The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-14
parker AGAIN GETS
next TO THE BOYS.
Republican Machine Candidate for
Mayor Speaks at the Mer-
chants League Club.
SCHUMACHER UP IN FRONT.
Fifth Ward Boss Sits at Parker's
Elbow and Grows Chummy
With Him, to the Edii-
cation of the Crowd.
SCHUMACHER UP IN FRONT.

George w. Parker, Republican candidate
| for Mayor, got next TO the boys again las,
night at the Merchants League Club.
When the meeting opened the prospective
| nut seekers were exceedingly gratified tc
see one of their number. Il citizen thorough.
ly representative of their aims and ambi
tlons, Mr. Chris Schawacker, occupying the
seat next to Mr.. Parker, and enjoying q
monopoly of the conversation with the
mayo.alty nominee.
The recollection that Mr.. Schawacker. in
the happy days when his brother-in-law.
Jake Schumacher. held the Office of City I'm
dertaker, controlled business at the morgue.
did not suggest to any OF the boys that Mr..
Parker was dead one"
To the contrary, the spectacle of Mr..
Schawacker buzzing words of political wis.,
dom into the left ear of Mr.. Parker as
sured the faithful that with such an ad
wiser their candidate for Mayor was the
lfvest person that Undertaken Schawacker
has handled in a long time
An arms length from Mr.. Schawacker sat
Mr.. Thomas beverly, eX-valet TO Mr.. Nor
man Fiorsheim. ex-tireman at the Four
Courts. ex-City Hall janitor and ex every
thing else in the line of Jobs that have been
dealt out by the Ziegenhein administration
TO its negro constituents. Mr.. Beverly Is
out OF a job at present. and the amount of
applause he furnished whenever Mir. Parker
made a remark that pleased him and the
rest OF the crowd was something terrific. IL
being necessary for Committeeman John
Becker. who sat next to him to occasion
ally recommend less noise.
Pnrker Wants No Scratching.
Mr.. Parker. in opening his remarks, ac-
knowledged the valiant work done in his
behalf at the primary by the members of
the club.
Personally l was impotent to accomplish
anything" he said; politically was a
stranger to you"
Leaving the subject OF the primary he
discussed the coming election and whether
or not he had heard that there would be
some tall scratching of the ticket, he GER
tainly emphasized the point that from his
standpoint. it should be a day for voting
straight tickets.
on April that there shall be no scratch
ing was his request "A united ticket
is always moro effective"
nounced at the mass meeting at the Odeon
Saturday night, he said that 1t would be
a genuine Republican document, dealing
Continuing, he attacked the election law
and the amendments to it that are pend
ing;
took the seat next to Mr.. Schawacker
which had been vacated by the mayoralty
meeting. W. G. Boyd. candidate for
Comptroller. made a short speech. and
then Doctor Boyd was called upon. He
made no reference to Ziegenhein. as on
for the Republican City Central Commit
tee. He said that the organization Of the
party is certainly In this committee
They are the acknowledged leaders. ana
as long they lead US toward the right.
the destruetiSn Ct political desR9otism1i 9 Ism I
shall follow them ne de;larsd Sd H1 t,a sid lit II
members of the committee "ara imps OF
hell. spawn of the devil and hold office by
virtue of dishonesty"
In the course of his speech he related a
story. in which fiy-specks and German dia-
lect figured largely.
lect, a Central Committeeman yelled;
you've got that wrong" But Doctor Boyd
didn't notice the interruption.
After making fun of 10 %cb f
speaker is alleged to have said that the
Democrats should be in control during the
SON, who negotiated the. Louisiana Pur-
chase. was a Democrat, he said:
Unless the promoters Of the Worlds o..sr
Fair stand for fair election every sad eaaI-
ment In furtherance of the Worlds Fair
plans placed before the people will go
down the Mississippi River to the Gulf OF
After Doctor Boyd had concluded Hupp
Teyis, candidate for Inspector of Weights
City Marshal; r. M. Hyams, candidate for
City Register. and Isaac H. Sturgeon. de-
feated candidate for nomination for Comp
c. r. Waggoner presided at the opening of
the meeting and when he departed to en-
gage in a conference Vice President Joseph
A. Duffy took his place.
A resolution was offered by w. H. Ludwig,
and adopted by the meeting, expressing
sympathy with Mrs BENJAMIN BENJAMIN Harrison IL, in
Secretary Rehfeldt indorsing the Republican
city ticket, was also adopted.