The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-08
Eleventh District Committee Wants
Xot.rs Alone to- Name Can
didatc for Congress.
ELECTION LAW Is IGNORED
Courts MAY Be Invoked to Settle
the Question-Board Secretary
Declares Primary Will
Not BE Legal.

Al 4 meeting nf the CongfeS-ioHdi COM
mittc. of the Eleventh District las! nlsht
i, was decide To mold direct primary on
September p under the auspices OF the
committee for the nomination uf can.ii-
date. for Congress.
By this action the committee ignores the
Board "f Election Commissioners. and IN
its action also goes contrary To the advice
uf the Attorney General of Missouri and
Secretary Of State Lesueur.
The action rnay result in the selection Of
two candidates for Congress by the voters
of the Eleventh District II not the mat
ter will be carried into the courts in an
effort to restrain tn" committee from nomi-
natirc q CANDIDATE outside the supervision
of the Board of Election commissioners of
the city of 81. Louis.
The complications in the Eleventh Dis
triCt Conversational Committee began sew
eral weeks aGo when the committee sought
to hold "a direct primary election under
its own auspices. At the meeting a week
ago suhc. mmittee. consisting of Chair
man Harrington ana T. +. McDearmOn.
Were selected 20 secure legal opinions on
he validity of holding the primary cleo
ton under The auspices Of the committee
At the meeting last night Sir. McDear-
mon read his report. in which h. declared
That attorneys were divided on the mat
ter. although the majority OF them took
the same position as that assumed by At
tornry General crow.
Chairman Harrington read letters from
10th j. r. Mcri yman and l.. % Mdtlcy. the
only aVOWed candidates tor Congress in the
district. in which they took radically differ
ert positions. Mr. Merry man favoring the
primary prescribed by thp laws of Mis-
souri,. as interpreted by the Attorney Cen
eTaL
j. +. Soy Of the Second Ward introduced
the following resolution:
Resolved. That tie primary election for a can
didate for 1"nslesS in the Eleventh Coisrrs !
SiUnal District Of ths Democratic party he he'd
On triGay. september Il, u-G.r the auspices II
th- E.leycatA District Congress. .oaai Committee
and that the candidate h- elected ~ direct vote
| ut thu Democrats Of the district. and that the
members " the committee be slec'ed in the zane
mann. r.
Mr.. MCDearmon and Mr.. MulvIhill ear
nestly advocated an election held in the
II gUlar manner Mr.. Soy declared that
past experiences indicated that the poiice
force would be utilized in the district TO
| Cussion was spirited. but ON a call of the
wards the resolution was adopted by u
vote Of Il 80 :
a subcommittee composed of J. + Soy.
1 NJ. J. Casey, J. Durnin, Phil Maher. James
| Carroll. John Sullivan and Thomas MOrri-
| son was elected This committee was giyen
prepare the advertisement announcing the
primary. The committee adjourned.
| charged by Mr. McDearmon that il had
| better employ an attorney to defend IL in
Secretary Hobiitzele of the Board Of
Election Commissioners said yesterday
| that the board would not consent 10 per-
/ nit the committee 70 hold the primaries.
board. as such an Independent primary
| would he Illegal. Secretary HobiitZelle told
Mr.. McDcarmon that the board would not
allow the committee 10 use the regular
haoths