Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-08
CHICAGO
Reconsideration Eyes on Get The
Western Metropolis.
m NATURALIZATION A TEST

Voeoh n 20 show How th. rrestdess
AoouA, IN the wor,d's tsir City. ssy The
WoSeue ~s-titgr'd and CieseiasA ret
7Aoor uesds together AID Have Quses
cossHb-.A Treasury Omeisi's View II
Wasss's silver scheme.
WASHINGTON. Dee q -Politieai gossip
q rife in this ety. now with the alleged
tatsscs. felt IN the Chicago tnayoraity
olecsion this mouth By President Cleve.
land, and wha. follows IL given for what 70
y worth. For one ;bing Il is stated that
What the president otthe United states said
% The governor Of Illinois at their private
meeting Wednesday Night Il gilmore impor,
sance 10 the .i.lao,s politicians in Washing.
ton than the traditional communication
between the governors Of the respective
Carolinhs |; was observed that Governor
Aitgeld did not reach the Shields banquet
INIT, O'Clock. long after the other guests
had arrived The mystery was cleared a.,
later. At O'Clock Wednesday evenin; =
messenger brought ~ note from the prrsi.
dent 60 Governor Altgeld, inviting him TO
cal. ut the White HOUSE
uUu n b'ttNntt su0t WIN egover.
Shortly afterward the gov.tt - entered
. carriage alone and was Gr.ys. &C the
executive mansion. where he spent an
hour Ia private conversation with the
president. There was an effort 20 maintain
secrecy about the governors cnl, Oaly
two members OF the governors ,..ino.,
parry knew OF IL and they expressed y.reas
snfpri.a TINT A. vn. luavr, ,,,.,t.. "a
their limited circle. The whole party
made formal call on the president ycs;er.
day and the go, eraor made his forua! obvi
sance to the chief magistrate o. the
United states with ~ much solemn dig.
nifty rs II they had not chatted ior mere
than at hour the night before.
A wink Worth several Mods.
But sharp observers thought they could
detect slight wink of the president :
other eye rs he grasped the governor :
hand. There seems to lie no aoubt tina,
the president sent for Governor Alleged to
consult with him Ia regard TO Chicago
politics, Governor Altgeld 10 not here
asking for any patronage. President
Cleveland Is deeply interested In John 4.
Hopkins race for the mayoraity. lie re-.
CARDS It ~ n test Of the aamini.tratiou's
president has voluntarily conferred the
leadership OF the administration Democ.
raey upon Hopkins by allowing him
practically to name the Chicag. fedora.
officials.
Deeply Interested Ia 1ni~o,s.
Cleveland In anxious to- see how this will
take. lie 's deeply Interested In the whole
political situation ia Illinois. the senatorial
situation included. 1t Is very likely that
Governor Altgcld told Cleveland that ne
was hot candidate for United states sen.
ator to succeed senator GALLON. Tor he has
frankly avowed this fact to more than one
person during his stay here. Alleged also
II Interested la the success ef Hopkins, bus
says he will not be able TO make any
speeches in the campaign.
IN fact interest In the Chicago election
increases each hour hour. Congressman
NcGann will he Ia the fight before the
week ends and Representatives Golcixicr
and Durborow will leave for Chicago
Saturday. Senator Palmer has promised,
u possible. to take part in the campaign
fur Hopkins