The St. Louis Republic., 1902-10-05
George ID. Reynolds, Nominated by
One Republican Faction,
Is Anti-Kerens.
OTHER FORCES MEET MONDAY.
Delay Action in the Hope of Get.
ting c. p. Walbridge to Con
sent to- Run-Ill Feeling
in District Intensified.

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Reynolds was nominated for Congress. he
ing the candidate Of the antl-Kerens fac
lion.
The other convention. which was run by
the Kerens-Ziegenhela element. adjourned
10 meet again at o'clock Monday after
noon.
II would be hard to overstate the III feel
ing that exists between the TWO elements.
The old Congressional COMMITTEES. which
has been accused OF laying down" on the
Republican nominee TWO years ago. sought
a ''vindication' by making John b. owen
chairman Of the first convention Having
seated their own delegates they did rs they
pleased with parliamentary rules and pro-
ceeded TO put their programme over the
plate in approved fashion.
The adjournment OF the Kerens conven-
tion was taken in order to discover whether
e p Walbridge would accept the nominal
tlOn from them. He refused 10 answer
finally. saying that II u reply was ex-
pected yesterday he would decline He
might change his mind by Monday. but
did not think that he would.
TROUBLE STARTS EARLY.
Trouble began when the Congressional
Committee met At . O'Clock 10 name the
temporary officers OF the convention and
select the delegates who shuuld be seated
There We're nine members OF I'll committee
with balance OF power in the hands OF
James a Jones Of the Twenty-second
Ward.
He has proved = weak sister in both fac
uons. Usually the last man TO him gets his
proxy. Simeon Harris. Kerens man from
the Twenty-second Ward had a proxy
dated September ~. Friday. Theodore +.
berryhill, an anti-kerens man. went 10
Hermann, No. where Jones was ceiling
horses. and secured the following iron-clad
proxy, revoking the Harris document:
hereby constitute and appoint Theo. r. Berry
hiil my PROXY 70 represent me and act FOR me
IN my nane. place and stead member or
said committee until l shall have revoked this
pTo1y BY wr1ting. duly signed and acknowledged
hill % DO for me. and N my name. any and
az things that !. Is a member OF said commit
ings OF said committee. or otherwise I hereby
TgSeAe rS siia aihui % my appointment ot simeon
~ ~5iaEtls a. No pioAy. WRlen appointment was
made BY wTiting. signed by ne on Jnirtisth Gay
In witness whereof. ! have. hereunto set my
hand this ''he ihirO day q ost96eE. ~.
state OF Missouri County of G1sc5aade.ss: -ss;''
On this. the third dLy q october. iss2. person,
personally known TO be the same person men
tioned IN and who executed the foregoing in
same 70 be his free act and deed
E c. IsENBERG. Clerk County Court
HARRIS INsIsTENT.
Harris insisted that he had right 10
vote George B. Teasdale. the chairman Of
Proxy 9o of Joseph stsudg hs Mas Ras hof RS ad
mitted 10 the meeting. the kerens men rid
ing rough-shod over their opponents By
keeping Methudy's proxy out or the room
That done, the rest was easy. Teasdale
was unseated as chairman and Loffhagen OF
the Fourth Ward elected in his stead. Teas
dale tried TO organize a boh, but could not
get Casper kralemann out OF the meeting
The reason developed later. when krnle-
was given one-haif representation in the
temporary organization Il
With the exception OF the Fifteenth Ward.
Where the compromise was effected, all OF
the Kerens men were seated in the tempo
rary organization. William LOnhagen was
named temporary chairman and Horace 8.
Beedle temporary secretary.
There being only hfty-fve delegates in the
convention, the seating OF herens men In
the temporary organization gave them ahso.
Iwenty-hfth Wards remained in the anti
kerens column. the other seven wards be-
ing represented by the Kerens-ziegenhein
When the appointment Of the Committee
On Credentials was made. the following were
named; Edward II. LofIhagen. Chris Scha-
Eacker, Charles J. Decker. ]. p Methudy.
August GIsier, J. c. Covington Simeon mar
ris, Harry @. Whelan and George B Teas
dale The ann-Kerens men did not partici-
but allowed the other faction 20 run things
as they pleased.
OWEN PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
Recess OF an hour and a half was taken
et u:5. When the convention again met
John 3. owen. chairman OF the Old Con-
gressional Committee. was made permanent
Efforts 10 give anti-Kerens men
a show were unavailing. They were run
over rogSh-shod. Casper Kralemann's dele
cation from the Fifteenth was fred and ali
OF Norman F1orsheim's negroes seated
owen had the convention with him and
made no bones Of the situation. Once w1en
the Twenty-fifth Ward delesatiou was dis
cuEsing the adyisabiIity OF boitinE Owen
told them: Come on. you statesmen. You
about the committees"
George c. Hitchcock read the report OF
the Committee on Permanent ORGANIZATION
and Order OF Business Clarence T Case
read the resolutions. which among other
things, expressed condemnation OF those
Republicans and Democrats who had Grim
tioa OF james J. Butler TO Congress two
years ago"
Chris schswaeker moved that committee
OF nVe De appointed 10 decide whether the
convention had q right to nominate a can
didate for the short term nomination. Owen
Hitchcock. Joseph P. Methudy' Chris schS-
wacker. Edward II. Lofhagen and simeon
Harris The committee was Instructed 10
report at the adjourned meeting OF the con-
Venuon next MONDAY.
Chris schawacker. who was very much in
his element, also moved that the ConxreF-
Eional Committee appoint nine members Al |
large, with full powers OF voting DIlrfnr, a \
discussion 81 this scheme TO load down the
Win kerens men owen remarked |
4
who had protested that he was "as fair as |
In politics"
When a motion TO reconsider WIS made
owen remarked that the convention had |
no urne 10 reconsider. Schumacher again |
came 70 the 'front.' with the motion that the |
convention adjourn until Monday afternoon |
ln order 20 give the delegates IAN oppor-
t.nlty 20 reel the pulse OF the people" |
Ihls last move was made 70 find out n /
p0sslnae, former Mayor Walbridge would |
accep1 the nomination II Is probable that |
ne Will not nov that the factionaI fight is /
away from these troubles. even 10 the ex- |
tent or being termed trimmer by the /
extreme fectionalists Meanwhile the Kerr |
ems convention stands adjourned until to- /
morrow. when they will have their side Of |
the case.
KERENS ORGANIZATION.
During the progress OF the convention ard
Ehen u was seen that the Kerens men |
were taxing everything as they pleased. an /
organ.zatlon was being perfected BY the |
men
They held that the proxy which Jones |
had given 10 Berryhin was valid and that /
the proceedings OF the Kerens members OF |
the eornmittee were Invalid. Kralemann /
came over INTO the camp after Ne had been /
thrown out Of the convention in the per- |
Inanent organization Methudy OF the Thlr- !
teenth also appeared. 50 that the Kerens |
men men nad nse members OF the Congressional |
Committee-John Gerwinner OF the Firth, /
Joseph Aethudy Of the Thirteenth. Casper
kralemann OF the Fifteenth. George B. |
Ieasdaie OF the Twenty-ffth and Theodore |
Berryhill OF the Twenty-second.
Aiter the adjournment OF the Kerens con- /