Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-11
MISSOURI POLITICS.
Who WiD the Democrats Put Cp for
 Governor of the State?

Governor of the State? A Democratic nomination ill Missouri has usually been equivalent 10 an cleo tion. and the fight now going on for the guLernatorial nomination in the Demo cratic party is. therefore, more animated than the campaign will be when both parties have their tickets in the field. The Republican party has already nom mated a ticket. The Democratic conven tion is called for Aug go 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 possi bilities for a number of years past Only one of them is quite fresh in the field, and he is Congressman Glover, of St. Louis. The four congress men who are regarded as among the Democratic possibilities are A. M Dock cry, of Gallatin; William Il. Hatch, of Hannibal; Martin l. Clardy, of Farming ton and John M. Glover, of St. Louis. Mir. Clardy might almost be considered 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 1872 He was spoken of for this office long before he went to congress. Those who know him only as the chairman of the agricult- ural committee of the house would not imagine that he was educated for the bar and is practicing lawyer. MT. Hatch is native of Kentucky, and was born iD 1853 He was admitted to the bar in | 1854 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 it's close he was assistant commissioner of exchange under the car tel He was made member of congress in 1880, and he has been reelected four times since. He has made record in the house as chairman of the committee on agriculture, which has recently been con ducting the rigorous investigation into the question of adulterated lard.
 Congressman A. NJ. DocRery 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 a bank at Gallatin. He was cashier of this bank until he was elected to congress in 1882. He has been presi dent of the board of education of Chilli cothe, Mo, chairman of the congressiona committee of his district, member of th' city council of Gauatin for five years serving the last two years as mayor, ant in 1886 was chairman of the Democrats state convention. In congress Mir. Decker. has been one of the most valued member of the committee on postofiices and pos roads, and on the floor of the house h has the reputation of an able parlamen tartan and is frequently called upon tenn porarily to occupy the speakers chair.
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 Congressman Clardy ranks with his col league, Mir. Hatch. in point of service, an there is only one member of the Missonl delegation, Mir. Bland. who has been i the house longer than these two Nil Clardy is. like Mir Dockery, native c Missouri. He was educated al the Sl Louis university and at the University c ] : L z