The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-15
hidden or OF THE FIGHT
WtthdrGtUs in FarOr of Mason, WhOse
Leadtm0 Oppomemt Is Lorinser.

WithdrGUs in FdroT of Mason, WhOse
Leading Opponent Is LOri"er.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Jan. 14.-The
Cook County caucus tonight instructed
for Congressman William Lorimer Of the
Second District for United States Senator.
The delegation is not unit, and those OPP
posed to Lorimer, twelve in number,
boIted the caucus. This complicates the
situation still further and throws the
whole matter into the general caucus,
which Will proba bly, be held tomorrow.
Shanahan of Cook County is for Hit,
but tie Mason men think he will get in
the band wagon rather than see the
machine candidate succeed.
Ma dden said to his friends tonight that
he had been betrayed. He asserted that
Governor Tanner, Hertz. Jameson and
Lorimer have never been sincere in his
support and that they have used him as a
p!aything for the purpose of overthrow
ing him in the eleventh hour for Lorimer.
At this afternoons meeting OF the ma
chine men Madden was urged to with
draw in Lorimer's favor. He LETT the
meeting, however, and in an hour had
Withdrawn in Mason's favor. Mason has
not enough votes to make him the caucus
nominee, but he is strong in the country
districts and his friends aver o-night that
he Will yet win. They CLAIM sixty-nir1e
votes in the caucus for HIM. Slxty-four
are necessary to elect in caucus.
The collapse of the Madden strength
has been foreshadowed since early morn
ing by the desertion of the machine by
nine Cook County members, notably Rep
! Noh ho Of no
House caucus, and was supposed to have
/ been elected in the interests of the Chi
/ cago Alderman. Just before o'clock to-
night the white flag of surrender was
raised by Madden in letter Withdrawing
from the race and captivating in favor of
his chief opponent, eX-Congressmah Will
liam E. Mason of Chicago.
The withdrawal of Madden was quickly
/ followed by similar action on the part of
Hon. David T. Litter, who also retired
from the contest in favor of Mr.. Mason.
This leaves the ex-Congressma by far the
leader of the other active candidates
Hon. Clarke Carr, Congressman Hit and
Samuel w. Allerton. Before the with
drawal of Madden and Little ffty-nine
votes were claimed for Mason by the anti
Madden committee of Chicago who came
here TO encompass his defeat.
The surrender of Madden only a few
hours after he was declaring at his head
am going to win" was forced by the real
| izaticn of his followers in Cook County
that the machine had not the power to
make him a United States Senator.
When this fact was driven home 10 the
wavering Madden men they broke from
the control of the Cook County organiza-
ton.
Ernest G. Schubert, the defeated Cook
County candidate of the machine for
peaker, was the first one to fire a warn
ing gun into the camp OF Madden's man
ayers. Speaking for the twenty-foar
mem bers who had stood by him in the
speakership fight, he notified Madden that
he could no longer control the Cook
| County delegates. When the Madden
managers heard this ultimatum they
threw up their hands, and the Alderman
sat down to write his letter of withdrawal.
In it he states: 81 am convinced that
public sentiment favors the election of
William E. Mason. l believe he should
receive the support of the representatives
to the foriieth general assembly, and l
withdraw from the race in bis favor"
! Acting on the suggestion of Representa-
/ tive Schubert, that the Cook Company
men should get together and agree on
some man who could be nominated, a
secret caucus OF that delegation was called
after the Madden flag was lowered to
| agree on q course to be pursued, and
Lorimer received the official Endorsement.