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Show SMITHY WOULD BE SENATOR Breckenridge of Missouri Willing to Desert the Anvil For a Toga. St. Louis, Mo. John F. Brecken ridge, blacksmith, who is a candidate for United States senator from Mis sourl, whose petition, with the required re-quired number of signatures, has been filed with the secretary of state al Jefferson City, followed in his early life the trail of a cowboy. He runs a horseshoeing establishment at th stock yards in South St. Joseph. Mr. Breckenridge visited Europe and every part of the United States while with wild "west shows as a rop John F. Breckenridge. and cattle thrower. As a farrier !n Jerseyville, 111., six years ago, Mr. Breckenridge made a strong run foi representative as a Socialist and labor candidate. |