The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-11
KERENs IN THE RACE.

On every side the possibility of there be-
ing an ultimate auction for the place. as
has been practically the case for the mi
| nority nomination in past years, was dis
cussed with freedom. At the same time,
this feature was tempered with the out
spoken reflection that Joseph W. Folk will
be Governor, and that II any boodling of
any sort takes place on the Senatorship
by late comers in the race he will have
a most magnificent opportunity to carry
out campaign pledges.
There is every indication that the friends
OF MIR. Niedringhaus are gaining strength
every hour. During the past few weeks
he has made friends in every part of the
| day Ben F. Russell of Steelville. one OF
the strong leaders in the party. was at
headquarters. and said that he favored
A long-distance telephone message was
received from Walter S. Dickey, former
| kerens man and now chairman of the
Executive Committee. saying to count him
| in on the Niedringhaus movement. Charley
| Morris, secretary OF the Speakers Bureau,
| departed last night for Trenton, where he
will resign the Postmastership. and from
| charge of the st. joseph Gazette and boom
| Niedringhaus. There are men in the First
| Congressional District who are favoring
| Niedringhaus. 80 that his strength Is not
| in spots.
On the other hand. 1t was said on fairly
| reliable authority that Kerens was in the
race. He has given money to several sue
| cessful nominees as in the past SO that
| he has claim upon their support 1t was
| claimed the legislators who were nomi-
mated in st. Louis were in majority OF
instances favorable to him and their past
| affiliations would justify the claim, yet
every one Of the Republican members vol
| UNFAIRLY pledged themselves at the caucus
| Wednesday night at the Missouri Ath-
| letic Club to support Niedringhaus.
WILL CONTROL PATRONAGE.
Nrt~ mi rfaar ~,
| T. ]. Atkins is not known. The new Sem
ator will control the patronage In the
! State, unless he agrees to divide with the
| National Committeeman. Friends Of Mr.
Atkins are now in office everywhere in
| Missouri Necessarily. he must make some
| arrangements whereby there will not be
| too wholesale sweep on the new deal.
| He himself is not candidate for the
honor.
| Will be much trouble in getting. Ntedring-
| haus and Atkins together. especially since
| SO many friends of Akins are friends OF
| Niedringhaus. Both of them are reason
| able men. honest. and 1t Is freely pre-.
| dicted will do everything to keep the the
| party from going to the bow-wows on the
| new-fangled legislative majority;
There was rumor yesterday that l. F.
| Parker of the Frisco. delegate at large TO
| the Republican National Conventlon and
chairman of the delegation. would be
There was talk Of D. P. Dyer and Major
William Warner. the United States At
| torneys. but the boys are anxious to
| have someone familiar with patronage
| questions to settle the matter.
In the city. Jeptha D. Howe. chairman
| Of the City Committee. is taking the most
active interest in the Niedringhaus move
ment He did not announce his committee
| for booming Niedringhaus yesterday. but
| will probably do SO to-day: after con-
| ferring with some more OF the leaders.
As for Mr. NiedringhauS himself. he re-
| fuses to discuss the question one way or
another He simply says he Is doing moth
| ing about 1t. and his actions bear out the
statement.