The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
By z. VI. WATSON.

BY E. VI.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Mo. Oct. "a number OF
prominent Republican lawyers have been
the Supreme Court. 1 was thrown in con-
tact with a group of three the early part
OF this week. with a prominent Democratic
lawyer to leaven the loaf. Two of the three
Republicans were from st. Louis and one
from Kansas City. The conversation turned
upon the present State campaign, and the
Democrat heartlessly asked the three Re-
publican members of the bar what they
thought of their candidate for Governor.
They exchanged glances. each of the three
evidently waiting for some one else besides
himself TO answer the query
Finally. the Kansas City lawyer broke
forth irto lamentations over the folly of
nominating F1ory, and delivered a diatribe
on the character Of campaign which the
Republican candidate for chief executive
has been carrying on. h lawyer from the
metropolis of the Kaw, however, said he
would take his medicine and swallow the
FIory dose with the rest of the ticket.
One OF the ST. Louis barristers said he
hal always voted the Republican ticket
straight. but he'd be halved and quartered
II he'd vote for Flory. He would put his
ticket in for Mckinley and Dockery. He
added: IF the Republicans want my sup
port in State affairs they will have TO NOM
mate some one at the head of tho ticket
who is cubernatorial material"
The third gentleman acquiesced with the
st. Louis lawyer. He said that he was a
pretty good Republican. but not such a
blind partisan rs tn vote for the joke which
the kid Republicans had foisted on the party
at Kansas city last spring.
Instances of this kind have occurred more
than once at The capital in the last two
months, many of the prominent Republic
an. who visit here absolutely refusing to
vote for the nominee of their party and all
deprccating his choice as the head OF the
ticket.
Jefferson City and Cole County have many
substantial German citizens. and the ma
iority of them ere Republicans. Nothing
has so much impressed the voters among
this class as the letter Of Judge ROmbauer
in Tn. Republic. in which he announces mis-
REMUNERATION Of the imperialiStic ard trust
fostering policy of the Republican party
of to-day and declares his determination to
vote for Mr.. Bryan.
Like the rest of the Germans Of Missouri.
those of this vicinity esteem higher than
any pubic men Carl Schurz and Judge
i;omhauer. There are not many in Jefer-
son city who have not read Judge Rom
hauer's exco.iation Cf President Mckinley
and his arraicnnent of the Republican par
t. for IT'S colonial policy. its lIberty-sub-
vcrtinE principles and its trust record.
His reasons have made a profound i'm
preston upon them. and many Will follow
his lead IL the predictions of a prominent
German Republican. who will himself vote
for Bryan. are correct
Speakiug of the German vote which Mr..
Bryan will receive I'm this vicinity. | noticed
rather a strange combination at NeighOrn S
branch. where Joseph Flory addressed some
Republican farmers of Cole County tn
week.
Many OF them had a Flory button on one
lapel of the coat and a likeness OF Mr.
Bryan on the other. Questioned as to the
ncongruity the answer of all was that
they would vote with the Democrats this
year, as Repubiicanism meant Imperialism
and military service. the same as monarchy
In the Fatherland.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City, Mo-. Oct. Ex-senator F. NJ.
Cockreil visited the capital this week. He
is right in the midst of an absorbing cam
paign for the Democratic party, and. as has
been his custom for years. has placed him
self entirely at the disposal Of the State
Committee. Since his return from Wash
ington he has been as actively in the cam
paign as any Democrat in Missouri and has
carried Democratic doctrine to many parts
ments to keep him busy until the eve OF the
campaign, and his intention is to I'LL every
one of them.
The Senator spoke here in the hall Of the
House OF Representatives this week, and
those who have heard him speak many times.
even before his remarkable race for the
gubernatorial nomination. when he was DIG.
was the best effort Of hio life. His popu.