The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-04
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| ing have been given up. In certain parts
| Of Kansas city. To- Il dscus-'' ~ - pros
! poets. Nearly every csudi!ttr has prepared
| a statement of his strength ti"r private
! ,nnSii"rdt!"r) that locks w'il and reason
! able - iiWS II ana his friends
I In general interest. the ficHt FOR IN. Il"u-
/ tenant ';"ycrnurShp is .Ggrussins much
I attention. not only h"caUs" nt tn" long list
| of candidates. but because OF the import
| tame" "f the position. not only In lis far
| reaching appointing power. hat bertusr ~
! fufu'" contingencies possible in the pre-
! out instance.
! Richard I.ry" aud james " Lowe w'r-
! he "u.y oaniiiates f"r th' Lieutenant
| G"N'rrorShir ON the ground this afternoon.
| Ba,h held forth al the Niil md. MI Lowe
I very riyh ia = col stories ana echo!HS laugh
t-r. Mr.. Inv very earnest very quiet and
cEgcoliucly hUsy with every one in th-
/ lIrc" c'usd in ;h, Midland lobby AIR
Love naturally feels aGEr!rvci byCaCsc Of
tho candidacy of Mr. Lowe. which. as his
:Ti' mis- assert. was no; brought about for
the purpose Of landing NJ. Lowe in the
Lieutenant Governors chair. AIr. Love
made a six months canvass Of the state
and until tn" appearance of aE":h"r Jt' X
son County man in the field was uot gr.at-
iy disturbed In III" course of his candidacy.
The stock o; Frank pij;s rs a candidate
Tor Auditor rose considerably in ~, course
of thu day. The CsptaiT'> friends are claim
lHS thv nomination f"r him, with votes t.
STARE. On 90" other hand. tha t'i,udS -:
. 'arinin A!!'n hav- a long list 81 instructed
delegates that appears. ON tn" face Of tlr
figure. most formidable aud promising.
captain Allen has a tremendous strength
~ ia" southwestern part uf the state. and
in ih' two iarc" cities. PITTS has strong III
*tru"i"t i"'-gatl"us cropping oUJ here and
there IN many places He wiE go ..t" the
convention With the rE;!r" Second District.
the First and tie south 'ud Of the Third.
Getting back 10 the Lieutenant Governor
ship. it Is interesting 70 record that there
j. a general belief that Fdrris. M,CAnJic
and Love viii ,eild in the order lamcG. Nr.
Love has tur h.g rni Of Jackson County.
Mr. Love, IL" newcomer lG The race. prob
ably viii have Clinton County Il. addition
10 h.s jackson County strength. Mir. Low
once Iiv,d in clinton County.
Speaking nf he .Alieu-PittS r.Cc. Mr.. Sci
bert. lDokIU-s very s,reu- and good naturc!,
said tt.ss evening that he never felt more
confident oI Captain Aliens nomination.
Running over :. st of igureS. naming the
counties a. he G.I -. he sal! that Allen
wou.d 20 into tn. convention with lH3 In
stTucted delegates. Captain Pitts probably
will have considerably fever .ivc1t"s who
ar.. uEG"- iH-;TuctiHuS- hut he c&pe"-s t.
gain strength as tho visitors get 20 town
tonight ard to-uorrow.
W. II RIScctt uf Paris, No, speaking OF
Tho candidacy Of Captain Puts. said to-
night
'.T'hrre have been distinct gains within
the past trve:'y-suur hours We have al
ready pledged enough d'i"ga'-s 10 insure
the nomination ot Captain Pits Stafe-
nrcuts 10 this IF ct have already been
given out ANY Gorbis that have beer en-
t,r;ained by Captain I'.tts's friends or the
subject of hclGir., his strength have d-s..i,-
r,Ired. Instead II losing. w have gained
strength
There is enough oi interest tn the Rail
road ComlnISS Sioncr fight TO 1,uuSc and iG-
struct anyone General Roll. Tom Park
Joe iic.ring'un and Baxter Brown have
been ou The ground all dav. General Eel
l. accompanied by his spr-iu-!aw. George
Walter Berry Of Fulton. He vii! go into
rhc Couvc3ticu with fixed strength from
his nom" region
Il will open my headquarters both N ~"
Baltimore and The N.llard.' said t;eneral
Bell this evening. .'Tn-morrow there Will
he sixty-five galloway County Democrats
here to help me in conducting operations.
! have carvasscd the State thoroughly and
feel satisfied with the outlook | must
decline to state the number Of delegates
pledged 70 my support
Ju" HerrinSton, gracious and polite ;o all
fitting suit. Dn his lapel WIS larr. Eli
badge. Alr Harrington voiced his conf
dtu,e IN having a strong place among thr
second choices. a good thing To iiGur" on
iE a contest where the string # caGji-
dates A. as long as it is in thu present
case.
Il feel srii Mr. Harrington This oven-
Ing. that | will 20 into the convention
with I75 votes on the first ballot. | have
Hs-IF8~CrS thar am ;hn second choice NJ
IL. supporters of several other cau.N iates
wh" viii their favori'cs drop out. c,T-
taiUty come t0 me"
1t - known throughout IN" Stt,o.' said
Nj PARK. '''liat have not made canvasS
in b" seu"~. lly accepted GsH OF the term.
/ have been kept clos" - MY G's!S IN the
ufiiy. uf to, Secretary Of N" state. .iu
Only say this evening that ~ the instruct
c,i vote; fo- ;h. office II Railroad 'uUn.i--
suu'g. kav. twice as many as any other
candidate ami am cncuuraS"t ny my
friends who know Inora about IL than 80.
Ia think that | will he nominated on the
tllrd or fourth ballot"
Il will Eo into the convention with from
90 io IJr votes" Baxter Brown said this
evening. and will gain steadily on each
.,-CC-,dia: ballot. | will get votes from
every section or the State. believe that
] am the second choice of more 'lcl"S stes
than any other candidate. This CONVENTION
Will I.. composed largely cf young mcu. ]
am the youngest man in TN" race for any
State office and ! am satisfied, the boys
will ask for rccuguit On.
Colonel Z T.. Williams, capdilIt" for
Treasurer. said this afternoon.
- VIII 20 L" the CiTy Of -. Loui5 with
6ia votes. or thirty-six more than are neces-
sarv - i nomination. have ".Shty-n'n"
regularly instructed delegates ana III many
counties | have iniorsemeut:
Richard Love in speaking of his odnai-
dacy. said:
For six months, ] nave been canvasSin2
the State in th. interest Of my Canci,.dry
as a jackson County man. l mad reach'd
the conclusion that our county had grown
i'm population ana Importance to the extent
that II was entitled to consideration. My
canvass. ] believe. has brought the nonii'-
ton right up 70 tn" cuuuty's gates and for
this reason my fri IDS naturally resent the
SprineinE Of new name at this late day.
They have not one word To say against Mr..
loves fitness or ability. but they contend
that If the nomination Is 10 come 10 Jack
son County that | should have II. My
record as a party man IS absolutely above
l.s shadow of contention and my record as
a public official challenges Investigation.
NJ. FaTris arrived or the Missouri Pacific
al 6 o'clock this evening. He got on the
train at Chamois. having attended the con
yentlon of Usage County saturday Ihat
county. the last i'm the State Ia hold 2 con-
ventiou. instructed for him. MT affis
eaFL rhiS evening.