Kansas City journal., 1898-01-13
NINTH WARD REPUBLICANS,
ORGANIZED FOR THE SPRING CAM
PAIGN LAST NIGHT.
A Largely Attended and Enthusiastic
Meetins-Ohicers Elected and the
Administration of Mayor
Jones InLOrseI.

The Ninth Ward Republican Club was re-
organized with a whoop last night at IA
largely attended and enthusiastic meeting
held in Woodland hail. 1717 East Eighteenth
street, third floor The hall was crowded
to its utmost capacity and the club begins
the work of the spring campaign one of the
most aggressive and potent factors in local
| politics. The quarters are commodious and
comfortable and are handsomely decorated
with flags and bunting. The club has en-
| listed for the war and the rent is paid till
| April 10. No initiation fees or dues are
charged and the club rooms will be open
every, day and night during the next three
The following are the officers of the re-
organized club:
:, President, ]. ?. Dew; vice president, r.
urer. Louis Spoehrer; sergeant-at-arms.
Colonel Charles Slauson.
| RESOLUTIONS heartily indorsing Mayor
Jones and pledSinS the members of the
club to work for his denomination were
PASSED. They were introduced by Treasurer
Spoehrer.
j. Z. Dew called the meeting to order and
the club got down to business without de-
lay. The following committee on the NOM
lnauon OF officers was appointed: NJ. c.
Frank Purnell, George Morris and Cusil
Lechtman.
a motion was carried with enthusiasm
| that no officeholder or candidate should be
eligible to hold any Office.
Representative c. w. Clarke filled in the
interim between the appointment of the
nominating committee and its report. Judge
Clarke reused great enthusiasm with rat
tling Republican speech.
We are entering upon campaign" said
Judge Clarke which is no childs play.
but we shall win if we act properly. Let
us drive away no man who Is willing to
stand by the Republican ticket. ii We al
gal ltraS t,,y~
we shall lose. Nothing l have seen for Il
long time has given me SO much pleasure
as, as the news news that the grand old state of
that grand man. Mark Hanna, to the
United States senate. Not that 1 care so
much for Mark Hanna. but he fought his
kind of a man win.
In the coming campaign We must exer-
vote for a principle. We have had a good
administration. and good Republicans
shSpla n5ns stand 1sna behind it. Stop abusing and
fall with it. This is a Republican Club, not
organized to further the ambitions of any
one man. Let us be united in the effort to
give the city as good an administration as
it has had for the past two years.
David l.. Guyette. ex-president of Typo-
graphical gra ,lsao Union ion No. 50. was called upon
not politician. but that political activity
was necessary to political health
we are here to agitate." said Mr., Guy-
ette: we are all striving for the same
thing. and that is a clean Republican ad-
ministration. Organized labor feels a great
deal of gratitude toward the present ad-
minlstration. 1t has recognized labor as no
administration for the past twelve wears
am personally willing to tie to that kind
OF people. Organized labor appreciates the
herculean labors that have been put forth
by the present administration in securing
the rights of the laboring man.
At the close of Mr.. Guyette's remarks,
after music by the band. the nominating
committee reported the names as given
above. and they were elected with a whoop
and the officers Immediately took their
places.
President ]. P. Dew accepted the honor of
his election in a brief speech. declaring
the nght would be free e-for-alI and there
would be no cliques or factions in the club
the man who gets the most votes" de-
ciared MI. Dew. is my man. and the man
who votes for the Democratic candidate be-
traitor and ought TO be kicked out of the
party; There were some of that kind down
In Ohio and they got beaten, as they should
have BEEN
Vice President Berry. who is a coiored
man maze few remarks. thanking the
club for his election. as did Treasurer
Spoehrer. Secretary Fenton and Sergeant
alarms Slauson.
Henry Berry young colored man. made
short talk which was well received City
assessor 1ost explained that the club
rooms We're TO be a home for all Repub-
llcans of the Ninth ward
The president will. at the next meeting
frlday niSht, January q. name an execu-
live committee of seven an amusement
committee of five and membership corr
mittee of twenty-five, one from each pre
cinct. i