The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
POLITICAL POT IS
BEGINNING TO BOIL
Missouri Candidates Will Be
Plentiful Next Year, Indi-
cations show.

Jefferson City, March 31-The leg
islative letter went into such length
that the political gossip will have to
be cut down. Only two offices will be
considered-United States Senator and
Governor and only few of the candi-
dates. The Republicans, it should be
said, expect to win next year. The
two senatorial candidates. are Hadley
and Walter S. Dickey. Dickey's friends
profess confidence they don't feel.
Hadley's supporters are making 'ex-
travagant claims as to the Democratic
votes he will get. A Dickey enthu-
siast ventured the opinion that Had
ley would have to get lot of Demo-
cratic votes to make up for the bat
talions of Republicans that have not
forgotten the indecisive days of 1912,
and never will.
For the Republican Gubernatorial
nomination, as things are now, Judge
Lamm Of Sedalia can have it if he
wants to make fight for it. Next to
Judge Lamm-well, listen. From
Springfield you learn that McJimsey
has got it sure. st. Joseph reports
that Morris cannot be beaten. Jasper
County has two candidates, Judge
Howard Gray of Carthage and Mayor
Hugh McIndoe of Joplin, both of
whom are already victors in the pri-
mary. Sedalia also has a second can
didate, John Swanger, and Senator
Bronson Of Ozark is reported in the
running. Morris of st. Joseph right
now is more discussed than any of the
others. He has more than local fol-
lowing. If Judge Lanm concludes not
to run, it may be Morris.
The Democratic situation is remark
able in that the man who seventy days
ago looked to be the next Senator now
may not enter the race. Majors star
is in eclipse. Had he put through any
considerable part Of the legislation
recommended in his message he could
not have been beaten. Or had he got
ten on the Job and made a fight for it
he would have been formidable. But
he didn't. There may be no place for
the big stick in executive departments,
but nevertheless a Governor has got
to govern. Major did not see it that
way But Majors decline has caused
no surge back to Reed. Jim still has
friends, but the legions of old are
thinned. There is demand through
out the State for Folk to make the
race for Senator, and he may do it.
1t would be too much to say that the
spontaneous demand which nominated
Folk for Governor is again here.
For Governor-all the Democratic
State office holders who were candi-
dates little while ago have dropped
out The Acknowledgement is still in
the running.
Col. Frederick D. Gardner OF St
Louis, in the opinion Of many, could
not only be nominated but can win in
a walk. Representative Lee Of Jasper
says Gardner is 10000 votes stronger
than any other Democrat that has
been mentioned. Undoubtedly his
Land Bank will make Gardner strong
with the farmers. The labor vote is
for him. He is probably the only
Democrat in the State who could car
ry St. Louis AS a candidate for the
Board of Freeholders to draft a st.
Louis charter Gardner ran something
like 5000 votes ahead of the next
highest nominee. He is a successful
business man, but his financial sue
cess has not denatured his democracy.
And they'say Frank Walsh of Kan
sas City may accept the nomination
for Judge of the Supreme Court. That
would be "some" ticket-Folk, for
Senator; Gardnerfor Governor; Walsh
for the Supreme Bench. And that's
what the Democrats have got to do
if they're going to win--nominate
"some" ticket.