Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-29

In other words. he was counted upon
to holt the Republican convention.
when it failed to nominate him. and to |
accept the other nomination.
Que of the issues of the campaigns |
which is forming against Mayor Pin |
gre, is thnt he Is about to abandon his |
famous thrce-cent fare fight in Detroit |
This issuc is based upon Il mere ru.
nor. which yet lacks confirmation. hut
thI Detroit papers evidently regard the
increase of ear fares to the old rate us
Il serious probability.
The Democratic plan of campaign iii
Michigan is to combine with everything
In sight.
Tnc proposed combine bases its hopes
for success OH election day on the fac.
that only twice in the last eighteen
years have the Republicans carried the
state by a majority over all tickets in
tn" field They had clean majority
of SSH in 1850 and majority of 81.
532 In 1Sn4 hut In seven elections. II;
fiv, of which they elected their ticket.
Their minority rs compared with the
total vote east ran from :3.:,O0 In 1870.
when Gov. Winans was elected. down
to 1000 in 1855
cen. Algcr. although elected by Il
plurality oi $500. had u minority Of
1S.iis. as compared with the total vote
east. The combine hopes to array all
opposition to Rcpublicanism under one
standard and To east u solid vote for the
UNION ticket. and thus win success.
senator Mitchell Of Wisconsin. who
Is u banker. and who was gold Dcm.
ocrat at Chicago. has come out for the
Bryan ticket. AMI the gold boilers a,,.
parently have aha ndoncd their tight
for the control of the Wisconsin state
convention. Nevertheless. the prolm.
bility of silver success In the election
In that State In reflected in the cffoi;
which the machine men are making to
coniine the campaign strictly to State
iss,ics. for the purpose Of inducing the
gold men to intlOise the state ticket.
which is believed to stand some chance
of election on account of u rohcllic,,s
feeling among Republicans towards
old rhilctus Sawyer's dominant ma.
chine.
The Republican mana cement IL trou.
bled In Minnesota. not only by the com.
blnntion of all the silver men upon
John Lind. n Swedish Republican. for
Governor. but by u very strenuous fac.
ton fight between eX-GOv. Merriam,
and G. a. Pillsbury. both of whom are
trying tn get to the Senate. The Pills
bury men insinuntc that Mr.. Merriam
has been taken In by the Mckinley
mana cement. AMI that unless thcr" =
fair play they will retnlla,c.
The silver sentiment. although II Is
reported to have recc,lcd somewhat Oi
late. has made much more hcadway
than either the Democratic or Rcpui.
lican managers supposed II would.
Chairman Mcmillan of the Repu''ll.
can State Central Committee. haNi
carefully gene over the results Of ~.
cent elections. states that the RepuD
leans have no wnlkOvpr. He expects
them to carry the Stntc. both for iho
national and local tickets. hut con
fesses to feeling Of uncertainty rs
to the extent Of the silver sentiment
ana the effectiveness Of the nllinnc,
which has been patched up bctwcci
the silver Democrats. III" POpulis''
and the silver Republicans.
Into this coalition many of the silver
PrOhibitionists have nlsO entered. Sucl
u combination of political elements VA,
never before known IN Iowa. and It I,
not surprising that political Leaders
should he anxious tn learn the rcsul
Of campaign polls before making an!
rash predictions.
II has also been learned with u hlg'
degree Of dissatisfaction by the low;
farmers and shippers Of the State tim
the present Republican Railroad Con,
, mission has materially incrcas"'
freight rates on u large number of sta
). pie products. These changes have beer
, made quietly AMI to II large extent 81
, crctly. by making changes In clnssl
ticatlOns. No changes In the tables u
rates have been announced, In
, changes In the clnssifcntiOns hnv,
been made which. upon their practlc,l
application. nrc found TO result In IN
creased rates. These Increases. com
! Ing AT time Of general depression,
u especially In the price of farm pro
: duets, have greatly cnrnged the farnl
u crs. although the facts With rcgar'
TO TIE changes are just beginning (
y hc known.
In IS92 the vote of Iowa was thu
u divided: Republican 2oo:,.3'H. Demo.
u cratic l9G,361. P0pullst 2O.505, Prob
: bi,ion G,4O2. In that year the Repul
q lican plurality was only 23.o00, viii!
J. the combined opposition pOlled 3.i';
votes more than were cast for ilari
u son.
Timothy II. Clifford. assistant alto
J. ney In the office Of the City AttOrne.
'. has been dismissed from the service III
= der charges Of tampcrlng with the re
II ords of rhc office ana signing the nan
> of the City Attorney to records In dan
u age suits In which Judgment was co.
Il fessrh for larger amounts than We
actually paid the plaintiffs. Roy
II West, City Attorney. refuses To dlvull
" the details Of tie alleged crooked traa
% action and declares that he will mai
u no further statement To TIE public tina
y that Clifford was found To be dOll
W | work lInsu ri srnltorV 10 tlp Office m