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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
POLITICS AND THE FAIR.


There has never been more striking
evidence that the guilty flee when no
man pursues than the present Mayoralty
campaign in ST. Louis has afforded. The
desperate effort to make a popular rec
ord for the Republican party IN the mat
ter of the Worlds Fair suggests very
plainly that Republican leaders are dis
turbed by accusing consciences.
The Globe Democrat, speaking of the
passage OF the S5.00o,000 appropriation
by Congress. says: NO condition was
imposed that Missouri should change It's
politics. nor was the political aspect OF
the matter considered at all"
This is 4 statement of the kind usually
characterized as interesting IL true
As a matter of fact it Is not true, but
nevertheless not uninteresting. The
truth is that the political aspect Of the
matter had n good deal OF consideration
in Republican political circles and was
very enersetically pressed upon the at
tention of Republican leaders in Con-
gresS by their political confreres in Mis-
souri, and elsewhere.
If the editor of the Globe Democrat Is
ut all In doubt as TO this fact, that u
IAN easily be removed by the exact In
formation the Washington correspond
ent of the paper can readily furnish.
Indeed, the Washington dispatches to
the Globe-Democra might be drawn on
for confirmatory evidence of the fact
that the Republicans made desperate ef-
forts, while the Worlds Fair bill was
pending in Congress, to force c%onsidera-
ton of what they insisted was 4 neces-
sary political aspect. They struggled
hard 10 impose a condition on Missouri
Democrats and to compel a political bar
gain as an essential condition for the
passage of the Worlds Fair appropria-
ton. Speaker Henderson, Congressman
Grosyenor, Senator Mason and other
Republican Senators could draw from
their letter files a ponderous bundle Of
documentary evidence If they We're
called on. The president and secretary
of the Republican caucus In h Mis-
souri, State Assembly could add to the
mountain of proof by telling Of the Re
publican efforts to bulldoze Democrats
of the Missouri Legislature and to In
fiuence the action of the Republican ma
jority in Congress. There was n shame
full and outrageous endeayor to make
the Congressional appropriation for the
Worlds Fair dependent upon amend
ments to the Missouri election law.
The Globe-D Democrat says that "at-
tempts to drag the Worlds Fair into
politics are foolish to the last degree
and The Republic concurs in the decla-
ration. The Democracy Of st. Louis has
made no such attempt, but 1t is beyond
human tolerance to stand silent while
the Republican newspapers and the Re-
publican speechmakers try to put on
the responsibility for Of
Republicans only have been
guilty of. Democrats insist and will
continue to insist that the interests of
St. Louis demand a Democratic admins
tration during the Worlds Fair period,
but that is not dragging the Worlds
Fair into politics. 1t is an effort to
bring the city Of st. Louis up to the
Worlds Fair standard.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
Discomfort AMONG
CHICAGO BROKERS.
Many Members Of Board of Trade
Transfer Part Of Their Inter
ests to Milwaukee.

Chicago. March z1-In an effort to break
from the restrictions Of the working rules
OF the Chicago Board Of Trade, which they
claim are irksome and unjust, nearly every
prominent local Board Of Trade firm has
Joined the Milwaukee Chamber of Conn
merce.
The buying Of Milwaukee MEMBERSHIPS by
Chicago brokers began Wednesday. and was
continued Thursday. and the price OF mem
bership tickets N the Cream City exchange
advanced from SIS to $15o.
1t Is believed that arrangements will be
made whereby Chicago receipts can be de-
hvered on Milwaukee contracts, and, as
an added fnducement, puts and CALLS are
not barred in the Wisconsin metropolis.
A move to Prohibit Chicago warehouse
men from mixing grain and from otherwise
"doctoring" 1t to improve the grade, and
q proposition to prohibit them from carry
tnC their own grain in their own elevators,
met opposition from many prominent trad
ers.
The fight with the telegraph companies
over quotations. and many other matters
have combined to arouse dissatisfaction
among brokers. The men who have trans
ferred part Of their interests to Milwaukee
assert in common hat the Board Of Trade
Is trying to legislate itself out OF exist
ence."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

use of Street Department revenues Tor
partisan purposes Is patent to the point
of scandal. In the two or three days
Immediately preceding the holding OF
h Republican primaries which nomi-
mated Mr.. Parker the Street Depart
ment was manipulated for all it was
worth in Parker's behalf. Some 5OI
men We're hastily put to work on the
streets from March 1 to 3. he primary
date being March 5. There had been no
such solicitude for street work before
that time. All through the winter the
streets had been left to dirt and decay.
From January to March only S666.10
was expended for street cleaning. From
March ] to 10, the period during which
Mr.. Parker could be directly helped by
Ziegenheinism's dispensing Of patron
age, $S,454.69 was disbursed for this
purpose.
Mr.. Parker has reason to know that
his sudden lavish use of money in the
Street Department was intended to
make his nomination sure at the pri-
1narles and to boom his campaign i'm
medlately thereafter. lie knows that
the SS.4o4.69 thus paid out was as much
In the nature of n Parker slush fund as
Is that other Parker slush fund being
raised by Tub" Becker. He knows that
The oo7 additional men thus bought with
jobs of street work We're required to
give an equivalent In primary md cam
palgn services to himself and the lie
genhei gang for whom he stands. He
Knows thai in Chris Schawacker's ward
the boast was openly made that forty
men had been put TO work on the streets
and that the ward had thereby been
made solid for Parker. He knows that
the four acting superintendent In
charge or the street districts are ZieSen-
helm clansmcn who will manipulate
their districts exactly as Ziegenheinism
may dictate.
The people Of st. Louis would like to
near from Mr.. Parker OH this issue. The
Ziegenhein candidate has had much to
say Of the election robbery of last
November, when independent voters,
wearied Of Ziegenheinism's misrule,
voted with the Democrats and defeated
the %Ziegenhein ticket. He has been
similarly fluent In charging that another
election robbery" was planned by the
Democrats for April. under the opera
tion of an election law which Democrats
themselves lave now SO amended that
such a robbery Is made impossible. Now
what has Mr.. Parker to say concerning
the corruption fund drawn from the
Sfrpnf nonarfnnn or1 Iic1,,rcn1 far hte
benefit? He cannot remain silent unless
he approves n sanctions such prac-
tees.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
Election Commissioners DESTROYS
of Appointing Men Representa- ,
tive of Both Parties. Il
new LISTS TO BE SUBMITTED.
Responsibility for Efficient Officials
Rests With Central Commit
tees-Municipal Owner
ship Protest

The Board of Election Commissioners met
Thursday to dispose of important business
that had been accommodating in the last two
davs. owing 20 the rush usual to the period
Immediately prior to the election. The Com
missioaers designated Saturday noon as tho
last hour for receiving Withdrawals. Can
didates on any of the independent tickets.
who intend to withdraw their names. must
declare their purpose to the poaro not la'er
than noon Saturday.
Tn new lists OF judges and clerks OF
election will be submitted TO the board FRI
day morning. in accordance with an under
standing existing between the members OF
the hoard and representatives OF the DEM
ocratic and Republican City Central COM
mittees. President McCaffery says tho
board will appoint the new officials with
all possible expediency. The work VIII ce
concluded Friday evening. X nothing IN
tervenes to cause delay. At any rate, all
the members of the board are DESTROYS OF
selecting the new Judges and clerks at once.
The election law. as amended, makes IL
obligatory on the board to demand new
lists and issue new commissions This re-
uu;rement will afford the central commit
tees ample opportunity to exclude from the
lists the names OF any or all OF the Judges
and clerks who served In the November
election or IN the StIlES
committee may present whatever names
they may desire. A..
Commissioner Hobbs has requested the
Republican City Central COMMITTEES to fur-
nish him a new list Of judges and clerks
II one name submitted by MIR. Hobbs ls re-
tected, he will submit another. The same
rule VIII apply to the choosing or the Dem,
ocratic Judges and clerks, whose names VIII
be offered by a Democratic Commissioner.
The general Interpretation OF the amend.
ment is that the committees may present
lists containing some or all OF the names
OF Judges and clerks who ofdctated unoer
the old commissions. The amendment al
lows the central committees to oner the
names. The result will be that the central
committees can have men appointed VINO
viii be thorough representatives OF the
committees.
morning into the protest entered Wednes-
day by the Municipal Ownership party
against permitting the names OF CnarlesS
F. Belts in the Fifteenth Ward and Frank
J. Workman in the Tenth Ward 70 %
placed on the Municipal Ownership uckst.
Minor Meriwether and Frank koWaisky
again appeared before the board. Tho
board recognized the justice of the com
plant and concluded to forbid the names
to be included In the Municipal Ownership
ticket, Otto F. Karbe will be the Municipal
Ownership candidate for the House OF
Delegates in the Tenth Ward and Henry
Steinkamp in the Fifteenth
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
COMPRESSED AIR
TUNNEL MOTORS.
Terminal Association May Adopt
Them Before Worlds Fair
Other Improvements.

The ST. Louis Terminal Association Board
will hold a meeting at Union Station Fri
day morning, when officers for the ensuing
year will be elected and disposition made
of the regular docket. 1t is also probable
that some matters pertaining to traffic at
the Worlds Fair In 1903 will be discussed.
For the past six years the Terminal boards
have from time to time wrestled with the
problem of lessening and doing away en-
tirely with smoke in the unnel. Fans have
been constructed which, to a great measure.
have mitigated the nuisance. but when un-
favorable winds are blowing or the atmos-
phere becomes heavy and oppressive the
smoke in the tunnel becomes very dense,
despite the fans.
President julius S. Walsh has expressed
his views on the subject time ana again
and. In substance, says that as soon as a
proper substitute for the steam locomotive
adopt the use Of the substitute. If prac-
ticable, In hauling trains through the tun-
mel. The electric engines used In the tunnel
reasons for the st. Louis tunnel.
Compressed air motors have been given
severe tests recently, and 1t Is now claimed
that they are capable of hauling as high d.
LOO tons. which is considerably more thar
the weight of any train now hauled through
tho tunnel The manufacturers of these mo-
tors have furnished the Terminal Associa-
llOu Will IL large dilOuhI Va 1ot bSoA th6
on their operations. and 1t Is not improba-
BILE that one of the motors will be given
q trial here in the near future.
'If the location of the Worlds Fair is
such that the tunnel will have to be used
to a considerably greater extent than at
present for passenger traffic. we Will De
ready to meet the emergency" said Vice
President and General Manager w. g. Nc
Those who are now seeking to
introduce compressed air motors as substf-
tutes for the steam locomotive are confident
they can handle any train that Is now
hauled through the tunnel. The matter has
never been formally presented to our board
and I do not know that 1t will be at pres
emit. The matter is premature as yet. both
regard to that and also as to the i'm
extensions and additions We
will make for handling the Worlds Fair
traffic. These will depend largely upon the
Of the site and no definite plans
can be announced until that is settled b.
Worlds Fair Commission appointed by
President Mckinley. OF course, we will
make arrangements for increasing the Ia
cilities for handling trains and passengers
at Union Station. but beyond that no def
mite plans can be made until the site Is
All the railroads centering here may be
said TO be in the same position. They can
make no plans for extending tracks until
they know positively In what section OF the
city or county 1t is to be held.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
Notable Speech in French Chamber
by Comte de Nun.

Paris. March 21-Comte de Mum Con
servative) made a notable speech in the
Chamber Of Deputies Thursday during the
discussion Of article xiv of the law Of as
sociations. the purpose Of which Is to sup
provision Is one Of the most important Of
the bill. and its fate Is deeply Interesting
to the middle classes and to the aristocracy.
children to religious establishments.
Comte de Nun declared that the PROPOSE
ton Of the article simply implied a tyran-
delicate question Of what doctrine should be
taught to children" he said. Ought not
to depend upon changing parliamentary ma
of Jules simon during one Legislature.
no God at all during the next, and h
true God for the following four years ~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

between he present proposition and
that made some time ago for the levying
of such 4 tax for the construction of a
library building. 1t was constitutionally
possible TO levy such a tax. 1t is con-
stitutionaliy impossible TO increase the
existing tax ate for library mainte-
nance purposes.
All that is now desired is the authority
necessary to the use Of two-tifths OF n
mill of the tax venue for general pur-
poses in the maintenance Of the Public
Library In place of the one-fifth here
tofore allotted for library maintenance.
Remembrance of this fact should enable
st. Louis voters to properly favor the
proposition as it now stands.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
MISS JOSEPHINE CALHOUN
TO WED-SOClAL EVENTS.

Ihoagh no formal announcement Of their
engagement has been made, Miss Josephine
calhoun and c.. Norman Jones nave been
receiving congratulations from friends on
the subject of their betrothal.
Miss Calhoun, who is David r.. Calhoun's
only daughter. has been the chatelaine Of
her fathers house ever since her New York
schooldays were at an end, and is quite as
well known In the East, where she made
her debut. as in her native city. She spends
almost half her time in New York, and has
all the style and elegance OF an Eastern
young woman. That she has chosen a st.
Louis resident for a husband Is q source CT
much satisfaction to her friends. Mr.. Jones,
while ar Englishman born and bred, has
been identified with st. Louis since an Eng
lish syndicate sent him over three years
ago. He is much liked. and has hitherto
been SO entirely impartial In his attentions
TO ladies' as to p~resuppose a decided tenden-
cy to bachelorhood.
Mrs. Pauline Levy, No. 4iol West Pine
boulevard. announces the engagement of her
daughter, Emma Leota, to Frederick NJ.
hraus. Miss Levy and her fance will re-
ceive on Sunday afternoon and evening,
March 81.
MIR. and Mrs. Baarent Ten Brock have
gone to Hot Springs OR a visit, and WILL re-
main until Mr.. Ten Brock. who is recuper-
.t1ns after q typhoid fever Illness. is en-
tlrely we'll.
Miss Abby Watson is visiting In South
ern Arkansas. She will remain for three
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carstarphen and
their children are soon to remove to Jeffer-
son City.
Miss Emma Churchill. No. so2s Washing
ton avenue, is the guest Of friends in River
side. Cal.
Mrs. George Scott has returned to the
West End Hotel after a months stay at
Hot Springs.
Mrs. C. l. wilkins of Springfield, Mass.
departed at noon Wednesday for her home
after 4 prolonged visit to her aunt, Mrs.
Moffatt. of Baird avenue.
Miss HELEN NJ. Wilkins. Of Springfield.
Mass. and Louis A. Hawkins of New York
We're quietly married on Wednesday morn
Ing at the residence Of the brides aunt,
Mrs. II. s. Mofrett. No. 913 Bayard avenue.
The house was tastefully trimmed. with
roses and smilax. with the dining-room,
where a breakfast was served. after the
ceremony. done in pink and white.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkin departed at noon
on Wednesday for Chicago, and. after a
short visit in that city. will 60 to New
York, where they will be at home after
April 1.
The Ad Libitum Society will give a dance
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

The Globe-Demoerat is becoming hys-
terical in it's frantic efforts to boost the
Republican municipal ticket. In one Of
its fits of hysteria it quoted yesterday
from n passage in the speech Of Mr.. Il.
c. Simmons and hen proceeded to de-
clare the remarks quoted simply illus
trate how an utterly vacuous idea can
be offered when the reasoning faculties
are paralyzed by a spirit Of narrow
~partisanship." There is something in
tensely amusing in accusing Mr.. E. G.
Simmons Of ideas and charging
that his reasoning faculties are para
lyzed by a spirit Of narrow partisanship.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
SPEAK UP. MIR. PARKER.

Instead Of blatantly calling on Mr..
Wells to place himself on record" on
the alleged ~election-law issue, an issue
which even his own organ, the Globe
Democrat, is now obliged to confess has
no existence in fact, will not Mr..
Parker place himself on record" with
regard to Ziegenheinism's lavish en-
ployment of Street Department moneys
as a corruption fund for Mr.. Parker's
own benefit?
There is urgent necessity for such ac-
ton on the part of the Ziegenhein gangs
candidate for the Mayoralty. The recent
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
WATERsPoUT SWEEPS RIVER.
Whirling Column of Water Three
Hundred Feet in Height.

ttEF UfS11IC SFECIah
Quincy, ILL.,. March 2l-A gigantic water
spout swept over the river Wednesday aft
ernoon two miles below Canton. Captain
Critchfield, master of the little packet Me-
tropolis. says the swirling column Of spray
and mist looked fully 300 feet in height and
those who witnessed it were awe-stricken.
A black cloud from the west let dow a pro-
lection In the shape of an inverted cone as
1t passed over the river and the water i'm
mediately beneath was thrown into violent
agitation. The waterspout formed on the
Missouri side of the river. and swept with
across TO the illinois shore, where it broke
with a terrific report. The tail Of the cloud
drew up water in immense quantities. n it
would have crushed to kindling wood my
craft luckless enough to be in its path.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
NEW FOREIGN MAIL PLANS.
Concentration in New York City to
BE Abandoned.

Washington. March a.-As soon as CORE
spondence can be had at the various Euro
pean Governments, this Government will
send out on the mail-carryins steamers
eight registered mails. instead OF one. as at
present. these being made up separately
at New York. Boston. Washington, Chicago.
st. Louis and other cities centrally located,
and sent directly instead or through the
New York office.
The malls from Europe, in turn. instead Of
being copcentrated in New York. as now.
will be forwarded in direct closed sacks
from the European center to the cities men
toned.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

Now that the amendments to the Nes-
bit law have been made, with every Re-
publican in the General Assembly vot-
ing for them, 1t will be in order for ST.
Louis Republicans to frankly confess
that they have nothing but Z%iegenilein's
fine record to present rs n campaign
drawing card.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
FOR MAYOR OF FL0RIssANT.
c.. G. Craft, Jr., Nominee Of the Cit
izens' Party.

Charles c. Craft, Jr., Thursday accepted
the nomination for Mayor of Florissant on
the Citizens party ticket. The nomination
was offered him Wednesday night at a mass
meeting of the younger voters Of the town.
Deputy Beer Inspector Leon DeLisle will
be Crafts opponent. Mr.. DeLisle Is the
present incumbent. and has held the posi-
ton for several terms. Party lines have
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

In voting for one-tifth of a mill in
req in the general revenue to be de-
voted to the library, st. Louis has every
thing to gain and nothing to lose. At
the same time there Will be no increase
in taxation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

Doesn't the Globe-Democrat find
enough trouble IN its hands in the eff
fort to run Republican politics without
bothering about the Democracy Of Rolla
Wells? The Democracy of st. Louis
n readily determine what sort Of
Democrat Rolla Wells Is without look
ing to the Globe Democrats columns for
light and wisdom.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

From a careful study of the candi-
dates IN the Republican city ticket, the
marks left by the %Zlegenhein disease
would indicate that most Of them had
been at one time or another affected by
the %contagion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

been obliterated in the campaign and the
issues presented are purely local.
will be one Of the youngest Mayors in the
State of Missouri. He was born and reared
in F1orissant and Is engaged In business in
that town. His father is q candidate for
Council in the Third Ward on the same
ticket. The other candidates for Aldermen
in Florissant are Henry B. Albers and
Peter Humbach from the First Ward, An
SECOND and Henry Vanderbrink from the
Third. The other officials are appointed by
the Town Board. which is chosen at the
April election.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

Says Governor Dockery: THE people
of Missouri are to be congratulated up
on the work Of the Legislature" Two
years hence the people will roll up a
Democratic majority that will give even
q stronger stamp Of approval.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

And Said v. 3. Carr FURTHER SAYS taat
the number Of copies returned or reported
uhsold during the month OF February was
e1s Per cent
Sworn to and subscribed before NE this
18th day OF February, 1901.
]. +. FARISH.
Eotkry Public. City Of st Louis. Mo. My
term expires April 2e. 1901.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
DIVORCED COUPLE REMARRY.
Charles B. Mcclellan and Wife
Agree to Become Reconciled.
QpECAI.

Charleston. m, March 21-wednesday
nirht a couple from Casey applied for a IL
cense to wed here and were married by
Justice Robins. They. were Charles B. Nc
To be a couple that had been divorced about
a month ago in the Clark County Court.
They said they wanted to give their friends
ct homo Q SNEpItDA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

A favorable vote to increase the tax
for maintenance of the Public Library
is due to Mr.. Carnegie and st. Louis
alike.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

As now amended, the ST. Louis cleo
ton law Will operate to insure clean elec.
tons and q fair count.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22

1t was the people, and not the lobby,
for whom the Forty-first General Assem-
bly, Of Missouri faithfully labored.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-22
Death Of Judge r,

Death of Judge Peter Aubuchon.
REPUBLIC PECIAL
Pennington. Mo-, March 21-Judge Peter
Abduction, a highly respected citizen Of this
county, died at his home at French Village
Thursday.