The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21
Senatorial and Representative Can
didatcS Active.

'ihdi'' : ~ NV
Rhodes Clay. a young lawyer OF Mexico
| Is promised the support of eleven news
| papers in Audraiu and adjoining counties
if he will make The race for Eepreseu;a-
| live lie Is Il son Of former State Senator
I Green Clay OF AuITair anu il hr Is sent TO
the legislature gEd makes good record
as his father. the Auarain County Demo
Gratis VIII. no doubt, he highly gratitcd.
Mir. Clay doubtless ft-lS highly trttlfI- Il
over the hearty support promised HIM. but
h" has not yet indicated his Intentions re-
sardinS the Office referred to.
Doctor y. N. Basket, OF Mobcriy ia being
mentioned as candidate for Congress in
The second District. Up TO date Randolph
is without an announced candidate IN TINS
race, and X, cOESeqHt GIlE, behind most pt
the other counties in the district. Doctor
EtS.l-Jt was formerly Il member of the
State senate and was one af the most pop
Uiar mon ia tA&. BODY. In addition Lea being
physician and politician. he IS also Il
writer Of considerable merit, ana has con-
tribut"d great deal to magazines and
standard periodicals. tn general topics his
fund of Information is Regarded as being al
most lneXhaUstlblc.
J. W Boyd of St Joseph is announced as
a Democratic caTdidat" for Con Er, s. in the
Fourth District. and il is said that thor"
probably will be TWO or thr." NOR" en-
tries III the race. TO say nothing Of Colonel
4. +. Cochran. the present incumbent. who
hopes TO be his own successor. II would
not surprise he Democrats of the district
II there should he tn" hotties; campaign
over the nomination this summer that has
occurred there in the last twenty years.
NJ r. n Riggs OF Fahcr. Audrain Coun-
T.. announces himself ds candidate Tor fhe
nominating C.I.vrn ion, in the last IsSu.
OF ia" kanG1iId I--7iScT. lie says that II
dominated ami elected Ee viii enter !he
senate GHGtHH'T'C 10y any men "r interest
save the pubic wciiaIy. &. +. Clark "t
IN" same county is credited with byiHg IN
tire senatorial race and Lincoln and l'ik"
"a E.kt
d"nJlv there is going to be an interesting
contest i'll tha; district
The Platte City Landmark IL calling upon
tn" Dengcraiic papers in ,h- western part
OF tG" Stat". Kansas city and ST. Joseph
n'iui' !. to Try and Obtain better pI,i iuI's
OF Governor Stone than those they nave
been using lately Il declares Iha' SOM of
these pictures are bad enough To make ono
entertain serious doubts Of Governor : one =
democracy. The Landmark singles the
Eansss city Times out as a great sinner in
this respect. and informs Governor stone
that he VIII have a good cause Tor an
action for damages if IN" Times continues
To print the alleged picrur" of him which
lately APP cared in that paper.
Samuel H. Eohrer. who lately entered the
race fof Stat" Audt"r. is at present Treas
Urer of LIVINGSTON County. ana the new
papers in Jha- section Of the Stat" El"4k
Of .'im IN the highest terms. They predict
that h" Will have a very strong following
IN th+ convention ana. although ne "a
behind The other c:'r.di iat's in announcing
himself. Yet thy think there - plenty uf
time for nim 20 g. his claim well h"fD =
the party.
George ". Tr.@-. .!itnr oc the Richmond
C"rs. rNat"r. is out Tor Railroad and Var
hulIs. '"nimi-siuf'r. He made tho race for
TINS "iic" IN l>'> aud proved a very Sirph-'
candidate. This tim" b" VIII rave tho al
VaHt.i1" "i having hcyu uvcr the ground
Once before and his friends -ay they VIII
hc surprised ii Ec docs not win. Tr,r" az"
Il good many candidates fo- this position
and there VIII l' e merry mlNur bet ""
IT," rrlz" Is awarded by the convention.
Tnrc" Hr' four Of those in the race have
had experience in campaigns.
The Butler Times thinks ;ha; state Audi
tor Scihcrt = one of the most valuable men
to his party ir the State and that his ser
vices cannot bc dispensed with i'm the ap-
proachl"g CAM align except at considerable
loss. Nj. S"ibsrt will not be- candidate
for any Office. but move has been on foot
for some time TO make him chairman of the
State Committee when a new one j. elected.
In its eulogy of Mr. Seihert. perhaps the
Times has this position in view. Il is said
he will not enter into a scramble for the
place; but if it is rendered Kim. he will ac-
Cept it.
TIL" Galloway County Democrats will
, nominate their county ticket in March. Al
ready the Reverend W. II. Burnham, Frank
T. Baker. John 7. EcaVCn and Il. II. Dunn
have announced themselves a. Crndi1at"s
for Representative. and there are eight
cdrdiiatns Tor collector and four tor Shesif
in tha field People who want 20 see what
= real live Democratic county looks like
when there is something OF jmuprtinc on
tame affair in Callaway County in Compari-
son with the primaries.
John VI. Cleary. member of the Leci~Ia-
| ture from Kansas City. may not seek re-
! triously doomed for Mayor Of the Kaw town
on the Democratic ticket. He proved