The St. Joseph observer., 1920-07-24


look with favor upon the candidacy
Of Atkinson. If such proves to be the
case primary day and Atkinson car
ries Jackson county, including Kan
sas City. there are those who firmly
believe tho, democratic gubernatoria
nomination is his. -Four years ago
Joe shannon, the other democratic
power OF Kansas City, at the last
moment switched his strength from
Cornelius Roach to Atkinson, giving
Atkinson nearly 5000 votes in that
city thereby. II Pendergast lines up
for Atkinson, and those who know
say he will, it is predicted Shannon
once more will cast his lot for the
same candidate.
What viii st. Louis Do?
st. Louis city. constituting the
Twelfth, Eleventh and most of the
Tenth Congressional districts, is where
both Mayer and Farris are concen-
trating their final efforts to land the
nomination, The primary vote there
may reach $4,000 this year owing to
the big interest which is being mani
Tested in this former huge oasis in
the wet and dry problem. Farris
Mayer and Atkinson have branch
campaign headquarters there now.
Judge Mayer opened his headquarters
Monday. July 21, and his forces i'm
mediately became very busy. Ac-
ccrding to the present lineup OF the
st. Louis Democratic City Committee,
Farris and Mayer will each carry ten
wards. -Four wards which cannot be
controlled by their committeeman
will fall to Atkinson, if a fair count
of the primary vote takes place there
on August 3. This leaves four wards
still in doubt.
If the Kansas City democratic
leaders do as they predicted and
throw their strength to Atkinson,
that candidate, if $4,000 votes are
cast in St. Louis. will receive not less
than 1000. with such an unusual
democratic primary vote polled the
Tarris strength may reach 1900 and
that Of Judge Mayer 1900, leaving
the other 5000 for Merryman and
Col. Garrett, the Kansas City soldier
lawyer gubernatorial candidate.
Judge Mayors Flying Squadron"
a flying squadron of sixty leading
st. Joseph business men and demo-
Gratis, it is announced, will put in the
last two. weeks Of the primary cam
paign touring Missouri in behalf of
the candidacy Of Judge Mayer. If
their work is effective it may swing
the balance of power in favor of the
buchanan county democratic war
horse. THE Atkinson sponsors insist
he will carry at least sixty of the ia
counties of Missouri and run second
in fifty more, giving him a lead of
at least 10000 over the candidate
running second when st. Louis, Kan
sas City and st. Joseph are reached.
This is why a heavy wet" vote in
these cities, concentrated on either
Mayer or Farris, something which
does not seem possible at the present
moment, may easily nominate either
one of these two democratic matadors.
"Count the Ballots" the Farris Slogan
The Farrls followers in st. Louis
are fully determined for once at least
to have a fair square and full count
Of the democratic vote there on the
night of August and will serve no
tice to that effect on all opposing
ward bosses during the last week in
July. Their hope of success of Farris
depends wholly, they say, on an act
ual count of every Farris ballot which
is cast in St. Louis primary day, to
overcome Atkinson's lead out in the
state. There are Farris men who pre-
dict that if $4,000 democrats vote in
st. Louis primary day a real actual
honest count will give Farris not less
than $4,000 votes. With similar
square deal for Farris in Kansas City
and St. Joseph, they contend, it will
add at least 10000 more, and this
total of $4,000 aggregated with what
the Ozark orator will receive in rural
Missouri, will give him the nomina
tion.
A. T. EDMONSTON.