The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-10
Stubblefield- Alexander Ma.
chine To Be Used At Coun.
ty Convention.
CAPE BOSSES WILL
JAM SLATE THROUGH
Plan To Hog Delegates To st.
Joe Meet-BOys Go Through
Hoop Here.

its slate to go to the County conven-
ton in Jackson Ecxt Tuesday. it be-
came known that this wing OF the
party propose $ to Jam through the
county convention its own slate OF dc
lcgatcs to the state meeting at 81.
Joseph
With w H. StubbIefie'd, Jr., at the
throttle, the steam roller pU. ovc.' Ire
first essential step TOW rrI this and
by showing through m..t-Iule ciaUS"
in set Of resolutions passed at Tie
Cape township meeting IL the c5nrt
house yesterday afternoon.
As consequence Stukblcfrld ana
Alexander will sc into the county con-
vention next Tuesday at jackson with
344 votes from the Cape in their vest
pockets and prepared to whip the
Democrats in the county who opposed
their nomination of Senator 7. f.
Lane for Common Pleas Judge at the
last convention
With two other townships tied to
them. Hubble, which voted unit rule,
and Shawnee whore 7. J. Juden enticed
s votes away the Stubblecfild-AIex-
ander steam rollers are going to pun
ism Byrd. Kinder and the other coun-
try townships that voted for White
law, according 10 the plans revealed by
| 4 l. Il l. l.
machine.
I'VE are going to flattcn out those
boys in the country the strategist
declared. They will have to like it.
If they don't want to come up to our
merry band and Join, guess it'll be
too, toot" and We'll Just go ahead
anyway"
Although made member of the
Cape delegation, by d unanimous vote
of the township mass meeting, DR.. J.
{. Norbeck declared that he was on
posed to the steam-rOller gang, and
said he expects to fight with the coun-
try delegates the plan projected by
! the Cape machine.
The strength of the Stubblefield-
Alexander steam roller was indicated
early in the meeting yesterday when
the unit rule first came up. Chairman
Kinder had appointed a resolutions
committee composed Of K. b. Oliver, r.
H. Whitelaw and Judge Frank Kelly.
After this committee had retired
for its work, Stuhbleficld placed mo-
ton before the r1ass meeting to have
an unqualified unit rule adopted.
Several of his compatriots sitting
near him suggested in whispers audi
! BILE across the room that such a brace
let would be put upon the delegation
! by the resolutions committee where
upon Stubbleefild hastily withdrew his
motion.
Senator T. f. Lane then walked over
to Stubbleficld'; position and after a
short conference departed toward the
committee room remarking, "I'll see
that they put thai in
The Resolutions Committee then re-
ported and Lane moved the adoption of |
the report whic!, contained the unit |
rule clause The motion received a |
second and was open for debate.
Harry E. Alexander attempted to
force a gag rule and began calling
"QUestion! Question:
Edward l.. Drum managed to get |
the floor from Kinder and splashed in !
to the debate On the unit rule. He |
urged that it Was not along the lines |
OF majority rule and declared he be-
iieyed it was impolitic.
Alexander was rot going to see the
roller busted at the outset, so kept in
vOking gag" rule. He was unable
to prevent DR.. Vorbeck from getting
the floor.
Not as a delegate here, but as
Democrat, | am opposed to the unit
rule" Vorbcck declared. at is unfair,
un-Democratic and out of harmony
with cur party principles. 1t is unfair
because this meeting is but an insight
ficant part of the Democratic voters of
the township and the most Of the bust
ness of the convention will be disclos-
cd within the next week"
When the machine was branded as
unfair, Lane jumped to the rescue of
his leaders and declared that neither
Drum nor Vorback had supported his ,
statements with facts about the unit
rule.
About that time, Stubblefeld, threw :
open the throttle and the same ma
chine that carried Lane to defeat in {
the county election, moved forward /
over Vorbeck, Drum and Lee L. Bow I