The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-09-14
ED RECENHARDT
DOMINATES new
REP'UBuCANGUJB
Proves to be Whole Show in
New Club-Haas
Chairman.
O. A. KNEHANS NAMED
SECRETARY; 75MEMBERS
Will Aim to Hold Big Party Rally
This Fall For Hughes
or Beveridge.

The Cape's Hughes-Lamm-Di ckcy
Republican Club last night was organ
lied in the Common Pleas Court room
when about score of party men were
present and approximately IS sigma
lures had been secured from men
pledging themselves to become mem
bers.
The primary object of the club will
be to push the Republican campaign in
this city and county and in so doing
to build a giant Republican rally this
fall around the figure of Governor
Hughes, Senator Albert J. Beveridge
or former President Roosevelt.
H. H. Haas, Republican committee
man from the Cape, was named the
president of the club, and other officers
are: o. A. Knehans, secretary; George
H. Meyer, treasurer Of the County
Central Committee, treasurer of the
club, and Fred Covert, vice president.
After the election of the permanent
officers Of the club, President Haas
appointed a committee composed OF
Judge Edward D. Hays, Chris F. Bet
ten and Fred Covert, to retire and
draft set of bylaws for the club.
The organization Of the club was out
lined in the bylaw. An attempt was
made to bring the friends of Judge
Lamm and the Dickey followers to-
gether by having Dickey's name add
ed to the clubs name.
,, An executive committee composed Of
two men from each of the six precincts
in Cape Township, will be named by
the chairman, as well as finance
committee of six, one from each pre-
cinct.
The club proposes to hold meetings
each week to be held in the Common
Pleas Court room each Monday night
Chairman Haas will meet Monday
night with the candidates for office and
members Of the committee that he will
select and the next regular meeting of
the club will be held on the following
Monday night.
While the club plans were being for
mulated, Capt. H. w. Bridges project
ed a plan for having a vice president
elected by the club in each Of the sew
eraI precincts in this township. These
men were to take active charge of the
work in their precincts, and Bridges
plan provided that the club was to
name, or have the vice presidents
name, ten additional workers under
each vice president.
In this manner the entire territory
within the jurisdiction of the club was
to be thoroughly covered by Repubi-
can workers.
Lighthouse" Ed Regenhardt was
present to do the newly formed clubs
deep thinking, however, and his coun-
ellis prevailed in the meeting Bridges
took down his plan and everyone else
gave way to Regenhardt's scheme. Re-
genhardt was kept making motions
and having them seconded, or second
ing them after he had someone else
make them. Many of the boys thought
they were holding a party meeting, but
in reality they attended a circus with
Reganhardt ringmaster.
Those who signed the membership
rolls up to last night were: H. w.
Bridges, AL Fassold, H. J. Althenthal.
Fred Brunke, T. A. Wibbenmeyer, An
ton Strack, Louis Wittmor, Edward F.
William J. Meyer, NJ. E.
Harte, Martin c. Kruger, Fred Coy
ert, G. H. Meyer, Henry J. Brinkopf,
D. A. Nichols, Charles Armgradt, o.
A. Knehans, Charles Blattner, Louis
Ripping, Gust Schultz, Orren Wilson,
J. H. Price, w. F.. Hannah, H. L. Shep-
pafd, j. f. Fowler, Christ Hirsch, J.
L. Stout, Louis Iscife Jr., NJ. A. Hen
1ecke, Herman Rabich, Edward D. |
Hays, c. F. Betten, R. H. Schultz, E.
W. Fletcher, W. c. Kampfeld, D. H. |
Patmore, J. Matt Morrison, A. c. Dit
niger, G. w. Balm Jr., J. l.. Miller, |
h. W. Pape, l.. J. Bey, James Jones, |
Jus Hanny, Julius Meyer Jr., T. P. C. |
tlentge, w. c. Balm, L. W. Bender, |
:. NJ. Freeman, D. NJ. Seivally, Julius |
Ierhart, S. Boutin, Albert Uhl, F. J.
Sraden, F. J. Hage, S. Ed Blumer,
Henry Vogelsang, F. A. Brand, H. P.
Siemers, Emil Drusch, J. Fred Will I
erth, R. H. Bosse, w. J. Meisenheim-
r, John l. Sample, G. c. Cahill, W. H.
Jatern, E. V. Beeve, Harvey Jones, J.
}. Coosey, August H. COVERT, Rush H.
Claud D. Speak, William H.
Waters, s. c. JayneS and c. Q. Daw-
or. /