Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-08-01
T0RREY REsEN7s
URBAN EFFORTS
TO SHELvE HIM
FILED FOR sANAre WITHOUT
SOLICITATION AND IS FREE
FROM ALLIANCES.
CITY MEN SNU3 WARRIOR
Asks Support Of Red-eiooded Men In
Effort to Defeat kaiserism
Whether In Europe or
Missouri Politics.

Missouri Politics.
st. Louis-The Democratic candi.
dates have held the attention of the
public since the opening of the sena-
tNrial race and now 1t seems the
Republican candidates are to have
their inning.
An acute situation seems to have
arisen in this city I'm view Of the at
tftude Of the Chairman Of the Repub.
lican Committee concerning the two
senatorial candidates. 1t will be re.
membered that Colonel J. l.. Torrey
OF Howell County filed, and that the
next day, Judge Spencer was drafted"
to make the race against him. At the
time 1t was said that the State Com
mittee and prominent Republicans
throughout the State had Joined in
the drafting" Later on, the chair
man Of the City Committee told
friends Of Colonel Torrey that he.
pointing to himself. had drafted Judge
Spencer because, in his Judgment, the
city ticket, having some weak spots,
would thereby be strengthened and
that he did not know Colonel Torrey.
When Judge Huckriede was asked
if the State Committee had Joined in
drafting" Judge Spencer he gave out
an interview saying that it had not;
that under the primary law the com
m1tteeS were not to select candidates,
or to show preferences as between
them, but that 1t was for the people to
decide and for the committees, after
the nominations were made, to assist
in electing the candidates
In view of the above complications,
Colonel Torrey was seen at his head
quarters at the Planters Hotel and
asked concerning the subject. He
said: Il filed without consultation
with or at the solicitation of anyone
and hence am perfectly free from
changing alliances. Since coming to
st. Louis l have had a couple OF in.
terviews with the chairman of the
City Republican Committee, and was
told that / could get no votes in the
city. Acting upon the statements Of
Judge Huckriede that . committees
should be impartial as between can
didates | invited the chairman of the
City Committee, and asked him to in
wife each of the committeeman from
the twenty eight wards. to be my
guests at a dinner at a neal date to
be agreed upon. The chairman said
that the proceeding would be unusual
and that he would prefer that the
dinner be deferred until after the pri-
maries! He added: I will not let
my candidate Judge Spencer - give
a dinner to the committee l urged
that it should be in the near futur,
since there we're some members Of
the committee with whom l did not
have a personal acquaintance. He
finally said that he would consult
Judge Spencer about 1t and let my
representative know on the day Judge
Spencer returned to the city. When
called up the reply to my representa-
tive was that he would not entertain
the invitation.
Having come to st. Louis as a red
headed, ambitious boy in 1874, a
ried newspapers on a city paper for
a start and afterwards responded to
every worthy charity with financial
assistance, and having contributed my
time to the various enterprises of the
city, l am greatly surprised to be
thus treated as a stranger by a gen
tleman who has been pushed to the
front since those days"
When asked as to his purpose in
view Of the foregoing, Colonel Tor
resy said: II shall, Of course. appeal
to my old friends and their friends
and red-blooded men for fair play and
am confident | will receive 1t and Sc
cure an overwhelming introduction to
the chairman who does not know me-
The worlds war Is for the purpose Of
e~radicating kaiserism. The conduct
Of the chairman appears to be kaiser
ism in a small way and while the boys
are battling abroad we may Just az
we'll do a bit of housekeeping right
here"
When asked, as to his prospects in
the state, Colonel Torrey replied: II
have just returned from a trip during
which | consulted with a large num-
Der of Republicans in a number Of
counties where there vas no initial.
ing kaiser to interfere and am con-
fident of being nominated, and pro-
pose to make an intensive campaign
In every county to redeem tho W