Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21

cratic, there could be but one outcome.
The crushing defeat failed to dampen
the ardor of Arthur Hyde. He had had
this first taste Of State politics, and he
liked it. He went back home to await
his opportunity.
Roosevelt died in 1919, and the men
who had followed him mourned. The
Roosevelt Memorial Association came
into being, and in Missouri Arthur Hyde
accepted the Craftsmanship. His activi-
ties took him to every corner Of the
State, and he found to his amazernent
that men had not forgotten him. Stall
wart Republicans still recalled the
young crusader who had stumped the
state in 1912, and their comments con-
WINGED Hyde that there might be other
honors In store for him.
Eyes the Governorship.
There was q primary campaign com
ing on in 1920. and already the Ger
tainty Of q Republican sweep was In
the air. The party's nomination would
mean something, and Hyde decided to
take a fling at the governorship. Older
men marveled at his courage. He was
an ardent dry, for instance, yet wet st
Louis cast q large proportion OF the
Republican primary vote.
Moreover, the party leaders had not
warmed to him. They had already de-
cided that the nomination should go to
q very well known Republican leader
E.. E. E. McGimsey of Springfield
Triple e" McGimsey was formidable
antagonist. He looked like an easy
winner over the ex-Bull MooSer from
the rustic Northwest. The best laid
plans of the leaders, however, are often
knocked sky high by circumstances and
the breaks" that year were with Hyde
The outcome turned on two incidents
The first was meeting OF the City
Club OF. st. Louis, where the two can
didates spoke. McGimsey was among
friends: Hyde, the prohibitionist, en-
phatically not popular in the metropo-
lis of the State. It would be all right
however, Hyde's friends advised him, II
he would forget about prohibition FOL
| the occasion. Hyde had other ideas
| He knew that rural Missouri was DRY
and that McGimsey was trying tc
straddle that important question, put
/ ting himself forward as liberal in the
cities and as dry in the country. Al
| an appropriate moment in the City
/ Club meeting, therefore, Candidate
Hyde brought up the prohibition ques'
/ ton.
II am dry" he said in substance
| land stand and fall on that. now
5; ask my opponent to tell the people OF
Missouri where he stands"
People Displeased.
That was the one question Mr.. Nc
Gimsey did not wish to answer. And
| his reply was so evasive that 1t dis
pleased the extremists ON both sides. II
cost Hyde little in st. Louis, where ne
,, was anathema anyway, but 1t sent ms
stock booming In the country districts
That one incident might not~nave
turned the trick, however. The other
break came during the Republican con-
vention Al Chicago. when disclosures as
| tn the use of money in Missouri wrecked
prank Lowden's chance for the presi-
dencv. The Lowden money had gone to
| the hackers Of McGimsey, and HYDE
leaned ait once into another holy cru
! SADIE. In true Rooseveltian manner ne
called for o cleaning Of the Republican
aOut with those who trafdc in votes!'
He hammered away at the subject fol
two months. In the August primary
| the Young upStart from remote county
| trounced the candidate Of the organiza-
ton by 10000 and went on to WIN the
governorship by 100000 or Whereabouts
The four years of Hyde's governorshir
were about the stormiest Missouri has
! known since the Civil War. He be-
| lieyed. with his idol Roosevelt. in the
use of big stick to get things done
| and he welded it with vigor through
| out his term It must be admitted, IN
| all candor, that there Is . considerable
difference Of opinion as TO the merits o.
his administration The Republicans
point with pride to the improved raral
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