The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-03-12
GUBERNATORIAL GLEANINGst
lBY A. 7. Edmonstonl

(By A. I. Edmonston)
The proposed entrance of Colonel
Ruby D. Garrett Of Kansas City, de-
mobolized volunteer Army officer who
achieved an enviable record for brav-
cry in France as a member of the
famous Rainbow Division of the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces, into the
Democratic primary contest for the
nomination for Governor, is causing
uneasiness among the other asplranTs
for the same honor. Sponsors OF the
soldier-possibility are already pro-
claiming that he will, on primary day,
gather in the votes of every Demo-
cratic Missouri world-war veteran, in
addition to many others. This asser-
ton, if true means that Col. Garrett
already has at his beck and call TO-
900 Democratic electors favoring his
candidacy, this electorate army beng
figured on the basis that only half OF
the 10000 soldiers furnished for war
purposes, are democratic, and that all
will turn out on primary day to vote
1t is conceded by those who clam to
be authorities on the subject, that
such a start would easily make Col,
Garrett Missouri's next Governor
But Col. Garrett has not yet public
ly proclaimed that he aspires to be
Missouri's next Governor, regardless
of what his friends are prophesying,
and the primary law requires a per
sonal official declaration from hlm
before he is legally recognized as a
candidate for this huge Democratic
gift. Garrett for Governor clubs
have been recently organized in Platte
City, Platte county; Galatin, Davies
county, and Cameron, Clinton county.
Their combired membership is placed
at 300 Democrats.
Entrance of Atkinson was Expected
The formal entrance of Lawyer
John M. Atkinson Of st. Louis, sew
eral times Representative from Ripley
county in the lower branch of the
General Assembly, once speaker OF
the House and afterwards one OF the
assistants Of L. W. Major, when that
former Governor of Missouri was At
torney-General, and more recently
chairman of the Public Service Com
mission, into the Democratic GuDer-
Material tourney, did not come as
surprise since he was listed to enter
this contest as early as the summer
of 1919. Like ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Wallace Crossley of Warrensburg,
who has also announced for the same
party plum, Atkinson is of the opin-
ion that national prohibition has come
to stay and that one of the chief du-
ties of Missouri's next Governor Will
be to help tightly clamp on the lid and
see that it stays Theoretically sealed
for at least four years. On State law
enforcement, which includes prohlbi-
ton, these two aspirants for the big
Democratic State berth, agree with
former State Senator Frank H. Farris
of Phelps county, the only one of the
trio who has really officially, so far,
gotten into the race. The latter, how
ever, has gone step further than
either Atkinson or Crossley on the
subject of prohibition through pro-
claiming that his personal views are
and bids fair on primary day thereby
to corral all the liberal vote of the
State, including the heavy pluralities
of st. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield,
st. Joseph, Hannibal, Moberly, Soda
liza, Joplin, Carthage, st. Charles, Cape
Girardeau, jefferson City and other
former Missouri GASES, will give to
bring about slight fitting of the lid.
Senator Farris virtually proclaimed
that he personally favors good, real
lager and light wines, and he sees no
harm in stinted indulgence in such
beverages, especially on fete occa-
sions. In his opinion it rests entirely
with Congress and not with the Gov
ernor of the State of Missouri, to
change the national prohibition en-
aiding act enough, before the close OF
the year or early next session, to al
low the manufacture and sale OF
wholesome beer and light high-grade
non-injurious wines. High legal au-
thorities agree with Senator Farris
that Congress possesses full power,
under the present national prohibition
amendment, to officially proclaim
what constitutes an intoxicant. But
until Congress does amend the pres
emit national enabling measure, Sem
ator Farris, if elected Governor, will,
lik Atkinson and Crossley, if this hon.
or is conferred on either, rightly en-
force prohibition.
<h6ACS VA SshSt
mount Issues.
On such other paramount State is
sues as: a State bonus for all demo-
bilized Missouri soldiers, marines and
sailors; the budget system for all fu-
ture appropriations of the State rev.
enues; more pay for public school
teachers, furthering the good roads
movement; developing and exploiting
the States abundant resources and adj
vantages; labor economics, such as
minimum wages for women, an eight
hour work day for all, abolition as
much as possible of labor from chill
dren under 16 years, and a State In
dustrial Commission with full power
to settle all contentious between la