ticket was printed containing the name of the nice, clean young map selected by the bosses. But the people did not want the boss-named candidate. They wanted Wilmer and they got stickers and gave Mr. Wilmer just a little more than twice as many votes as the republican nominee and the democratic nominee both got. In one precinct, Thornton, Mr. Wilmer got every vote cast—145—and neither the republican nor democratic nominee got a single vote. In another precinct, Wilmer got all but two, each of his opponents getting one vote. In the entire district, Mr. Wilmer got more than double the vote cast for the two opposing "regular" candidates. There had been no campaign. There were but a few days between the central committee meeting and the election, but the people arose and rebuked the bosses and elected the man they deemed best fitted for the place. The habit of doing this is growing. It is spreading. The voters are studying men and conditions and principles and platforms and they refuse to accept as gospel what the party leaders tell them. The "Missouri" demand of "show me" is becoming a national disease.

The report of the Moscow Fire Brick Company is a pleasing one. It shows a steady increase in business. The company will increase the output and bring more money, furnish more business. 