The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-20
Request of City Committee and
Nominees Prevails on State
Committee.
BUSCH WILL HELP TICKET.
South st. Louis Democrats Feel
Confident That the Nominee for
Council Means Many More
Votes on November s.

The selection of August A. Busch by tn
democratic City Committee to be the par
'ys nominee for Councilman, to succeed
the late Isaac W. Morton. has made til,
democrats OF South ST. Louis fee, certain
'iial tne ticket in that section OF the cit,
VIII receive more than the majoritie:
last four years.
MI. Busch was nominated without an,
soiicitation and without opposition. Wher
nIs name was proposed his strength
th Wnicn II was known he would have with
the voters. was such that no other name
was suggested. He has been prominent
~ pup'ic enterprises. Is director of The
ihected with every branch of sport. i,
Ls,, Sneiahy conceded that his nomination
ticket NA 'Ae He'Aioci a''e
Members OF the City Committee feel
conndent that the city ticket will be
ese9 bv na1,i u the better element does its duty
1y nominees who were nominated at the
w IVES. End Coliseum: Tho ticket was put
up 70 appeal especially t6Ahem, and there
Is every indication that IL viii do 30.
rs..,aanS q. raves. acting under the d.
main In st. Louis to manage the cam
paisn- Yesterday afternoon a conference
Vas na9 held between the leaders of the
Cem,1i,c CelnoGra.lc City Committee and the State
COMMITTEES and the local nominees: ~
N. To unss The Demosrane State Committee: We.
mitteemen. having seen BY this morning. eJm pa
pefs that Harry B. Hawes is billed BY The
points in the State hereby ' ursentiy M ~ reouest
i,, that Mt Have. devote his time from now on
We are confident that the Democrs,ic marty
Wih win. but believe that the Democracy Of
Where u 4. neeas a,. his ssrvise here st home
SaIe. We, therefore, urgently request him to
70 tne democratic party In this city.
TO STAY IN ST. LOUIS.
The State Committee was averse to re-
leasing Mr.. Hawes from his engagements
out In the State. but the arguments Of the
local leaders were such that 1t was finally
decided to cancel all Of Mr.. Hawes's en-
gagements outside of St. Louis, With the
exception OF Warrensburg for HeXr Satur-
aay afternoon Teiegrams We're sent TO
nouncins the decision. All of those in the
conferences regretted the cancellation of
the dates. and II Mr.. Hawes had rot prom
ised Rgbe oglesby. nominee for Railroad
ago that he would speak there. lie would
have remained in the city for Saturday.
The City Committee viii continue with
It's OLD organization. At the meeting
r. Mccarthy as chairman, und Isaac Con-
ran as secretary. Both have been con-
sidered in the minority. but their work
has been SO effective that the other meIn-
bers Of the committee thought that the
committee feeling would be strengthened
by continuing them in the service Against
his own protest Louis Kunz was proposed
for chairman by the friends ef Mccarthy.
but only three or four of the letteTs
friends voted fer him
Downtown headquarters of the City
Committee were opened yesterday on the
third floor Of the Commercial building. r.
P. Spencer. chairman of the Speakers
Committee Of the Jefferson Club. and r.
Ford Combs. secretary of the club, will be
alta the headquarters to confer with the
workers.
A meeting of the general committee of
100 to arrange for the big rally and mass
meeting at the Coliseum October . will
9e heio az the Jenerson Club to-night
other details will be completed.