The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-22
Ziegenhein, the Advisory Commit.
tee and the Silks Fighting Each
Other for Supremacy.
JUDGE ZACHRITz QUALITIES.
Frequent Caucuses on the Mayor
atty Only Result in Worse Con-
fusiOn-OppOsition to Bar
tholdt-Walbridge Favored.

1
nave been making desperate efforts to "ge
together and arrange the slate Ia be sub
mitted TO the popular vote" on March s.
! Up TO date their efforts have been unsuc
| cessfuI Two secret caucuses were hei.
| yesterday by the men who pledged them
| serves week ago not to attempt TO die
tate the nominations or to interfere witt
the VIII or the people in selecting repre-
| sentative men at the primary.
| The first caucus was held nj the IindeI
Hotel and lasted more than three hours
without any apparent tangible result. Tn,
| second caucus was held last night at III,
| st. Nicholas Hotel and lasted until after
| midnight AT it's conclusion the dictators
were. II anything. wider apart than ever
Al Al the men VINO attended the first caucus
Old not attend the second one.
This latter was pre-eminently n Ziegen
hein AFFAIR. and was attended by such emil
nent men as Tub Becker. Johnnie Owen
and Chris Schawacker. in addition to the
| Mayor. Advisory Committeeman Frank and
IL {. Grenner. Theodore Kalbfeil William
Ciarkson and Committeeman Koeln. Blake,
Caucuses will be held again this after
noon ard tonight, and every effort possible
VIII be made to get the party factions to-
Sether and push through the machine slate
Hiram Lloyd wants to be nominated for
City Marshal. and his friends had a warm
fight TO keep the machine from Stating
Reinstedler. the present incumbent. They
were successful in inducing the committee
to leave the nomination for the marshall
ship open" ,Reinstedler's friends are very
much grieved, as they expected more en-
couragement.
In . Hopeless SnarI.
Developments of the last twenty-four
hours in local Republican politics have so
complicated the mayoralty situation that
even the shrewdest politicians are unable
TO realize what will be the final outcome of
the mudde.
So much fine work. has been accom-
plished by the friends of the various
aspirants for mayoralty honors that the
party managers are helpless to unite the
various threads into which the warp ana
woof Of the organization has been sundered
and the Republican workers are bewiidered
as to the proper course they VIII be ex-
pected to pursue at the primary
With each hour that brings them nearer
to Saturday, the las; day of filing nomina-
tions. the machine managers are becoming
more disheartened at the prospect OF har-
mony in the party, and the machine itself
Is rapidly distintegrating by reason of the
conflict Of interests OF the men in charge
Of IL.
Caucuses are being held almost hourly by
the machine managers. and counter
caucuses by the opposition. and the con-
clusions arrived at at one are overthrown
in an hour upon the receipt OF rews from
the enemy's camp.
Plots and counterplots develop 30 rapidly
that the brains of the leaders are in a
whirl and they suffer from insomnia hatch
ing new schemes.
Judge Zachrit. Qualities.
There Is no limit to the ru%ors ns one hears rs
bear equal semblance OF foundation, ana
each of which is religiousiy believed and
circulated until a later one. fresh . irShl ron
tical wind.
The action Of judge Zachritz in qualifying
as a candidate yesterday started whole
lnf Of
that Zachritz and Ziegenhein had at last
broken the political ties which had as,
sociated them. and that Zaenriz nad
This action OF Zachritz. following the Sc
cret caucus at the Mayors house Wednes.
day night. which zachritz attended, and
in which the Mayor. 1t is said. espoused the
of Congressman Richard Bar
tholdt. lent color to the story that there
was break in the relations of the two rs.
There are other wise people," however,
who argue that the alleged rupture between
Zachritz and the Mayor fs only a "bluff,
and that Zachritz is really Ziegenheins
throw him all his support. The news of
the apparent ''throw-down" of Zachritz
will. II is thought. bring to him many
votes which he would not get II IL were
known he was Ziegenhein's candidate.
After the caucus at the Mayors house
Wednesday night. as published In yester-
days Republic. I'm which the sentiment OF
the machine appeared to be drifting toward
Bartholdt, the leaders of the party who
DO not favor Bartholdt's candidacy got to-
gether yesterday morning and hurriedly de-
cided to call a conference, ostensibly to see
IL all the elements of the party could agree
upon Bartholdt, but. In reality. 1t Is said. to
take action which would eliminate him
from further consideration.
Invitations to attend were extended to
the St. Louis Republican Club. Good Gov
Club and kindred organizations.
The conference, II Is said. was arranged
by Nathan Frank Of the Advisory Commit
tee. who is working very effectively to
obtain the nomination If Cyrus p. Wal
At the Afternoon Conference.
The conference was attended by Mayor
ziegenhein; Theodore Kalbfell: John b.
Owen. Nathan Frank. Charles Smith. Fred
II. kreismann. AL Shapleigh, Lafe Sturde-
want. George D. Reynolds. X. c. Day. John
D. Johnson, A; a. woerheide and Doctor
VIM Taussig. Fiiley was not represented
The conference lasted from 10 a. m. until
r early 2 p. m. None Of those who attended
would divulge what had occurred. but
/ majority of the conferees were In favor of |
as the mayoralty nominee.
Ziegenhein and his committee stood out |
strongly for Bartholdt. but when objections
we're urged against him. the Mayor and his \
friends gave a reluctant and half-hearted |!
assent to accept any candidate most de- !
D,e Hwons - the @ pleas put forth Ia pa Baytboldts
,ehalf were that he had made. a good record |
n the School Board and later In Congress, |
md thaT d he ,sh Was ,h vefy g1rons and IN SSo.n 81
Americans all over the city. In answer to /
his IL was pointed out that many Of Bar |
holdt's friends were unwilling that he \
lhould resign from Congress to accept the |
as he could serve them better, !
hey believed In his present position. His /
German name and lineage. they also ar |
,ued, would initiate against his election un-
Ter present conditions There were other |
Injections of a minor nature.
You can depend upon it," said member
II the City Committee, after the confer |
nee. that Bartholdt will not become /
andidate. His friends believe they have |
athomed Ziegenhein's purpose in attempt
ng TO induce him to run. and they have
Iept the wires hot between here and Wash
ngton exposing his scheme While Bar
holdt would not be compelled to resign in /
he event Of his nomination. IL was to be
condition OF the nomination, as under
tand Il. that he would do so.
"Of course. the district is so overwhelm-
ngly Republican that there would be no
rouble electing a Republican as his sue
essor AT the special election. This would |
i've Ziegenhein an opportunity to become |
successor in Congress. or to at l.
east name his successor. Barthoidt has
zen posted as to the situation. and il Is a
ertainty that he will refuse to allow his
anne TO be sent in as a candidate"
A Ziegenhein Scheme.
II Bartholdt and Zachritz both become
andidates 1t will split up the South st.
ranks candidate. Walbridge. comparative
v easy running. Ziegenhein realizes this
nd, as he has little use for Walbridge. he
nay resort to the plan figured out by him.
elf and Zachritz long ago. and qualify as
candidate himself to help out his friend !
achritz. While this would apparently con-
ey to the voters the impression that he and
achritz were fighting each other and split
p the vote, the tip would go out to the
;orkers to scratch Ziegenhein vigorously |
xrfo IN a MN u~h4 al 4