Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-19
COW TANNER ON THE RESULT.

THE time for talking has passed. and
the time for voting is over. and it seems
that under the direction of this commit.
tee the Republicans of Illinois have
piled up such a majority that IL IL GO
ing to be some days yet before we can
tell how great our majority in this
State is.
II want to congratulate the commit.
tee upon its great work. its great man.
agement of this campaign, and. through
this committee. l want to congratulate
the Republicans of Illinois for Loyalty
standing by the doctrines, principles
and candidates Of the party.
This committee took charge Of the
campaign at a time when, taking prece.
dent into consideration. It was very
doubtful as to what the result would
be. 1t went into the work early. and 1t
has fought against disadvantages. but
1t has overcome all of these disad.
vantages ana gained for the party an
unprecedented 'off-year' victory Tex.
ccpting, perhaps. the victory OF 1904.
aud has carried the State by n larger
Republican majority for the state tick.
ct than has ever been given before In
the history of the party, with the cx-
'ccption Of 1894 and 1896.
Notwithstanding the unfair Demo.
cratic gerrymander In the apportiOn.
ment of our State. CongressiOnally and
Senatorinlly. cutting out fifteen Demo.
cratic ana seven Republican Congress.
sional districts. YOU have elected fifteen
Republican Congressman and the Dem.
Ocrats seven.
'Senatorially the Democrats 80 up.
portiOned the State as to give the Re.
publicans twenty-one and the Demo.
Gratis thirty districts. the Democrats
suppOsing mt the time that apportiOn.
ment was made that the Legislature
would always be reliably Democratic:
but In the great landslides Of 1904 ana
1896. when we carried the State In 1904
by $4,000 majority. and In 1906 by
10000. the majority was 50 great ut
each Of those times that we had safe
Republican majOrities In the House
and Senate. 1t was not expected, how
ever. that We could carry the lower
branch Of the Legislature under this
unfair apportlonment, with Republi-
can majority Of less than 5000. I
have made this statement very FIRE.
quently In my public utterances. But
you nave managed this campaign 40
well. by looking after the details, CIV
Ing instructions, furnishing assistance
and aid. that you not only elected If
teen congressman, but you elected a
majority In both branches of our Gen.
eril Assembly. We have the House by
a good. safe majority. and we elect
sufficient number Of hOld-over Sena.
tors. who will hold over to vote for the
Of n United States Senator In
1901. to make 1t possible for the Repub.
hcans Of Illinois to hope for the cleo
ton OF Republican United states Sen
ator In 1901.
"You have done NIL this In the face OF
great odds. For the last year and
half the mugwump newspaper trust OF
the city Of Chicago has been directing
Its energies. all Its efforts, foul and
unfair, to discount the State aLminis.
ira ton In the eyes Of the people Of the
State. 1t has made Its whole war upon
that. and when this Democratic ticket
was put In the field against ours. that
press allied itself to the Democratic
party, and directed Its whole attention, |
energy and effort against one man Oh
the State ticket, Mr.. Whittenore. They
let everything else 60. except, perhaps,
The members of the General Assembly
who had failed to do the bidding of this
press. They had but two objects In
defeat Of every man In the
General Assembly who had failed to do
their bidding, and the punishment of
simply because lie was a |
friend Of the Governor of the State.
II am pleased to see. with all that |
energy, with all that effort, and with |
that combination, that they were only |
able to control In the great State of
Illinois from 5000 to $4,000 votes, and |
those votes We're confined TO the city of |
Chicago. Mr.. Whittemore the candl.
date whom they were assalllng, ran
ahead Of his ticket outside OF Cook
County In almost every county In the
State-nOt far ahead; four votes, five
votes and twenty votes in some cases.
This demonstrates to the people in this
State how insignificant that press is
when 1t assails. without reason, with
out principle, without cause and with
out truth, an individual simply because
that individual refused to allow them
to be the Governor of Illinois when the
people had not elected them.
THE victory Is signal one In that
respect, because 1t opens the eyes of
the people Of Illinois to the fact of the
of the influence of this
unfair, selfish, mugwump press of the
,lty of Chicago.
"The Republicans of Illinois, outside
IF Cook County, stool up ana fought
'or principle, standing by the admins.
ration of the President, standing by
lis war policy, standing by the Repub.
lean party and the Republican admin.
stratlon in Illinois in its effort To give
he people of the State fair, econ0mi.
al, honest, faithful administration, ana
Is effort to show up all over this State
where the Republican State organiZa-
Ion had control. the shortcomings, the
iefalcatlons, robbery and larceny of
he preceding admlnistratlon-that of
Governor Altgeld-and in It's effort to
how up how the present administra-
ion had conducted the affairs of this
state, Where this fight WAS made all