The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-03
4 New Organization Is Being
Formed Among Members of
Rival Republican Faction.
FIGHT FOR PARTY LEADERSHIP.
"Live Ones" With Honest Pri-
maries" for Slogan, to Exter-
inmate Republican and Good
Government Clubs.

With the purpose of exterminating the
Akins-Nagel-St. Louis Republican Club fac
ton. dissatisfied local Republicans have
prepared plans for the formation of new
organization. to be known as the Hamilton
Club.
Only Tive ones" are invited to Join. The
membership will be limited to 800. repre-
sentatives being. from each voting precinct
The slogan will be Honest primaries
Evidences of the intentions OF the new
club are found in the fact that business
men have pledged SEQ a year for two
vears-or past the mayoralty e,ection-and
that the constitution and bylaws have been
drafted and finally passed uDon- II every
thing goes we'll the Merchants League Club
Itonians
Formal organization in the open will not
be perfected until next week. Immediately
after the local election This Is done in Or
der 10 prevent factionaiists from claiming
that the loss OF this election Is due to nghts
within the party.
CONFERENCE OF THE LEADERS.
Ali of which means that the Republicans
are bound TO settle the factional fight start
ed by the ousting of the old City Commit
tee by the State Committee last fall The
plan started when a call was sent for
meeting at the University Club week ago
that evening included Nathan Frank. who
acted as chairman: y ohm (. 4. 1alty, louis
n
dringhaus, Selden p. Spencer, Doctor w.
W. Boyd and Jeptha d. Howe. rst
As result CT the University Club meet
ing another was held tuesday evening
which was attended by about a score of
business men and politicians. Included
toned and Henry c. Creme. Charles d.
Comfort. Gus Lange, John B. Owen. VII
liam Zachritz. John A. Gillian and others.
who are in the movement are National
Committeeman r. c. Kerens. Charles H.
staEkioff. George II. Shields and Eugene
McQuillin.
KERENs KEPT IN BACKGROUND.
Those in on the proposition insist that 1t
formation regarding the amount which the
National Committeeman contributed has
said one who Is familiar with the aims OF
the organization: We are going to try
10 nut Atkins out of business. We intend 10
member of our organization and of the St.
Louis Republican Club or the Good Govern
ment Club at the same time
Another thing which the Hamilton Cub
means to do Is to nominate either Tom
NiedrinEhaus or Doctor starkloff for
neopfe on this issue. we have the live
ones with us. something the st. Louis Re-
claim"
The new organization will consis, of one
member from each Drecinct-about 900 un-
der the new law-twenty-eight Ward Com
mitteemen. and general committee OF
business men whose business It will be TO
produce the wherewithal.
EACH WARD AN ORGANIZER
1t is said that the following live ones'
Will represent the various wards In the new
organization: First. Theodore KaIbfell:
Second. c. II. WitthoefIt; Third John Ben
slsk: Fourth. Henry Westermann; Fifth.
Chris Schawacker: Sixth. John B. Owen;
Seventh. Louis CTubl Becker: Eighth John
II. Becker: Ninth. Ed Baumann: Tenth A
J Lange; Eleventh. Doctor M c. Starklof;
Twelfth. Louis Alt: Thirteenth. William
hrff haTar rhff1u s, W.
liam H Clarkson: Fifteenth, Norman Flor
sheim; Sixteenth. William Budde: Seven
teenth. Charles Z. Wenneker. or a hench-
teenth. William Hosmer: Twentieth. George
D. SchafSr: Twenty-first. T K Niedring-
haus. or a henchman; Twenty-second.
Simeon Harris: Twenty-third. Pat J. Regan;
Twentv-fourth. Fred II. Smith: Twenty
fifth. Franklin A. Spencer; Twenty-sixth.