The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-07

nomination on the 'gop" ticket came
from this flourishing manufacturing
and railroad center.
born and raised in Sedalia, moving
from there to the State Capitol city
when elected, but that city is stiIl his
voting place and therefore his legal
home. He is again seeking the same
nomination on the Democratic ticket
and it looks now like the nomination
will be handed him entirely without
contest. As an efficient State Of
fetal he has already given Sedalia,
his birthplace, favorable prominence
through the fact that he is classed all
over Missouri as being one of the
most competent Secretaries of State
the Commonwealth has ever had.
When the four political warehouses;
of Sedalia-Sullivan, Dow, Senator
McGruder and Harrison--don their
war paint and commence their real
activities after June 8, the day off
cial entries for the primary come to
close, that city will be in the lime
light for political publicity until at
least August 3, the day the Democrats
and Republicans of the State name
their party tickets, and more or less
from then on until election day as the
chances Of the quartet reaping what
they are after are very good at the
present moment. 1t is a huge honor
for q city Of $4,000 to have four citi-
aens big enough politically and other
wise to aspire to four high-class nom
nations at the same primary and
have such a splendid chance of sue
ceeding.
Another coincidence in this remark
able Sedalia political climax which
faces the two dominating parties at
the coming primary is that both SEN
ator McGruder and Attorney BOWS
aspirations to land the nomination fol
Attorney-General is being disputed
by two or three other party oppo-
nents, while the Democratic party
seems willing to let Secretary Of
State Sullivan run alone for renomi-
nation and no Republican has come
forward SO far and announced he
would contend against Harrison for
the partisan place he aspires to land.
Four years ago Sedalia gained po-
litical prominence through furnishing
two candidates, Judge Henry Lamm
and John A. Swanger. to run against
one another for the Republican nom
ination for Governor. 1t was a warm
ly contested "gop" derby but Judge
Lamm finally gained the support OF
the Republican machine of st. Louis
and won out by nearly $4,000, Swan
ger running a good second among
four candidates. At the election
Judge Lamm was defeated by Freder-
lex d. Gardner of st. Louis, Nilsson.
ri's present Governor.
Col. Ruby ID. Garrett Files for
Governor.
While on the subject of Governor it
may prove news to state that while
Attorney Dow of Sedalia was filing
for the Republican nomination for At
torney- General special delivery let
ter reached Secretary of State Sulli-
van containing the official entry of
Col. Ruby D. Garrett of Kansas City
into the race for the Democratic NOM
nation for Governor. He is lawyer.
but during the recent war he quit
lucrative practice to enlist for ser
vice in France, entering as a private
in the illustrious Rainbow Division
and emerging at the close of the hos
tilities with the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. The other Democrats who
have filed for the gubernatorial plum.
are: John M. Atkinson, formerly of
Ripley county but now practicing law
in st. Louis; Judge and former State
Senate Charles H. Mayer of St. Jo-
seph; Wallace Crossley, the present
Lieutenant Governor, newspaper
man of Warrensburg, and Representa-
tive and former State Senator Frank
II. Farris of Phelps county.