The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

.Brady's political strength was built upon
the rule never to break a promise. II he
said he'd get g man q job, he did, In this
his candidate in the Fourth was as dificule
task as Il now is to overcome Kinney. The
latter adopted Brady's methods. To control
almost a necessity. Kinney entered the sa-
loon business. BE Is not and does not pre-
tend TO be q model OF virtue" His end
When Brady died a political battle fol-
lowed for control Of the ward. 1t included
many personal encounters as side issues:
the saloon at Sixth street and Franklin
avenue and began a campaign to take the
Mssa; Tney are familiar to The public as
eseA has killed his man, whose partnership
S1nW dissolved, and who recently indulged
rrst,class pistol row between them.
selves This pair, though not residents Of
tbs ward. attempted to step into Brady's
flhoes: Kinney came out against them. AZ,
tke GitY Convention Of 1901 the Fonrtha
x{nuey~ and--JohnsA a. c.Kdd"1 gher1dan.;
Kinney induced onetof the Sheridan men
lee on .credentiais Of the convention re-
FUSED to recognize the Kinney men. but the
latter appealed to the Election Commis-
sioners and his name was placed upon tho
LAKELAND AND KINNEY. :
This f. the kind Of man with whom BtrgN
lakeland and Hagerman are now afiliateds
and their political associations have ex.
tended to personal friendship. OF Lakeland.
He strikes q. what I call a good fellow.
That silk stocking talk don't cut any Ice
m misn mt to s DO long sss r as E t isIISw sh sScs, that sool hs
man that has a good education. is lawyer
and all that. is better qualified for Judging
el 81 R shnasss La sesh s sat3on & Ssiisv. Tom
him 1;have found him very direct More
'I Between as t the 4Hie eTse i9 s genera, and III.
three West End delegates, less Of personal
friction exists than would be expected.
One Of the latter. speaking Of the matter.
regard ourselves as better than anybody
else. We are trying to down any impression
thst We may nave such an idea, + we
take long for our fellow members to find
out how mistaken we are" This attitude
expressed more by act than word. has gone
far.
Dan F. Meehan. Speaker pro tenn. IS. an
other Of the young men who are helping to
type OF hustler" in u business way. Or
iginally- he was q plumber. Now he - in
the employ of the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company, and is looking after Worlds Fair
contracts.
T. g. Stops. tar roofer by profession.
member Of the administration organization.
promises to loom up IN the House sessions
as what is sometimes called an Original
genius" His vocabulary includes a rich
and rare assortment Of slang. but neverthe.
very quickly. He talks slang to the point.
Fontana's men accused him Of deserving
them IN the sp ssis fight. stcops
tana, they'd put the business to me proper
down in my ward" he declared.
Jim Cronin refuses to comment. upon the
present House. When found at his saloon
he was standing in front contemplating the
huge bulk of the City Hall.
What do you think Of the new House Of
Dunno nothing about It."
How. does it compare with former
"Tm out of politics for good"
They do say that Jim Cronin has beeome
quite a different sort of fellow lately, and
burns the midnight GIL peIusins law books
say that the judicial ermine sits heavily
upon him, and that his efforts to imbibe
s someort h n ehs x seafu ss JUSTICE Ss M'''e o9 tho to
Peace has impaired his popularity With ode
gang" So much learning. 1t Is said, has
Sim' snr Tlsa nsTnny y ' sDoke and Is s 20 ads
gang in a sort Of informal saloon caucus.
declared between drinks the other day sad
he's got the sweiled head
A visit to John p. Sweeney. at his saloon
at Sixth and Wash. found him in a much
anbiser se of sSe h Thi9d 1 Ths Ashley 81 Is i Snild the
ward still Is willing to rally round tho
Sweeney standard ANY old time" His rep
resentative. T. NJ. McAulife, Is In tina
House, and Sweeney had as much to do
with pushing Fontana for Speaker as any
body else.
Sweeney is none too hopeful that tho fu-
ture OF the present organization Of the
House Is to be untrammeled and serene.
-Four years in college," said Sweeney,
"a!n't muffin to two years IN de House OF
Delegates. A Teller can learn more in do
House Chamber in fifteen minutes dan any
where else in a year, especially II dere's
any sInooth-bore guys around like Charley
"Now, in 'se we had three silks IN dc
House. and all wasn't so pleasant as q sum-
mer day. You remember. there was Holt
camp. Lopez and Lafe Sturdevant. We got
mixed up with the Police Department, and
dem feIfers was the cause Of the present
police law. Things got goin' bad. and final
ly Lopez he got appendicitis and kicked
the bucket. Next session we had Paul
Reiss. Now. Paul was, q good fellow
straight through. but he got himself up
against Il, and resigned.
"Not dat I want fer to disparage de young
men now in the House, not at all. Wa
needs young men. but I'm ready to lay ie
down dat a man needs more'n a college
education to get onto the inks Of de Hon
orable House of Delegates. But I'm
hopin' fer their success. But I can't hefp
thfnkin' dat the organization Is weak. StiI1.
I guess IL we let things run and keep our
eyes peeled. we can see all that's doins q
come to our fnal conclusions later"