The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-10-18
MONEY IN ILLINOIS.
How Republicans Hope to
Garry the State for Har.
riSon.


and W. j. Campbell are at the wheel
of the Harrison ship in this state. 1t
Is now assured that Senator Hi>cock :
mission here is Ia put large sum OF
money in the hands of these two trusted
managers of the national campaign in
this state. The amount il said to he
about S200.000
The Illinois national committeeman,
when he went To New York, asked for
5000, 900. His standing in his party
Is 50 high, and his estimate of Il situa-
ton 80 accurate, that il Is said that
Senator HiScok has the authority to
place Just that amount ut his disposal.
The money will be all expended
from the sub-national headquarters in
Mr.. Campbelrs law office in the
Rookery, and under his and Tanners
supervision solely. 1t will all be
spent for he electoral ticket, and
none of it, so the well-informed say,
will go into Jamieson's state COM
mitree. Mr.. Campbell and Mr..
Tanner have no great throbbing love
for Fifer and Henry Dement, and Col.
Reece and Col. Reeves and the rest
of the state ring. and they do not
care to perpetuate them in Office.
The visit of Mr.. Campbell to New
York and the prompt arrival Of Har-
risOn's best friend here in Chicago
show the desperate condition Of the
republican party in Illinois. The
complexion of the democratic state
executive committees poll of the state
shows such enormous gains that if the
vote be all polled democratic victory
in Illinois seems inevitable. The far
reaching effect of Judge Gresham's
determination to vote for Mr.. Cleve-
land followed so closely by Gen.
Wayne MacVeagh's letter, is hardly
to he estimated. Its action on the
peoples party in the black belt of
Illinois is already noticeable. Then
the suit against Sam Jones peniten-
tiary ring to compel If to stop selling
the labor of of convicts, the discovery
Of the pearl button factory in the
prison at Chester-all these have
awakened the republicans to the
necessity of immediate action.
Besides all this Jameson is having
a hard time with his republican State
Central Committee. Since Long
Jones let go the organization it has
become demOralized, as has heretofore
been observed in different parts of the
state. The failure to keep up the
correspondence, which brought a
shrill cry of rage from many quarters
of the state, also hurt the body ofthe
party a great deal. Then Jameson
and Chairman Clarke write letters to
all the republican postmasters in ILL,
nois, asking them to help in the or.
ganizatiOn. The pOstmasters in lii.
nois, most of them, owe their appoint
ments to Senator CullOm, and are not
in sympathy with Fifer and his state
committee Many of them understand
the civil service laws. At any rate,
all the letters addressed to postmaster
have found their way into hands fol
which they were not intended, and
copies of them are fled in the demo
cratic headquarters. Meanwhile the
republican campaign in Illinois is be
ing managed through National Com
mitteeman Bill Campbelrs sub-head
quarters.
A few days ago a statement wa
sent out by the press association that
ex-senator Chas H. Farwell had pre-
dicted q democratic victory in nlinoil
next month. Mr.. Farwell says he die
not say what has been attributed t.
him. He explains the story in thi'
way: Prominent democrats have
told me that the election Of Altgeld i
q certainty, and l have often said thai
the situation in Illinois this time is II
doubt. That is all, and that is all
have to say about politics"