The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-05
MACHINE SMASHED.
.,r RESULT OF THE BATTLE IN
W. ILLINOIS FOR SENATOR.

---.r L0rtmer. nue @nsacu were Inrt
IF IN. "Bis Seven" That Controlled
Republican Politics In iiinois- Political
Treaehsry Breaks Up the Coordination.
WARRINGTON. Feb. 4.-Statesmen returning
. warrington from the Senatorial battle
Md Of Springfield. ILL.,. tell an interesting
~. a, the wreck Of the most powerful political
s-.,bine' since the days whom Tammany Hall
=. IN the zenith of its power. William Z.
,s..on backed by the Republicans of Illinois,
"a ,ns work. Seven Of the most prominent and
,"s,.n,,sl Republicans In the State comprised
-. machine. seven mon who in thor hearts
- more for their own proferment than they
"a for the welfare OF the "orranlzatiop,'
s.,,n men who were for themselves frst and
-. u.ebine second. 1t was because Of their
,.sa,,lty and dishonesty that they now lie
..,,.a an deep that resurrection may be difloult.
,@o machine was made up AZ follows: John r.
r.rn,r. Governor: Henry L. Hortz. treasurer;
snoc"T. y, Jameson. Clerk Appellate Court
c.ot county: William II. Lorimer. Congress-
s.n. J. r. b.. Van Clcave. Railroad and Ware
s,n.. commissioner to be; Martin b. Madden,
chicago Alderman. Fourth ward. and Jim
p...e ex.sherin. Their names have been before
a. rnbllc for the past four years. The press Of
A. state has been waging q relentless war
.,.In,t them. bnt UP to the time Of the wreck
s,bs machine 1t has been in vain. The more
,s pre,s pounded away. the stronger the or
s,sirs,ion seemed to GROW. Like the French
s.co,rt hail singer. IL thrivcd On notoriety.
70 ehronicle In detail the growth OF the or
.,nl,ation would take q long time. but suf-
AZ n 10 say that the growth OF tho mush.
,oom 4, slow AS compared with the sudden
,t.s Of tn. all powerful organization. With
o,e hound IL leaped Into power, and until Tues
d,y night last, when II went down so ignomln-
iou,ly. 1t held unlimited sway. For one to OPP
POSE the Cook county machine almost meant
-. ~no,,,jc,i a.a,b. MANY are m. man who
,,oith OF their fame, because they had the man.
s.S ~. in,.srItv, and tho crit 70 onnoss An.
hooa' u "..e..,'' !" W :" oppo.e
ssssin., It and came away without having
bic brain: scattered TO the -FOUR WINDS OF Heaven
Vas william Z. Mason.
Along in the fall Of 1909 tho members of this
now famous po'!'iea. orEnh'za'ion sot 'oSether
IN tn. old Grand Pacific Hotel In Chicago and
,.a'a over .n' rS.u o.. forming run hepao.
heah orrah'ka.on. ihey haa al reau Of rms
poser OF I. L. Platt N the Empire state. and
~. p,oh.,s c.oS.r,s aoIn.. 80 $3.50.
MINUS n'enA'u S'oAe's uoinss, 100 occupied
n.,,, Of these notable, before them ,hsv
- ..,u.t.., -. c..
'oineu W. P'""'"' b""" UNIV Wv " the
number present suggested that q machine
nth, he bnilt In Cnicaru. Without furth.r
,I- ... -. -,
aRhe''uk 'hese meu prhnceu iorth INTO the
ogsn air determined In their own minds that
,nleaso should sec n great ~politicai orvani,,.
a. a.. r,t....-. -. -'.
Wn. Anu oh'c"Ro WAS not disappointed.
| dther. In less time than even the most
.,spine m.mbers Of thu organi,a,ion
-. = ~
nepea 10 SEQ '"o machine ~ work. u
hh become so full that II was
a.sge,ops for ma M, In ,ha comhIn.-
-"
uoh 70 meunio win IT, by the enorts
Of the individual men bers, federal and NUM-
ein.i onbce. boIdsr. wera c.,hs,.d In ,,a.r a..
- '"o
nAchines wlng. ana by the tail OF 1913 the
power OF the organization was felt In the local
,lsc.lop. Tarn.- Iorin., u.r,, p.,.. 81
$500 800 ="
Jameson worked ike Trojans. They bonded
themselves politically with promises, and II the
,,sr,,o, bsa go,. .oain., ,h.u ,b.x ro,td ,h.,
,--',."n $3.50 'uo
haVs 1851 all their power. But n fortune would
have Il. the elections went their way, and their
men ware ,pauctsd into on3r. Th,s Urn. an
''e "u..' inv o"ee' was an-
oner weese In the great machine. by the
tsIlful use OF the patronage cub they whipped
ina unrrlv ana refractory Rsnplljo.n into lin.
go ""1 '"so. NV
vas nlways so, for the machine leaders treated
Il. .r,o,SI,.,.. -, -. $500
fSh.' e'eI 'heS "o'e Heseh-
trOuH Among them selves