The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-25
HADLEY W|LL|N
TO TRY FOR SENATE
BUT INSISTS HE MUST BE AS
suRED OF NOMINATION
WITHOUT FIGHT.
M'klNLEY MAY BOB UP AGAIN
Judge Graves to Be Democratic Cam
didate-Bitter Republican Battle
Expected, as Standpatters
Are Against HadIey.

Jefferson City.-Former Gov. Her
bert S. Hadley will enter in the sena-
torial stakes next August II he can be
assured of the Republican nomination
without opposition.
Friends of the former executive
fear that John c. Mckinley of Union.
Vile again will suppIicate himself and
try to rehabltatc the Mysterious
Stranger" In Missouri.
Hadlcy has been under the impress.
sion that he would have to make the
fight against Senator Stone. Demo.
cratic wiscnCrcs say Supreme Judge
Graves win seek the Democratic nom
nation. 1t is the cuncensus OF opinion
IN the state that Judge Graves, who
is at Hot Springs, Ark, win an.
uuunce his candidacy for the senate
when nc returns from his vacation.
To Support Graves.
Ltring he session OF the legisla.
turc last winter there was gracra.
understanding among friends u for
mcr Gov. Folk that should - not
make the race Judge Graves would
receive their support.
Folk has been removed as an active
candidate by his legal appointment.
End it Is almost assured that Senator
Stones real opponent will be Judge
Graves.
a. Of uft -. a
pointecs will be for Graves WIS evil
dCnccd by 4 recent poll taken y the
Madison hotel here.
Graves was appointed by Gov. Folk
TO fill vacancy on the supreme
bench caused by the resignation Of
Judge William e. Marshall, and was
reelected twice, His term doe.
expire until 1919
In the last senatorial fight McKin.
ley defeated Nathan Frank of St.
Louis for minority honors and last
summer ne defeated Leon Quick for
the Republican Eubcrnltorial nomina.
ton
Members of the Republican state
committee. who are friendly to Had.
ley. realize that the name Mckinley
Is talcsmanic at primary, and that
he might defeat Hadley.
lladlcy. according TO intimate
friends at Kansas City, will be z,
ayowed candidate for the prcsiden.
tial nomination in 1916. but would be
standard.bearcr IN the senatorial race
next year II the nomination wnrt
made unanimous The nomination
might have a tendency to bring stand.
patters and progrcsGiveS together.
a conference Of Republican leader,
s. scheduled in Kansas City this fall
to outline the senatorial fight. Efforts
will be made to eliminate Mckinley
from any future election contests
Many Republicans argue that McKin-
ley has been an also ran" too long
and that he should step aside and
give HaGley clear track
Mckinley however is none too
friendly to Hadley as he thinks that
he would not have been beaten by
100000 votes If the former governor
had jumped into tho bandwagon after
the Chicago national convention.
Col Lily" Morse of Excelsior
Springs, who with Otto +. Stlel led
the Taft forces In Missouri, VIII not
acquiesce in any program to give
Hadey the senatorial nomination
without contest.
Nathan Frank may be drafted again
to make the fight for the conservative
wing of the Republican party should
plan be formulated at Kansas City
to sidetrack Mckinley and give the
nomination to Hadley.
The federal brigade In st. Louis.
with the possible exception of United
States District Attorney Charles A.
Houts. RooseveIt-Eiadley supporter,
would fight any plan to give Hadley
walk away In the race.
Surveyor Of the Port Charles Gal.
Ienkamp, Thomas Akins, retiring post.
master, and United States Marshal
Edward Rcgenhardt OF St. Louis have
their knives ready for Hadley, as they
think that they might have had a
chance to remain on Uncle Sans pay
roll for a few more years had II not
been for the Progressives.
Col William Nelson OF Kansas
City, Hadley's staunchest supporter
during his gubernatorial administra.
ton, and who contributed literally to
the Roosevelt campaign since the
ministership to the court of st.
James had beer promised him by
Roosevelt, has forgotten HALEY in
the editorial columns OF his Kansas
City newspapers.