The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
WOULD BE ELECTED
IF NOMINATED.
Champ Clark Discusses Sena.
tor CockreII as Presiden.
tial Candidate.
MiSsouri's Proper Place is a! Head Of
Democratic Table Cockrell Tip.
Top Man to Begin With


United States Senator j. Ralpl
Burton of Kansas before the Chan,
tauQua here to day, in an inter
view expressed himself in the mat
ter Of presidential nominees rs
follows:
This is Missouri's golden OPP
portunity to have one of her illus.
trlous sons elevated to the prrst-
dency of the United States.
General Francis Marion Cock
rell can be elected if nominated,
and most assuredly he should he
nominated, for the good of both
the party and the country.
Il have never mentioned the
presidential matter to General
Cockrell know that he desires
to return to the Senate. and don't
suppose that the presidential bee
is buzzing in his bonnet
Perhaps the notion that some
ambitions Missourian might at
tempt to take, steal and carry away
his senatorial tOga while he was
running for President might deter
him from accepting Il nomination.
for the presidency, but certainly
any Missourian of senatorial stat.
ure is willing to agree without hes
ltatlon or persuasion TO give Mis-
souri, $ Grand Old Man chance to
reside four or eight years in the
White House or failing in thnt n
sixth term in the Senate.
General Cockrcll would win.
He would poll every anti Rcpubli-
can vote in the United States, and
any man who can do that can he
elected. His record on all public
questions, including finance, is
without II flaw. He would be ac.
ceptable to the Silver Democrats,
so called, while his conservatism
would rally to his standard Demo.
crats who are not enamored of free
silver and Republicans who believe
III this country attending to its own
business strictly and in its letting
the affairs of other countries Sc
verely alone.
His liberaIty as to pensions
would bring to his support lots of
Union Veterans, and, of course,
the Confederate Veterans to Il man
would shout themselves hoarsc for
him.
His military service would help
rather than hurt his candidacy.
Ten years ago it would have been
n bar, hut in this new era of good
feeling Union soldiers would pre-.
fer n Confederate who fought
during the war, and who quit fight
ing when it closed, to II civilian.
| know that they entertain the
warmcst friendship for General
Cockrell, hecausc | have heard
hundreds of them say so, and /
have seen them push and crowd
and shove and elbow each other
and trample other peoples toes to
get to shake hands with him.
Once we had n blow. out in
Pike County to raise money for
the Confederate Home at Higgins
vile. Cockrel was not only the
orator but also the hero of the day,
The Grand Army Posts met him
at the depot with n brass band, al
ternately playing Dixie and the
Star -Spangled Banner acted
as his guard of honor and held pos.
session Of him all day. They
crowded the Democrats out and
couldn't hav" zen more enthusias-
tic il Cock u had been General
Grant or I'd Pap Thomas come to
life again.
If nominated he will not only
be elected, but will sweep Missouri
by 10000 majority.
Il am weary Of seeing Missouri
take n back seat in matters presi.
Dental. She is the greatest State
in the Union which invariably
gives her electoral vote to the Dem.
ocratic presidential ticket Mis-
sonri's proper place is at the head
of the Democratic table.
Il am in favor of putting into
the presidential race every four
years the foremost Missouri DEM
ocrat, and OF keeping on doing
that until we not only get a Mis-
souri, Democrat President, but till
we found Missouri dynasty which
shall eclipse in length of service
the far famed Virginia dynasty.
Cockrell is a tip top man to begin
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