The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-17

lican ticket since 1876? Frank. Houser and
records win show. and they dare not deny
| II. Yet these are the people who are ad-
vising the Republican party to-day what
to do. and declaring that everybody who
does not fall In line with the machine poll
| Icy. which they have outlined. Is bolter.
and unworthy the consideration OF the fac
ton which they represent
To DtsRegsrd the Dietat0rs.
well. all right. I'm not q bolter-never
was. and never will be. But when So
called dictators OF my party 30 far disre-
gard the wishes of the decent and conserva-
Instance. in calling a nominating primary
in opposition to the expressed wishes Of
the majority Of voters. believe 1t high time
this movement. As member OF the or
sanizaSn pssSseS to S0Sd
perpeSiation Of Ziesenheinism will be Bit
teriy opposed by me; realize that the
mittee. Is called for the purpose OF nomi-
mating Ziegenhein or somebody equally as
bad, and that 10 SUFFICIENT for me TO not
opposed to such a scheme. but to declare
10 advance that not only win We ignore
ticket nominated at such . primary. but
ticket to be nominated, we viii put an in
dependent ticket in the field. composed Of
good. clean business men. which every
out losing his self-respect.
II care not how many votes are cast for
Re% We VIII n II x o:s ssen
though We should not elect our Independent
ticket at the general election. we will at
our clean candidates will have received
enough votes to encompass the defeat of
the machine slate. which 10 to be put up
victory sufflcient for any decent Republic
an. and even IL We only succeed In doing
that We will be nearer the goal which We
government for the people. OF the people
and by the people.
vi.ory ~ committee. now has in It's posses
sion the framework Of city ticket which
II 10 prepared to sell to the highest bidder.
Turn ns o1 ss: L
carry on = primary election: much les: q
tremtS. Sk.sasshs,s wnss is i sH:nE g. e.said. e
hat has n to sc%:
ssa seIf 0o It Is said 81 that he has ali along been
UaSo pTse ana thst realizing al e that the
has for himself. he has thrown down Zach
ritz bss II .n ne % prma WITH ss
Ii II said. He argued that IL Zachrttz. who
y only Q mask for Ziegenhein. had q chance
at the primary. he himself had a better
chance Of coming out and boldly ennoun-
cling his candidacy. which. II Ii said. he Il
prepared to DO within q few dayA
.Zachrit.'s friends announced yesterday
View Of the Mayors alleged determination
to become a candidate himself Il was said
that the Mayor has been using Zachritz az
a stalking horse. and that when he re-
sIixed how close Zachr1tz was to the prize.
he came from under cover and announced
that he himself might prove as popular q
candidate as the Judge. Zachritz's friends
realizing the situation. have advised him to
withdraw and II Is said he has done So
Under the nominating primary plan.
Ziegenhein win have better chance than
any man selected by the Republican party.
City Hall push, comprising most Of the
fine workers OF the party. It matters not
what slate Frank and his colleagues on
the Advisory Committee may select. II
Ziegenhein decides to go out for the nomi-
nation his friends believe that nothing can
efop him from securing IT,