Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-05-23

Inc Committee would have been re
padiated and a lev oommitteeeh0sen
Then there would have been a fight in.
the courts as 70 which committee Nas
legally constituted, and great evil to.
the party would have resulted. The
call for convention at this time Is.
not made BY q majority q The party.
1t is made By = minority, and a small
minority. The leadership q the party
Is in harmony with the rank and file
With these conditions prevailing, in
nv opinion. the height u unWiSd0n
would be reached were d oonventiun
called Instead O; showing By II thai
the party Of the State IS united il
Eo1ld be prima facie evidence that
division existed and the o0nventi1n
itself would force a division and 50
would Be franght with great dangers
One Of them would Be the danger q
throwing the nov s0lidly Democratic
State 70 the Republicans two years.
fUm nov, when there are tbree Su-
prene Judges a Railway Commission
er and a Superintendent Of Public
Schools besides the Legislature which
elects the next L. s Senator.
DOcEREY DEFENDED ~ COCK
There is q belief in 81. Louis that
even Gov. Dockery himself has gone
over to the gold wing Of the partysr
That is because the Governor, who
believes in regularity as well as party
unity, stood by Wells after be had
been nominated al : regularly held
Democratic convention. The Cover
nor's Endorsement Of Wells was not an
Endorsement Of Wells position prior
to his nomination, butan Endorsement
Of the regularity Of the nomination
1T is charged by eK-GoT. stephens
that Cor. DockeTy and ex-Goy. Fran
els have gone into a combination
through which Doekery hopes to sue
coed Senator OOckren and Francis to
succeed Senator Vest and that the
State administration, the city admin
iStrati0n and the city and State COM
mittees are in harmony with these
planSs-
Il do not knOS Of any agreement
Of the State administration as tol
where it viii line up in the Senatorial
election l have never entered into
any agreement. ] have my prefer
enceS. Others may have theirs. Coy.
Dockery has stated several times that
be Is not a candidate. No man who
has not pulled true with the party can
be considered in the race for Senator.
Does that exclude ex-Gov. Franeis9
Il don't think be has a ghost q a
show under the conditions that exist
''But may not conditions be
changed and country opposition be
modified through Worlds Fair patron
age:n
II rather think St Louis will take
care Of about all the Worlds Fair
patronage there is. ! don't know that
Mr.. Francis is a candidate.
STONE A VERY STRONG" CANDIDATE
Who are the candidatesy"
"Ex-Goy. Stone is an av0wed candi
date and a very strong one, Secretary
Cook replied. There "a emphasis d
the words 'very strong
Then the whole thing will be be-
tween Dockery and StoneS" Secretary
Cook was asked.
at is possible that other strong men
viii come on later
At Jefferson City DeArmOnd and
Clark were spoken Of as among
The other strong men aforesaid. De
Almond is looked upon as a second
Stone in politics, being crafty as we'll
as daring. / talked with an Office
who is not In a position TO be
identified, but who is in a position to
know State politics thoroughly. He
does not believe Cook will be with
Dockery, who is pledged to Cowherd
for Governor, if Cook sees a chance to
his gubenatorial ambition by
some other alignment.
Is there anything significant in the
use Of italics by Secretary Cook when
he spoke OF ex-Goy. Stone as a very
strong" Senatorial candidate? You
most always, sometimes tell what
significant in politics.
W. 4. CARPENTER.