The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-21
Offer to Compromise on Charles
Nagel Turned Down, Country
/, Men Wishing Downfall
of Kerens.
'INS" AND "oUTS" vINDIcTIvE.
j. T. Moore, in Seconding Nomi-
nation of Humansville States
man, Says He Is Closest to
President Roosevelt.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

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Chicago, Ill, June 2o.-Thomas ]. Akin
of HumansvIlle can at last write Ma
tional Committeeman for Missouri" afte,
his name. For four years he will dis
tribute the Missouri post Offices. For foul
years he will be the target for the fel
lows who are not getting the post ofices
For four years Missouri will remain in thu
Democratic column.
The Missouri delegation to the Repub.
lican National Convention met in caucus
tonight. and by vote Of thirty to si1
decided that Assistant United States
Treasurer Atkins should succeed National
Committeeman Kerens. 1t was a clean
nght between the factions with the post
omces, present and future, landing the
honors for the Atkins faction.
During the afternoon the friends Of Wal
ter s. Dickey of Kansas City, who led
the fight against Atkins, offered to give I'M
the fight If the Atkins men would agree
to choose Charles Nagel Of st. Louis. Said
one Of the delegates:
No. sir. there will not be any compro-
mise. I have been fighting in my county
for eight years to put Mr.. Rerens ont
Of business. have hoped and prayed
that I would be there at his political
burial. This is one OF the happiest days
of my life.
Mr.. Atkins will be the next National
Committeeman. Nothing else goes"
Mr.. Nagel himself refused to say that
he wished to have the honor. Friends of
Mr. Nagel, who were friends OF Mr.
Atkins, said that the next Republican
State Convention would nominate Mr..
Nagel for United States Senator.
IF the friends of Dickey and Kerens
wish to boost Mr.. Nsgel. then will be
the time to do so.''
iDICKEY WANTS REVENGE.
1t is now likely that the Dickey fol-
lowing will carry the fight over the post
offices to the State Convention by trying
to have resolution adopted. stating it
to be the sense of the convention that no
Federal office holder should serve on any
party committee. This would be intended
as direct affront to the new National
Committeeman. which would further in
cense the friends of the present State
Chairman.
progression tending to prevent the idea
Assistant United States District Attorney
Nortoni receives the credit for the Atkins
victory. He called and managed the eau
cUses. The first was held Sunday night
with sixteen present. The next was pulled
of this morning with twenty-seven dele
gates on hand. At that time Ben F. Rus
sell of Steelville was agreed upon as men,
Der Of the Credentials Committee. An
other was held this afternoon. when other
committeeman were selected. 1t was a
progression tending to prevent the idea
that they were being bossed.
. Tonight the Atkins delegates, bound and
tied down by an army of Federal office
holder witnesses, marched over to the
headquarters, which National Committee
man Kerens had opened, and captured it.
They organized the meeting. They put
thei- programme over the plate They
sqrelched the friends of Dickey and ker-
ems In effective fashion.
AKINs SLATE GOES.
The following Atkins slate was put
through without opposition:
Chairman OF the delegation, L. F. Park
er Of st. Louis; secretary of the delega-
ton, Forest G. Ferris of Moberly; member
of the Credentials Committee, Ben F. Rus
sell of Steelville; member of Committee on
Order of Business. H. A. Smith of West
Plains: member of Committee on Perma-
nent Organization, c. W. Clarke of Kan
sas City; member of Resolutions Commit
tee. Boyd Dudley of Gallatin; honorary
vice president for Missouri. United States
District Attorney William Warner of Kan
sas City; member Of Committee to Notify
Presidential Nominee. W. C. Pierce of
Maryville; member of the Committee to
Notify the vice presidential nominee. Ed
s. Brown OF Edna.
For the first time in many caucuses a
roll call was taken on candidates for
committeeman. Dickey received only six
votes, the two half votes from Kan
sas City. Lee Houts Of warrenspurg.
Louis P. Aloe. Tom K. Niedringhaus and
George C. r. Wagner of st. LOUIS, and
John II. Reppy of Hillsboro.
Before the vote was announced. Mr.
Niedringhaus and Mr.. Reppy moved that
tbs election OF Mr.. Atkins be made unan-
imous. The other delegates could not see
1t that way.
SORE SPOTS LASTING.
That the sore spots Of the fight over the
national committeeship are of the same
sort as during recent fights for this honor,
is evident. The "outs" abused the ..ins,"
who were present in force.
Among the latter were Surveyor of the
Port Gallenksmp. Cashier of the Customs
A. L. Shriner, Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney Bert D. Nortoni. Postmas-
ter Ross OF Springfield, Postmaster Lewis
of Eidorado Springs. Postmaster Flanders
of Paris. Postmaster schmitz OF Chilli
cothe, Inspector of Rural Free Delivery
Routes Charles Bryson. Collector of the
Internal Revenue Ben westhus. Assistant
Postmaster E. Mont Reilly OF Kansas
City, and others Of lesser note.
P. q. BURTON.