The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-07
COP TROUBLES THICKENING
(By A. 7. Edmonston)


jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 3-Dry
republicans out in rural Missouri,
numbering in excess of 10000, it is
freely being stated here, are lining up
solidly to voice opposition to the cru
Giving of United States Senator
Seiden P. Spencer by the powerful
and extremely wet st. Louis G. o. p.
machine for the reason, solely, tat he
voted with his party in the Senate
on Tuesday, Oct. %, to put IN force,
Immediately, wartime prohibition, and
for he enabling act for the Federal
Constitutional amendment. The pro-
position to press a crown of thorns
down on the brows of the junior Sen
ator from Missouri by a few moist
republican leaders of st. Louis who
were put into power in the party there
by the brewery and saloon element
of the state, will entirely disrupt the
q. O. p. in the state, is predicted by
G. o. P. dry leaders who insist that
they have felt the pulses of many ru-
raj members of their party and that
they, therefore, know what they are
talking about. To eliminate Sena-
tor Spencer from being the republic
can senatorial standard bearer in 1920
merely because he stood openly
and boldly for an issue which is fav-
ored by wo-thirds of the "grand old
party" outside of Kansas City and
st. Louis, it is further announced, VIII
pave the way for the most overwhelm-
ing defeat that National and state
ticket has ever received in Missouri.
A further untimatum from dry re-
publicans of the state is to the et-
feet that they will not support any
candidate, either at the August prl-
mary, or. in case of success, at the NO
vember election, who represents the
John Barleycorn wing of the party or
favors any doctrines or principles
this element advocates. 1t is like
wise contended by the rural dry ma
iority of the G. o. P. that for the dl-
Isciples of Bacchus to carry out their
plan of defeating Senator Spencer for
denomination will merely turn the
coming contest in to a struggle for
supremacy between the prohibition
lists and the ants of their party and
that all Missouri drys will stand to-
gether firmly for Senator Spencer at
the August primary regardlessly OF
whether his nomination finally means
that he will lose St. Louis by 25,-
900 at the election of November.
"Spencer or no republican Senator
from Missouri in 1920" is the slogan
which is already being freely uttered
by republicans in such G. 0, P. heav-
Iilv drv counties at Grundy. Adair
Harrison, Benton, Andrew, Caldwell
Butler, Camden, Cedar, Christian
Crawford. Dade. Dallas, Douglas
Hickory. Holt, Howell, Laclede. Law
renee, Mercer, Miller, Montgomery
i. Morgan. Ozark, Polk, Putnam, Stone
fancy, Webster, and WRIGHT anc
thousands of republicans in the coun.
ties which are heavily democratic, II
lis iterated over and over again, stant
ready to take UP this rallving cry
whenever the primary campaign fully
! opens.
The announced intention of the
powerful but dripping st. Louis G. o
P. machine to throw sop to republi
cans with prohibition inclinations tt
, make amends for the retirement CT
Senator Spencer through allowing
their leaders to select between Lieu
tenant Colonel Dwight F. Davis
Judge H. S. Garfield, Lawyer Jame:
h. Minis. Alderman Louis P. Aloe
Charles Nagel. National COMMITTEES
man Jacob L. Babler. all of St Louis
| and w. L. Cole, of Union, Chairman o.
the Republican State Committee. an;
Arthur M. Hyde Of Trenton. all men O
, thigh standing. as to which shall b'
, the party senatorial nominee, has on
Inv had the effect Of strengthening thi