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Show DEFEAT OF SENATOR REED Nation-wide interest will be taken in the -h natorial contest in Missouri be cause Senator James A Reed will be a candidate to succeed himself In r ever the solid type of American citizenship citi-zenship la to be found the hope will be kept alive that Senator Reed is defeated. During the war he was an obstructionist and did all in his power to weaken the forces laboring to have America do its lull part in saving the world from autocracy. One of the correspondents on the (round who has been studying the po litical situation, gives encouragement to those who are urging the defeat of the senator He makes this statement state-ment : As an irreconcilable and uppu nent of the attitude ol the ilson administration on the Versailles treaty, tho league of nations and i many other issues, Heed has cre-j cre-j ated considerable havoc in the Democratic party in Missouri, irum which arises some doubt of hl.s ability to win renomination anl considerably more doubt of the possibility of his election. The I regular Democrats and the follow en Ol Woodrow Wilson, who are now manifesting their devotion conspicuously by their zeal tor the Wilson Memorial foundation, are iluv n on Reed and vowing ven geance. They will support any opponent in the primary, and if Reed should be nominated th Will vote for the Republican candidate can-didate by the thousand, according to some of the ami Reed con' in gent The senator works himseli up into a fury over the lonninc of American billions to the "bankrupt militaristic nations of Europe,'' carefully neglecting to point out that none of thsc loana was made by the Hardinc administration. Reed's strength lies in his political po-litical organization and in his hold on the population of German extraction, an important factor in Missouri. His opposition In the Democratic party Is loosely organ lied and lacking in strong leadership, leader-ship, wherein would lie his chief Chance of success in the primary - |