The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
Candidate Parker Says He Would
Suffer Defeat Rather Than Go
Back on the Men Be
hind Him.
HE HAS FAITH IN ZIEGENHEIN.
The Regulation Attack on the Nes-
bit and Police Laws Was Made
at Thursday Nights
Meeting.

George W. Parker. Republican candidate
| for Mayor. in Il speech at koerner's Hall
Thursday night. attempted to disclaim his
connection with Mayor Ziegenhein. The
| fact that i am my party's choice for the
| office of Mayor" said Mr. Parker, proves
| that the Republicans of this city want ME.
! not Ziegenhein. But Ziegenhein, l admit is
loyal supporter of mine. who will be
| faithful to me and his party in the cam
| paign. l don't care what any one may say
against Zegenhen. If he has followed the
dictates of his party, he deserves credit for
thai"
Mr.. Parker said that he had been orig
inally named for the mayoralty by the prt-
vate conference in the Security building be-
| cause. among other reasons. he was 'in no
way connected with the city Republican
machine. and was. therefore. untrammeled." !"
He said that because he accepted the sup
port of an individual or group, it did not
necessarily follow that he must accede to
their policies. Then, fearing apparently that
he had cast too much of a slur on the ma
chine. Mr.. Parker exclaimed:
Before l will turn traitor to my party
supporters in this campaign 1 will gladly
Stlffe: defeat"
The rest of Mr.. Parker's speech he read
from manuscript. 1t was confined to stating
that he was the popular choice of his party,
to praise of Judge Zachritz for falling in
Nesbit law. and to railing against the State
administration. He objected to having the
Worlds Fair discussed from a partisan
standpoint, saying that 1t would be better
to administer a rebuke to the Democrats
who had passed the Nesbit law by returning
a Republican majority In St. Louis than
to political harmony before the great crisis
when they would have so much work in
which to collaborate.
The other speakers OF the evening were
Congressman Richard Bartholdt. Henry r.
Whitmore. candidate for Auditor, Richard
NJ. Hyams. candidate for City Register.
Board of Public improvements. Charles F.
Wenneker. candidate for Collector, and
Doctor Boyd
In speaking at Fraternal Hail. Eleventh
and Franklin avenue. Thursday evening.
Mr.. Parker told an audience of 800 some of
the troubles of campaigning. He had been
to make three more speeches that night.
and how many speeches he would be asked
to make on nights to come he said he did
not himself know. He was doing as the
party managers asked. he said. Although
he had thought to have quiet time now
that he was growing old. he found himself
working harder than ever before.
Yes" said the Republican candidate for
Mayor. Il am trampins the treadmill at
the dietation of my campaign managers
feel it: but If my advisers ask me to speak
three times every night shall do So
Mr. Parker said that the statement of
isaac II. Llonberger Wednesday night to
the effect that Mr.. Parker was not a SUBJ
scriber to the Worlds Fair fund, was in
correct. Mr.. Parker said he had subscribed
$4,000: But he said that the Nesbit law
and the police law was more important for
Republican candidate to talk about than
was the Worlds Fair. :.
When Mr.. Parker had finished. Judge
John A. Tally was introduced and he was
followed by Judge William f. Fisse and r.
r. Bafnes. They confined themselves to a
discussion of the Nesbit law. The meeting
dispersed in groups before the speakers had
been long before the audience