Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-22
STONE SAYS HE
WILL RUN FOR
SENATE AGAIN
Missouri Senator Gives Interview to
st. Louis t-Dispateh Telling
Of Future Plans
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

st. Louis Post-Dlspateh
United States Senator William ..
stone, chairman Of the Foreign Re-
la.ions Committee, whose acts and ut
terances have been widely criticised
in this State and throughout the
country, said at the Planters Hotel
Saturday that he would run for re-
election to the Senate in 1920, and
expected to get the iArgest majority
he has ever had, He further express-
ed the view that he would get just as
large a vote if the election we're to be
held at this time.
II cross my bridges when ] come to
them" was the time-honored phrase
with which the Senator replied to re-
porters' questions about his tam
paign plans. He said his conference
with George Moore, Collector of In
ternal Revenue, and with a few other
Government officials here, had no i'm
mediate bearing on his political for
tunes.
Crossed Bridge at a Canter
But in forecasting his own ex-
eessive popularity with the voters
three years hence, the Senator Gross
ed the bridge" at a canter. Even if
! hadn't intended to rum he remark
ed IRONICALLY, Il would make the race
now just to please my many friends in
st. Louis and other places who have
said so many NICE things about re.
Just what the coming few months
will reveal, we cannot tell, but l am
sure if the election was held. today,
Missouri would give me the biggest
vote | W got. Things may happen
that may put a different phase on the
situation, but / do not anticipate any
such a thing.
"My dear friends in st. Louis have
said so many complimentary things
about me, IN justice to them and
their consideration for my welfare, I
am bound to declare myself a candi-
date"
Senator Stone said he believed
neither side in the war would get any
great help from Russia, and that he
did not think Kerensky's apparent
downfall would change the general
situation greatly. lie did not
hSVe much to say on war topics, but
Of his desire to see steel ships
in large numbers.
Hoped for Merchant Marine
There is n thing A hoped the
United States would get out Of this
war, If nothing else" he said, "and
is a merchant marine. By the
of a number Of steel
we could take care of the nee
transatlantic shipment of
men, munitions and supplies during
war, and when the war ends, we
would have ships with which to carry
On our commerce with other nations.
1--WE should look beyond our noses
it seems to me that, while a few
the wooden ships are necessary to
supply immediate needs, something
should be done by way of preparations
n anticipation of what is to come" .
He said he intended to vote for the !,
equal suffrage amendment to the /,
Federal Constitution. He told how he
been won over from opposition to :
'otes for women. /,
Won to Equal Suffrage by Wife
ut was Mrs. Stone who convinced !
that women should vote" he ex- :
blamed. we were sitting in the dim
ng room in our home in Washington
md were reading about a number of
uffragists hiking from New York to !.
Washington in the snow and cold. :
remarked to Mrs. Stone that it'll
eemed pretty foolish to me and that, :
n fact, the whole movement struck :
ne as being rather foolish. Te my
urprise, she emphatically declared
thought no such thing and that .
he is a suffragist, that ou two
aughters are s~uffragists and that !"
ur daughter in law wants votes for =
yomen. q
d you think | would keep the
our women Of my family from votine =
hen an affirmative vote by me may
them the p~rivilege?" y
The Senator was on his way to his =
ONE in jefferson City. He will be :
years old next May, and 70 before
lie next Senatorial election. /"
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