The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-07
The Senatorial Fight in Illinois.

All over the country the republicans
are trying, by hook or crook, to reverse
the results of the recent elections, espe-
cially in so far as they affected seats in
the senate. In New Hampshire the peo-
Pile declared very emphatically hat they
did not want BLAIR returned to the senate,
but that they did want a democrat sent
in his stead. But the republicans have
conspired, under the leadership of the no
toriOus BILL CHANDLER, of Florida return
ing-board notoriety, to steal this seat
for BLAIR, or some other tool of monopo-
ly. and the chances are that they will sue
coed. In Kansas the issue was squarely
made in the recent campaign on INGALLS,,
resulting in his reputation by an en-
phatic majority. Bnt INGALLS, and his
gang are hard at work, and using Doodle
freely. to upset this verdict. In Illinois
there was also a fair and square
fight. The democratic state CON
ventiOn formally nominated that grand
old democrat, JOHN NJ. PALMER
the brave soldier, the fearless executive,
the i~ncOrruptible statesman, the man OF
the people-fOr L. S. senator. The re-
publican convention made no nomination,
but Millionaire FARwELL, whose term in
the senate is about expiring, was popu-
larly accepted as the republican candi-
date for the succession. The result is
we'll known. Gen. PALMER made a mag
nificent canvass, and on the legislative
ticket the democrats had a majority of
10000 of the popular vote. If ever a man
had a good, honest title to a public office,
JOHN VI. PALMER has such a title to the
Illinois senatorship.
But the republicans had most OF the
"hold-over' senators, and the legislature
stands, on joint ballot: Democrats, 10l ;
republicans, 100; farmers alliance, 3. In
the face of the $4,000 majority for PALMER
the republican managers are resorting to
every device within the of po-
litical k~navery TO swinile the grand old
veteran out of the fruits of his victory,
and rob the people Of Illinois of their
choice. FARwELL, who bought his way 10
the senate originally, is furnishing all the
money required. The Chicago Tunes
charges that one democratic member
from Chicago has been offered s., 800 to
vote for FARwELL, and says that similar
propositions have beer made to others.
There is hardly a pretence on the part of
F~ARwELL's managers that wholesale
bribery is not to be resorted to in his in
terest.
The situation is very much ccmplicat-
ed by FARwELL's quarrel with the admin
istratiOn. FARwELL was q "red-hot'
Gresham man in 1888 and HARRISON has
never forgiven him. He has had little or
nothing to say about the Illinois patron
age since HARRISON became president, and
for a long time has had no relations what
ever with the president. In a recent in
terview he declared that HARRISON was
too small a man to be president" When
asked if the presidents delay in issuing
his worlds fair proclamation would hurt
the enterprise, he replied:
i should say not. He's not big enough
to hurt the fair. The quibbling HARRISON
is doing over the dOtting of 'i's" and
crossing of ITS" is merely another evi.
dence of his littleness, that is all. He
can bother p~eople-so can a iea-but be
can't hurt the fair. We don't want any
little folks prying around and meddline
with these big affairs. He SAYS also thai
If congress passes an appropri .tion for q
new government building here he will
veto it. He is just big enough TO do q
thing ike that, but too small to see the
consequences. That is the way he did in
the collector business. He was large
enough to disregard all the members oil
congress from this country, but was 80 lit
tie that we couldn't get it into his head
that mis- stubborn ways would elect several
democratic members. What Illinois wants
now, core than anything else, is a new
and bigger president of the United States
The present incumbent is entirely toe
small for the place.
The result of this onslaught upon HAIR
RIsoN is that the administration forces are
bitterly fighting FARwELL. The Inter
Ocean opposes him, and it is clear that the
president and all his friends would
rather have Palmer than FARwELL sent Il
the senate. FARwELL got his start
toward opulence as county clerk OF Cool
county (Chicago). He had just finished
his eight years in that Office when the wa
broke out. He was a young and vigorous
man. but instead of going to the front a
PALMER did, he stayed at home, and will
his brother made a few millions out o
contracts to supply shoddy clothing to th'