The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-29

crowd of Republicans. Bohrer was the
only young oman candidate, and the only
one that could have knocked the peaGn.
There were half a dozen old soldiers VINO
wanted the place, but they couldn't agree
on one Of their number. and TO appoint one
and disappoint the others would be cruelty
from Congressman Warmers standpoint SO
Bohrer was recommended by Warner, ana
appointed by the President. and the anti
Fifer- Mckinley -Cullom-Dawes faction are
sore from toe to Uranium.
why" and one of them sputtered and
suffered for expletives, Warner promised
Jim Neville on his word of sacred honor
until he had consulted Neville. Warner
virtually agreed to pick the man Jim want
ed. Did Warner keep his word? OF course
he didn't bad luck to him."
who are the leaders of the faction
here?' asked a gentleman who is not an
ofticeholder. an officeseeker. not even
Leader of the "knockers."
IT'S everybody against Fifer. All the
other fellows are after Joe's scalp. Nevliie
is the leader of the knockers. and ne 9
about the only one with the courage to come
out in the open. Sheriff johnson and few
other nine-spots bark around the streets,
but, Jim Neville Is the general. He Is the
in the country precincts. Bloomington Is
is with the knockers because he hopes to
help his friend Madden in some manner.
Colonel Rowell is also one OF them, because
he is with Neville in the law business. and
hopes to pluck an office before Yates's term
expires. There is a strong feeling that Yates
has not balanced the ledger with Mclean.
He must give out more offices than Mclean
already has received. If he don't. Neville
people. Neville has captured one outlying
precinct-Danvers. Doctor Parkhurst Is the
king out there, and when he asked that
Doctor Kell be appointed to job and Ne
| vile got it. that Settled Danvers for the
| Neville-Yates side. 1 guess Neville will try
| to capture the big country districts, and
trying to combine all the opposition to Fifer
and Cullorn and Mckinley, and If he does
| he will give Fffer a hard race.
Yates Factions Purpose.
1.-THE Yates faction is doing its level best
| to arouse prejudice against Mckinley and
| Cullom and Dawes, on account of the APP
pointment Of young Bohrer as Postmaster.
But Mckinley is well liked here. and so are
| Cullon and Fifer-and 1t is hard to say
which side will win:
ION the other side are Fffer, Phillips
! Sterling. Davis of the Paragraph, Rolla
Evans and list of others. Evans was q
| candidate for Postmaster and will get the
place of first assistant, the present incum
DE IT bS Fe being
| have already been made to GUST the few re-
naming Democratic post office employees
and give their places to old soldiers who
want places. Evans was In Warmers com
pany in the war; and it is claimed he wa:
promised the post office at the time Doctor
Barnes was appointed. Duncan, Ben ant
|
| the primaries last year. George Funk, wa.
| the only one of the family who supported
| Neville or Yates The Stubblefields are di
vided. Ed got place on the Lincoln board
| and is Yates man. George Washington
| who is State Senator, wanted McCawley's
| scalp at the Soldiers Orphans Home, ant
! didn't get 1t. so he is anti-Yates. He served
| formal notice on the Governor that he wa.
| an Indian and bad one. Yates IL now en-
| gagged in wedding George Stubbleield'.
| friends out of the State service. Robinson
| and Short and another one. who lives a
| Colfax, have all been fired. and Will New
| ton has the halter round his neck.
MalOdOrOus Politics.
81 tell. politics in Mclean smells lik,
| a rotten mackerel. Nobody knows who
| Dune Funk will vote for for Senator il
elected to the Legislature. Scrogin, who was
pulled through by Joe Fifer last year by 4
scratch. is going to run in 1904 for Senator
He has a great admiration for Martin Mad
den and has pledged himself to Madden. II
is said. There Isn't much gossip here or
Senator, but Dawes is probably ahead Ii
sentiment. Most of the people think ne is q
pretty decent kind of fellow. with COCO
ability
Mclean County politics always was ar
| interesting and instructive study Once i,
awhile fellow gets ALFRED fooled on TIE
| subject. That was the case last year. wher
the Reeves fellows though they had
cinch on the County Convention. aud jim
Neville went in and combined witch Tanre
and Hanecy and won instructions for Yates
J. l. PICKERING.