The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-16
Preconvention Gossip mt .Jcfrcr-
son City Indicates Apathy
Over the State.
N0RT0NI IS AFTER H0N0RS.
Figures That He Can Boa, Rev
burn if Buffers Live Up 10 Ex-
Notwithstanding for
Supreme Bench.
BY A sTATF CORRESPONDENT.

BY SrAFF' CORRESPONDENT.
Jefferson city. Mo. Aug l5-Apatrv. in
decision and Indifference characterize tn.
preconvention gossip OF the Few Republic.
ans who have gathered in ;he ap!tal e
nominate candidate for the suprerle
Court ana Appellate Courts Though
man. OF the leaders are here. none o.
them processes 10 know: unat the convcn.
don will do tomorrow.
Assistant United States District A,,or-
ney Bert II. Nortoni of St. Louis. former
ly 0! New Cambria. has his friend Docto,
L. b. Clements here. looking after tho
nomination for the ST Louis Court Of Ap-
peal>
Judge Callahan ~ Clark County has
been mentioned. but it is said the 81.
Louis Waibfidge bosses are more than
willing TO put Norioni Oh the ticket Cal
lahan will get out of the way II necessary.
Nortoni has been figuring and found tina
Vale Reyburn's majority Two years ago
In the city Of ST. Louis was 1921. while
his district majority was only 3l9s.
Figuring on this basis. Nortoni's friends
Republicans expect in St Louis. Nortoni
can keep the seyenty-nine deficit votes and
thus he elected. 1t is a reversal OF The
form which he displayed in st. Joseph
when the WEIGH attack on the unholy
alliance dampened the srdor of the re-
formers.
Kendall b. Randolph Of 81. Joseph. o. l.
Houts Of Warrensburs. Henry Lamm OF
SedaIia and Moses Whybark Of Marble
Hill are mentioned fof the Supreme Court
nomina ton
RANDOLPH on GROUND
Randolph. an Atkins man. ia here after
the honor. Some OF his friends are accus-
ing other st. Joseph politicians o. treach-
cry. but his candidacy moves along no.
withstsnGlng. Houts. who was attorney
FOR Rube Oglesby in his damage suit
against the Missouri Pacific. which. by the
way. he has relied. claiming that no
final Judgment was rendered. says that un-
der no consideration would he take the
nomina tinn.
Henry Lamn Of sedalia is not a candi-
date. but probably is willing to he drafted
whybark was nominee two years ago
and has the necessary qualification OF dis
Gates. Just as John Swanger of Milan
does.
The Kansas City boys. under the leader
ship of Walter 6 Dickey. are trying TO
repay Houts for his loyalty to them al
the St Joseph convention. When asked
why they cannot persuade Sanford P.
I-sdd of Kansas City to be candidate
they say they are holding him in reserve
TO succeed Judge Philips on the Federal
bench. despite the fact that Major Viii
liam Warner would like the place
For the Kansas City Court of Appeals
James NJ. johnson of ST. Joseph is men.
toned. He does not belong to the Atkins
faction and is sntagonizing Randolph 70,
the Supreme Court. 1t is breaking out OF
the old factional fight and may get
enough life into it to make the convention
passably interesting
Those politicians who have arrived arr
telling narrowing tales about their ina
bility TO get free transportation for The
delegates. State Chairman Niedringhau,
conveniently remained out OF town unit
after the convention, while National Com.
miti eeman Akins claimed that it was no
his business to get the transportation
Frank Ellis OF the State headquarters dIC
kis best and failed. 1t is not improbabl,
that there will be less than half OF the
isfs ctory' conditions.
John H Boutwell,. vice chairman Of tn,
State Committee. will call the convention
TO order and PROBABLY will be temporary
chairman.