The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-26

REPURLICAN STATE TICKET


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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Superintendent OF Schools-J. L. WHITE OF
Frookfed.
Railroad COMMISSIONER dong term w. s
Crann Of Joplin.
Railroad Commissioner short term)-BARNEy
FRAUENTHAI. Of ST Louis.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
jefferson City. No. June 25-After losing
every other point, the men who made the
lobby agreement in the offices of the Mis-
souri Pacific a month ago gained the one
supreme advantage Of staving off a romina-
tion for United States Senator until the
General Assembly meets next January. On
this one demand the Phelps -Kerens comb!-
nation was invincibIe.
Otherwise. Kerens was wiped off the po-
litical map of the convention. Though he
had gained every technical organization ad-
vantage excepting the Credentials Commit
tee--even that seating most of his delegates
test votes by congressional districts
showed that out of the LO40 delegates, State
Chairman Atkins had nearly 700. His loss
Of the preliminary organization and the
Resolutions and Permanent Organization
committee showed-as one speaker in the
convention Iauded him-that he is 10
manipulation or political manager"
AkINS FORCES LED
ON EVERY BALLOT.
Try as hard as they would. the ''prac-
teal politicians Of the Kerens faction
could not swing the Atkins majority. Every
call Of the convention. with the possible
exception of the nomination for the long
term railroad commissionship, which went
TO W. S. Crane Of Phelps's district, demon
strated that the Kerens faction was in
hopeless minority.
Up to the time that the resolution indors-
ing Secretary of the Interior was passed by
a vote OF 63S TO 39S. Kerens and the Post
masters worked a magnificent bluff on the
convention. Despite the fact that the un-
dercurrent of feeling against him was ap-
parent to every observer. the superior ma
nipulation of his henchmen literally made
the friends Of State Chairman Atkins look
like schoolboys.
CONVENTION ADJOURNs
WITH DELEGATES WRANGLING.
The convention adjourned sine die at
o'clock this evening. after repeated dis
plays of the harmony about which so
much has been said of late. There was not
a moment when the delegates were not
either openly or covertly accusing each
other of selling out, betrayal, ruffianism
and other high crimes OF the Republican
political dictionary.
Roosevelt was Endorsed for denomination
minority of the report of the Committee
on Resolutions was adopted indorsing Sec
retary of the Interior Hitchcock, senatorial
action was omitted excepting a platform
plank which denounced the lobby. State
Chairman Atkins secured about twenty-nIne
of the forty-two members of the new State
Committee
INSIDE HISTORY OF
THE CONVENTION
Some of tie inside history of the conven-
lion Is enlightening. The lobby had abso-
lutte control of the Resolutions Committee
by vote Of to Z. Friends of Atkins went
into the committee meeting supposing that
him up for chairman. When Nathan Frank
was named, Dalton promptly declared him
self for him.
At first, the committee stood against an
Endorsement of Roosevelt for denomination.
Fire Alarm" Flanagan, from Phelps dis
trict, fought the proposition. Bert Nortoni
st. Louis promptly declared that they
would present a minority report and read
not only gave a 1S0i Endorsement. but
coupled with it. commendation of Hitch
cock.
Flanagan alone finally agreed to the 1904
proposition, and passed a motion inserting
II in the platform and ignoring Hitchcock
Nortoni and McQuillan stood pat on the
tee adjourned they put their seven mem
bers In caucus and pledged united action
on a
LOBBY AGREEMENT HAUNTED
THE PLATFORM MAKERS.
OF course, the lobby disturbed the COM
mittee. When questioned by NOrtoni Ma
than Frank admitted that Phelps had been
present In the Missouri Pacific conference.
Nevertheless, he was in favor of denying
the agreement" in the resolutions. Nortoni
reminded him of the statements which
Frank Roberts had made to the St Louis
Republicans, who had met in the ofice of
Charles Nagel The weak-kneed denuncia-
ton Of the lobby which was finally insert
ed in the platform was forecastec in The
Republic several days ago.
Lobby Republicans express themselves as
perfectly satisfied with this plank said
one OF them tonight: That's all right
Give us the General Assembly and we will
carry out the agreement which was made
in the Missouri Pacific offices. We are
glad enough TO get the aid OF Phelps This
fool notion that we are too good to accept
help from a man who can deliver the
goods is absolutely silly"
PLATFORM DEMANDS
ANTI-LOBBY SENATOR.
On the other hand. the pIatfrom is re-