The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-18
LANE'SRACEHAS
REVIVEDFAMOUS
GUM DROP PARTY
Leaders of Kochtitzky Cam
paign Are Engineering
Democratic Race.
HAND BILL CAMPAIGN
WILL START TODAY
Lane, Boss Juden, and His Hen
chmen Map Out Details
Of Eight.

The campaign of Thomas F. Lane.
the Democratic nominee for Common
Fleas Judge, has revived the famous
gum drop" party, which came into
existence with Otto kochtitzky's cam
didacy for Mayor last spring, and COL
lapsed when he was defeated by a
vote of four to one.
Thomas F. Lane was Mr.. Kochtitz-
ky's campaign manager, and because
of the support he gave to the gum
drop" candidate, the gum drops" have
lined up for Lane. 1t was suspected
by politicians that Lane would get the
support of the Cape Girardeau delega-
ton for Judge, when it was announced
that nine out of ten of the Democratic
delegates from this city to the county
convention were gum drops"
Every man who was affiliated with
the Kochtitzky campaign last spring
is supporting NJ. Lane. His cam
paign managers are the same men
who assisted Lane in handling the
Kochtitzky campaign last year. Har-
ry Alexander is the only active sup
porter of Lane who was mo- a Koch
titzky shouter last spring.
The field marshal of the Lane CAM
paign is Boss Juden, who vas one
of Kochtitzky's flying sGuadrons.
Mr.. Judcn, who occupies the
position of "Boss" of the Democratic
party, due to the fact that lie has b"an
Endorsed for Postmaster Of Cape Cir
ardeau, is lining up the Democratic
workers. Leading "gum drops are
lending him their advice.
The Lane leaders held a conference
in his office yesterday afternoon. 1t
was arranged so quietly that you
you could hear a gum drop. Boss Ju-
den, Harry Alexander, Russell Dear
mont, Julien Miller, J. A. Banks and
other active kochtitzky men were
present.
Plans for getting campaign mate
rial to the voters We're discussed. 1t
was decided to issue circulars and
flood the homes of the voters with
them. 1t is planned to have hand bills
and circulars printed today and dump
them into the mail this evening. These,
of course, will contain MANY boosts
for the gum drop" candidate. They
will be sent to every voter in the coun-
ty, regardless of politics.
Harry Alexander yesterday COM
pleted his canvass among the Demo-
cratic members of the Bar Associa-
ton. The endorsement, which was
written by Lane and Alexander, was
signed by the Democratic lawyers at
the request of Mr.. Alexander. This |
Endorsement and the names of the |
Democratic lawyers are being sent out |
to the voters, in an attempt to create |
the belief that the Bar Association, re-
CARELESS of politics, is supporting
Lane. There is not Republican law
yer in the county who has expressed a
desire to vote for Lane.
Dr.. j C. Vorbeck thinks the gum
drops have purloined the Democratic
party in this county. at seems to
me as if there is no Democratic party
in this county any more. Men who
used to be Democrats have been taken
over by the gum drop party. l made
a canvass among men whom | know to
still be Democrats and | never found Il
single one who said he would vote for
Lane. They are going TO vote for
John A. Snider. Tom Judan and
Lane are going to lose this city by
two to one.
'They won't get more than half of
the party vote here. l urged Demo-
Gratis not to turn the party over to
Juden and his crowd, but it seems that
they could do nothing. The gum
drops Just naturally swallowed it, l.;
hook, line and sinker. If | were to
vote for Lane, would be ashamed to
look ny friends in the face, because
it vol h. a vote for Tom Juden."