The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-23
Friends of Former Congressman
JOY Grooming Him to Beat
South Side Republican.
BkUMHOFF IS IN THE GAME.
Postmaster Sees a Chance to Get
Even With Chief Opponent in
Post Office Fight - Wag
oner Mentioned.

Federal patronage has brought about
condition in the local Republican circles
which BODIES no good for Congressman
Richard Bartholdt
Unless every indication fails. former Con.
gresham Charles F. Joy will mako m
active campaign against him in the Tenth
District and try to retire the present South
Side national Representative.
Former Congressman George c. r. Wag-
oner is also said to have desire to enjoy
for more than two brief days the liberties
of Washington. and has moved into the
Twenty-eighth Ward. which now happens
TO he In tine Tenth District.
Since Joy has been out of Congress his
friends have been actively pushing him for
Congress to succeed Bartholdt. and also for
the pcstmastership. The delay in the ap-
pointment Of successor to Postmaster
Baumhoff has been of a sort to encourage
the debonair former Eleventh District Con-
gresham TO try his hand at beating Bar
tholdt and letting the Post Office Side.
as one politician put it.
The relations between Joy and Bartholdt
have not been OF the friendliest nature for
some time. When Ben Westhus was APP
pointed Internal Revenue Collector 1t was
supposed that Joy and Bartho!dt would
share equally in the distribution of minor
patronage.
Not at ALL One warm day Westhus re-
ceived hurry up message from Joy, asking
him to appoint an Eleventh District herch-
man named Ed Weitz to a good job. The
message got into the papers. Wssthus
could not explain the slip at the time. and
Joy took him to task Since then Bartholdt
took charge of the Internal Revenue Office
Joy bought property in Cabanne. Talk OF
his running for Congress against Bartholdt
began TO float around among the politicians.
This was followed Immediately by Bar
tholdts getting very busy in an effort to
get Baumhoff out Of the Post Office. with
the supposition that Joy would be appointed
in his place
MATTER OF PATRONAGE
Bartholdts activity has never been as
cribed to his love for joy. but simply to
self-preservation.
1t is a rule in politics that in the long run
patronage hurts a man. Bartholdts meth
DDS have done that very thing. He has had
SO many applications for jobs during his
control of the Internal Revenue office that
the number disappointed is about 100 to
reason he made bull by trying to compel
Postmaster Baumhoff to appoint Fred Kolb
in the Post Office, using Postmaster Cen
eral Payne for his purposes.
Postmaster Baumhoff is said to be spend
ing odd moments thinking about the best
way in which to beat Bartholdt for re-
nomination.
Baumhoff has good deal of influence in
the country. where the rural free delivery
service has been extended. If he should
Join hands with Fred Essen. who has been
running things in Clayton about as he
pleases. Bartholdt can count on losing the
county delegation.
Joy can take the North st. Louis delega-
ton at any stage of the game. for he has
been fortunate enough to make friends
with the Atkins and the Kerens faction.
though being a great deal stronger with the
former. Then there are such wards as the
Eighth. Ninth. Eleventh and Twelfth.
which can be taken from Bartholdt by good
work. All of which the friends of Joy in
sist will be done in their own good time.