Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-28

John Is either going to see his finish
or show the other fellows a thing or
two. But after all it may be but the
the jumping from the frying pan into
the fire. The Chicago Record quotes
lone of Gov. Tanners nearest friends
in Chicago" as saying that with Tan
ner in the field Cook comfy will be
divided; for Boss Lorimer will stick
10 Tanner, while Bosses Hertz and
Pease will be against him. This lone
of Gov. Tanners nearest friends"
thinks with this division, Reeves, Hertz
and Pease would have enough of
delegates to make a winning combi-
nation that is they would down
Tanner. This unknown nearest
friend" says: lyon will find, how
ever, that Tanner. when he has
rounded up the situation Thursday
evening, will say: i have had honors
enough from the republican party,
and while / believe / can be renomi-
mated and reelected, 1 will not sacri-
flee my friends in close legislative
districts and close counties That
will throw the thing into the crowd.
There will be no unsee mly scram ole
between Judge Hanecy and Judge
Carter to get the Cook county delega-
ton. Although Carter might be able
to show a stronger following in the
country than Hanecy has, Hanecy
will be able to show a stronger Cook
county following, and Judge Carter
is too good party man to do other
than yield gracefully. l think when
the showdown comes that Hertz and
Pease will be with the man who can
show the most strength in this
county. and that will be Hanecy.
John NJ. Smyth will take this position:
He will say to Lorimer, Pease and
Hertz, You go into a room by your
selves and agree upon Cook county
man for governor. and l will be for
him, no matter who he is If Lori
mer will not take Carter. and if Pease
and Hertz will not take Hanecy, then
they will do what they always have
done-pick out some one they can
agree upon.
According to the predictions made
last night in Springfield, Gov. Tanner
will tell his friends cOngregated, re-
sponsive to his invitation, in the sem
ate chamber this afternoon, that it
has been the custom of the repu blican
party to renominate state officers who
He will claim that his administration
has been such as to rebound to the
credit of the party. He then will tell
them that he is for the republican
party first. and if he is any EN- bar
rassment to the party, he is ready
and willing to step down and out.
The Record has a dispatch to this
effect:
1T is expected by some that before
the conference adjourns the governor
will give his decision. Many others,
however, are of the opinion that later
in the evening Gov. Tanner. William
Lorimer, DIR. Jameson, /. n. Phillips.
Charles S. Rannel!s, j. r. Il. Van
Cleave and half a dozen friends will
gather in a room OF the execu-
tive mansion, and there the gov
ernor will make up his mind
whether to come out as candidate
for denomination or throw his
strength to some man to be picked
out. There was much gossip today
to the effect that Gov. Tanner will
come out as a candidate for renomina-
ton. with Speaker l.. Y. Sherman as
the Tanner candidate for lieutenant
governor. with an understanding be-
tween the two that Tanner will sue
coed William f. Mason in the United
States senate, Sherman then to be-
come governor. Attached to this was
another t)ry that Gov. Tanner,
through the board of directors of the
Modern Woodmen society. would in
duce Lieut.. Gov. Northcott to with
draw as a candidate for denomination
leaving the way open for Sherman"
The thought that John Riley. whose
tendency and training are such that he
looks upon all institutions as subjects
to political barter and sale where in
involving polite ans should assume
o,rse the official board of the Modern
WGodmen of America. simply because
the head of the order is q politician
sn Office holder OF the Tanner school.
will not occasion the deepest sense of
qualification in the minds of the rank
and file of the great order, and they
will be slow to believe its accom-
plishmeut possible until they see
some substantial evidence of such
manipulation.
Among those assigned to the duty
of Exchange of condolences" from
the va -ious congressional districts. pre-
cedipg the hearing of the great guns.
including Senator Cullom, Gov. Tan
ner, ana others are, - Congress sman
GeorgsW. Prince and Frank G. Allen
frOrur u Tenth district