The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1892-02-03
STONE FOR GOVERNOR.
He Announces Definitely lie VIII
BE q Candidate
T. Ex-Cun -rt>>mtn States iii> Plat
f,rW-llIs Home Paper GIVE. HIM
Hearty Send -Oif-SkcIch of
His Career aud Work

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Nevada, Mo, Jan. 3J,-In an in
:erl-" published IN to days Mail
Hon. ". j. Stol" made fui nal al
ronrcemrnt that IT,. Is candidate
for governor Of Missouri Reply
ing to question fioIn reporter he
said:
You have ashed he frequeLtl Y
whether l would be a candidate for
the democratic nomination for gov
e"nor, and l have promised you
when I reached a conc.u ,ion in re
gard to the matter to advise YOU. l
am prepared now to say to you that
| will be a candidate.
1t may not be amss for me to add
| III this connection, that. although |
have received from many gentlemen
! throughout the state assurances OF
their partiality for Inc, l am not in
duced to make this announcement
because of any irresistible pressure
upon me ] make no pretense of
that kind l would be proud to
serve the people of the common
wealth as their chief executive and
to connect my name III some way
with the history Of the state: and
therein lies the chief motive Of my
candidacy, | am not and could
not become the candidate Of any
clique, faction or class. | shall
run sllnply as IA democrat for the
democratic nomination. anxious, Of
course, for victory,but knowing how
to accept defeat without questioning
the mandate # my party l believe
III the principles of the democratic
party as applied to our form of gov
eminent, and i'll the policies of par
ty as applied to the administration
os government, whether state or
national. If T shall be chosen as the
next chief executive, it will be my
duty, and duty should be the guide,
to administer the laws firmly, Justly
and with such wisdom as | can com
maud, and to so use the powers and
the influences OF that great Office,
both III their relation to state and
federal affairs, as to bring the great
est good to the greatest number,
That is concise statement of my
platform aud of what would bs my
ambition
The contest for the nomination
will no doubt be animated, but
hope it may be conducted without
acrimony and concluded without
bitterness
HOME INDOSEMENT.
Commenting on this the Mail says,
editorially:
The foregoing statement by Col.
cnsl Stone is explicit, aud from this
day forth all other candidates may
consi ler him distinctly lin it." He
will be lin it. at the finish: he will
be there at the end as brave and
knightly as the best. whatever the
fate of the battle. Those who con
test this field with him will find q
foeman worthy the best of them
sturdy, aggressive, but always cour
teous, knowing how to take a blow
as well as how to deal one.
Colonel Stone was born three
miles north of Richmond, the county
seat of Madison county, Kentucky
May :. 1S4S. He passed the greater
part OF his boyhood on his fathers
farm. where he was born. engaged
in such employment and having ad
yautages as were common at thai
period to the sons of Kentucky far
mers in moderate circumstances.
HIS CAREER IN MISSOURI.
When about II years old he came
to Missouri and settled in Boone
county. and WAS there educated al
the university. After leaving schoo
, he read law and was admitted to the
bar by Judge Burkhart In 1870 he
moved to Nevada and began the
practice of his profession. He rese
rapidly to prominence at the bar
and soon became one Of the leading
4I4tLA Va tic IoOllN y hc tOCk I'LL NC
tive part in the fierce political bat
ties fought here in the fall OF 1870
aud again in 1872 In 1874 he can
vassed the entire senatorial district
composed of Vernon, Barton, Jasper
Dade and Cedar counties, at whlcl
election. after terrific contest. Hon
c. H. Morgan was elected to con
sress and Hon. S. A Wight to til,
senate, During that year he wa
married to Miss Louise Winston
daughter of Col W X Winston, a
the old family homestead about tel
miles southwest Of Jefferson City
Cole county.
In 1876 he was the elector on th
Tilden and Hendricks ticket for tn
sixth congressional district, com
posed Of fourteen counties in south