The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-31
DEMOCRATS IN TOWN
FOR TO-DAYS MEETING
State Central Committee Attracts
Many Party Workers TO
the City.
SECRETARYSHIP is IN DOUBT.
No Scramble for the Place-GGo
c. Orchard and T. F. Mitchum
Are Most Prominently
Mentioned.

Democrats from every part OF the State
arrived last evening to attend the meeting
Of the State Central Committee this morn
ing at 10 o'clock. 1t is expected that before
noon to-day the corridors of the LacIede
Hotel. where the meeting will be held, Will
be filed with enthusiastic partisans from
every congressional district in Missouri.
A large contingent came down from JEFF
ferson City on the Missouri Pacific train.
which arrived hele at o'clock last even
ing. In the party We're Governor Dockery.
Secretary Of State Sam B. Cook. Auditor
Albert o. Alien, Treasurer r. p. williams.
Assistant Secretary of State ]. H. Edwards
and Excise Commissioner J. NJ. Seibert, who
had spent the day at the capital Together
with Ex-Governor Stone. most of these gen.
uemen took dinner at the Planters. where
they were joined by Harry B. Halves, w
5. Logan and Henry Woodward.
During the evening many other Demo-
Gratis were prominent about the hotels.
Among them were members of the new
State Committee. including State Chairman
VIII A Rothweli Of Moberly, Rrice Ed
wards of ST. Charles. a. E. McGiashen of
Salem. Thomas F. Mitchum of SedaIia
George G. Orchard of Butler County and
Noah J Winters of Milan.
During the greater part of the evening. a
few of the politicians spent much time con-
LtI4lIlS Ile business to be transacted
by the members of the State Committee
this morning. In the conferences were
Messrs Rothwell. Cook. Seibert. Stone,
II was announced after the conference
that nothing new had developed. The sec
retaryship OF the committee absorbed most
OF the attention Of the committee. George
{: Orchard announced that he was a can
Gldate for the position. while Tom Mitchum
sald that ne was nothing more than re-
ceptive candidate. u feel that the place is
one TO be filled by the committee Without
the personal ambitions of the committees
last night. While / would appreciate tne
comes at ALL
Friends Of Mr.. Orchard point TO the fact
that the Fourteenth District the district
which he represents. has not been recog-
nlZed TO any very great degree in the dis
trlbuton OF nominations. Judge George F.
Iongan and former Representative Orville
NJ. Barnett of Sedalia are both in the cfty
as friends of MitChum.
Friends of Harry B. Hawes are taking
two sides on the advisability of his accept
ing the Craftsmanship of the Executive
Committee, a place which has been conced-
ed to him since the election of the new
State Committee. While Il is recognized
that his services would be of great value to
the committee. some of his friends think
that he has nothing to gain by accepting
the place, while there may be a chance to
lose. No opposing candidate has appeared
thus far and il is probable that he will ac-
cept the place.
II he is made chairman of the Executive
committee IL Is InOugnI tnat InOnaS J.
Ward, treasurer of the old committee, may
not be reelected. The official connections
of the two men and the fact that they both
live in st. Louis may change the cards.
Among the Democrats who were IN the
CITY last night were State Senator Frank H
Farris of Steelville. John. A. Knott of Han
nibal, nominee for Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioner, who has just returned from
the Editorial Associations trip to Colorado.
and o. T. Hamlin of Springfield, candidate
for Congress in the Seventh District. They
are all registered at the Laclede.