Kansas City journal., 1898-01-25
GREATER KANSAS CITY CLUB.
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN ORGANIzA-
TION ENTERS THE CAMPAIGN,
Kansas City Republican Club Joins
New Organization to BE known
us ..The Greater Kansas City
Republican Club"

The Greater Kansas City Republican
ton hail. Tenth and Walnut streets. About
$50 people were in the hall After the or
Sanization was completed the Kansas City
Republican Club. which had headquarters
at Thirteenth and Grand avenue. and 80
members, asked to be taken into the
Greater Kansas City Republican Club, and
their request was granted.
Mayor o. h. Gunn called the meeting to
order +. +. Allen was selected chairman
and stated that the purpose of the ,-leet-
ing was TO assist the people OF the cty in
putting in nomination a city ticket that
would win at the spring election and be d
credit to the city and state. He said the
organization to be formed at the meeting
would be made up of men without regard
TO color or nationality. II man was an
American citizen and law abiding he would
De admitted as Il member.
Leon Jordan. the colored assistant sec
retary OF the City Central Republican Club.
was made secretary of the meeting.
Charies Schattner moved that a vice
compose the directory OF the club. The
following vice presidents were elected,
three wards not being represented: Sec
Fourth. Judge ]. II. Hawthorne: Fifth, J.
c. Egelhoff: Sixth. I. \. harrington: Sew
enth, l.. a. Laushlin; Eighth. Rev. w. ID.
Marneke; Tenth. Charles Quest; Eleventh.
Bert Banta; Twelfth George Hoffman;
Fourteenth. John L. Zeiger.
Mr Schattner Was called on to outline
the duties OF the vice presidents. He said
they would appoint six committeeman in
each ward to form ward organizations
which would report 10 and work in har
mony with the central organization
James g. Smith. speaker of the lower
heuse of the city council. said he was a
Club which met each Thursday light at
Thirteenth and Grand avenue. II had $50
members and ward branches, and he be-
ha pl i0i,, Ifn. .I,I
ganized last night.
Captain Fink. president of the Kansas
City club. said he was willing to merge the
Ola club into the new one. 1t was then
decided that the combination of the two
clubs should be known as the Greater Kan
sas City Republican Club.
Mr.. Benton arose and said the Kansas
City Republican Club was an anti-Jones or
ganzation. This was denied by its mem-
berS present
A resolution was adopted that no one
holding city. county. state or federal Of
committee of the Greater Kansas City Re
publican Club.
The following two resolutions were intro
duced one after the other, and were
ferred to the vice presidents:
That the members OF the club pledge
themselves to vote for the nominees of the
Republican party at the spring election.
That no candidate for office be allowed
TO hold office in the club
Just before adjournment Charles Schatt-
rer was called on for a speech and said
that the majority of Republicans in the city
We're not in favor of the present city adj
ministration. The applause that followed
this remark was very vigorous. He said
he did not think Mayor Jones was the man
to nominate for reelection, because he
vas not the strongest man that could be
found. Mr.. Schattner read from The Jour-
raj an interview with Mayor Jones in
party repudiated his administration it
would be defeated. That" said Mr.. Schatt-
Eer. meant that Mayor Jones had
thrown down the gauntlet and declared:
If you don't nominate me you go down TO
defeat The thing to do is to not declare
for any man now. but look around and see
who is the strongest candidate"