The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-08-11
Unusual Situation Faced
By Democrats in Missouri

great military and naval establish
ments.
In nearly every speech of his cam
paign, Senator Reed denounced the
League and thus took a position of
opposition to the latest Of expressions
Of the party both State and National.
1t is hardly conceivable that he could
take any other position in the gene
raj election campaign.
Reputation Hardly Conceivable.
It also is hardly conceivable that
State Democratic Convention will re-
pudiate a recognized party principle,
expressed in the party platforms of
only two years ago, particularly as
the members of the convention, with
| few exceptions, will be rural Demo-
Gratis who have remained faithful to
the party platform.
With this situation, the convention
bids fair to be stormy one and to
rival the turbulent Joplin convention
of 1920, which repudiated Reed. While
it is too soon after the primary to de-
termine the hands into which will fall
the anti-Reed leadership of the con-
vention, it is not improbable that
Frank H. Lee of Joplin, nominee for
Congress in the Fifteenth District, and
Frank H. Farris of Rolla, nominee for
the State Senate in the Twenty fourth
District, both ardent supporters Of
Wilson and the League of Nations, and
both representing districts which gave
heavy pluralities against Reed, will
handle the fight against Reed in the
convention.
Farris was leader Of the group of
members of the Missouri House of
Representatives, who in 1919 walked
from the House chamber as rebuke
to Reed while Reed was delivering an
anti-Wilson and anti-League speech.
Lee coupled with his campaign for the
nomination for Congress this year a
campaign against the denomination of
Reed.
Membership of Convention.
The membership of the convention
will consist of the nominees for Unit
ed States Senator, for State Superin-
tendent of Schools, for the State Sen
ate and Legislature and the members
of the State Democratic Committee.
Under the law they are required to
write State platform not later than
6 p. m, Sept IL. Republican candi-
dates meet the same day to write the
Republican platform.
Formerly the law required that the
conventions of both parties be in JEFF
ferson City, but this has been changed,
and each State Committee now has
power to designate the city in which
the convention shall be held.
The ward and township committee
men, elected Tuesday, meet next Tues
day in the various county seats to Or
ganize the county committees. The
county chairman elected at these meet
ings will be the members of the Con-
Igressional Committees, which will
meet August is to elect members OF
the State Committee. The State Com
mittee will meet the day Of the State
convention and elect a chairman.
Yancey Not Candidate.
So far little has been heard regard.
ing the probable successor of G. E
Yancey of Liberty, the present State
chairman, an anti-Reed man, who
probably will not seek reelection. Ac.
cording to several of his friends, he
would have resigned the Craftsmanship
several months ago had he not feared
that the Reed following would cap
ture the committee and elect a Reed
man to head it during the primary
campaign.
Former Congressman William L
Igoe, city manager of the Reed cam
paign, has been mentioned for the