East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
FOLK IS AFTER
stones SCALP
HOT CAMPAIGN ENDS
IN MISSOURI TODAY.
All Parties Are Naming Candidates
for All Officcs-IIeavy NGe Being
Cast-Prlnclpal Race Is for United
States SenatoI-Cowherd Probably
Candidate for Governor.


ST. Louis, Aug. 4.-Primaries Of all
parties, to nominate state tickets, are
being held throughout Missouri to-
day. Reports received from many
points state that heavy vote is be-
ing cast.
The principal contest is over the
democratic gubernatorial nomination,
Governor Joseph Folk having retir-
ed from the field to make a race for
United States senator against Sem
ator Stone. William $. Cowherd Of
Kansas City and David A. Ball Of
Pike county are the principal con-
tenders for the governorship. Both
have enthusiastic followings and have
waged hot campaigns in every sec
ton of the state Unprejudiced OBJ
servers declare that Cowherd appar-
emily enters today's primary in the
lead in popular favor, although 1t is
admitted that the race will be close.
The republican nomination for
governor will undoubtedly go to Her.
bert S. Hadley, who has made a brill
liant record as attorney general of
Missouri. Republican leaders assert
that they have a good chance of sue
cess in the November election. and
that with Hadley as their standard
bearer they will give the democrats
the hottest race they have ever
known.
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entity the favorite in the democratic
gubernatorial race. is a native Of
Missouri and a graduate of the Uni
verslty of Missouri. He has served
one term as mayor of Kansas City
and has represented his district in
congress for four consecutive terms.
Dave" Ball, the man from Pike
county who is Cowherd's rival for
the nomination, also has long polit-
ical record to his credit. Congress
man Champ" Clark has supported
Ball. and this has added to his
strength.
Cowherd's managers are claiming
today that their candidate will come
to this city with $4,000 majority and
that he will carry St. Louis by large
majority The Ball boomers are more
modest in their claims, but declare
that their candidate is assured OF the
nomination.
This is the first test of the new
state primary law in Missouri, under
which the state nominating con-
vention is a thing of the past I'm
der the law, however, conventions of
the nominees of all parties must be
held in Jefferson City month from
today, September 4. to formulate the
usual state platforms.
Although the senatorial fight does
not enter into todays primaries the
friction between the supporters OF
Senator Gum Shoe Bill" Stone and
Governor Folk has added interest to
the contest. Although the nominal
ton for United States senator will
not be made until the general cleo
ton in November, virulent warfare
is already in progress. The old
charges of bribery against Stone are
being revived, in connection with the
famous statement of a well known
railroad lobbyist who declared that
1--WE both suck eggs but Stone hides
the shells"
Folks Platform.
Governor Folk, who is seeking
Stones toga, has acquired a national
reputation as a reform executive, and
his supporters are confident that he
will be elected to fill the seat of the
gum shoe" statesman in the upper
branch of the national legislature.
Senator Stone has appealed to the
democrats Of the state to refrain
from acrimony during the campaign,
in order that the democracy of the
state may be saved from bitter dis
organizing personal strife such as was
recently carried on in Kentucky and
Tennessee. Let us fight republi-
cans, not each other" is Stones ap-
peal to his supporters.
Stone has made many speeches in
various parts of the state within the
past few weeks in support Of his
ambition to be returned to the sem
ate. He has touched upon all ma
tional questions, denouncing the pol
icies OF the republicans and branding
the Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill
as a "hypothicated monstrosity."
Governor Folk has entered the SEN
atorial race on his record as chief
executive OF Missouri and promises,
il elected, to give his support and in
fluence to the various reform meas
ures whose advocacy have made him
national figure.