The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
POLITICIANS ON way
TO JEFFERSON CITY.
Many Members of the General AS,
sembly Spend the Day i'll
St. Louis.
CANDIDATES ASK FOR VOTES.
Legislators Have Bills to Present
Simmons Will Ask TO Have
Alum Excepted and Warns
Ex-Governor Stone.

Yesterday was field day for the State
1 politicians. The corridors OF the hotels, es-
! peotaily the Laclede. were crowded with
| meinbers of the General Assembly. with
candidates for subordinate positions and the
, many friends who cannot resist the ternpta-
| tien to dabbie in the formation OF every re-
! curing Jefferson City session.
i The fights for factional honors furnished
| ample topics for discussion. Though Lieu
! tenant Governor Lee and Frank Farrts were
| rot conspicuous among the politicians al
( the hotels. the feud which has started be-
/ tween them over Farris's candidacy for
4 President pro tenn. of the Senate was dis
! CURSED, with the general consensus of opin-
! ion that Farris would not be the next pre-
I siding officer when tine Lieutenant Cover
! Eor vncates for brief periods.
< Ford Combs Of st. Louis was on hand
1 mixing with the Senators who had arrived.
{ Senator F. NJ. McDavid of Springfield spent
efhe day in the city, and declared himself for
/ Rubey for President pro tenn. against Far
yiA Senator David Nelson and John T. Coll
films of St. Louis were also at the Laclede
tgettnE acquainted with the visiting mem
BEES OF the upper branch.
7. wHITECOTTON OUTLINES PLANS.
2 Senator John Morton of Richmond de-
: clared that he was taking no part in the
k11e-BATrtS controversy ana until the time
came for voting he would remain absoluteiy
speutraL Among some of the knowing poll
: IlClAuS Il II nESulCles lHdt aitAS d4o 1sodSi
may not enter the caucus for nomination,
but viii withdraw. leaving a clear field for
tRubey and Combs. No official announce
1 3nent to this effect has been made, and until
one Is sent forth. IL is understood that the
awo men are In the race.
Speaker Whitecotton spent the day at the
As has been before announced. ne
lis confident of reelection TO his present
tpositon. THE first ballot will settle the
Question" he said to his friends. And
kwhen / am once elected the usine OF the
Saession will move mere rapidly than ever
sbefore. There will be no delay in trans
acting business II l can help it. The seventy
days which the Constitution provides sha.
tbe counted as IS per- days will DO short
Tened considerably. 1 think that the mem
hbers are with me on this proposition.
III I am elected. and as soon as ] am
Ezworn tn, 1 shall announce a number OF the
kcommittees The first one to be named will
The the Elections Committee. l think that
a SHALL name n ST. Louis man for that place.
krhere are several contests to come up be-
k1ors this committee. and l intend TO nave
THE best sort of men to pass on the quail
edcations OF contestants. L am going mack
10 Monroe City tonight. and will fnlsn
boone legal business there before going 10
pe6srpon City Tuesday"
SIMMONS on PURE FOOD.
4iRepresentative H. J. mmon Of Clarence
Is on the wtrpath against Charles D. Stew
- = vi AHo SSehsy
LOT the House. Stewart recently said that
fAammons. in coming out for Whitecotton
had apparently moved into the Second Con-
bgroSsfonal District from the First. Stewart
fcannot bluff the Democrats of Shelby Coun-
fly in thar fashion" said Mr.. Simmons. II
lam for Whitecotton. and intend to re-
t1nain 80.
what bills will I Introduce? One of them
Twill be an amendment to the pure-food law.
ketmply removing the word alum. That will
tpermit the antitrust baking powders TO do
kousihess. i do not think that William J.
b6tone will represent any health society ut
k1his session. If he knows what is best for
min. ] am sure that he will not. What is
k7nors. you can quote me as saying that we
Xviii not stand for that sort Of thing"
; MIR. immon is instructed to vote for ex-
tGovernor Stone for United States Senator.
led a movement to petition him to break his
instructions, but he tcld them that unleas
kahey. had a majority of the Democrats he
A delegation from Kansas City came down
tto see things preparatory to gong to JEFF
ffChapman. c. D. Doian and NJ. d. casey.
tJohnsT. Crisp was not among the number.
kaie has been sick for several days.
retand which Colonel Crisp will take on the
kMZht,.for Chief. Clerk OF the House. Both
fByTnn and Tai nave been counting on his
kdicauag the faith which is In them. AS the
Qetters-sound alike. excepting in so far as
f3afr guess either way.
Senator James Orchard of West Plains,
fHho- went down to defeat in the Twenty
toecono District. was around the LacIede. He
~ irving to boost Frank Farris, Despite
lthe,5ight which was made on Orchard, he
Ehae a host Of personal friends-friends who
Knight not vote for him politically, but who
would go out Of theS way to help him along
FLANAGAN SIMPLY VISITING"
John F. "F1re-Alarm": Flanagan mixed
iwitir the Democrats and Republicans. He
came up from Carthage with Colonel VIII
f3ianIs -RnetDS and spent the dQy si0ltvfnRS
levegs.s6dy. One Democrat stepped up to
shim amt remarked that they hsd had many
[filts.Ss. days Of old. Well, II we were not
HAVING IA tilt" remarked Flanagan, 1T il
probable that we were having a drink"
Wfesf he was asked II he was boosting
Rerers for the manor!ty nomination for
Indignantly denied the accusation. what