Evening star., 1946-10-18
st. Louis. That city has a Republi'
can mayor, elected last year.
Stay-Away Move Seen.

st. Louis. That city has Republi-
can mayor, elected last year.
Stay-Away Move Seen.
Little Dixie"-so called because
1t was settled largely by immigrants
from Kentucky, Tennessee and Vir-
ginia in the earlier days-lies in the
central and northeastern part Of
the state, containing about 16- coun-
ties. Ordinarily the Democratic
vote in Little Dixie is overwhelming
But the vote has stuffed of greatly
there. owing to the dislike OF these
Old Line Democrats for the New
Deal and for the Administration in
Washington. The Democrats there
are too ingrained 70 vote the Re-
publican ticket-but they just do
not 60 to the polls.
An editorial published in a coun-
try newspaper in Scott County the
other day, by a Democratic editor,
said:
1--WE have got too much Confed-
crate blood in our veins ever to vote
the Republican ticket. But we can
put in all of Election Day digging
our dahlias and storing them away
in the basement"
This epitomizes the anti-adminis-
tration feeling in the section.
The Republicans feel they have
an excellent candidate for the Sen
ate in Mr.. KEN, son of Federal
judge and himself popular. Senator
Briggs, against whom he is running,
is publisher of country newspaper
in Macon County, and has quite
following in the State. Senator
Briggs was appointed by Gov. DON
nelly, Democrat, to fill the vacancy
when President Truman resigned to
become Vice President. Gov. Don
nelly, an old friend of Senator
Briggs, will take the stump for him,
and Gov. Donnelly is popular in
rural sections of the State.
Upset Possible in 5th.
In the races for seats in the House,
the 1st, I'd and Sd districts, now held
by Republicans. are regarded as
safely Republican The 4th and 5th
districts are in Jackson County and
Democratic. The only chance Of an
upset lies in the 5th district where
Mr.. Axtell and Mr.. Reeves are fight
ing it out. The 9Th and 7th districts
are Republican and will remain so.
In the 9th district, now Democratic,
the Republicans are expected to win.
The 9th district is represented by
Clarence Cannon, Democrat, and
chairman of the House Appoint
ments Committee. He may be in
some trouble, and a Republican
sweep would defeat him. The prob
abilities are Representative Cannon
will win, however. The 10th district
is Democratic and will stay so, but
the 11th district, now Democratic,
is shaky and the Republican candi-
date has a chance The 18th dis
trict is Republican and will stay so.
The 18th district, represented for so
many years by popular Jack Coch-
ran, Democrat, may go Republican.
Representative Cochran, because Of
his health, has declined to be a
candidate again.
The CIO influence in the Missouri
campaign, as in other States, Is not
likely to be as effective as it was in
1914. One reason for this lies in the
fact that the great war plants. en-
ploying thousands of workers, To-
Gated in and around st. Louis, Kan
sas City and other centers, are no
longer operating, and the workers
have scattered. In addition the
CIO has been publicized as under
the leadership. in many unions, of
men who are fellow travellers of the
comniunists-and Communists are,
not popular in this country this year.