Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-29
RANK ROT.
The "Giobe-Democrat" Clair.
Dalton's Friends are Endeaye-sI
to Defeat Cockrell = Otke,s
Prominent Democrats Mtr.
Upin the Combination.

During the last week or SO We IL.
noticed in the st. Louis Glebrh
Chronicle and other papen
throughout the state which are g
in sympathy with the Democrs.
party that the wires were being So
by the friends of Richard Daltos..
defeat Hon. F. NJ. Cockreu q, q
United States Senate. We haye 4
SO noticed the names of other pm.
inent Democrats mixed up IN d. S
alleged combination. We do -
think that one-half that is publisha
is true. While we concede to w.
Democrat the right to have hischo;.
for the Senate We are satisfied e..
many of those accused of being i.
terested in the election of Daloe.
place of Cockrell have been miu,A
resented. We clip the follox;n
from a two column article Of d
same tenor which was published :
the Globe-D Democrat of Sept. 2esh: !
CARTHAGE, Mo-, Sept. 24.-Da
Dalton is a candidate for Uockrvgl
seat in the Senate. And, WHAT
more to the point, he has received
enough pledges of support to q.
courage him greatly. southvea
Missouri, that part of it which i
Democratic, is a Dalton stronghold :
The work here in behalf of his sam. I
torial candidacy is being done mon
openly than in other parts Of IL /
State. North of the river, shu /
GARNER Dick" was particulars
strong for the g~overnorship, than !
are rumors that Dalton may declsn |
himself in the field against Coekrea |
But the Democratic candidates iu
the Legislature in that region N
RETAINING carefully from expressiat
any opinion as to the senatorship.
AT Centralia less than a week -
Champ Clark, the nomine for Coo.
gress from the Ninth District, mad
a speech in which he particulars
urged the voters to stand by ther
candidates for the Legislature.
Select them," said Mr.. Cnk,
"and they will go down to Jeffersn
City and choose Senator Cockensn
AT this point Mr.. Clark paused
moment and then added, with Pc
culiar emphasis, ''or some other gpod
man 10 represent you in Washing
ton" DIR. Basket, who is The
nominee for the State Senate in thz
district, had just taken his seat alta
a speech of an hour and a hall. fTh
speech was delivered from notes and
it touched upon pretty much ever.
thing under the sun except be
question of Cockrell's seat. Basket
is said to be one of the men relied
upon by the Dalton people to go .
the front in an anti Cockrell moye
ment when the right time comes.
Champ Clark's references to Sem
tor Cockrell were the more sygnif
cant from the fact hat the principd
Democratic papers in his distrid
contain in almost every issue bitter
filings at the Ewing family and theif
relations to the Democratic party Of
Missouri.
81 was down to St. Louis to The
Masonic Grand Lodge awhile ago.
Champ Clark said in the course d
his Centralia speech, land Aleck
Dockery was deviling me About run
ming for Congress. l said to him,
'Dockery, when l get to Congress /
am going to your home to stay
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week. Then l am going to Geek
and stay two weeks 'Wht
said Dockery. TO find out hon
you and he manage to keep in %
said" Mr.. Clark then
a high tribute to Senator Cock
leg talent in doing errands d
the departments for everybody who
wrote to him, and said if he got To-
he was going to emulate
this example. After that he mads
the remark about the necessity Of
supporting the Democratic candf
dates for the Legislature which
would ''send Senator Cockrell-m
other good man-to Wash
In Southwest Missouri the Pop
ulists have their greatest strength.
Here are several counties in which
the Democratic plurality is less than
Here are several other coun-
lies where the Republican plur-
atty is not large and where
fusion between Democrats and
may elect the Legislative
ticket. The conditions present a field
Tor fine work in behalf of such 3
candidate as Dalton with
his record as a friend of labor. Da-
'on was down here a few days ago.
consulted long and thoroughly
With friends in these southwestern
counties. Immediately after his de-
parture these friends went to work
IN a plan to give him ten votes from
his part of the State in the Legs
ature. Candidates for the Legislsr
allure were sounded carefully upon