The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-03-26
POLITICAL PRATTLE
lBy A. 7. Edmonston.l


Bolte of Union to make the race on
the Democratic ticket for the nomina-
ton for State Auditor. 1t is figured
that if this task can be accomplished,
Bolte would be nominated, regardless
of who runs against him, and that he
would add great strength to the ticket,
especially in the counties enumerated,
and others like st. Charles, Warren,
st. Louis, jefferson, Ste. Genevieve
and Cape Girardeau, which generally
go Republican.
AtkinsOn-for- Governor Club at
Webb City.
Democrats from all over JASPER
county gathered on st. Patrick's day
at Webb City and organized an At
kin-for-Governor club. S. w. Bates
of Webb City was elected chairman
and Glen Harlan of Carterville, sec
rotary. A publicity committee was
named and other Democrats in attend
ance were selected to further the At
kinson for Governor movement
throughout Jasper county. 1t is the
intention of these Atkinson boosters
to hodl an Atkinson rally in Joplin
the night of the Democratic State
Convention there, April 81, and have
that candidate address the gathering.
McGruder Puts Over Bonus
Resolution.
State Senator Mark A. McGruder of
Sedalia, during the session of the
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen of Missouri at st.
Louis March 16, had that body go on
record in resolutions endorsing prop
ositions for the Federal Government
and the State of Missouri, for each,
as soon as the necessary legislation
can be enacted, to grant a substantial
bonus to every Missourian in mill
tary or naval service of the United
States during the World War. 1t was
ordered that copies of the resolutions,
bearing the seal of the A. o. U. w.
Grand Lodge of Missouri, be sent to
Governor f. d. Gardner to be trans
mitted by the Missouri official with
his biennial message in early 1921 to
the Fifty-iirst General Assembly of
Missouri, and, also, to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives at
Washington and the President of the
United States Senate, to be read to
those branches of Congress.
Senator McGruder, who was the
Democratic floor leader of the last
Missouri State Senate, in January,
1920, sent letter to Governor Gard
ner urging him to convene in special
session the Missouri Legislature to
enact measure to pay an adequate
banus to Missouri's demobilized SOL
diers, sailors and marines of the re-
cent war.
More Counties for GoItra.
Galloway county Democrats in con-
vention earlier in the week at Fulton,
the county seat, Endorsed the candi-
dacy of Edward F. Goltra for re-elec-
ton, which led Joseph L. Davis, st.
Louis lawyer who is managing Col
tra's campaign, to remark that ut
looked like landslide" for his can
didate.
Davis said delegates previously had
been instructed for Goltra in the coun-
ties of Jasper, Phelps and Stone coun-
ties, and that the delegates from
Bates, Platte and Madison counties,
which were uninstructed, are favorable
to Goltra.
The Goltra boomers, it is known,
are counting upon the entire delega-
ton not alone from the city of st,
Louis, but also from jackson county.
The Galloway county convention al
SO defeated through tabling it, reso-
luton to instruct their delegates to
the Democratic State Convention at
Joplin vote for Charles H. Hay, St.
Louis lawyer, and dry leader, for del
egate-at-large to the National Con-
ton.
The Saturday following the Gala
} way county convention, Democrats as
sembled in Ste. Genevieve, Bollinger
and Vernon counties for a similar pur-
pose, instructed their delegates to the
Joplin Democratic Convention to sup
} port Goltra for reelection as Demo
cratic National Committeeman from
Missouri.
Gardner and Graves, Delegatcs-at-
Large.
1t begins to look as if Governor
Gardner will be unanimously selected
as one of Missouri's delegates-at.
, large to the Democratic National Con.
vention at San Francisco. Out Of
, sixteen counties which, so far, have
selected delegates to the Joplin State
Convention of April 81, twelve issuec
definite instructions that their dele
gates vote for Governor Gardner fol-
this big party honor. The other foul
counties, while sending their dele
gates uninstructed on this score
, cinched their Joplin votes for the Gov
ernor through enthusiastically ap
plauding his administration achieve
!. ments and record in resolutions.
E Judge w. W. Graves Of the Mis-
!. souri, Supreme Court has good LEAF
for second delegate-at-large, he al
e ready having more instructed vote.
: to his credit for this Missouri Demo
( cratic glory than have former Govern
!. or David R. Francis and the cdr.
t leader" Charles M. Hay, who are run
t ming third and fourth, respectively
combined. 1t is probable that tn
i Joplin State Convention wi Use
h Joplin State Convention will selec
: four delegates-at-large, instead o
4 two, and give each only half vote
e Governor Gardner, undoubtedly, vii
be one of the exalted ones, be it tyr
S or four delegates-at-large, and vii