The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-07
lenchmcn Announced That the
Governor Would Take Personal
Charge of His Campaign.
SIGNIFICANT OF WEAKNESS.
Candidates Arc Making Extrava.
CANT Claims Regarding Their
Streng,h-Gathering of
Warning Clans.


REPr -Rr.Ic srEcIsr.
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"'Ha' Ill. May III Nc tanner
Acknowledges that /: is in a desperate SIT
uation to-nirb, uhar a crnvd Of the State
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''"iioH's started 'hr"ush 'ne n''ris
vo,,la he horo 80 ,,orrou fo-anoor Tanner
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= Leseiu'f aS ""ils i'''ie ue'" 'iA' '"' -
At least. his physical condition cannot well
stand III. strain cr the labors of this con-
,o,,,,.,, a,,.,oa,,,o,,, ,h,, be will
''''''' al" '''s ""''""'.' w '"o'
take personal charge Of his forces to-mor-
row il REGARDED as very sirnticant Of weak
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%" 'he part '' '"e ii'''''S ''' ~
play.
All tba candidates for Governor are hold
,,s n-.r;r,f,,,,,. ,..,,,,,s,s or their cartains
and yiertapants ,o-n,ght The anti-Tanner
candidates for Governor. Reeves and Carter.
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no fight against the state commute"
scheme Of Temporary organization, which
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ih'ihu"s '"'lfi j. brown ioi -'e'"P''
chairman. This does not mean that they
will permit their rights to go by default
Ssr.,o- c,,,fo,, l. ~, ,ba r,ound aud the
'''t '"'-'i ~ "'i '"e e''' "
programme is for him 10 bear the brnnt or
the Tanner fire. The forces will accord
i,rIv ,,,a nm -, .ba Gre, rou,d for Tan
'"NiS' i'He up "'' '"e h'S' '"u''' i''
rer or tullom. John J. Brown. the seiec-
tion Of the Tanner State Committee. will
be the Tanner candidate. and former Gov
.rDor Josenh " E'ifsr will accent the ,-,lI-
lon standard Ls-,.ner and the Hanecy
people. which Includes all that Governor
lanner stands for. say they want Toll
call on temporary chairman, and tonight
are vociferous in their demands for show
down"
II is a mar, of ,,.,r ,.,<,,, ..,o. .,u
- - nS'' se,i0' al SC"enio' ho~-
h',,s s"t 70 nave an iuea tnat ~nen me
lO-s
learn that the vote will be on the selection
of Brown or F!fer that the Iorimer Hauecy
fellows will taxa N ,ba w,ods .nd .,,b.r
choos. JuSce Er,rc;s "a WIrh, - chsn,
- SNoe7 ri"'icis NJ "Hsh' OF Inain
pdisn on make virtue OF necessity ana
say "F1fer was our candidate all the time" ."
Extrayaxaut Cleim..
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me 'nos, sN''a'asaht Chains are being
Reeves. His crowd appears to he modest
in their claim o< about fn,r 10 tour hum
dr~t and Atty
The Yates n-ou,. .lsip, ts which l.. he-
yond all reason: so would he nearer the
truth Mr.. Yates is having some trouble
with his ovr dalaga,,n,, f,,,r, rorg-,n !,
.nnsar. tha, n. - 80 ,hn,I D.,
n..iis cna;rm.n 81 nae ,,n 'pe pen,tsinn nha, I,a,.
heis oh"ii I'ah ot the h-pupflcah stare
COMMITTEE and Tanners right-hand man
fas captain, and II Is asserted Rannells has
at least eight of the Morgan County dele
sra,ton on his sfan and csp xo,, tb.,, for
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a1e hai.er eaa1icat- si'.f Mr. rates is oot
most ~ S;.nG rSs piedsan, ,,,,aia ,ur tne
TIos. .rr on fa,es lIlenas to contemplate.
~, ,rn,',I. ~ ~ uhe .h .. ~ ia.,.ei' anu IL hHs
o'vN uouple III tse ueiesdtlon.
ht- fatrs IL ekhipltihg pronounced symp-
t9ihs ts oi haNins a tehoer sympathy !or
tIaeSS ato the tanner sche1uie, aho MS
IiLeH' IIoih otiei coUhliss nave Uscoine
rtsuEe uiner She STRAIN; roy ninseir MI
ia'es urnies lHat tiete mas peeh any usne
oi com thoinaIoii. bui some sooo iriend. MI
Kanne.s. for example. may have acted for
inn any NO" ,iie i'ai.eSt p'.pi" are warm
.ns up toward hlcharu, cnuckins MIN under
tHe chih, ana thrir coy HirthtionS are the
taik OF the crowd
reeves carter ana hates elements ought TO
coaiescr and rtme the temporary and per
aahcni ofncers OF the cont ention. and MIR
Yates was not only shy OF such confer
,h' 1u' eAiioi'eu no. ,ios par oi en-
gested then that M, Yates's ielesates
with the candidate, and l am not ar this
writing informed whether This course vas
followed Neither do | know thai Yates
will Join with the other anti-Tanner csndi-
dates i'm p.rui;tinV JulI,m IN naka The
fight for chairman of the cnnyentinn r., ts
a fair presumption that Mr. Yates may ,rv
10 keen his delegates out OF ih,. Cullen and
Tanner fight. and thus demonstrate thar
ton. | DO not believe IN. CuIlomiias il
Yates. distri,, will like this proeramrns for
/, may yrsuIt IN sarrifriup t.uiIom and ih.
Sixteenth District Delegates are here for
could moi hold his forces on such = nrono.
sftion narti,ulaTly if the voters 4, ~ "a
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r. y.
Se"k'n.
Judge Carter's friends are as fierce I'm
their claims as the others The, ii. his
strength ON the first ballot a; .about soa :
vbich Is At least ,aO NOR. rb,n n. yItI ~,
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