Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-12
A PLAIN POSITION.
committeeman Cables Interest
in Illinois Politics.


in Illinois Politics.
A DUTY He OWES THE STATE
Repeatedly Attacked by Mavor Ca-,.
harrison Tor The Part He is Taking in
ihihois Appointments, He Makes n |
statement of Facts = He Knows Where
or He Speaks aud Who He Endorses.
1t is characteristic of National
Committeeman Ben T. Cables nature !
to keep his own counsel He knows |
whereof he stands before he moves |
and when he acts it is with firmness
and decision that brings success.
He is not given to making any noise
about what h does. and while he al
tends to his Undertakings quietly. he
does so with no less successful re-
suits. For some time Mayor Carter
Harrison has been systematically
abusing Mr.. Cable through the col
umns of his paper, the Chicago
Times. He has sought vigorously to
lessen the influence Of Illinois mem
Der OF the national committee in
various ways. but Chicago's ambi-
tious mayor mas undertaken bigger
task than he is equal To. and. not
withstanding his pretended igno-
rance as to the part of the state Mr..
Cable lives III, he will find that there
Is no quarter OF the state in which
the latter is not well and favorably
| known when it comes to a showdown.
However. Mr.. Gable has found pa
/ thence no longer a virtue in the case
OF Mr.. Harrlson's attitude toward
him and he Las spoken, rs witness
the following from the Chicago
Record of yesterday. under Washing
ton date line.
Gables Compliments
The Hon. Ben T. Gable CONVEYS his
compliments and assurances of dis
| tinguiShed consideration to the Hon.
| Carter Harr son. of Chicago. This
will be surprising to many. particu-
larly the politicians, who have OBJ
served Of late very deep and con-
Stantly widening gulf between these
two democratic leaders. 1t has
reached an acute stage during the re
cent strife for federal offices in Chi
cagO. and certain considerations CON
corning the succession to Senator
CUllom's seat gave it unusual per
| n
Mr.. Harrison has been doing all the
open fighting and Mr.. Gable has
successfully played The sphinx The
mayor has talked out in person and
has used the columns OF his paper to
bclahor Cable The bitterness of
some of the MAYORS assaults on the
observation-disclosures combination
in general, and on Cable in particu-
lar. has beer the talk of the Illinois
circle in Washington for some DAYS.
1t was regar ted a threat that the
Harrison forces expected to hurt
some one if he did not keep away
from Chicago patronage. The MAYOR
has characterized Gable a. an intru-
der in the ;iTairs of Chicago. He
has called him political waif." an
allen" an Egyptian" and "bashi
bazOuk.'
These things have. cut deep with
such n battle-scarred politician a
Morrison. who has never been hit
quite so hard as the Harrison organ
has hit him within the last week, but
Cable has been serene through it all
He has laugh ed nj them to his friends
He has not said word until tonight
when he consented to give the Rec
ord Il brief reply to Mr.. Harrison:
statements, personal and editorial
At the outset he complimented the
mayor n a fighter who never CAV,
quarter to al opponent.
But wha j. the trouble with Car
ter?" added Gable. He asserts tina
|. citizen of Southern Illinois. an
taking a hand in the federal appoint
ments Mt Oh cago and am invading
a political territory which has beer
exclusively his own for some time
He dwells with emphasis on my resi-
dence outside OF Chicago. He seems
to forget that n the Illinois member
of the democratic national commit
tee n mans functions are not con
fined to his own home in the southern
or northern part of the state. but arr
properly exercised in every part o
the state. He appears to oyerloqI
the fact. also. that in the work as
signed to me in the national cam
paign last fall my field of labor wa
not designated as the southern par
: of the state.
APrivilege and a Duty.
The fact is. / regard it rs no
only privilege, but duty. for tn,