Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-08
M|SS0UR|S FAv0R|TE
Dockery Will Probably Be
Put Forward for Presidency.
SUPPORT OF HIS STATE
NAMES MENTIONED FOR SUCCESS
soR TO SENATOR VEST.
Four Members of the House Spoken of
as Candidates for the Gov
ernorship.
SUPPORT OF HIS STATE

| developed the 1act that Gov. AleXanuer M
| Dockery will probably be the candidate of
! the Missouri democracy for the democratic
presidential nomination in 1894. Gov. Dock
| cry is well known in Washington. He rep
! resented the third Missouri district in the
House for sixteen years, and retired at the
end if the Fifty-fifth Congress to become
governor of Missouri. In that Congress
Joseph D. Savers of Texas and William A.
| Stone Of Pennsylvania also left the House
| to become the executive of their respective
commonwealth All three had served on
| the committee on appropriations and had
/ been conspicuous in the deliberations OF
| the House. Gov. Dockery's term will ex-
| pire in about year, when he will retire to
| private life. His friends believe he will
make strong presidential candidate, and
| 1t is understood that some Of them have
| been at work sounding democratic members
| of the House on their views concerning his
| availability. 1t is predicted that the MIS-
| souri, democracy will earnestly support the
| governor, and that if he enters the field
| the states thirty-SiX delegates to the next
| national convention will be early instructed
| for him. Representative Cowherd of Kan
| sas City said today that in his judgment
| Mr.. Dockery would make an exceptionally
| strong candidate.
| Favorable Talk of Dockery.
| 81 have heard much talk among demo-
cratic members Of the House as to the
availability of Gov Dockery for the presi-
dental nomina tion,' said Mr.. Cowherd to
a Star reporter. II said a year ago that If
| Missouri came to the next national conver-
| ton with a presidential candidate Gov.
Dockery would be that candidate. from
| the expressions Of opinion that one hears
| around the Hobbies and cloak rooms at the
| Capitol 1 believe that many influential
| party workers regard him as the most
| available democrat that has been men
| toned. His long and successful career IN
| Congress brought him conspicuously before
the country and established his reputation
as an able and conservative statesman.
| This will make him an acceptable candi'
| date to the eastern democracy. and he
would be an exceptionally strong candldate
/ throughout the west, where he is so well
| known His friends are confident that ne
| will be enthusiastically supported IN all
! sections Of the country. In order to win In
| 1904 the democrats must get together ana
nominate a man of ability and one who has
| the confidence of the country. l believe
that Gov. Dockery will come up to the re-
olirements of the situation as well as any
| democrat that could be selected
Successor to Senator Vest.
The election of United States senator in
Missouri at the session Of the legislature
which meets at Jefferson City next week
may have an important bearing upon ma
tional democratic politics, as Mr.. Dockery's
senatorial contest A senator will pe elect
| ed to succeed Senator George G. Vest,
whose term will expire March f. While
| there are several Missouri democrats who
are ambitious to come to the Senate, there
are only two outSpoken candidates 1heSe
are former Governor William j. Stone and
William H. Wallace. Mr.. Stone is well
known as a leader Of the national democra-
CIV Mr. Wallace is a Kansas City man and
| has for many years been prominent in Mis-
souri, politics. Representatives Champ CLARK
| and DeArmond have also been mentioned
| in connection with the senatorshlp, but
neither has come out as a candidate. The
members Of the Missouri delegation predict
| that Mr. Stone will be elected. as the oppo-
sition to him has not centered Its support
upon any other candidate. Mr.. Wallace has
made an effort to unite the ant-Stone
forces in his behalf, but SO far has not been
successful, and the only sure votes that he
can count on are the six members Of the
| legislature from Kansas City who have
| been instructed for him. we'll known
| Missouri politician said today that If Gov
ernor David r. Francis could be induced
| to announce himself as a candidate he
would give Mr.. Stone a hard fight. 1t is
known that since Mr.. Francis was governor
he has at all times and under all party
| changes maintained a following in every
county in Missouri Even when he stood
by President Cleveland the Missouri democ-
racy had soft spot for the governor. and
since he has been at the head of the St
Louis worlds fair organization he has
strengthened his hold upon the party. Some
Of Senator Vests friends have made an eff
| fort tC induce him to reconsider his decision
not to be a candidate. but the senator has
| refused to do so because of the uncertain
present term Mr.. Vest will have been
senator for about twenty-four years.
Two Documents Circulated.
Two documents which may have bear
ing upon the senatorial situation were cir
toS fhn ohlrS- Loot nf tho
legislature a few days ago. One was the
Of Frank James. when James was charged
with murder, by a jury in Daviess county.
The other was the speech of Mr.. Stone
against alum baking powder. Mr.. Wallaces
speech. which was circulate by his friends
contains eulogies on the leaders Of the con-
federacy and denials OF the allegation
which seems to have been made by counsel
on the other side. that Frank James was
the representative Of southern sentiment.
It was an eloquent speech and is interest
ing reading to people who do not remem-
Der the Frank James trial as well as to
those who do. Mr.. Stones speech was cir
culated by his enemies to show that he
was friendly to a corporation. Four years
ago most of the baking powder sold in Mis-
souri, was made in that state and contained
alum. The so-called baking powder trust"
it was alleged. secured control Of the sup
ply of tartaric acid used in the manufacture
of high priced baking powder. The alum
| baking powder manufacturers sold as large
a package for ten cents as the other manu-
facturers were selling for fifty cents The
latter circulated the statement that alum
baking powder would kill people II they
ate enough of it, and the legislature passed
a law prohibiting the sale of alum baking
powder in Missouri. Later the independ-
ent manufacturers tried to get this law re-
peaied. but were unable to do So, they as
serted. because Of Mr.. Stones opposition.
For the Governorship