Show A Jos ph w Folk a Possible Presidential Dark Horse And the Conditions Which May Bring Him to the Front FrontI I ILIJ the Democratic na nn national convention to bo be held In St SI July Jul C G MT present to 10 the country I us at 13 lis for or the ft el what In III politically jUI w a R ait Rh it h lIr that 1 to be tho Iho 31 in Homo and tho nor norio io 10 hold that opinion go 10 11 1 that If the tho convention should I fl i in to accept either olther of ot tho two men I mentioned In InC C with the nomination 1 ml Ill of lit tho Iho will willI I Jo W tho circuit of ot St Louis loul Til re Il la III II strong feeling among tho Iho thon n 11 i of ot Mr 1111 Kolk 1011 that t ha t mich Huch nn rt r Is not Impossible They nr Kuo tJUI Jn III this thin wise wl o William II n Hearst II I Judge Alton li I tho lI candidates hay haiO heir forces s sI J I tho Is much a to 10 prevent the tho I nomination of lit the an nil It Is u a con conf conI tet f for tho 1110 nomination This Is ds IY the condition which makes a 11 Mirk J Irl horle a n for If It the pr j TIt rit lines arc lIro ol 01 ollir th lir r or Hearst should succeed lI cc Jn In capturing s of ot tho total n of ot tho convention fog Ine that the rule which has hasIn I In vogue wo years bo ho cnn can win will inasmuch na os their will refuse lo to be lie swerved to the tho support of ot tho opponent of ot favorite Hut But ml H It Is this hut but upon which Folks tr nd nth uro nIO banking delo pic man cannot be he 1101 to d r ml hl it not 1101 be he 0 to throwing their to a 0 third person whoso candidacy hns nev ct N been In evidence who for tor that hUB has not had hlll tho opportunity to tile the which art 1110 In Inevitable evitable In n I spirited light for dele f 1 us lell such ns 18 has been In progress for or home time between Hearst and Of it dirk horse must mOils meas measure ure up to 10 tho Ihu standard of ot t hip Ho must bo a I man of ot Irre jiro character ho hu must have done In ft 0 way Ill to toj j ruse f him to 10 bo ho fairly well and anI tOIl Uy U known knowli the Iho ho must be bf of ot purpose and ho should IH h ii HOnl W Kolk lolk n ceo nil n K to hie hili ro ru lo 10 every of requirement they cl p his career In support of lit not often won In III national convention they won In it has that thu loading that la 18 to 10 tomy my II the candidate h hi regarded us the lending one liy hY HIP ll captured CUllu 1111 u 11 presidential nomination WM W a I Sherman to 10 the 1880 at nt which ox dent a runt hail und hold to till the end 11 1 votes while hll nearly nearl to III him nomination Hul Julin hell held tho balance nce of ot power between till the anil nei neither ther thel the nor lor h 1110 ro ferrell t they U t tI bin hili Il fk re rl received n 1 volo vol hal bal ballots lots ami lie he wan nominated or 01 father Ill from th i Int I men Grunt was beaten This Is much the tho condition that aru nt 01 the HI 1110 cOI this year William J co u 1 hore li hl 1806 the convention Ml 1 the Ih hewl of n 1 con delegation tho year 1111 was wa cd as os a Il IlIC IC tile the ln was true ot 0 tho In 1000 of the rivals of four years circuit attorney ot St At StLouis Louis In which hn ho demonstrated his and ability l y to prison or to 10 many men mell Homo of who hall had Ui 1111 ta tl that time been as 1111 beyond tho thu reach of the law although their operation III lobbyists ln 1 were wele known of all men Is familiar to newspaper readers every everywhere OCI where tho present year Ial when Mr lit i lk announced that he would woul 1 bo boa a 1 for tOl tho guber gubernatorial nomination and would to tho voters It was OB thought that he had at lit last set Ret foot fool upon tho road roar which would lead to 10 his hili Waterloo This Impression appeared to 10 he con COli confirmed firmed when wilen the St HI went overwhelmingly against list till the young circuit attorney lint Hut Folk realized that St Is 18 not the Ihl of ot Missouri Mi r i N y yI yN I 1 0 ill JOSEPH W FOLK and ho redoubled his efforts knowing i that the malign which had i I to give Iho him a II temporary Het hack there tholo not nol bo operative In III country districts or In the tho smaller The ho result that ht had not misjudged Ilio of It ho Iho for fOl tho complete from Ibo showed howell that Folk Foil hot won a 11 victory and will therefore torl bo ho bothe hotho the tho nominee of ot tho Iho gubernatorial con COli convention which I meets In Jefferson City July Juh ill II Hut the people who believe In Folk lr lIlI I ii y Hint hu ho will 1111 not nol be IH mimed fur rUI governor of lIIM the that two ear earlier lier 1111 hl vill III have been fur fol tin th of or the United That po idl of Folks 01 lion has ll f to I of ot the l of or r IK shown by Iy ut paragraph itt ittu u II speech delivered I III debate by h Con Kressman W Hum kit o of New NewYork ew York 1011 lie II mid If Is III the Ihl down of o rl wo II may a jo GO to In fur tor our i And If It from the whirligig of ot politics Folk should RI us till the Iho standard of ot the Ih he ho would ho thu youngest UnK man over cr HO lC by hy one of ot the Ih great parties ilK H Its for tor the Ihl presidency No man under the thu age of ot nc may hu III come the tho chief executive of the Iho United States and Mr Ir Folk will not 11 lit be thirty 1110 until Oct Ocl 28 of lit this Hu Is a II native of ot Tennessee having been born In III After graduating at 01 whore ho stud studied lell law ho tool took up the Ihl practice of ot his profession In hili own state about twelve yearn year ngo no At Al tho outset he did 1 not contemplate the Iho criminal branch of U Uhla his hla chosen having a leaning to ho civil side In this connection It II nay Inay be he stated that after his hi election circuit attorney of or Ht Louis and when tho all Important bribery eases awaited l Ilia hili hu ho found It necessary for tOI a 1 time limo to 10 devote as III much muchas as hourn a II diy to 10 familiarizing with tho criminal Mr Ir Kolk hUll has not lIot long been with HI loula oven al n citizen He came Into Inlo prominence there t us president dent of tho Jefferson club It was only after repealed 1 urging his hili friends point out that hu was pro Riled upon to ontur the II campaign im u candidate for 01 till the circuit In III regard to 10 IH candidacy for govern governor or he him that his to lo II loat at lit tho thu head of political In III his hla own Is III not due to 10 personal ambi ambition tion but to tho fact that hu he thinks It necessary lo 10 dominate affairs complete completely ly h In order to remedy evils which still exist In III the Iho state AH circuit attorney of oC Ht HI Louis ho realize that ho has done something but It II ls Is IH opinion that thAI as OK executive of lit the Ihl state Inlo ho could accomplish much more Tho brought against him In the Ilin Clint cam campaign lauding up lip to lu tho that he IH IN no nl Democrat Is III vehemently drilled by h and 1111 hi hiM friends Tho Iho latter IY that hu puts right and Justice above politics K and In a I speech made In III prosecuting one of lit the tho I ICIlia CIlia ho gave voice to III this A who violates tho law Is III not a n Democrat he ho Is not a 1 Ho HoI I a I In regard to 10 the thu that he hebo hehn bo hn a n candidate Ie for fill the Ico presidency Mr II Kolk Fulk linn staled Hint lu hI would not entertain the tho Idea for a II moment He announced himself as ilK Missouri him a II candidate for tor tho thu presidency III In At t tho grand old ull man of u till the Democracy racy II C ami I would l not nol permit my lilY to III be he used In any way to embarrass his hili chances This would bo rca rea reason son lion for tor mo to tn de absolutely to b be considered In connection Furthermore I consider the th work worl to tobo bo ho done dOllo governor of ot Missouri 11 of ot moro Importance than anything I 1 could accomplish In III nil other position I 1 would rather be bit governor of Missouri just now than president of ot tho United States lint ho he has hus said nothing about how holl he would tho proffer of ot a nomi nomination notion nation for thu Iho presidency ills Inti Intimates mates believe that should a n majority of the Iho delegates of o tho Iho convention elect him ho he would accept and Inaugurate a 1 whirlwind campaign In appearance Mr 1011 Folk lolk Is III prepossessing Ho III Is II about live feet nine Inches In height and weighs In the neighborhood of ut pounds His taco face wears a rather expression and his manner Is III quiet ut It nil all times Hi Uti possesses great magnetism L IJ |