The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-27

| he old Iiegenheim element-Grenner Aloe
Niedringhaus, Starkloff and others. They
| are having difficulty in Disgusting the fact
| that they want the State Craftsmanship
| simply to get whack at Federal patron
age
| When the State craftsmanship looms up
as the one thing worth struggling for the
| disbursement Of the non officeholders
| may be readily surmised. There Is u gen
| eral feeling of disgust and discouragement.
| Outside OF the chairmanship fight. it is
an absolutely dead" convention. with the
otticeho!ders conducting the funeral.
TO INDORSE NAGEH.
A. 2. Murphy of Pulaski will be a mem
| ber of the Resolutions Committee. He will
present resolution pledging the party 10
the election of Charles Nagel of st. Louis
| as the nominee for the United States Sen
ate. indications are that his plank will
he adopted. Mr.. Nagel has not encour-
aged the talk at all. but his friends be
lieVe that he has been such stanch
Trend OF the present organization that to
ignore. his unselfish fights would he the
Dasest sort of party irgratitude. The fact
that the Democrats have named Senator
Cockrell has added to the determination
of the Nagel men.
SLATE SEEMS PRETTY SAFE.
So engrossed have the delegates been in
the chairma nship that candidates for other
oifces are having short shrift. 1t is alto
Sether probab Bile that the men named will
he nominated. Perhaps the fight on Wal
bridge will take his name from the ticket
and that one of his opponents will get
the nomination. If, he is beaten II will
he in an uphill fight with the band-wagon
advantages now on his side.
FORMER Representative r. L. A bercrom-
BE OF ST. Joseph has announced his can
didacy for Lieutenant Governor. Former
state Senator John kennish of Holt
county is also mentioned. but put a
qrtetus on the talk by stating that he
mad run for State Office before and he did
not intend 10 be a good thing again.
VI of Il -,,.
candidate for Auditor and may get il by
default. Friends of State Chairman Akins
SAID TODAY that Byrd Duncan would not
be candidate for Treasurer and that
John +: Gmelich of Boonville probably
would. Ben +. Russell of Steelville Will he
nominated for Secretary of State and Bert
ID. Nor:oni for Attorney General
PLATFORM PROBABILITIES
One of the interesting developments has
been the return of lucid ideas regarding
State finances by the party leaders i
close friend OF State Chairman Atkins said
tonight that there would be nothing about
that probably the sll 100000 discrepancies
would be ignored. Two years age, when
Doctor Clements was making the race for
Representative in Macon County ne re-
pudiated that part of the platform entire
" and said it was rot. 1t is a conversion
10 the Democratic idea that is refreshing
in its CandOr.
l.. c. Brokmeyer of ST. Louis has
brought a synopsis of "A platform to st
Joseph. but has not attempted to write
1t out in full. He would adopt the planks
fathercd by Morton Jourdan in St Louis
and has scheme to make districts pay
for the maintenance of State institutions
and thus relieve the general revenue. He
says that his plan is intended as cor
re:tive for the present system OF legiS-
lative control by institutions
A meeting of the State Committee was
he'd at the Metropolis tonight when a
new way of handling proxies was discov-
cred Chairman Atkins announced that the
committee owed about $3.50 for current ex-
penses and motion was passed pIedpinp