The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-10
BIG AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE
Reported 10y Folk. Clark, Major,
Oglesby and Other Speakers
Who Have Been Cam
pai.ning in the State.


Such WIS the decision reached at "A
meeting Of the Executive Commute. of
| the state Committee with party leaders
at the headquarters ia the Equitable
| building last night. IL was a harmonious
session. lasting from 5 until nearly ii
O'Clock Another session Will IL held this
! morning. when plans VIII he completed.
During the day visitors conferred with
State Chairman Evans and Executive
Committee Chairman ". u. ydRdiver re-
garding dates and plans. The work at the
headquarters has become 80 heavy that
Juis. Evans and his private secretary.
Hal WOodside have become advocates Of
the no-Iunch theory. and work through
from o'clock until dinner time, after
which work at the headquarters Is re-
summed. though visitors are not received.
Il am fortunately constituted in that j
can live on one meal OF six meals day. -
said Chairman Evans. Right now is when
the minimum number Is a virtue. TO-tia !
the reports have been coming in from
everywhere. | must say that the reports
are generally encouraging. In only "a few
counties IL there likelihood Of trouble. of
course. IL IL impossible 20 say anything
about the city until after the ticket Is
named The work OF th. Stat. Organiz1-
ton does not begin until that H. done The
Democrats must work and get out the full
vote. That done and the ticke; will he
elected by a large majority"
NO APATHY APPARENT.
Apparently there is no apathy. A letter
received from Circuit Attorney Folk yes
terday indicated that the crowds In at
tendance at his meetings were even great
inat!on. Elliot W. Major and Rube Ogles-
by came in yesterday afternoon and re-
ported that more than 2..D attended the
Democratic rally at Ashton Wednesday.
present with them.
The people are taking the Democratic
naIty at ITS word. said Mr. oslesby:
coming out TO the meetings You never
saw anything Ike II. That apathy which
50 IT any people feared earlier In the cam
paisn Is not on tap. II Is enthusiasm in
stead
Chairman w. l. Gupton Of the Mont
gomery County Committee called ct head
quarters II think there i. no doubt re-
Montgor1ery,'' he said Il think We Will
elect Mr.. Drunert. our nominee for Rep.
resentativc. The workers are active and
the people are with us
Among other callers at headquarters IN
the afternoon We're VI. J. Rafchford. ]. II.
Bethune and Thomas z. Mu!vihiIl Of 81.
II. Vandiver Of Fayette. father OF Con-
gresham V. d. vandiver; J. II. Mccall OF
kirksrille. Doctor e. II. Woodson OF ST.
Joseph. J; X Pp9i Of Of, cen Y, s., g. g.
Howard Leech OF Poplar BLUM. formerly
editor of the Citizen: Governor A. VI.
Dockery, s. ?: Anthony. W. J. Bianken-
gene ". Nelson Of Hannibal. Prosecuting
Attorney Of Marion County. Doctor u. II.
Young OF Fulton. State Committeeman VI.
ID. II:htfOot OF Hunansville. Ernest Mar
shall Of -. Louis County ard Captain c.
u. McAfee # Springfield.
Congressman Champ Clark called at
headquarters during the afternoon. but
hi 20. LNwN EaF-
ing OF the Executive Committee last night.
as he was billed TO speak at Pacific.
Il never had such large audiences in ny
life" he said. This is my seventh cam
paign for Congress. The people are wide
awake. and are coming TO our meetings.
They want to hear the issues Of the hour
discussed
OF the Executive Committee. Chairman
Nandyer. Frank ". Russell Of Conway.
Doctor u. II. Shields of Hannibal. Har-
vey W. Salmon OF Clinton and Virgil
Conkling Of Carrollion were present Jo-
seph Il. Shannon OF Kansas City held the
proxy of g. Lee Chrisrnan OF Independ-
ence. and Thomas J. Lysaght the proxy
OF James ". Mytton Of ST. Joseph.
SENATOR COCKRELL'S DATES.
The meeting Of the committee was at
tended by Senator Cockrell and Congress
man James T. Lloyd. W. W. Rucker. c.
W. Hamlin. ID. W Shackleford. John r
Hunt ard Edward Robb Francis VII
son or Platte City. nominee for Congress
In the Fourth District. was also IN at
tendance
L. W. Major nonline. for Attorney Gem
srai. and II. Il. cg!esby. nominee for Pail
road Commissioner. and State Committee
fnen Il II. Kern. ". II. Li-htfoot and w
\ Brigh, wee present
That the Democracy OF the State IS
preparing for an enthusiastic campaign IS
made evident by the fact that 50 large n
number OF the gentlemen invited to par
ticipate in the meeting we're in attend
ance. Contrasting conditions with 1907 II
should be stated that a similar meeting
held two years ago brought out about
three members Of the Executive Commit
tee. and less than half as many Congress
men az were present last night
The meeting TO be held this morning
win have Congressman D. A. De Almond
and Robert Lamar I'm attendance.
Senator Cockreli discussed with the COM
mittee his speaking dates. He will be in
wellsville and Jonesburg September "a He
expects 90 spend all Of his time cam
paigning until the close of the CAMPAIGN
He will speak In Sedalia tonight and will
be unable to attend the meeting Of the
Executive Committee this morning
Chairman Eandiyer announced after the
meeting that prominent among the speak
ers who would assist in the Missouri cam
paign would be Harry Atwood Of Kansas
Cato Sells of Iowa and the Reverend
Frank q. Tyrrell Of St. Louis The lat
ter has been employed by the National
Committee for part Of the campaign.
William ]. Bryan will spend one day in
the State on his way from Nebraska to
Indiana The State Committee will make
the most OF the occasion. and have a
special train for his accommodation run
ming from 81. Joseph to the eastern part
of the State. making several stops
United States Senator Joseph W Bailey
OF Texas has also promised 10 make two
and possibly three. speeches in th,. State
He will speak in Mexico and at one or
two other points 10 be decided upon
two other places later.
Governor Dockery will begin his cam
paign next Saturday In either MorIteau
or Morgan County. close to Jefferson City.
For the first ten days after that he will
be in the river counties near the capItsi
The speech which he made In Jefferson
City Wednesday night will be u.ed as a
campaign document by the State ComrnIt-
tee.
DONOVAN IN THE THIRD.