The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-07-11
Dispatch.


-" .vvlrior~I,jp,
I.r,a .:.. opponents Of Mayor
Fra r.- acknowledge that o the
.iri=.>.s-s ~" +a,' chosen, Mayor Fran
IS ..t. WIZ. mi T. dozen Of as /
:-3t':y - at ;n- Other candidates
I4der these circumstan
re' W H., :l,s surprised at a state |
meat in the s.. Louis Republic Of a |
combine among the three candidates,
rs far as the city of St Louis is con-
cerned. The Republic says:
Evidence is accommodating that the
field is arrayed against Francis. The
Mascotte. from all appearances, has
made such headway that the other
avowel candidates for the governor
ship have leaguod together to en-
deavor to encompass his defeat
The avowed candidates for gov
ernor-FraDcis, Morehouse, Glover
and Claiborne-are busy mending
fences, planting and plowing seed.
Less than one eighth Of the delegates
to the nominating convention have
as vet been selected, anl while it is
generally conceded that Of these
Francis has a majority, still claims
or the friendship OF delegates are SO
conflicting that it is difficult to APP
! portion the respective strength of
the candidates.
Francis has developed more
strength i'll the country than his op-
ponents anticipated. The grain
gambling canard was prematureiy
exploded, and wilhelm some instances
it hit what it was aimed at, still it
fell far short Of doing the damage
expected by its inventors. In fact
the st. Louis mayor has made such
headway III the interior of the state
that his opponents in the city have
been forced to combine against him.
For nearly month past the
friends of Morehouse, Glover and
Claiborne have been arranging the
basis of a combine to oppose Francis
Several meetings, at which repre-
: sentatives of the three candidates
. named were present, have been held
j the last one few evenings ago, al
l SIS Pine street. The chief engineers
OF the meetings were Bill Swift
Billy Baggott, Tom Morris, Pa
t Bambrick and Frank Tate. The lat
: ter. who is secretary OF the public
e commission, acted as secretary of tht
+ combine meeting. A plan formal,
e was formulated to unite the strength
f of Morehouse, Glover and Claiborne
l in the city. It was agreed tha
e Claiborne had stronger following
than any other member of the com
: bine in the Fourth, Eighth, Tenth
|. Twelfth, Sixteenth, Twentieth, Twen
ty-frst, Twenty-second, Twenty
= fourth and Twenty-sixth wards, an
: that Glover could produce the mos
=. strength in the First, Second, Thiro
! Fifth, Ninth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth
>. Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twent,
third and Twenty-seventh.
y It was agreed that the combine
l. opposition to Francis should SUP
y port the Claiborne delegates in th
:; wards in which he stood in mos
d favor, and that Glover should receiv
. the united Anti-Francis vote in th
" wards in which his friends WEI
IL numerous.
e Billy Baggott represented Go
1t Morehouse at the combine meetin:
v and agreed that a strictly Morehous
:, ticket would not be run in the cit
provided both Glover and Claiborr
ie were willing that the governor shou'
y inherit their support when it becan
ID apparent that neither Glover NJ
Claiborne could be nominated. Tn
-; was the basis of the agreement, az
- i, the combine feel certain that the
* can defeat Francis in this city.
d; The Francis, people, however. a
" not discouraged. They claim that
a primaries could be held now Franc
:. would sweep the city, with the pc
u sible exceptions of the Eight
p Twelfth and Twenty-sixth ward
w The Francis people. too, are inclin,
IS. to think that the knowledge OF Il
re- city combine will help rather tn,
-, hurt the Mascotte before the peop
- of tho cfafa