in the National Republican Convention two year* ago that Coll Smith waa a dele- gtate and when tbe platform was adopted there was only one negative iroi* trom the Illinois delegation and the recorda show former mayor Wmj H. Thompson ot Chicago, cast that TOta. Would not thla fact make Col. Smith an accessory to the crime ot which tliey are accusing Senator Mc- Ktaley?"
John—"The word la now being pasa«d out by Col. Smith that he Totad "No" ¦ (In a whisper) on the Adoption of the platform."
Mary—^"But has It taken him two years to tlnd out and declare that be ao voted? Suppose Senator McKin¬ ley had voted "No" In Congress, would Col. Smith be now declaring that he voted "No" in the national convention?"
John—"Political acrobats can al¬ most, perform miracles wben they