The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-17

Ing to supplement the work of the County
Convention, while the ST. Louis mi
wishes to f%orestail any sort OF nominations
by a convention.
Section lUSS OF the Revised Statutes says
that no central committee shall have the
power 10 substitute. to I'LL any vacancy,
the name OF any person who is not known
to be of the same political belief and party
as the person FOR whom he is substituted. -
National Committeeman kerens manifest
ed mis- interest by h~uttonhOing the COM
mitteemen aid asking them not to take
any action. Some of Them laughed At ltIIn
anG SAD that they would not, put would
vo;e to refer il to the Executive comunt-
tee-smaIl comfort in view of Ine lew
fTisncs he has in that body.
Sire Alarm" Flanagan for Harmony.
Fire Alarm" Flanagan was 1he m,st
persistent of the City Committees cham
lions. He has been III St LOUIS from Gar
image for the past week trying to 0ersusce
the Republicans 10 allow a direct primary.
Colonel W. H. Phelps sent for him TO help
the National Committeeman, and Us Das
let no grass grow under his feet.
Though he has no particular excuse for
his interference in the local situation. he
tod one committeeman yesterday after
noon that he wished they could get mar
mony.'
Il have been spending a lot of my time
on tals thing flanagan said, and l wouia
like TO so home"
Well, yOu can save yourself your time
and trouble by taking the next tram was
the unfeeling ~rejoInder.
Flanagan IS The man who, after speaking
againsl the Endorsement of Secretary OF the
interior hitchcock by the State Convention.
asked an Opponent II ne had not done
pretty well ior a hired man.
Local Situation Considered.
At the afternoon session of the State
Committee the local situation came up.
when d report OF the Tenth Congressional
District was called for. Ali of the St.
Louis members spoke.
Those defending the City Committees
action in ordering 4 direct nominating pri-
mary were Theouore D.. Kalbfell. chairman
Of the City Committee; Chris Schumacher.
City Committeeman from the Fifth Ward:
Doctor Max C. Starkloff and Hiram LLOYD
Those opposed were Otto F. Stifel. Charles
Nagel. W. L. Sturdevant and Charles F.
Otto stifel offered the resolution referring
all local differences to the Executive Com
mittee. None OF the friends of kerens had
the nerve TO Eight the proposition and IL was
passed unanimously.
When the Executive Committee met. the
matter was quickly disposed of. Kerens
did not have a champion in that organiza-
ton. Messrs. Sturdevant and Nagel ex-
planned that their friends did not propose
TO have the last remnant of Z~iegenheinism
rerpetuat.ng its existence by usurping
powers which properly belonged to a dele
gate convention.
One of three courses is open to the City
Committee 1t can rescind its action and
order a delegate convention and the anti
Kerens faction will abide by the result.
IN the naming Of judges and clerks. in wh!ch
case a straight Republican ticket viii be
named.
II this condition is accepted there are sew
eral of the present committeeman who will
be compelled to retire.
II neither of the above Is accented the
ten members OF the minority will with
draw. declare that the majority has bolted
the party by bartering away the offices 10
the Meriwether faction, appoint committee
men from the seventeen wards now repre-
by those in favor of the Meriwether
deal and have the new committee recog-
nized by the State organization.
There are many presidents to support
this latter contention OF the KeTens
faction In the one hundred and third Mis-
souri,. commonly called the O'Mailey case.
cared to be acting within its legal right
In recognizing one of two local contesting
committeeS As the present Republican
City Committee was elected under the old
primary law. the present law does not ep-