The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-18

dozen ballots have been taken and
it is plain that the delegates have
reached the stage that they cannot
agree upon one of the regular Demo-
cratic war horses in the active run
ming and that an acceptable strong
possibility is needed to break the
deadlock, it will be in order to trot out
the party dark horses and exhibit
them and their records for inspection.
Gov. Gardner Splendid Dark Horse.
Then will loom up the moment
when some mastery iii oratory, can,
in a few glowing, effective words,
put the name of Mssouri's we'll
known war-Governor, his business and
political record, and his high eff
cheney as State official, before the
convention and start the stampede
which will do the work. The coup can
be accomplished, if the opportunity
and the occasion presents them selves,
and, at the logical moment, the right
man is ready to start the move.
William Jennings Bryan did the
right thing at the right moment in
1896, stampeding the Chicago conven-
ton just when it was ready to be
thrilled and swayed through his ora
tory made himself the party nominee.
In 1912 he again, to an extent, re-
peated the performance, not for him
self this time, but for Woodrow Will
son, and in his own peculiar, bril-
liant and original dashing style, paw
ed the way for the Democratic party
Ito nominate an American who will 20
down in the history of the country as
.ae peer among Presidents. ;
Burris Jenkins could engineer the
Needed Stampede.
1t will take man with the diplo-
matte discretion and spell-binding
ability of William Jennings Bryan to
trot Missouri's Governor out at the
opportune time as the needed dark
horse and start the ball a-rolling.
Burris jenkins of Kansas City, the
gifted preacher editor, who is one of
Missouri's big Eight" delegates,
/. could pull the stunt, but he is COM
mitted to the nomination of McAdoo
and it would not look well for him to
take the initiative in such move
ment as long as McAdoo's name is
before the convention. If Senator
William J. Stone were alive he could
achieve the coup but if he was living
he would be looming up as presi-
Dental possibility and therefore
would not be in position to lead the
stampede. Senator James A. Reed Of
Missouri is brilliant and capable
enough to put such a plan over but
he is in bad repute with Democracy all
over the country, owing to his bitter
opposition to the League of Nations
and his antagonistic attitude toward
the present national administration
and therefore any move he might 'ini-
tiate would act reversely. ,.'.
Gardner's Official Record Is Asset
If Gov. Gardner, who is another of
Missouri's big Eight" to the con-
vention was graciously accorded the
opportunity of repeating his speech
Of last April before the Democratic
State Convention at Joplin in which
he detailed how he found Missouri,
three years ago when he became Cow
ernor, in debt to the extent of $2,250t
900 with no funds available anywhere
to pay bills long over due and thereby
preserve the good name of the state.
How he arranged with the leading
banks of st. Louis to Immediately loan
Missouri the amount needed to tide
over and how every creditor of the
state was then paid every dollar
which was due. Then how he went be-
fore the General Assembly of 1917
and explained what he had done and
what legislative measures were need
ed to increase the States revenue
without materially adding to the bur-
den taxpayers were already bearing.
These laws were speedily enacted.
With their aid Governor Gardner in
two years paid back every. dollar OF
the big sum borrowed from the st.
. Louis banks, with interest, and how Oh
June l. 1920, Missouri had over ST.
100000 in the treasury, all in gold, the
, largest sum Of money by two-fold
the state has everihad0at its command
before the advent Of the Gardner ad.
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