The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-26
REPUBLICAN SPLIT
GREATLY WIOEnS
Party In tie State and City En-
gagged IN One Of the Bitterest
Fights It Has Ever Yet Enc0un-
tered.

The Republican party In 81. Louis and
00oud r. suffering from comminuted
fracture. and y In q bad way, worse. n
These same leaders who might he able
70 patch Up the piece. are doing every
hing else but render l,rss aid to the In
There u llfse the State organisation.
which b one and the same with the state
CSmmtttee. and nos entirely within The
control of Thomas x. y edttnxhaus.
OF tutielng W the Republican machine
In the State. and has been busy on the
&ob for about year: II 10 strictly for
Fitted directly against the present State
COMMITTEE u the congressional combine.
which came into the open yesterday with
against NJ N:edrinshsus 1or control Of
the State organisation. CONGRESSMAN S.aT-
tel Is supposed 70 be :,s candidate for
CHAIRMAN Of the State Commiitss % ,sa.Ist Hist
vention.
With the conversational combine. which
Includes at least eight Of the Missouri Re
gresham Bartho,dt. the Ninth. is sup.
posed to Be aligned Senator Warner and
National Committeeman Skins. Upon the
yesterday senator Warner Il one OF the
leaders In the anti-Nieirinshsus cam
paign-
has the active assistance OF the Repub-
iicAn City Central Committee. Of which
J.r,ha u. Hove !. the chairman. elected
larEeiy through the efforts Of Mr.. Med
rlnghaus and Otto F. Siifel.
Fighting the Howe committee to the last
ditch II the combination led BY John Y.
Oven Of the sixth Ward and Louis y:
their friends who held the balance II
power ia the municipal campaign last
sDrinG are toined by william II. kuaw:x.
the ousted chairman Of the City Con,nit-
II is NieIrtnXN hats
Stifel Howe pact and those members of
the Citv Committee who were the orig
'nai Tally M men en- s1st & spring ,s,,,or :. ,,,.
Missouri Club alleged TO hav. 10 exist
ence by the State Committee. h.t certain
y be making an active and ~el.-"rEah.
Chairman Eiedfingfaus.
Latest reports from Kansas City Indicate
that the pArty organization there Is torn
asInder along practically the same sieAv-
a:c
The point which the congressional conf
bine is making In the State il that the
interest III the personal affairs In the re-
s,,-ctV.. districts 0: the Republican Con-
eresS::.eH. The charge was made yestee.
day that IN at least one district letters
have been sent 60 prospective postMasters
assuring Them that the Endorsement Of the
Congressman vas not necessary IN pro, ,ur-
ing H.. appointments and that the o. X.
% the =: At.. Committee was all that vas
Necessary 10 90 the business.
II WAS further asserted that in this same
district several g.rominent Republicans
have been solicited by the State Commit
tee 70 come out As candidates for Congress
In opposition 10 the present Congressman
becaU>. .f the OvtspOken opposition Ot
this C"nSIessman to th.. se-.iectiOn of
Chairman Ei.-irinshaus. Tie same situa-
G"n is said to Apply to Other Congressional
districts Lo4 represented by Republicans.
In 81. Louis the fiSht IL expected {" de-
v..!cp along the line ~ brewery domination
"f Republican politics. Little Of the true
reason for the difference Of opinion be-
tween the ward b"sses in the city has us
set cc;nc 10 ifrht.
Altogether. the stage n being set for an
oii-tii,e row al through the State. whicn
will involve the control Of the State
Committee. the city committees. the NOM
nations SOf the next Legislature and the
supremacy In the Republican side there
%. and. more important than all. the Re.
publican caucus nomination for United
States Senator At the succeeding Legis-
la;rre and the Missouri delegation to the
next national Republican convention.