The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
Republican Gathering at the Mer-
chants League Club Proved
to BE a Patchwork.
ORGANIZATION IS M0RlBUN0.
The State at Large Poorly Repre-
scented. and Delegates to the st.
Paul Convention Hard to
Obtain.

Evidence Of the lack OF harmony in the
Republican party in Missouri was dis
played AZ the meeting of the League of
Republican Clubs at the Merchants League
Club Hail on Wednesday. The meeting was
absolutely farcical so far as its being a
represo ntative body Of Missouri Republic
ans. Outside the city OF St. Louis not If
teen clubs were represented. ard the total
number of delegates present outside the
city was less than twenty.
II was the death struggle of an organiza-
ton that was once powerful within the
party ranks. IL the league is ever revived
II viii be a surprise TO more than one. The
State at large has lost all interest In the
league. and the claim Of membership Of
SO clubs is without foundation. In the
convention no names of clubs were read
and no names of delegates were transmitted
10 the body b. the Committee on Resolu-
tons. The whole thing was a patchwork
of the worst kind.
Tho districts actually represented, with
the number of delegates. were: First. 1--WE;
Second, three: Third. ore; Fourth. two;
Ninth. {: Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth In
ciu1e the city Of st. Louis: Fifteenth, one.
That was the number of delegates present
outside the city of ST. Louis. The Eighth
District was not represented by a delegate
although Joseph Stampili of jefferson City
was present. He stated to a Republic rep
resentative that he was not a delegate, but
simply A spectator. The following towns in
the State were represented: Kirksville, By
$. Pickler and ]. Vandoiah: Milan By J. F.
Swanger; 1dnneus by MIR. Adams: Chill
cothe by Frank Scruby; Cameron by J. F.
Goodrich: ST. Joseph by John Albus and F.
Armstrong: louisiana by p. ". Fly and
II IL
by W. S. Hathaway: Union by Kramlowsky
and President Gallenkamp: Carthage by
Stuckey. There were probably five or six
other visitors. including George Stilie Of
Cniorv,ile and Nackey OF Kahoka- These.
with the 100 delegates from the city Of st.
Louis. made up the alleged great league
meeting. The Fifth Congressional District,
including Kansas City. was not represent
go by delegate. Other districts not repre-
scented Were the Sixth. Seventh Eighth
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Six OF them had
not an accredited delegate in the hail
In the selection Of committees there were
The Resolutions Committee was Composed
of thirteen members and the Credentials
and Order of Business committees had only
When the call of the districts was made
for delegates TO the 81. Paul convention IL
was only after hard work that the bosses
were able TO secure a sufficient number OF
names These names IN many Instances
were submitted by visitors outside the die
irtcts. In the makeup of the Executive
Committee the same lack OF formality was
present: Instead of having loo presen. IN
the RAN. there was barely 500 at any one
time.
The Merchants League Club Of 81. Louis
was the whole organization. Its pie coun-
Ter contingent was out In force led by
MAYOR Ziegenhein- 1t was the convention
OF Republican clubs entirely When Mr.
SWanSer OF Milan sought to have a negro
made second vice president OF the league
the 81. Louis delegates howled him down
and selected one OF their own members
instead The country remained out of IL
and II II had not It would have been put