The New York herald., 1922-07-30
REED'SORATORYPUTS
Finn NEARER VICTORY
IN MISSOURPS RACE
OutspOken Campaign Is
Closed With No Spec
tacle Omitted.
EACH MAN CONFIDENT
Drys Making an Extreme
Effort to Defeat the
Present Senator.
BARRELS MAY BE TAPPEB
Tales. Are Afloat That Pri-
mary Day May See Cash
Outlay fors Voters.
BARRELS MAY BE TAPPED
BY LOUIS sEIBoLD.

Special Dispatch to THE New YonK HERALD
ST. LOUIS. July 29.--The flood gates
Of acrimonious oratory were closed
automatically under truce among
the three Democratic and six Repub-
iican candidates competing for Sem
atorial nomination in the open pri-
maries to be held on Tuesday.
The Democratic dog fight" between
Senator Jim Reed and Former As
sistant Secretary of State Breckin-
ridge Long wound Up in a blaze Of red
fire In two sections of the State and
put an end to the vigorous exchange
of platform amenities and Billingsgate
which has both affronted and enter
tanned the people Of the State for two
months Mr.. Reed gave farewell
performance in the St. Louis Coliseum
this evening. which. In dramatic
sense, was as excellent as some Of the
more notable achievements Of Will
lam j. Bryan or the late Theodore
Roosevelt.
The liberal element provided a
packed house that responded joyousiy
to the emotional appeals Of Mr.. Reed,
who has set out to defy every orderly
agency Of organized politics. The trib-
ute paid to the most confirm ed ir-
reconcilahle operating under the Demo-
cratic burner was quite an flattertns
as the manifestations Of popular ap-
provai delivered for Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt. william Jennings
Bryan and Charles z. Hughes. ~
where Wilson Won.
1t was in the same hall, which
accommodates approximately 10000
persons, that Mr. Wilson was awarded
denomination by acclamation in
1916. And 1t was in the same hall
that MIR. Reed tonight hurled de-
fiance at the former Democratic idol
who in his capacity as emeritus chief
tain, has urged Missouri. Democrats to
keep Reed out Of the Senate.
This is not going to be so easy as
seemed probable month ago, because
the lone wolf" of the Democratic
party is conceded by even his Demo
cratic opponents. split by family feud
of elemental intensity. to have made
tremendous gains by the spectacular
campaign he has conducted. and thai
only a man with an ironclad physical
structure and indomitable courage
could have put up. Senator Jim Is
very confident tonight that he Is
going to win in the face Of all or
ranized forces that usually accomplish
defeats.
/ So Is young Breckinridge Long con
fident. In winding up his campaign
at Macon this evening, the champion
of the Legaue Of Nations. and all tn'
other Wilson policies expressed tn
! opinion that Mr.. Reed and the motley
groups of radicals and malconten!'
supporting him would be condignl,
rebuffed for his audacity in renounc
ing the more or less sacrosanct dog
mas of Jefferson, Jackson. Clevelant
and Wilson.
The termination Of the Republican
campaign for the Senatoria! nominG
on was tame and uneventful in com
rison with the Democratic factioni
war. The nearest approach to a thrii
provided by any Of the six Repub
licans, competing for the honor G.
trying to trim either Mr.. Reed or Mr.
Long. was one of those bareback!
which the bucoic political mind dearl,
loves to parade on the eve Of a popular
ballot. ,
A Republican Sensation.
This was furnished by Attorney
| General Barrett. who thundered thu
charge that w. w. Brewster. thu
Dickey candidate from Kansas City
was paying for newspaper supper
with money recruited from the Stand
ard OIL and other corporation agencies
In view of the fact that the Supreme
Court has decided that candidates fol
Senatorial nomination will not be com
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