The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
Desperate Efforts of Members of
City Hall Gang to Nominate
Their House Candidates.
FOUGHT BY DECENT ELEMENT.
Voters Organize to Beat John
Helms in the Eighteenth Ward
Residents of Cabanne Will
Watch the Polls.

Realizing that they may fail utterly In
their plans to control the Mayors office
during the next four years. the City Hall
gang is concentrating its greatest effort TO
obtain the election of a majority of men,
bers of the Municipal Assembly, hoping. If
they succeed. to handle" all the important
legislation incident to the Worlds Fair
and the period Of construction and recon-
struction which will precede the compile
tion of the great enterprise.
Good citizens in many of the wards have
seen this move. and as a result there are
bitter fights In prospect at the primary
next Tuesday in connection with the selec-
tion of nominees for the House Of Dele
gates. The gang intends to take desperate
chances to put It's candidates through, and
this is known to its opponents who out
number the City Hall workers 10 to 1. even
in the wards where the Ziegenhein machine
is the strongest.
Fight on John Helms.
In the Eighteenth Ward, the home of
William H. Hahn. Recorder Of Deeds. mem
ber of the Republican City Central Com
mittee. secretary OF the same body ana
man in charge of the committees head
cent element of the Republican voters has
organized to defeat John Helms. gang can
didate for the House of Delegates. Helms
Is one of the men who voted for the Cen
trail Traction bill and was identified with
the lighting bill obstructionists.
John H. Klute. secretary of the Sanders
Duck and Rubber Company, is the candi-
date Of the element which is opposed to
Helms, Henry W. Becker, assistant secre-
tary of the Mullanphy Board, is one Of the
leaders of the fight on Helms. He called at
the Election Commissioners office yester-
day to request that the voters he repre-
sents be allowed to name one Judge for
each of the two polling places in the ward,
1t happens that the judges and clerks IN
the ward were selected by the City Hall
machine and the anti-Helms people are not
willing that they shall have full sway with
the returns. The Election Board will pass
on the request to-day. 1t seems probable
that it will be granted.
In the Twenty-EiEhth Ward.
In the Twenty-eighth Ward g. similar sit
uatiUn exists. Here Sam F. Myerson, Re-
publican Central Committeeman, and one
Of those in the committee who are sup
porting Judge Zachritz for the mayoralty
has placed his salesman,7 John
F. Nangle, in the field as a candidate. The
choice was made last Monday night at a
of the Republican League Club of
the ward at Taylor avenue and Delmar
1t was charged by members Of the club
who oppose Myerson that the meeting was
packed; that forty-one men were brought
out for the purpose from Third and WASH
Ington avenue in bunch and their street
car fare paid by one man. and that the con-
ductor of the car afterwards went into the
meeting with a policeman and obtained the
Of picking his pocket.
Charles w. Holtcamp. Lieutenant Colonel
3 the First Regm of ana fba
ty-eighth Ward, with Frank Wyman, pres
dent of the Cabanne Club; B. ]. Klene. P.
NJ. Hanson and other prominent residents
publican Club of the Twenty-eighth Ward.
are determined to obtain square deal for
heir candidate. Paul Reiss.. a young
lawyer. who is secretary of the Citizens
Citizens VIII Resist JugGlcry.
At the meeting of the club last Monday
night at the Arcade it was practically re-
solved that no jugglery would be allowed at
meeting that a sufficient number of MEM
oers of the club. or other citizens who stand
,or fair methods. should 60 on watch at
vent the preparation of fraud of any kind;
The district voting places will be located
It No. 446S Delmar boulevard and at the
we'll understood that the members Of the
Citizens club will be prepared to resist
any attempt to use repeaters One of the
eaders Of the movement against the Myer-
son candidate said yesterday:
II can't say what will happen, but you
IAN guess what an American citizen will do
( he discovers that he is being deprived of
his rights"
1t will be decided to-day whether to call
! mass meeting of Cabanne Republicans for
night at the Arcade to prepare
'or the primary in the manner outlined. II
his course Is not adopted the plans will be
Monday. night. at the regular
Meeting of the Citizens club.