The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-06

even In comparison with the article as Ii IS
found in Missouri, but he can give Mr..
Hitchcock several pointers that might be
OF use to him. The various Endorsements
for Hitchcock throughout the State were
evidently inspired, and this has placed the
friends of kerens on guard, although 1t
may result in a detection from the Kerens
ranks at the last minute. Hitchcock has
the Presidents confidence more than ker-
ems. The President would hardly place "a
member of his Cabinet in the aHKward po-
sition of having to curry favor from a Ma
tionaI Committeeman. A prominent Re
publican IN Missouri, who recently paid Il
visit to Washington. saw Mr.. Hitchcock.
and on his return 10 Missouri the anti-kef-
ems sentiment began to grow and In its
place fealty to Hitchcock Was engendered.
This condition of affairs has almost sepa-
rated kerens from the State Committee.
Although the break is not open SO far, The
GOODNESS between Chairman Akins and ker-
ems Is said to be nearing a i!quid-air tenn
peratUre. Atkins, as the head Of the party
organization in the State, is III a position to
throw the gauntlet down at kerens's feet
Backed by Hitchcock. he could control the
patronage in the future. This is a game
worth the candle In Missouri, especially
should "a new regime create vacancies in
the various Federal positions.
While the forces working against kereDS
are not united under "a leadership of any
individual. there Is a general understand
ing that the National COmmitteem IN IL
Ia be shelyed. Already they have begun to
figure on the makeup Of the next deiega-
ton to the National Convention. There are
several districts in the State yet to hear
from. but so far the combine only lacks
about five votes OF having enough 10 dump
him at Philadelphia The Hitchcock CON
tingent viii come from the following dis
tricts: Eighth First. Second. Fourteenth, Fiji
teenth, Ninth. and at least three OF the
deiegates,at-iarse; e9uItins on eighteen
In some OF the congressional districts
where the delegates are instructed the
combine Is counting on a break in the in
q frttpftnn. no n1affRr how tho rJalg.G karr.a
been obtained. Some OF these delegates
have supporters whose fat Jobs are depend
Ing on them. II Hitchcock should intimate
that he will control the patronage in the
future the delegates will be forced to face
a ummary turning down or will range
themselves where they can do their con-
stitueDtS the most good.
As. an evidence Of how the battle I'm Mis-
souri, has been waRed In the past few
months. the case In the Eighth District is
cited for those who are not convinced that
there is an effort to unload Kerens: The
Congressional Convention was held at JEFF
fefson CITY last week. The slate was made
up of Greiich of Cooper. O'Bannon of Dali
las and a Moniteau County man. ANY OF
these would have been satisfactory had not
g new figure appeared on the horizon. r. S.
Harvey of Miller County. a man who stood
behind Perry Freeman at the Springfield
convention and furnished the sinews that
nominated MN against tremendous odds.
Harvey Is wealthy. and is considered one
of the best men in Central Missouri. He
sought the position OF delegate from the
DiSiItNt
The Kerens forces went To him In the
morning and asked him to pledge himself
to support kerens for National Committee
man. The convention adjourned until after
dinner to permit IA caucus. Gmeiich- a
member of the State Committee from the
north end of the district. had no opposition
The kerens crowd said unless Harvey
would pledge himself to support Kerens
they would select C'Bannon or the Mont
teau County. candidate. Harvey announced
without hesitation that If he was elected
delegate TO the National Convention Re
would vote for whom he pleased. He also
intimated in strong terms that he was "A
Republican and not tied to any man. The
Kerens crowd under Forth and Robinson.
Postmaster of Jefferson City. went TO work
to down him. but when the ballots wer.
counted Harvey won. Harvey will not like
Iy forget Kerens when the time comes for
balloting for a National Committeeman.
Such Is only. a sample of the tussle the
Kerens forces have been having throughout
the State. If the reports of the Hitchcock
men are to be believed they will have n
safe majority against the present National
Committeeman.
From an inside source comes the infor-
nation that Webster Davis sent a cable
gram TO kerens from Havre announcing
when he would arrive In New York CITY
his return from the Bosr Republic. II