The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-29
REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY RIOT.
Aauehenstein Faction Victorious in a Disorderly
Meeting at Clayton-Ilansman "Slugged''-
Pistols, Clubs and Beer Glasses Used.

Scenes Of riot and disorder. in wfics,
! weapons figured. characterized the primary
mass meeting of Central Township Rcpub-
itcans at Clayton yesterday To elect dele
gates to the Tenth District Congressiou7l
convention. to be held al Union on May
7. and to TN. Tw-nty-rf,h Senatorial Dis
trict Convention. to be held in Washington
OH July IS
The exciting acance We're The cuimina ton
"f a fight That has long been brewing in
ST Louis County between the Rauchcnstcin
ana Essen factions for supremacy In coun-
I " Republican nffairs Almost every voter
! VI central Township WAS present at the
/ hour tcr calling :he primary mass meeting.
ha'h Side Was determined to win. and
! " result they had not been in meeting :wo
/ minutes before tn. clash came
! IL was the original intention to hold the
meeting In the Circuit Court room. There
"hs a rate between a'hcrents of both ffc-
t"ns TO get in,u tho place first. Ii was
soon janned that there was hardly
/ breathing room. Judge Rudolph HirZel was
n'ads chairman and j. +. Hosrnhach Sec
rotary. The crowi outside clamurnc for
admission was So arg., that a motion was
made 10 adjourn 10 the Sacngerbund Hall
Fred Essen and his chief lieutenant "Jack''
OF table and urged their followers To
vote down the proposition. BUt they ac-
csptcd Judge Hir2eIs advice and adjourned
TO the Saengerhund Hail.
Doors aud Window. Locked
Here the trouble began In earnest. The
nall became so crowded that the doors We're
closed and locked and the crowd on the
outside cianored for admission. Inside an
other hsht was going Both factions
wanted to name their tickets first Judge !
H!rzel ruled them out of order until the |
official call could be read. Then r NJ An |
derson interrupted the proceedings by de- |!
ciaIing that his name had been put on the |
Rauchctstrin ticket without authority Mr.. |
Robinson went over to the Essen side and |
the other faction substituted the maine of |
Ellsworth Banker of WOndOm.
men The voting began the crowd was so |
Dense that a motion prevailed. after much
hct's1 argument. to have each voter de
poe!t his ballot and pass out into the yard !
This plan worked successfully until it was
discovered that some of tbos.. wh, had |
voted first We're trying Ia get hack into the
i!ai through the windows tu vote the SCI
ond tirle. An awful hubbub was rais.4i
and for time matters looked suuaIly
Finally the windows, too, locked and
II ser8eart-at-arns appointed to STOP at
tsrlts at repeating.
Then another disturbance started BY the
action Of Fred Essen in stan.:ing beside
n" tcilers TO watch ths depositinx of the
t'lllotS which were marked In such a man
ner that the voter would have no chauc.
10 escape identification. The !iauchcus-afr
followers insisted. that Nj. Essen t,. re-
Inoved. bnt III. dsItraut g.. leadership Was
game and stood his ground
j!lo tauc hcnst"In delegation was viz
ofious by majority OF about 40 Nir t.
sen Hir2s"lf pulled through hut the res, .,f !
his Delegates fell by the WY side .J,ia... /
ft-..
'ecsived ~. votes. The Others elected were |
Luke Lamb. ~ votes: Emil Gries.. 2sG
votes; William Wcrder 2S5 votes; f. W.
tauchenstein. ~: Joseph Diem, 2av. Gust !
t"byn. go: +, I. Stohie, ~: W S. F1em- ,
ng 4si: Buck Bailey, 27S, and Fred Essen, ,
'2l TIE defeated candidates were: }. H. !
.ipplena,i. j. W B.llaifs. August R,iees.e, |
Herman fiackrnnn, A H Wolfslcrger.
Fred Ieuz. Fred i-auman, j II Podinnre
totert Coleman and Ellsworth Banker
Justice iInnsuinn ''5mashea.' :
J he RnucheEstcin faction nss;cncd back t
o the Courthouse to hold the meeting for +
he election OF senatorial delegates. The Il
Meeting lasted jus; two minutes and thirty
econds- Judge q. y. Wu.,.-nian was made J.
n. riiar. and L. l.. StohI" secretary Ther. | :
we're two delegations III the field ;, mo- :
ion was made and unanimously carried to ! g
eCiere the Rauchestein delegation elected /
he meeting then adjourned. BY this time :.
Il
ias going on. and hurried to the Court Il
ouse. about block distant from the hall "
hey got there Just as the meeting ad- Il
yurned. Their Leader Mr.. Essen. was I!
'atcning the count of the ballots in the Il
meeting. They were nom | T.
lusssd. knew not what ~ do. aad accord T,
ciy acGuiesCed. | ~
The 5ucc.ssful senatorial delegates were II
lillian Hucrnan. William c. WengIer 81
ei Werrsmeyer. Fred Wlpke, John | -
rueninEer. Harry Spoede and q. A Wur- ! Al
smau. The last named was both dele oi
atoms. C
Then the real FUN began. The crowd has h'
ned back to the SaaIgerbGnd Hall TO !.
atch the count and heatedly discussed the ~
sue while 1t was progressing. Arguments "
wing become exhausted. more forcib!e le
athods were adopted. s.
Justice Eugene Hansinar Of Manlewoni -
rs the first victn. He sitting in the " ",
II with Mayor Fleming of Webster Groves M