The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-18
Full Returns Show Sorrowful
Plight of the Fusion Faction
in the Republican Party.
GRIMM BEATEN BY McQUILLEN.
Last Two Precincts Decided a
Close Contest for One of the
Circuit Judgeship
Nominations.

About the most amusing sight yesterday
among the politicians was the old Ziegen-
helm ~gangsters and the Meriwether manipu-
lators trying to look pleasant after being
forced to swallow a dose of the same medi-
cine which the bunch has been serving
out to their opponents for the last ten
| years.
The victory of the anti-Kerens crowd in
the primary OF Tuesday was so complete
that practically nothing could be said to
have been saved from the wreck. With
only eight members of the new City Com
mfttee and two or three of them doubtful,
there is little consolation for the National
Committeeman and his allies.
AT the headquarters OF the old City Com
do nothing but bow to the inevitable. AvSt
of them are practical politicians of the
extreme type and unless they can crawl
into the band wagon they are down and
out.
McoUILLIN BEAT GRIMM.
Late returns showed that Eugene Nc
ouiilin managed TO pull through as thiri
Until the last two PRECINCTS were in Hugo
Grimm had the lead. Friends Of both men
expected McQuillin to win easily. as he
had friends in both factions. though neither
faction could be called enthusiastic in his
support.
James NJ. Rollins was defeated by the last
returns. Until the First Ward had sent
in its returns. he was a winner by Il major
ity of a hundred or SO. Rudolph and Peter
Anderson, leaders of the st. Louis sepub-
lican Club crowd in the First, put an cffec-
tual quietus on his hopes by returning large
matorities for Wilbur +. Parker, the man
on their slate.
1t was charged that Rollins had been
playing both ends against the middle. A
few months ago he came out in an inter
view declaring for the nomination of a
ton and explaining that he had always
been opposed TO Colonel Kerens. or late.
had manifested a change of front and
must pay the penalty. His record in the
Senate was. used against him e~ffectually.
LEGISLATIVE NOMINEES.
As far as Kerens is concerned he ran up
against a worse sentiment than he dreamed.
He had candidates for the General Assem-
bly, in every district. In the Third District
there is a normal Democratic majority of
about 5000. His candidates. Burke. Heit-
meyer and Conkling. had no opposition. As
thew stand about as much chance of cleo
ton as woGld a Meriwether man, that dis
trict may be left out of consideration.
OF the other sixteen legislative nominees
three senators and thirteen Representa-
tives-Kerens can claim only six, while the
antl-herens crowd can depend upon ten.
or the six kerens nominees, II Is said one
or Two of them will get into the band
wagon; as Their ward organization is
The following nominees are said to be
against kerens: Hodgdon. Parker. Murphy.
son. Boland. Busche ana orrick. Those
friendly to Kerens are Martin. GoebeI,
Paulus. Walton. Richter and ORR.
Parker of the Thirty-fourth Senatorial
District yves his nomiha zion strictly to the
anti-kerens crowd His ward is represented
by an anti-Kerens committeeman. and he
enough to know which way to jump.
MERIWETHER STILL BLUFFING.
As for Lee Meriwether and his crowd of
manipulators. they are properly discour-
aged. Bogy. Kowalski and B~randenburger
were. not the most cheerful men on earth.
as their chances of fat jobs and much
Importance disappeared when the result of
ASKED why no more of his followers
voted, Meriwether said yesterday. In the
Offices of the Republican State Committee:
Il don't know. They would not let US vote.
When 1t comes to beating the election
laws. the Republicans can give the Demo
putting the Democratic judicial nominee
On our ticket and then maybe We can get
a few votes. The Democrats last year
gave us more votes than the Republicans
All of which shows that Mr.. Meriwe.her
sun thinks that he has a few followers.
months After making the above state
ment. he asked Mr.. Atkins IL he could see
him privately.
AS the two left the room Mr.. Atkins re-
fused to say whether he would demand the
return OF the 800 check which was given
Higbee ON the ticket. II Meri.
wether thinks that 1t would be better policy
for him To knife the Republicans for the
way in which they treated him. the 800
check certainly should be returned. sill,
as the money originally came from Kerens.
Mr.. Atkins may not insist upon IL. The anti
Kerens crowd is sparing no pains to rub IL
in on the National Committeeman in these
days of direct primaries. State committees
and other modern political machinery.
FACTIONS IN NEW COMMITTEE.
City Committee will be held to-day or to-
morrow. Already there promises to be a
small fight for supremacy in this organiza-
tion. Every one connected with the victory
is claiming the sole credit. They refuse to
take the Schley view and acknowledge that
there Is enough glory to go clear around.
Unless they show signs of sticking together
it viii be like the Owen-Alt minority to
step in and run things along lines Of their
own choosing
This IS hardly probable. as the new conn
mitteemen have a well-founded terror of
II they could find a reasonable ex-
cuse they would hand Owen his discharge
papers The idea of ousting unsatisfactory
opponents has caught on IN great fashion
among the reformers.
OF course. the St. Louis Republican Club
and its president. Robert c. Day. have the
credit for originating the anti-Kerens fight.
Its members convinced the State Committee
of party treachery in the old committee.
lanes l.. MINIS. vice president. attended
ia the legal end OF the primary fight. and
without his assistance matters would have
been greatly different.
Clinton A. Welsh was in charge Of or
.ganization. and as results count. the fact
that he was able to find opponents of Ker-
in nearly every ward shows that some
thing more than "pink-tea politics. was
william H Hahn of the minority
in the old committee comes in for no
small share of credit for practical sugges-
tions. His wide acquaintance among the
boys stood the reorganizers In good
stead.
Above all. the liberal supply of the where
by Otto Stifel. Charles Nagel and
other moneyed men made the mare go"
in proper fashion.
COMPLETE RETURNS.
The last returns were not received at the
Board of Election Commissioners until 10
o'clock yesterday morning. the second pre-
ciuct of the Twenty-eighth Ward being the
last to report. The vote was as follows
on all nominees:
CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Tally
Zachritz
McQuilin e-esf
Grimm 49,
PROBATE JUDGE.
Itendsrson ~
D OUR OF CRIMINAL CoRREcTIoN.
Sldener Ss3
CIRCUIT CLERK.
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