Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-16
MISSOURI POLITICS.
Who WIN the Democratic Put Cp fcs
Governor of the 0tatef

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/, Governor Of tho etatef
A Democratic nomination In Missouri
has usuelly been equivalent 70 an cleo.
tion, and the fight now going on for the
gubernatorial nomination In the Demo.
cratic party IL. therefore, moro animated
than the campaign will be when both
parties have their tickets In the field.
The Republican party has already nom.
| mated n ticket. Tho Democratic conven.
tion is called for Aug. %. and there
are plenty OF candidates. Four Of them
are members OF the present congress and
three Of them are perennial candidates
men who have been mentioned as posi-.
bilities for a number Of years past. Only
ione of them is quite fresh in the
field, and no Is Congressman Glover.
Of St. Louis. The four congress.
men who are regarded as among the
ery, Of Gallatin; William II. Hatch, Of
Hannibal; Martin L. Clardy, of Farming
| ton, and John NJ. Glover, Of St. Louis.
Mr. Clardy might almost be considered q
| st. Louis candidate, as part of his district
Is in that city. Mr.. Hatch is the oldest Of
the candidates In the field. He has been
gubernatorial possibility since 1879. He
was spoken Of for this Office long before
he went to congress. Those who know
him only as tho chairman Of the agricult-
ural committee Of the house would not
imagine that he was educated for the bar
and Is a practicing lawyer. Mr.. Hatch Is
la native Of Kentucky, and was born In
1888. He was admitted to the bar In
1864. Four years later he was elected
circuit attorney Of the Sixteenth judicial
district of Missouri, and in 1860 he was
reelected to the position. He was cap.
tain in the Confederate army during the
war, and at its close he was assistant
commissioner Of exchange under the car
tel. He was made member of congress
Nm 1880, and he has been reelected four
times since. He has made record in tho
agriculture, which has recently been con.
Quoting the rigorous investigation into
| the question of adulterated lard.
Congressman A. NJ. Dockery Is person.
ally very popular man. He is native
Of Missouri. He is 43 years Of age. He
was for many years practicing physician
in Livingston county, Mo-, but in 1874 he
abandoned the practice of medicine and
went into bank at Gallatin. He was
cashier of this bank until he was elected
to congress In 1882. He has been presll
dent of the board of education of Chilli
!cothe, Mo-, chairman Of the congressional
committee of his district, member of the
,city council of Gallatin for five years,
serving the last two years as mayor, and
| in 1886 was chairman of the Democratic
state convention. In congress Mr.. Dockery
has been one of the most valued members
of the committee on postoffices and post
roads, and on the floor of the house he
has the reputation Of an able parliament.
tartan and is frequently called upon tenn
,porarily TO occupy the speakers chair.
Congressman Clardy ranks with his col.
league, Mr.. Hatch, in point Of service, and
there is only one member of the Missouri
! delegation, Mr. Bland, who has been In
the house longer than these two. Mr..
Clardy is, like Mr.. Dockery, native Of
Missouri. He was educated at the st.
Louis university and at the University OF
Virginia, and entered upon the practice Of