The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-24
Senator Reed Talks

| ~. LOUIS, MO-, July ZZ.-United
States Senator James A. Reed saws
he has never fought Former Presiden,
Wilson. He has. been telling his audi.
ences this in his campaign for repom
nation at the August primary elec-
tion in this state.
His opponent, Breckenridge Long,
third assistant secretary of state in
the Wilson administration, on the 9th
er hand, has been referring to the
fact that Reed was read out of thc
party by the 1920 Democratic state
convention because of his attitude to-
wards the former President.
Outside of telling his audiences not
to allow outsiders" to instruct them
how to vote, Senator Reed has but in.
frequently referred to the letters Mr..
Wilson sent into Missouri urging
Reed'sodefeat.
IN asserting he has not fought Will
son, Reed has emphasized that his ac-
tlons in the senate were guided bv
what he believed the wishes of his
>ohSeiIoehtS III hlSSOufl.
my only boss is the people of this
great state" thessenator has been tell
ing his audiences, then, with a grin,
adding "and my wife"
Mr.. Long says he is content to let
the Forthcoming primary decide
whether Reed was correct in his con-
struction of the wishes of Missouri
Democrats.
Long has the support OF the drys,
while Reed has been fought vigorously
by the prohibition element, and GER
tain contingent of women voters for
his stand on the suffrage question.
The Reed-Long fight has overshad-
owed every other contest. Robert I.
Young of st. Joseph also is seeking
the nomination, but he has not been
conducting an active campaign.
Six candidates are seeking the Re-
publican senatorial nomination. They.
with thumbnail sketches Of their plat
forms, are:
Jesse w. Barrett, present attorney
general of some sort of association of
nations. Law enforcement explains
his stand on prohibition.
R. r. Brewster of Kansas CITY. an
announced thorough-going party man.
He has the support Of the "old guard
party organization.
David M. Proctor, Also + Kansas
City, is, an admitted enemy Of the par
ty "bosses."
William Sacks, millionaire oil man,
and score of years ago a SIS a
month postal clerk, is conducting his
campaign on this platform: Light
wines and beer. Less talk and more
business in congress.
John c. Mckinley of Unionville Is
OF announced liberal tendencies, and
has been conducting his campaign by
mail.
Col. John NJ. Parker of Jefferson
Barracks, soldier candidate, has an
nounced himself as favorable to light
wines and beer.
Congressional candidates in each of
the 16 districts of the state will be
nominated. All present incumbents,
except Representative Samuel A..
Shelton, Republican, of the sixteenth
district, are seeking denomination.
Shelton who is completing his first
tenn, said "one term is enough" add
ing that he believed the people want
ed 'less talk and more action in con-
gress."
Representatives H. F. Lawrence
fRep) of the third district, charles L..
Faust {Rep.) Fourth, William o. At
keson (Rep.) Sixth, Sid C. Roach
(Rep.) Eighth, Theodore w. Hukriede,
(Rep.) Ninth, Marion E. Rhodes
(Rep) Thirteenth, and Edward D.
Hays, (Rep.) Fourteenth, are with
opposition.
Phe voters also will nominate can
didates for circuit, appellate, and su-
rreme court judgeships; state super
intendent of schools, state senator and
representative, and for county and To-
cal Offices.