Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-19
MISSOURI.
The Fight Between the Parties is Only Over
the Governorship.


ST. LorIs, Oct II, 1892.
At this date. three weeks before the election.
the situation in Missouri can be summed up as
follows: There is no dispute between the two
parties about the Cleveland electoral ticket
being carried The democrats-say by 40, 600,
the republicans say 10000.
The fight in Missouri today is over the gov
ernorship.
William Warner, the republican candidate.
will, from all indications, push Mr.. Stone, the
democratic candidate. closer than any demo-
Graf has been pushed since 1872 when Missouri
left the republican column. Warner is making
a canvass such a. no republican has ever made
In the state. While Stone il also making hard
canvass he seems to lack the personal magnet
ism which his republican opponent has to a
wonderful degree. Stone speeches are appeals
to the moss backs" as the old democrats are
designated, while Warmers TO the genera
ton which has grown up since the war His
campaign cry Is stand up for a new Missouri 4"
Warner is thought by all republicans and
some democrats to have a good chance of cleo
ton. The democracy in St. Louis is split in
factions which resist, or have resisted up to
date, all attempts Of neutral party managers in
the state to bring them together. In the state
and In the city clubs OF young democratic
voters have been formed, known as Warner
democratic clubs
They are helped along financially BY repub-
licans, who ask them to do nothing but vote for
Warner. This is the outgrowth of the policy of
the democrats who have run the machine for
years. They have successfully throttled many
young and ambitious democrats who aspired
for state nominations until the rising genera
ton have decided to teach them a lesson The
fact that lots of democrats state they are for
Warner lends color to the claim made by Chair
man Boutwell, of the republican state commit
tee that he will be elected. There are causes
which make Warmers election possibility.
The southeastern portion of the state had a
favorite son for the supreme bench. The rail-
roads defeated him for the nomination, and
when the southeastern delegates left for home
they were open in their declarations of inten-
tions to be revenged. Stone is the only mark
at whom they will have to strike, and politi-
clans of both parties are of the opinion that big
republican gains will be made in that section.
KANSAS cITY's GRIEVANCE.
Kansas City and the northwestern portion of
the state also has a grievance. Kansas City
wanted Judge James Gibson for governor. She
was told to keep her hands off the rest of the
state ticket and Gibson should be heroshare
The men who made these promi ses went back
on them. After a convention lasting two DAYS
and night Stone was nominated on the seven
teenth ballot. Kansas City is Warmers home.
He carried the district once, which is demo-
cratic, for Congress by 5000 majority. With
Kansas City and the surrounding sec
ton of the state it is local pride
accentuated bya desire to be revenged on the
men who threw Gibson over. Dick Dalton was
put forward as a farmers candidate. Dalton is
a Farmers Alliance man and was thought TO
have the governorship in his grasp. Treachery
was here practiced and Dalton's friends are
very lukewarm toward Mr. Stone. While both
Dalton and Gibson are using their eloquence
for Stone the men who were tricked in the
convention are just as anxious now az
they were on the day Stone was nominated
to give the party managers a cut The
gubernatorial contest summed up by the
republican state committee is that Kansas City,
st. Louis, st. Joe. Sedalia, Hannibal and other
towns of any size will go for Warner, while in
the state Dalton's and Thomas friends, aided
by young democrats, will do the rest
The democratic state committee concede St.
Louis, Kansas City and St. Joe, but claim Stone
will run as well in the state as Cleveland will.
They also admit that Warner will give Stone the
best fight that the state has seen in twenty
years. While the national democratic ticket is in
no danger. there is possibility that the head
Of the state ticket may be beaten.
IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
The results Of the congressional race is al
most a foregone conclusion. with the exception
of two districts The last legislature, in special
session, gerrymandered the state that out of
fifteen districts but one was given a republican
German wards of the southern section of St
Louis were tackled on to a number Of republican
counties Here the election of DIR. Richard
Barthold, the editor of Die Tribune, a German
afternoon paper in this city, is assured by
large majority, estimated at from 900 to 1000.
The other district is where there is a doubt.
1t is the ninth. 1t is at present represented by
Richard Norton. Champ Clark, the present
democratic nominee. and Norton had a months
battle for the nomination. The convention
was locked for weeks, the vote standing 81 to
81 At the end of a couple OF weeks the
convention decided TO submit the question to
the people once more Clark won it, The fight
was bitter one and the feelings engendered at
that time will probably be made manifest on
election day. Mr. Norton and Mr.. Clark are,
however, working together. The district is
1000 democratic and Mr.. Clark is not worried
over the result.
The two districts wholly in ST. Louis, the
Gratis. John j. O'Niel has a majority OF z, 500
and two candidates both running on a high
tariff platform. The district with the same
boundaries, was carried by I. G. Niedring-
haus, the well-know protectionist, against
O'Niel in 1888. The district is largely German,
among whom Mr.. Niedringhaus was very popu-
lar. Efforts TO again nominate either Niedring-
haus or his son were made this year. The con-
vention after meeting stwice finally nominated
Mr. Chas +. Joy, who carried the republican
banner to defeat two years ago in the same dis
trict. Mr.. O'Niel is perfectly satisfied with the
outlook.
In the twelfth district the democrats have re-
nominated Seth W. Cobb. Mr.. Cobb has as an
opponent Thos. b. Rogers. Mr.. Rogers is a
G. A. r. man and a salaried secretary OF the
st. Louis lodges His nomination is not in
dorsed by the Globe Democrat, and as the dis
trict is !, sos democratic il il safe prediction
to say Mr.. Cobb and Mr.. o'Neil viii both sue