The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-02
TAMMANY RAMSEY LOSES.
The silk Stocking CoiyneIs Downed
by Raw MaterjaL'
A Red Hot Fight.

i"''" WV I'M ON'T twenty years
every day Of the year for that Iona
period, and yet they are unwilling to
live contcntedy unless they can feast
on. Tt"y act upon the theory
once q lmrnacle always u barnaele -
OF c. n boss II boss forever. eve
aro tie elect 10 vi ON 81 all be givrn
a irp0,t duiiy.o
white Surveying the mass gather
Ing nj the court house on Saturday
night last, an experienced Eye could
tell without difficulty the Ramsey
side aud the Short side. In fact.
the silk stocking colonies were so nu
merouS and shpnc SO brightly that it
took II good deal of courege on the
part Of a few of the silks, who were
supporting Short. to stand up among
the horny-handed prison guards. Ii
was plainly a fight between the p1lit.
lcal managers aud the fellows who
have been Knocking at the door for
10, these many years. The contend
ing factions reminded one Of Debs
and his followers on the Short side,
and Pullman and his silk stocking
followers on the Ramsey side. All
the boys about town, ali the capital
lists, the silk-haired state Office
clerks, were arrayed on the side OF
Iammany. On the side of Short
was the pen," and he needed it.
The power Of the political bosses
was apparent to all. They were out
pulling every string and at the end
OF every pull u Iammany man was
yanked into the court house. Men
attended the meeting who are usually
playing lawn tennis or some other
outdoor sport. Even the Cole
County Democrat was found kuerl-
ing at the shrine of Tammany and
"a
saying amen every time a Tammany
whoop was given ia the hall. 1t was
Il remarkabiG canvass, but it vas not
without its lessons. a good many
Democrats know more about The pol.
ltlcs OF Cole county than they did Il
few months ago. y good many Of
them are still puzzled. They are
asking Themselves why Col. Lon v.
Stephens was AT the B|oonviIle end OF
the Telegraph wire asking how it
went. Why the pen loa man turned
up soiidiy 10: Short; Where Col.
Jesse W. Henry, Coils. sllockley,
L.. D.. Gordon, llough, Tolin and
Bradbury got their Tremendous pull:
What is there behind it all that they
should turn up with sufficient power
to down not only the bosses in the
Democratic purity, but all the Ollice.
holders and %cOlUncl,, and the Cole
County Democrat" thrown ill.,.
The bosses, Oh the other hand, are
wondering whether the naw eLime
that has taken charge Of The politics
OF Cole county viii see 10 II that
Short is eIrcied. THIS is u matter
that the Replui,cans viii, ~howcyei,
attend 10 later on.
The cOut house wRs 50 packed
that ii VAS almost imposs Ole to
transact the business Of the convcn-
ton, and when the vote i,r chairman
was taken 10y %tcilers, 1t hooked every
moment ~ if it would result in a
riot that would break up the meet
ing. Mr.. j. W. Henry was being
voted for by the Short men and
Judge Diercks Ivy the Ramsey men,
and when the vote was counted it
stood as follows:
Henry, lG7.
Diercks, 1871.
The victory was therefore with the
Short mel by 80 majority, and on
motion of DR.. r. +. Young, they
were permitted to name their dele.
gates, as follows:
First Precinct. A. Laux, VIM.
Menteer, Louis LePage, Eugene
Harding, JosepA Cu!iens,
Second Precincl-Willis BJyer ID. |
G. McCIung, Jack Su, der, L.. D..
Gordon.
WEST END.
In the west end tho excitement
was almost if not AS great as ia the
east end. There were 275 b mo.
Gratis present, and the meeting wa,
called to order by Wm. q. McCarty
and Judge Ii. Clay Ewing was named
for chairman by tho Ramsey faction
and Mr.. LoreEz Franz by The Short
faction. After considerable effort
TO straighten out aud separate the
sides, the vote was finally secured
and resulted as follows:
Ewing, leo.
Franz, ll5.
This gave the Ramsey side "A ma.
jority of 40, and on motion they