The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-10
LONG WOULD BAR OTHERS:
St. Louis Man Protests Late Filing
of Three Opponents.

Jefferson City, June s.-Under the
ruling of Secretary of State Sullivan
the time for candidates to file their
official declarations, under the pro-
visions OF the primary law. closed at
midnight last night A number of
candidates took advantage of the
state office being kept open until the
late hour indicated among them be-
ing Charles M. Hay of St. Louis, who
filed as Democratic candidate for
United States senator. Judge H. S.
Priest OF St. Louis, Democrat, filed
for this same office late last night,
and earlier in the day Rev. A. N.
Lindsay of Clinton, also a Democrat,
had filed for United States senator.
About the time Hay filed the Sec
rctary of state received telegram
from breckenridge Long of St.
Louis, the first Democrat who filed
for United States senator, protest
ing against permitting the names to
be officially recorded. Long contends
that no declaration filed with the Sec
retary Of state after Thursday night
at midnight is legal. In his protest
he says that the time within which
all declarations filed with the state
department must be recorded being
sixty days before the date of the
state primary, the legal time expired
the night OF June 3 at midnight. This
protest did not shake the conclusion
of secretary OF state or any CT the
numerous candidates who deferred
their filing until yesterday and last
night.
The Democrats now have six can
didates for United States senator, as
follows Breckenridge Long, Charles
Nj. Hay, john {. Iiigdon and Judge
ii. 5. Priest, all of St. Louis; Col.
George II. Scruton OF ocdalia and the
Rev. A. \. Lindsay Of Clinton The
Republicans have three candidates,
all from ST. Louis. They are Scldcn
+. Spencer, James L.. Minnis and Col.
Dwight L. Davis.
There are six Democratic candi-
dates for governor. They are: Frank
II. Farrs OF Rola, Judge Charles Fl.
Mayer o. 81. Louis. Col. Ruby d.
Garrett OF Kansas City, Wallace
Crosslcy OF Warren5burg, John Nj.
Atkinson and Robert II. Merryman,
both OF St. Louis. The Republicans
have but two candidates, Arthur M.
Hyde of Trenton and L. L. L. Nc
Jimsey OF Springfield.
There are but three Democrats,
running for state offices who have no
opposition i'll tEcir own party. They
are John l.. Sullivan Of Sedalia, for
secretary of state, and Judge Fred l..
Williams OF Joplin and J. |. William
son OF Kansas City. candidates for
Judges OF the supreme court.
Every Republican asrirant for 4
state office or for Il seat in Congress
has one or more Republican candi-
dates opposing him. T:esc Demo-
cratic mcnbels OF Congress have no
opposition in their own party: J. l..
Mi!ligan OF the third district; w. T.
Blanc of kai.3as City. fifth district;
Sam Major OF the seventh; Champ
Clark Of the ninth and Thomas l..
Rubcy CT tie sixteenth
The last candidate to file for office
last night was Z. NJ. Zcevcly OF Linn,
Usage County, VINO is seeking the
Democratic nomination 70 congress
in the eight district and is opposed
by two other Democrats He filed
just before the government observa-
tory marked midnight The other
AVG eea++ieAl t4itetes-strr- arc -trIrfey r. Dew
cy of Cclc County and w. L. Nelson
Df Columbia