The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-07
MASON'S FOLLOWERS
LOST IN WASHINGTON
They Had the County, but Were
Bluffed Out of Half Their
Interest.
POSTMASTER WEISE ACTIVE.
Yates Of1iceholders Were on Hand
With Fulsome Promises to
Save Defeat-A Weak
County Ticket.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Nashville. ILL.,, April 6.-The battle in the
Washington County Republican County
Convention. which was expected to be sem
sational and bitter. resulted i'll a peaceful
milkshake The resolutions damn Yates
with the briefest %rlcntion possible--indeed.
Yates isn't mentioned. But the delegations
to State and Senatorial conventions are
equally divided between the two factions.
Washington County has been showing
heavy Democratic gains in late years, and
in la1 The Republicans lost one or two
county officers The Roosevelt party is
SCARED into 4 it every tine a shadow Of a
fight is suggested on any proposition in the
party.
1 Tn convention to-day was overwhelming
ly for Mason. YET he WIS practically sold
cut 10 the Yates enemy Postmaster Wiese,
chairman OF the Commit;e on Resolutions.
GEd T. u. Needles. n.ep,ber of the Dawes
Indian Commission, were responsible, IN
part, at least.
The Yates leaders thu ugh C. B.. Ge!gcr
scattered i scor3 CT promises TO young
Nashville Republicans before the primaries
| yesterday. They are pledged jobs at Ches-
ter and Anna and the NCrld Fair. The
prcmIsss had the iigh; etec' The young
men descended upon Needles and Wiese in
force and demanded that the Yates-Hop-
nils ldAtAOi OV SANNH q sAo"s
all sorts Of evils to the party and to the
county ticket il the demand was refused.
Conference Arranged.
Needles kae- I w.ls IL blui but he was
Wiling, and 9" Il corfer.n nee was arranged
ts tween the leaders CT t.. factions in Nash
Vile, and ths result was Ma son lost half
the fruits Of victory. Mr.. V'sse has been
legged he was appointed by Senator Mason
on a promise to carry the county for Mason
cling Mason that he did the best he could.
The result was a substantial victory for c.
B. Geiger. the Yates district leader.
I'VE ommen and support the national
and State administrations"
That was the text of the declaration
on that subject. OF course Mckinley and
lions given for Rodenbers for Congress, Be-
cole for State Treasurer, Miilspaush for
Clerk OF the Appellate Court and KIM y
for superintendent Of Public instruction.
The United States Senators received this
cordial mention: I'VE indorse the wise and
s~tatesmanlike actions of our Senators. Shell
are proud OF the positions they occupy In
the councils Of the nation"
arrangements Made Friday.
Every act of the convention was arranged
Friday morning at the conference in Nasn-
zenas Forman, Paul Garter and c. +:
Hahne OF the Yates-Hopkins element, and
Henry H. Hosmer, Henry Jacob Schmidt.
i al d. ANtcbItS, "AtsC-
Hugh Adams and A. W. Hutchins of the
anti Yates side. The anti-Yatesf faction I'M
doubtedly had Nashville. but the Yates fac
ton did SO much Dragging that they
scared the leaders of the opposition. On
Friday before the Nashville primaries the
Yates people circulated handbilis all over
Nashville, which declared:
"The Yates-hopkins organization is for
w. A. Rodenberg, the nominee of the
County Convention and for harmony in the
This gave the Needles crowd the ague. ,
and they suggested the conference men
toned above. 1t was agreed for the sake
OF harmony and to save the county ticket"
as Needles expressed 1t, that the Yates side
should have an equal division of the dele |
gates to State and senatorial conventions;
that no Instructions should be given for
United States SENATOR; that the chairmen
OF the Nashville primary. the County Con-
vention and the new County Committee
should be selected by the anti-Yates fac
ton. The latter also demanded the right
to write the resolutions. and the sixteen
Yates side received half the delegates ,
to all conventions.
The delegates to the State Convention are
as follows: Chauncey B. Geiger. member OF |
State Board Of Arbitration; Charles Mer-
rick, Assistant State Veterinarian; Hugh
Murray. State Mine Examiner, and H. H
Hosmer. Herman Boeschen and j. o. Fouts.
the latter three are representatives of the
faction. Mr.. Hosmer was char
man Of the convention two years ago, and
was primarily responsible for the Yates In
structions at that time. He was promised
"a good thing by Yates, but was turned
down for Geiger, and the Repub leans OF
washington County resent the action
Weak County Ticket.
The county ticket Is the weakest ever
named. 1t is made up of old timber that has
been through campaign after campaign for !
many years. The only exception is the can
didate for Superintendent of Schools. LOUIS
Bernreuter. for County Judge, was defeat
ed for State Attorney two years ago. H. +.
Reuter-. for County Clerk, has held that
office since 1876. when he succeeded T. B.
Needles on the election of that diplomat
as State Auditor. |
James NJ. Winfrey was selected for Sher-
if as a salve for his wounds. He was
euchred out OF tie nomination for Sheri1
four years ago by the Needles family, aft
er he had secured a majority CT the dele !
gates to the convention. Gerhard Schneid-
er. who thanked the convention for his
sixth Endorsement for a county office, was