The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-12
Contests Before Next Years Con.
ventions Bid Fair to
Be Spirited.
HOT CAMPAIGN FOR SENATOR.
Supreme Judgeship Also Offers
Observation-Disclosures Will
Have Much Important
Work to Perform.

| Every county In Missouri already Is DEM
| onstrating keen interest in the various
| political contests that focus on the two
| Democratic State conventions to be held
next summer and the State election, which
will take place next November.
Candidates for important Offices win be
| chosen in the two conventions. The State
Senators and Representatives to be elected
next autumn will. according to the State
| Constitution. perform important roles in
the new General Assembly in the selection
/ of a United States Senator. These facts
| constitute the chief reasons for the i'm
portance attached throughout the entire
! State to the conventions and the election
| The Judicial Convention will nominate
| three candidates for Judges of the Missouri
Supreme Court. Two candidates for MEM
/ bership In the Railroad Commission and
one candidate for State Superintendent of
| Public Schools will be determined BY the
Democratic State Nominating Convention
Districts and counties will nominate sew
enteen candidates for the House OF Repre-
sentatives. Democrats in the Eastern Ju-
dicial District will nominate a candidate for
the st. Louis Court of Appeals. In addition
to this, counties will have individual inter-
est in their home tickets.
Election of a United States Senator. to
serve for a term of six years, will devolve
upon the next General Assembly, the ma
jority vote of the State Senate and House
of Representatives to decide. Up to this
time William Joel Stone of St Louis Coun-
ty and Champ Clark of Bowling Green.
Pike County, have enlisted preponderance
of public attention, but the general impress
sion is that w. H. Wallace of Independence,
Jackson County; H. 5. Priest of st. Louis
and ID. A De Almond of Butler, Bates
County. will also enter the race.
Ten candidates are expected to compete
for the three nominations for Judges of the
toned are: G.. d. Burgess Of Linneus, Linn
County: Leroy B. Valiant of st. Louis; T.
James D. Fox OF Fredericktown, Madison
CoSnty; Diwin Silver of Jefferson City, Cole
Jasper County: A NJ. woodson of ST. Jo-
seph, Buchanan County; Noah NJ. Given Of
Harrisonville; cass County. and E N;
County.
For the two vacancies in the Railroad
to be rivaling. One Commissioner will
serve for four years. the other for six. ST.
Louis will have one candidate in Timothy
filling the unexpired term of Commissioner
Harrington, who died. will seek renomina-
tion. Mr.. Rice is from Moberly, Randolph
County. The other candidates are: Major
Thomas w. Park Of Platte City. Platte
County: Thomas ,onnss. NJ; Magpire of & De Soto;
W. T, Carrington of Springfield. the pres
ent incumbent is "a candidate for State Su-
perintendent OF Public Schools. No candi-
date for Judge of the st. Louis Court OF
Appeals has appeared, and it Is thought
that Judge Shepard Barclay may have no
opposition, judging from existing indica-
tions.
State Senators will be elected by the fol-
lowing districts: Second. Fourth, Sixth,
Eighth Tenth, Twelfth. Fourteenth. Six
teenth Eighteenth. Twentieth Twenty-sec-
ond Twenty-fourth, Twenty-Sixth. Twenty
eighth, Thirtieth, Thirty second and Thirty
fourth Republicans represented only four
of these districts in the last Senate. namely,
the Fourth. Twentieth. Thirtieth and Thir-
ators. twelve are Democrats and five Re-
publicans.
there were eighty-eight Democrats. fifty
one Republicans and one Populist; in all
14o The next House will consist of 142 Rep
resentatives, as the reapportionment act al
lows one additional Representative to St
Louis City and one to Jasper County. ST.
Louis City will elect sixteen Representa-
tives Buchanan County four. Greene Coun-
ty two. Jackson County six, Jasper County
three St. Louis County two, and each of the
other counties one
Probably the State Central Committee
will soon grant consideration. from ,prac-
tical and legal standpcints to the sugges-
tions for either State or county primaries
for nominating the United States Senator
The proposition for State primaries seems
to meet with but scant favor. Controver-
sion of county home rule is the strongest
objection. on practical and suffrage lines,
raised against the State primaries plan.