Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-06
MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC DIDorS

The Democrats of Missourt-now alas reduced in
number to brutal minority" since the advent Of Joe
Fok-have evidently determined that the eyes Of the
world are upon them and that they expected to
the next Democratic nominee for president Hence
they have begun controversy among themselves
to the candidate they will select.
We gather from interviews in the st. Louis Post
Dispatch and from editorials in the Globe Democrat that
the old Missouri Democracy has been somewhat dis
rupted and that there at least three kinds of
Missouri Democrats, each kind carefully labeled,
not to get mixed with the other kind
First and foremost as Of old in Missouri, there is
the Bryan kind. This element to be still repre-
sened by United States Senator Stone and his following
These the true blue, bown-inhebotte, sxteen-to
They the giants who In 1894 overthrow the
"godbug" organization in the state and declared in
favor Of Dick Bland for president These are all for
Bryan now they have been for 10! these years.
and doubtless always will be- They appear to be the
bone and sinew of Missouri Democracy-or at least
what is left Of it. They constitute the Old Guard,
unhapply out of Office but waiting sharply for the next
turn Of the wheel
Second in importance is the socalled "goldbug'
element fairly and ably represented by Hon. David r.
Francis, ex-governor, member of Cleveands cabinet
and president of the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The st. Louis papers that Grover Cleveland
and other Democrats urging Francis to per-
NIT the Use of his presidential candidate.
Everybody in Missouri likes Dave Francis the man,
but there fierce rumblings in the Ozark hills and
among the old rebel counties whenever his preferment
Democrat is suggested He is rich and powerful;
he has fought Bryan-insde the paryat all stages of
the contest but of late has stood aloof from all the
political battles in Missouri
Last-because the newest the strangest and the
most uncertan--s the Folk kind. People outside Of
Missouri beginning slowly to understand that Mis-
souri, Democrats do not consider Folk very much of
Democrat. He elected governor by Republican
votes, made his campaign largely with the help of Re-
pubicans and while he successful all the rest Of
the Democratic ticket defeated Folk, in power,
has strong official following; he is reported also to
have popular following which embraces men of
all parties His appontees declaring in the public
print that he is available timber for president the
ant-graft platform.
Just here the Missouri Democrats begin to squabbe.
The Bryan element is not favorable to Folk and yet the
Folk appontees announce that Bryan will not only
be candidate for the presidential nomination but has
agreed to support Folk for that honor. The Francis
element is against Folk the ground that he is not
partisan and has made impression a statesman.
The Cockrell element sides with the Francis element
and the huaballoo Of the debate sounds away here
in California like the green corn dance of the Mojaves
in Death valley
Now, if Missouri has had call to name the next
presidential nominee all this is important But if she
is only cutting didoes in order attract attention
she should be warned by nearby friend to "go
way back and sit down.. She let Roosevelt carry the
state the last election allowed its Democracy to
frizzle up before onslaught of Republican hum.
buggey and jugglery and drop clear of the Demo-
cratic column whereby Senator Cockre was retired AMI
Republican elected. She is guilty of haying made
monkey of herself and she should come to the next
national Democratic convention in sackcoth and ashes
content to be "a dookeeper in the house of the Lord
sit in the tents at the side