The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-01
Desert Zachritz as a Result of Can
didate Parker's Open Offer
of Reward.
STAMPEDE is BARELY CHECKED.
Anti-Slate Faction Makes Capital
Of Ziegenhein's Intimacy With
Head of Republican Cau-
Gus Ticket.


Parker preferred" stock took an upward
turn in the local Republican political mar
| ket yesterday, and 'Zachritz common
| took a corresponding slump. despite tn,
vigorous efforts. of the anti-caucus bears t.
| overcome the nervous feeling engendered by
the unexpected advance.
The break which caused such unusual ac
tiVtty In the mayoralty corner was sprung
by the caucus candidate. Parker. in hi.
speech at the Merchants League Clul
Wednesday night in which he indicated &c
the shorts present the promise of an un.
usual rise in futures. when he said: 1.-The
men who do the work at the elections are
the boys who shall have the nuts
At this unexpected announcement by the
man upon whom the machine Is depending
to work "a corner in nuts" next April, all
the shorts" hastened to cover. and within
the ensuing twenty-four hours Ziegehein
Frank Houser Preetorius & Co., Parker
accredited brokers, were besieged by Zach
ritz followers, eager to get in on the ground
floor. The Zachritz men made herculean eff
forts to head off the stampede and redeem
the day, and last night they believed they
had succeeded In reassuring their followers
that the advance was the result of false in
formation, and thought they had succeeded
In steadyfng the market.
The Parker men, however and even MANY
or Zachritz's former steadfast friends be-
lieve that the ill-effects of the stampede
may not wear away before Monday.
Zachritn Makes Political Capital.
Judge zachritz is preparing to make po-
htical capital out of Parker's speech at the
Merchants League Club. and of the fact
fhaf Ioo OF
date has placed himself completely under
the active management of the Mayor, is
regularly paraded by the Mayor as ''his
candidate and introduced to the gang by
inference as protege of Ziegenhein. This
close association of the "Silk-Stocking"
candidate with Zfegenhein, it is argued.
must necessarily impart to Parker the
malodorous taint Of Ziegenheinism Zach
ritz, so his friends say, will make every
possible use of this as a campaign argu-
ment against Parker. and will revert to
Parker's reference to the ''nutS' as an
implication that the caucus candidate is
already absorbing some of the noxious
articles of faith held by his political tutor
and cicerone.
The managers of the Republican machine
have adopted q plan which they think will
be effective in securing the nomination of
the st. Nicholas Hotel secret caucus slate
at the primary next Tuesday, When the
Election Commissioners sat down upon the
scheme originally planned to have the
caucus slate printed as q separate ticket
upon the official ballot, the fine workers of
the machine got together and hatched ont
arc ther scheme to overcome this temporary
setback. and at the same time insure the
effectiveness Of their original plan.
War on the Fine Workers.o
The scheme Of the Parke-ites is in of.
feet reversion to the scheme of voting
under the old primary election laws, when
each candidate had separate ballot at
the polls, and the voter took the tfckct
Dc aring the name of his Individual choice
and voted 1t. The Parkeritcs have made
arrangements to have large number Of
dodgers printed. bearing only the names of
the candidates selected at the secret eau
Gus. These will be freely distributed among
the Parker workers in each ward, with in
structions to distribute them broadcast
among the voters on the day of the nri-
mary for guidance in making out their
ballots. ''eii
a., The scheme might cause ZachrItz the
loss OF many votes were 1t not for the fact
that the Zachritz men are aware of IL and
propose to make use of it themselves They
VIII have similar dodgers printed contain-
ing the names OF the candidates favored by
Iachr1tz and instructions to scratch every
9ther name appearing on the official bal