The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-01
|FARRIS NEXT REPRESENTATIVE
FROM PHELPS COUNTY
lBy A. I. Edmonston.l

10y n. L. EuIHollStou'J
jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. 25.-
Frank H. Farris, formerly State SEN
ator from the Twenty-fourth Nilsson
ri State Senatorial District, who, at
the August primary made such a
splendid race for the Democratic nom
nation for Governor, running second
in field of four candidates, will be
member of the Fifty-first General As
sembly which convenes in early JAM
uary, 1921. The way has been paved
by which he will at least be the Rep
resentative from Phelps county,. and
it may be that he will return as a
State Senator to again represent the
| Twenty-fourth State Senatorial Dis
trict which consists of Crawford,
Dent, Iron, Phelps, Reynolds and
Washington counties, with a 1920 pop
ulation of 10000, this senatorship de-
pending on whether or not State SEN
ator Carter M. Buford of Reynolds
county, the Democratic nominee for
Lieutenant Governor, is elected in
November. AS all indications point
to sweeping victory for Senator
Buford it practically means that Far
ris will again be elected Senator, this
time at special election in that dis
trict some time in December, after he
has been reelected Representative of
Phelps county in November.
DIR. Smith Withdraws in Favor of
Farris.
DR.. w. S. Smith was nominated
Representative on the Democratic
ticket in Phelps county at the August
primary to succeed former Senator
Farris, the present Representative,
who was then unusually active in his
attempt to land the bigger plum, the
Democratic nomination for Governor.
When the official count of the state
wide primary definitely revealed that
John. Morgan Atkinson of St. Louis
county had won in the big contest,
with Farris running a good second,
DR.. Smith informed his friends that
he would withdraw from the Phelps
county ticket to give the Democratic
Committee of that county the oppor-
tunity of renominating the Ozark
Orator to fill the vacancy. On Sep
TENDER 18, DR.. Smith carried out his
withdrawal intention by formally re-
signing. Strong excerpts from his
resignation letter to the Phelps coun-
ty Democratic Committee, giving
glowing reasons for his desire to see
Representative Farris selected to fill
the vacancy, follow:
"N0 Better Legislator in Missouri"
+When I became candidate in the
primary hoped and believed that our
fellow citizen, Frank H. Farris
would be nominated and elected Gov.
ernor, and if so, felt that would like
to be the Representative from this
county and help him to carry out the
progressive legislative program which
The had in his mind and which / an
sure would have been beneficial to th'
lpeople.
"But Farris was net nominated ant
| know that there are many importan
4 things to come before the next Gen
eral Assembly that will require tn
lattention and thonght of experience.
men. ! need not refer to all individ
Iually but il our people should vot
1.-THE sixty million dollar road bond is
suse we will want our best talent t
safeguard its expenditures and sc
THAT we get what we are entitled t
have. There is no better legislator i
Missouri than Mr.. Farris; no bette
G fighter than he, and none more dc
e voted to the Ozark country and il
people, and in the hope that you wi
name him in my place, / am tenderin
my resignation"
Y While Phelps county generally goe
Democratic by fair margin at a
n general elections, every time in tn
1t past that Farris made the race fC
ID Representative there he always had
y lead of nearly twice the plurality b
'e which the next highest Democrat 0
lie the county ticket went over. Tw
1t years ago the Farris plurality ft
,e Representative exceeded by two fol
st that of the next leading Democra
N This past always favorable conditio
If insures the reelection of Farris {
l. | representative in November, and h
lie | candidacy on the ticket is certain
increase the Phelps county Democra
se ic plurality at least 200.
Is Farris Named at Representative
E The Phelps County Democrat
70 Committee filled the vacancy create
i l through the withdrawal of DIR. Smit
Il II