Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-08

1 volted against country domination in
| politics. In Missouri then--and now
| the farmers rule, and the politicians al
ways play upon the sturdy yeoman's'
| heartstrings, and even city politicians
| when they get TO Jefferson City, are
obliged TO lout the cities to tickle the
| powerful rural element, Folk Is the
| first city man who has been governor
OF Missouri for Il long time
Kansas City was hitched with 81
country district and had been required
| TO accept country congressman. The
| last straw was when Vest CoclSrell and
] Col. John T, Philips decided to break
up IN Central Missouri and apportioned
J TO Philips the Kansas City seat In Con-
| gress,
Kansas City rebelled and the Kan
| sas City Democrats kicked over the ta-
| bic and elected Bill" Warner, Repub-
| llcan candidate for Congress. I'm o rock
ribbed Democratic district after pas
sionate campaign.
| regret to say that the town de-
manded Victory, at any cost, and that
the ballot boxes were stuffed to over
flowing TO overcome the solid country
vote Since then there has never been
any but Kansas city congressman
from that district
Ten years ago the new senator from
Missouri was the biggest man In Kan
sas city and the most popular Repub-
liccan in Missouri He had served two
terms In Congress from a Democratic
district. he had been national COM
mander In-chlef Of the q. A. r.. he
had been talked Of for the cabinet, he
had been Republican candidate for
governor on the platform stand mp for
Missouri" as a lawyer he was on the
high ungs of the ladder OF legal sue
cess and, moreover, though a man
I'm his prime, he dated back 10 the
days when the metropolis o. the south.
west vas q village.
Nobody ever called the major boss,
but he was the Republican leader
whose viii was as good as law. The
major WAS too splendid a man. too
much OF a town hero, to be called by
the name OF boss And IL was reason
able TO believe that he would round
out his career az a member Of the cabi-
net or as United states ambassador to
one OF the great courts-the senatorship
being, OF course. out Of the question IN
Democratic Missouri.
And, in this flush tide Of success,
came the a. y A, Waye-and Webster
Davis Warner did not like the A. =,
AS, but he was an astute politician
anu ioph huNtlllhbt VI tue cNtlltUltHl
about true Alneric1ns' Ia nominate
for mayor his young, clarion voiced
spellbinder Webster Davis.
Davis WAS not an 4. =. A., but no
trained with them, and was elected tree
mendously and commenced Il career
Of his own. He refused TO make GER
tain appointments at the behest OF
Mai. Warner and the major confident
Of his power, communicated him as
AN Migrate The result was two fac
tions among the Kansas City Repub-
leans
one was the "old boys'--the grizzled
O. A. r, Republicans-and the other
was the A. p, A. element that claimed
proudly the title OF Young Repub-
leans" one was led by the deeply
lined visage OF the major and his lion
like or3tory and bass voice; the other
by Davis, n tenor orator whose extra
ordinary eloqueuce melted the marrow
IN the bones Of his hearers The con-
nIct became the exciting and absorbing
issue Of the day IN that part OF tho
country
The old leader was outnumbered at
the primaries, however and prestol
the man Of the hour was Mayor Web.
Etcr Davis, who aspired TO be Repub-
lcan governor OF Missouri. And ono Of
the most dramatic Incidents IN Missouri
politics was In the state convention at
st. Joseph.
II was far IN the night and Mai.
Warner was defeated. Accustomed to
success all his life, he was furious over
the smiling, cool victory Of his former
pIotege Davis The major was like
a lion at bay dsheveled and deep In