The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-01
NAGEl NO kERENs
W|llFIGH1 IT OUT.
Two opponentwiil Go After the
Republica Senatorial
Nomation.
FORTY vo1EssFoR nAeEL
Out of sixty-Eigh Anti-Kerens
Faction Claims hntrol of
Minority Senaks by
Five to Thu
FORTY vo7EsEFoR nAeEL

Republican politicians weren the city
yesterday, fighting oyer the5osition of
chief spokesman and senatoriae epminee of
the minority. Both the KerenAnd State
headquarters were visited by fnbers of
the new General Assembly, the A,h whis-
pering and talk being similar toit which
has preceded every Republican cosntion.
w. G. Rhodes OF Potosi' menns OF the
State Committee, came In Win IN d.
Clue, the recently elected RepreSAtiye.
and spent some time at the heaoquArs in
the Lindell Hotel. Sam OFailon pHot
County, one of the strongest RepWans
In the new House, was also on hand. A.
Newton of Wright County. another Ach
friend of the State chairman, also INT I
the day at the Lindell Hotel. CAel
Alonzo s.; Prather of Taney Coun.ys
also in thu city, and showed his impair
ity by visiting the headquarters of both
State chairman and the National Comm .
teeman. II
All, of the above Republicans. with 4
possible exception of Colonel Prather. =
said to be in favor of Charles Nagel for ~
minority nomination for United State
Senator. Friends of Nasei have been busy
i'll the last few weeks. They have visited
nearly every Representative who was
elected by the Republicans, and declare that
they will secure the nomination for the
patron of the St. Louis Republican Club.
According to the figures of the Nageiites,
he will receive forty votes, while National
Committeeman r. c. Kerens. if he insists
on going after the nomination, may get
twenty, the other eight Republican votes
being counted as doubtful.
Ii Is claimed that no compulsion has been
used to secure this number of votes
Friends Of Nagel have asserted that the op-
position to Kerens has centered naturally
upon him, as he has been the chief oppo-
| nent Of Kerens and Ziegenhein in st. Louis
and that he should have the credit at this
times of need, and this, too, is not without
its weight His personal friendship with
the President is not considered bad form fol-
ing the distribution Of Federal patronage.
Judge ]. j. Gideon Of Springfield has been
| in st. Louis comforting. with the National
| Ksrens he gave it out that If State Chair
man Atkins mixed in the fight for the
| minority nomination a resolution would be
| presented to the Republicans members de-
manding his retirement from his office.
| This weeks State Republican. edited by
| F. c. Brokmeyer. comes back with the sug
would be stretching a, point to talk abou,
such thing. especially as he himself is
after the nomination against all comers.
| To the Republican laymen there Is con.
viction that the delicacy of the situation
can hardly be pointed out by kerens. es
! pecially as he makes no bones of his owr
]
| highland there is little doubt but that HI
| will IL necessary-it will be to help maj
| who has stayed with him when help wa'
| needed.
A claim which is made by. friends o.
Atkins is that the Republican Senators will
| be controlled by the opposition to kerens
| Those who are claimed to be against tn.
National Committeeman are Senators
| Clarke of Kansas City. Mckinley of the
Fourth District Young Of the Twenty
| fourth. McIndoe of Jasper, and Charles c
| Smith of ST Louis,
Such an alignment would give the anti anti
| iican Senator'S McIndoe. though repre-
senting Jasper through the help Of colone
| dependent turn of mind and has been work
ing with Clarke Of kansas ,,;I CITY: ,s ,,r,,or,,
| been with the Kerens element. and hi!
friends will hardly believe that .i1 he h has de
his vote against Kerens. Personally one o
the most popular members Of the the Senate m atsdv h
for a short while after his arrival in JET
ferson City, no matter which way he votes