The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-21
cARTHAGENIAN THE VICTOR.
State Ticket Named and Platform
of Denunciations and De
mands Adopted After
Long Session.
ALLIED PARTY STATE TICKET.
Judges of Suprenie Court

| ers.
| Lyman Forgrave ST Joseph.
| Oswald Hicks. Macon.
State Superintendent OF schools.
Professor John ID. Brown. Kansas City
| State Committee.
| First District-Jacob FIorea, kirhsviile;
John NJ London. Macon.
Second DistrictC. j. Brockman. Clark
T. Il. Bailey Clark
Third District--l. j. Teagarden, Hamilton:
Levi Wood. Maysvile
Fourth District-W. T.. Foster, ST. Joseph:
| Doctor J. W. Holiday. Tarkio
Fifth William Sans. Kansas
| City: a. W. Thomas. Blue Springs.
| Seventh Districts a. Wright, SPRING
| field: Ellis Hayhurst. Odessa.
Tenth District-Charles kunst St. LOuIs
| c. A. Cachen, St Louis.
| Eleventh District-John Nevergoli. st.
Louis: Michael Murray. st. Louis
| Twelfth District-Doctor Harold r. Wy
| man. ST. Louis: Joseph Moakley. St. Louis.
| Fourteenth District-M. y. Pease. Rich
Vile; JEFF Williams. West Plains.
Fifteenth L.istrict-F. \. Smith. Orongj;
| A. G. Farmer. Purdy.
| Sixteenth DstrIct--DOctor j. S. Cantrli.
| Northview; W. K. Hale Norman.
Executive Committee representing one
! member from each Of the three parties
| J. II. Hills. McFall; J. H. Cook. Carthage
! Doctor J. L. Chambers. ST. Louis.
Political enmity between two men nearly
| wrecked the Allied Third party at its CON
| vention last night ut Lemp's Hall. The CO.
| horts of Paul Dixon. editor Of Middle Of
| the Road Populist paper in Kansas City,
/ and the jealous supporters of J. IL. Cook.
! editor of Fusion Populst paper in Car
thage. waged bitter fight for nearly two
hours before the triumph vi Cook WAS
nounced.
1t was all over the selection OF an EXecu-
| tive Committee of three chairm-n. repre-
senting respectively the Public Ownership
party. the Middle OF the Readers and the
| Fusionist Populists. The admirers OF Dixon.
led by j. II. Hills OF McFail. threw the
bombshsl, when they asserted that Editor
Dixon would fight the ticket if Cook was
made one Of the chairman tu manage the
campaign.
The lead districts of Southwest Missouri
Were solid for Cook and threatened that un-
less he was placed on the Executive Com
mittee the heavy fusion Populisl vote OF
that section would fall away and thereby
send the party To utter oblivion in the COM
was the spokesman for Cook.
Things got red hot. Delegates were on
their feet. and Chairman James Edwards
had his hands fnlI, when Mr.. Cook Jumped
II chair and announced that in the in
tcrsst Of harmony. he would resign from
the committee.
Amid shouts OF NO. No" from the fu-
sion Popui!sts. the war was continued. just
before Cook witiiira wal however a dra-
matte incident happened. George ~ Jack
son. weil-known Popust OF St Louis
faced Mr.. Cook and charged him with
breaking faith. in that he had promised
IN caucus not to submit his name for cam
didacy on the Executive Committee If he
WAS selected as delegate from the State
t. the National Convention To he held on
April in Louisville ~.
Three Factions Consult.
Frank r. Richie. who had been nominat-
ed for one of the Supreme Jndseships en-
tered the breech with proposal that
again shook the convention. but it was ear
ricd The result was that the Middle. of
the Readers. the Fusion Populists and The
Public Ownership factions Withdrew TO
thre. corners OF the hall and proceeded TO
hold Independent conventions TO select
their respective chairmen. who were tn act
as members OF the Executive Committee
A drum corps banged away at a lively rate
while the caucussing was going on The
three factions cam. together again and
the announcements We're made
]. II. Cook was presented as the chairman
and executive committeeman TO represent
the Fusion wing; J. II. Hills was voiced
a. the choice OF the Middle of the Readers
and Doctor j. +. Chambers as the selection
Of h.. Ip,tl,l ~, st.t.
corps PLAYED Marching Through Georgia"
and the convention broke up.
An epitomized edition OF th. platform
adopted by the convention as the principles
on which the nominees Of the triple headed
party wili stand for election contains the
favoring of the plan of local self-govern-
ment; the Republican party is denounced
for its subservienCy to Great Britain in re-
fusing to intervene In behalf OF the Beers
and the Democratic party as corporation
ridden. while its leaders were denounced as
lobbyists.
Attacks Franchisc LAW
The franchise bill passed by the Legisll-
ture was declared fraud and the passage
of a law was demanded by which personal
property can be reached by taxation. II
Is stated that the Coal Oil Inspector has
not paid any of his fees into the state
Treasury: the tax OF whisky is said TO be
not imposed. Enforcement of the corrupt
practice act IS demanded the action Of
the state Board OF Equalization in max
ing an alleged low assessment is eXcoriated
and the present election law is attacked
Resolutions asking all reformers TO de-
mand that the union label be on all arti-
cles they purchase: the enactment of the
compulsory education law. the favoring of
tion of working hours for employees. fix
ing a minimum hourly compensation are
demanded.
March to Convention Hall.
In the morning the delegates met at the
ST. James Hotel which had been selected as
downtown headquarters. and marched with
two drum corps to Lemps Hall in South ST.
Louis. About one hundred of the faithful
reformers' braved the cold breeze. They
arrived at the convention han after Il
o'clock.
Frank + Ritchie chairman OF the Mid
dle-ef-ths-Road Populist party. called the
delegates to order. About two hundred were
in attendance, the ma jority OF whom were
from the city and immediate neghborhood.
About sixty were from the Tenth Congress
sional District the Tenth Ward of this
city sending most of the representatives
of the House of Delegates. led the Tenth
Warders. All but four of the Congression-
al Districts in the State were represented
by at least one delegate.
The much-talked-of scheme to exclude
Indians" was something of farce in
view of the slim attendance. After the
6rst few minutes the uselessness of MAX
n AGAINST which n r1af