Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-23
HARMONY PROMISED, HOWEVER
CHIEF INTEREST Is IN SELECTION
OF STATE CHAIRMAN.
Contest Has Narrowed Down To Love,
Aikens and Morrissey. With Joe
FIory a Possibility - DIR.
Preetorius to Be Tempo
rary Chairman.


convene here Tomorrow promises 10 he one
of the most harmonious ever held in the |
state and at the same time fully alive 10 |
the responsibility of the work to be done.
The days work has shown singular deNel- |
opments. The main and central interest Is |
shown in the selection of chairman Oh
. the state committee. There is hveiy |
personal interest among candidates, put IL
has not taken an acute stage. ana there
is a wide range belief that the ticket is
likely 10 be elected but to do SO Is Oh
more Importance than TO name the ticker
itself.
The contest for chairman has narrowed
down 10 Wallace Love, OF Kansas Sii9,
Aikens, of Humansville. and Morrissey, OF
ST. Charles county. who Is now assistahl
United States. attorney for this oistflcl-
Joe Flory. railroad commissioner, Is being
referred TO as a possibility. He stated 10
the correspondent for The Journal to-night
that he would not make up his mlhd unlii
tomorrow morning. but he did not peheVe
he would be a candidate. Like an other
Republicans in the state, ne WAS iof mai
mony and business.
The Love committee, consisting OF raw
tborne James, Allen, Church and Hender-
son. have been doing effective WORK. ihey
have made inroads on the st. LOUIS oeiesa-
tion and have gained strength an over III.
state. They are working for a Dig genera
vote on first candidate showing metropou-
tan support and with friends on various
delegations they hope to come III wen VIZ
,be time comes to select the cnaiEinai
Aiken is charged with being closely identi-
t;ed with the administration forces ana SO
fs Morrissey of course, as ne nous d soN
ernment lob But Kerens says emphauc
aylv that he is taking no part and he Is not
lending his influence to anyone, anu he
B. makes this broad statement TO All.
-, ID
tn1tou. He and Lowe had conterehc1
.nenigbt. and tomorrow morning Davis WIN
ha Of headuuarters working for Love. Inc
,,n,ors set afioat that Davis and Love were
not on good political terms are ihcorrec.. 81.
Davis will prove his loyalty to Love py MS
work. This will partially break the force
of the claim that Love has no aominis'i
ton strength. - ,or,.
,n.tion He has been selected for that
n.r, for some days. This is in line Win
the Love campaign. He did not want an!
of the so-called factional leaders to take
mic mart in this particular feature. and ne
wanted to appear as the candidate OF JACK,
son county and Mes,ern snv ssnse of the word:
This by way of steering clear of the usuai
scramble in state conventions: a ne NJ nan nrom-
ises to anyone and. in fact, has not peeh
invited to do so. ,>., T;,,,
viii be headquarters for the state com,
mittee, and the next state convention "ii' ~
likely be held at Kansas City; ,-a.v
The jackson county headquarters lo.uay
at the TindeIl, near the state committee,
have been lively. Claref punch ana hot
weather moderation nave preHiair eIi soris Of evi-
dence of politics and candidate
Mayor Zeigenhein called tonight ,ha11, ama
Kansas City and the working deieSaton
He gave a new version of l6 to / DE in:
sists that it means that sixteen spaniaiuE uE
can The Ana JacEson county delegation tried te
have a meeting tonight. but all we're ho'
The fight for state committeeman from
the Fifth district has narrowed down U, !,
Gitchell and Jewett; wiTh The '5e deeration vii
some that Postmaster Scott viii not b p.
allowed to use the proxy of waiter DAVIS
The county convention provided that al
alternate should serve when a deiegas Sa,,
failed and should alternate not DC pres
ent, then the delegation should select
delegate. William Clough, serSeahy-nae al
arms of the upper house OF council In N ban IA !
here ready 10 serve. Mayor Jones t 1lsis,
he will call for enforcement OF count:
convention instructions. jackson count
will present no candidate but will use 81
interests for Rombauer. of this city JON
ton. of ST. Joseph are referred to as can
didates for the supreme bench There !
a pressure TO renominate Kirk for schoo
sioner George n. Shell. of Unionyills
George Cram. of Duncan county, and L
Hathaway. n travelling man of tins ciIy, ar
being referred TO as candidates. .
The Republican state committee held
meeting this afternoon, being called
order by Chairman Filley who had prom
ised to be absent hut who was emphatica
ly present OF the thirty-four member
of the committee, twenty-eiSht were pre-:
ent and also RoZier. United States alto
ney for this district. who presented II
IroNy of NJ r. Chandler. of West Plain
lie had used this same proxy at u meetlf
of the committee recently held at Jeffe
son City and Chairman Ffley objected {
the ground that RoZer does not live in II
Nest Plains district Mayor Zeigenhe
defended the proxy arrangement and att
some back action talk, Filey and Ieigel
helm shook hands again and the membe
of the committee roared approval. II
vote seated RoZier at the rate of 15 10
whereupon Chairman Filey observed tn
he would soon retire from the committ
and expressed best wishes for the incomir
party organization
Treasurer Brownells accounts were a
cepted on appeal from the chairman
he good and accept as having been done
good faith what HAD been done. on motif
OF Mr.. Zeigenhein. DIR. Emil Preetorius W
chosen temporary chairman of the co
vention. He was acceptable to all ST. Lot
clements. Lee Phillips also of this cit
WAS selected for sergeant-at-arms; seci
tary. Albert Griffin: assistant secretai
Lee B. Bell. of Ncosho: reading clerk,
II. Eorshai of Springfield assistant rea
ing clerk Fred Wilson, of Chillicothe: cha
lain. John +. Gass. of Greenfield.
II is understood that few changes will
made in the permanent organization.