New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13
TURNING FILLEY DOWN.
CLOSING A CHAPTER OF MiSoooH'
POLITICS.
END OF TIE LONG REICH or LOCAL ho'' ~
SIGHT OPINIONS or VETERAN RE-
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRfrUNE'l

sIGUT-orINIoNs or a VETERAN RE-
PUBLICAN EDITOR
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrrUNrl
81. Louis June 12-The decisive vote py "''''
tho anti Filley delegation In the MISSOURI 'o"-
test were seated Is likely 10 prove the emu "
. very. Interesting chapter in Missouri politics.
There was some doubt 10 the probaoie 'o"'s'
-, %. ,ro Fulev contestants from the Nll'h
District On the face of things both delesa'eH
v.orc for Mckinley: but the Filey men are
rotoriously the merest followers d one oi 'nc
mos, unscrupulous political bosses In the coun-
try outside Of Now-York and Indianapolis and
they would have been. had they been sea'eu'
si,,nI, two heads OF men 10 go I'm the direruoh
IN which Fillev pointed II Fillcy could make a
dool ~ ,-ould he an element IN deal that WOMB
ovar,hrow Major Mckinley. however desperate
such a scheme might appear In the face ~ the
Mckinney drift he would DO II without hesl'a-
ton This is we'll known 10 Major Mckinney
mana cor here and whatever the technical merits
OF the XIIth District contoft may have peeh Il
is believed that the result Of last nish' c'''n
have been no other. save upon the theory '""'
the committee IS no, wholly under the Mckinney
influence The delegates seated. M"s'rS. FRANK
and Comfort are men II high character ana
straight Mckinley mon. who are among me con-
siderable element I'm St Louis Republican poll
tics that doesn't wear the Fflley collar
II would b- rather interesting {, watch ne
course OF thinge I'm the next three days regard
ing The schemes Of this notorious boss - run
the Missouri delegation FOR his own ends
neetlng Of the delegation will De held On sun
day and Monday l. select chairman ana
successor Of Colonel Koreus a. National Com
mitt--nan for Missouri. one 81 the d-legat's.
Major Bittngcr said 20 representative ~ Inc
Tribune to-day.
"f1cy Is the most selfish. uns'rupHl'us man
ever knew in politics served twenty years
with him on the State ClnJnitt'c. and know
him to be- an ignorant. selfish tricksicr. an IN
derhanIed schemer and a breeder u MISCHIEF.
Their. is no earthly reason fYr dssensiun IN the
Republican party ~ Missouri. Bat Fll~y ha,
been making trouble right along The party han
now struck a winning gait and We n the coun-
try sections ara getting AROUND - the necessity
o. placing a restrain; upon this tendency q stir
up strife. Il was only IN the !aucr part OF Tho
late state Convention that We bc a'ne fully
aroused II WAS really after three ~ the dele
gatcs-at-large. all Fnley men, had been elected
Fillcy demanded the fourth. usual; De wants
everything In sight every tine. But ~ have
come 10 be tired u this domination We started
a move t. elect Major Warner. 81 Kansas CRY.
| Warner got up IN convention and attacked Files
boldly ana ably. lie said H. didn't wear n
! Fslley collar or the collar u any man. and that
he was not without company 81 the convention
in that notion. His election followed with a
| hurrah. The same vote would have beaten fiNey
at every point. hut We thought 1t wis" 10 con
ccde even the Hons share = him for harmony
"Flllcy, You sec" sad this sterling old editor.
doesn't want more than everything In sight
for hms.f lie wanted q De- delegate large.
anl We elected him. He wanted to be- chairman
again Of the State Committee and w. gave that
Iost T. him. He wants to be- National Commit
ieclnan also - succeed Colonel Krrcns. and he
also wants Vests place In the United states
Senate in the event ~ our probable success this
fall don't know what else there is for him 10
reach for
The fact Is Finley Is thoroughly selfish and un-
scrupulous. and has been using the Republican
party OF Missouri for his personal ends for
twenty years lie rs not a NJ man for the
leadership 81 honorable men. He a. almost il
literatc. and has no quality Of leadership other
than a genius for low. undorhanded plotting to
Eeat somebody who isn't suspecting his trickery
for some personal end. He can't write English.
He tangles UP his sentences 30 completely that
they can't be dOctored into the sembancc OF
grammar. II some Of his writing could be pub
lished in fac-simile 1t woulG excite sense OF
/ lcVity that such man could So long have been
q leader OF A party In great State and should
now be aspirant for the great office OF United
States Senator.
There are seventeen votes In the delegation
committed against Filiey. and the eighteenth 10
turn him down, 10th as chairman OF the decga-
ton and as National Committeeman T. in sight.
This eighteenth and deciding voter Is Colonel
Smith, Of the With District. | think Fillcy y
day is about past to ride rough-shod over the
party for his selfish personal ends"