The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-06
Present Republican City Organiza'
ton Has Run It's Course and
Is Out of Business.
BLUNDERS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
One Member Thinks the Committee
Ought to Resign in a Body
An Editorial Causes
Amusement.

w q oo us luIlHeT uselUlueSS Is COsl-
cerned the present Republican City Central
Committee is out of business. Those Of its
members who are frank enough to admit
the real significance of the defeat of their
ticket Tuesday see a complete reorganiza-
ton of the body. One of them said Friday:
Il believe the only thing to do is for the
entire committee to resign and to allow a
new body to be chosen which shall have
none of the faint of Xiegenhein attached
to it. A majority of the present commit
teemen are either Ziegennein appo:ntees
or MEN who have been identified with his
administration. None OF these can have
anything to do with the management Of the
party in st. Louis If the Republicans hope
to win in the elections of 1902 and 1909"
The blunders which the committee made
In the campaign are now standing out in
bold relief.
As one of the members put it: we
Thought that Parker'S character aS a BUSH
ness man and the fact that he was original
ly the candidate Of the silks would Offset
the disadvantages growing out of Ziegen-
helms connection with his campaign for the
primary and the activity of Ziegeni!ein's
campaign: Parker could never have been
nominated but for this machine. The mis-
take was made in allowing the machine to
dominate in the conduct of the campaign.
An effort was made to keep the members
OF the committee Most directly connected
with Ziesenhein in the background. but
NAaN N.S mp cSslCl rdlltu sIOuilu
an the time that the gang had a hold on
Parker because of the activity displayed
by them in his behalf"
CrOwninE Blunder of Campaign.
But the GROWING blurder of the cam
pa!sn was the assistance given to the Meri-
wether people by the CITY Committee. This
proved TO be the bisfess ~Ioi!t:ca: god brick
on record. And it is because the members
OF the committee realize only too keenly
that they were bunkOed at their own game
mat they are not joining SO that any;
1 D0Ey rGn hnor fhnr, f, Hhn o~-1- 80 R~a, nd
that are being raised BY the Republican
press. A feature Of the aftermath Of the
election which has impressed all who have
come in contact with members of the COM
mittee since Tuesday is the absolute lack
OF enthusiasm on their part when a con-
test Is suggested. If ever a crowd Of ward
why they were getting it. the men who ON
pose the Republican City Committee are the
| peopi..
One word tells the story-Ziegenhein. And
when the word went down the line Friday
that the Mayor intended to appoint his
son. Fred. now his private secretary. to
the position of Assistant Harbor Commits
sioner under Henry Alt. a relative of lie
Eenhein. the members of the committee who
are interested to any extent in the future
Of the Republican party in st. Louis swore
fed with Ziegenhein and had been favored
by him. they could not understand how, in
the face of the severest rebuke ever admin
istered to a city administration he could
make such a move.
1T amounts simply to an effort on his
part to perretuate the issue of Ziegenhein-
ism two years longer and give the city to
the Democrats in the next two elections"
said a committeeman. Then. too, Fred Zie-
senhein has had an unsavory crowd about
him in the Mayors office. and it would be 4
bad appointment, cutting out his relation
ship to the Mayor"
Mayors Friends Saw 1t Coming.
Every one connected with the Z~iegenhein
administration except the Mayor himself
seems willing to accept the verdict rendered
by the people TUESDAY as final.
Il saw 1t coming three years ago said
one Of the Mayors appointees. TOO much
1ollying.. too much evadirg questions. too
much Wurzburger at the start ard Scha-
wacker. Owen and Schweickardt at the fin
One City Hall official, who was appointed
two years ago and holds over until 1868.
expressed himself as being satisfied with
come, sooner or later" he said. IAN un-
polished politician is all right in politics so
long as he occupies an obscure position. But
when he IS put In complete control and sur
rounds himself with men Of his class and
character there is only one result. 1t hap
pened last Tuesday, And every man who
g.nhein administration is az dead politically
as a MAJ can be. Tuesdays defeat means
a new deal ali round"
An editorial in Fridays Globe-Democrat
was the topic OF much humorous discus
sion among Republican politicians who |
worked IN North ana South st. Louis at
tne election: The editorial was as follows: |
strong R.pubiican wa:ds between Mr.. Parker and
M Mei Mtr,Tet snsw =. the;r deterdeIs say Mr..
s sr Ms.sw.. vote in NORTH and s5uth ST, Louis.
dIdate and sir. Wells e 'h the hs god b Rs1msaraile n Sam.
;nee; There was one Republican ticke. in I? the
votes cas-. TUESDAY s' ssas four aast ye slsh af s5.e the mere Ree
publican nominee "m for Mayor should have received
S siaiss the ss"S o,p pS:si less 5han and DR. M zIffs.9hs,n.
poied LUIS votes more than Meriwether and Har-
years ago? OBTAINED four
Editorial Slap nj Committee.
1,c ane S som rdsT eefeni In the Strong Repub-
amused: One of them said: II told the
committee last week that no power en-
cart earth ce could control my people; that they
% Wba, gong to sx to Mer rf in drovss: ! knew
expected it. It's funny to read about else
ton thieves, dividing the vote in these
the man who would try to monkey with tho
returns In the nine South and North End
wards where Meriwether got 15.cO0 votes. II
had TO De a square deal. In one ward-the
Meriwetner told the committeeman to keep
his Z hands on and keep his mouth shut il
ne wanted to go back to the committee"
publican CITY Central Committee. beca use
N the wards concerned the committee had
the men II wanted as judges and clerks,
and, prior TO the election. made no obiec,
tons to them. The committee has entered
no complaint against its judges and clerks
In these wards since the election.
Fflley Follower Hold q Rally.
With the passing Of the Zieganhein ma.
chine the followers of c. /. Filley are be
coming more active. Thursday nights
at the Good Government Club was
a rally. There were no signs of sorrow
t the result of the election. All were
Certifying in the downfall Of the Ziegenhein l.
rang, and buttons bearing The Old Mans"
expression: We've got emf" were
IN every coat lapel. Filley wore six of the
buttons. Speeches were made by R. f. Nc
Math and Mr.. Filley. The sentiment
to prevail that the only course omen
o the City Committee was to resign.
Mr.. Filley read some interesting corre-
pondence which passed between him and
ohm D. johnson. representing the ST. Louis
Club. early in February, to the
ominating a ticket. provided the Ziegen-
ein machine was not taken into the move
nent. The facts az to the manner in which
he st. Louis Republican Club took the Zie-
enhein people into its conferences and al
them to name candidates on the
were related. :