Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1901 — Frank James Wants Office. [ARTICLE]

Frank James Wants Office.

A picturesque contest for office in the Missouri legislature that will meet at Jefferson City this month is that of Frank James, the once noted bandit, for doorkeeper in the house of representatives. In discussing his candidacy Frank James said today: “I have twice as many votes as any other candidate, and no combination can beat me.” Notwithstanding this confluent statement a movement is said *o be under way to eliminate James from the contest, the opposition asserting that to honor him with a place in the house of representatives would be humiliating to the state at large.