The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-16
Opponents of the Akins Faction
VIII Not Consent to Pro
posed Slate.
wALBRIDGE FOR GOVERNOR.
Dickey for State Chairman or Ma
tional Committeeman Will
BE One of the
Cards.

Republican politicians in goodly number.
do not propose to let the Akins-R Roberts
| slate. published in The Republic yeste:.
Gay. go unchalienged. Boutwell, for Gov.
ernor. Nortoni for Attorney General. Rob.
erts for State Chairman and B,odgett for
| National Committeeman will suit the oiG
| kerens faction
| Do you suppose for minute that We
| Will permit such Il programme run down
our throats:" said one well-known op-
ponent of the ruling faction.
We want c. P. Walbridge for Governor
and propose to see what can be done to-
| ward getting him to secure the nomina-
ton. OF course. We will push him for the
! vice presidency. but We understand AS
| well AS any one else that something IN
the nature Of miracle will have TO he
worked before We could be successful in
tina; sort of game.
Though Nortoni belongs to the other
faction. We are more than willing that he
shall run for Attorney General. His good
work in the natura lization fraud cases
entities him to the honor and he would
help the ticket.
But there VIII he none of Frank Rob-
erts FOR State Chairman. not IL we know
ourselves .s and are able to do anything in
the convention. We recognize that Atkins
a Federal officeholder. Will remain at the
head of the State Committee until Roose-
veit gets the delegation from this State.
eral officeholder shall succeed him There
mas been too much of this fight for Fed
eral jobs. and not enough effort to carry
the State.
Kansas City would suit us for State
Chairman or National Committeeman.
understand that Roberts and some of .he
others wish him to run for Mayor. but
he has told rne that he would not stand
for being put off in that fashion.
DOWN ON kERENS.
There is one factor which We confess
has caused US some embarrassment. We
don't know whether National Committee
man kerens intends 10 try to keep in
the game. We DO not wish him to do So
His name has always hurt us in every
campaign. i understand that he intends
TO quit the game entirely. and hope it
Is 80. He has refused to talk about it TO
any of US. We can put up twice as good
a fight without him.
Mr.. kerens has not returned from the
East. His old friend. Colonel F. W.
and it is not known when he will return.
Before going he called in some Of the
present otficeholders and made the old
plea for harmony with the provision
The position of Congressman Bartholdt
is not the most enviable. Messrs Akins.
Nagel and Hitchcock have received the
right OF way in patronage matters while
1t IS said that Postmaster Wyman was
simply requested to consider" Mr..
Bartholdt
At the same time. Bsrtholdt has struck
a Tarter in the person Of Collector of
the Internal Revenue. Ben Westhus.
When Bartholdt named him Collector. II
was understood that Bartholdt, Joy and
kerens should share equally in the pat
ronage Of the Office. Now that the indorse-
ments of kerens are not welcome at the
White House. WesthUs still hangs on the
kerens part OF the agreement. AT pres
ent, IL is not known whether Westhus is
for kerens or Bartholdt.
Friends of Nortoni resent the attempt TO
give to him secondary place on the Re
publican ticket. Saiu one OF them yester-
day: Bert wishes TO be nominated for
Governor. He has made host of friends
and they thirk that he is entitled to
be placed at the head Of the ticket With
all due respect to Mr.. Boutwell,. we do
not take kindly to the suggestion that the
friends of Mr.. Boutwell, shall shelve or try
to shelve our man down the line. We
are ready for fight"
Ii is conceded that there will be an
early convention to name the delegates TO
the National Republican Convention. The
6,asire to push forward the name Of Wal
bridge for Vice President makes such ac-
ton imperative while the President is
more than willing to have Missouri take
precedence in selecting delegates who will
pe instructed for him.