The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-05-13

ator were social in the sense that they
were never acrimonious. But they were
very insistent. Their net result as II Is
viewed here, by machine leaders whose In
terest makes them watchful and well adj
vised. is that there Is to be a reorganizas
ton OF the ways and means committee.
which Is none the less sure because II
may be for a short time delayed. Some
OF them expect II the week after the chair
man sails for Europe for the good OF his
health. Others rest satisfied with the as
surance that II is certainly coming.
The bryan Campaign.
An anxious figure in all this conspirins
OF the machine for the reorganization or
the ways and means committee Is Sam
Cook, of Missouri, treasurer OF the Doodle
fund for the publication Of politics. Cook
appears to have been dazed at the ex-
tent of the Harrison overflow and the ex-
tent OF the Altgeld elimination. He heard.
before the first midnight after the election.
that the ways and means committee would
be either abolished or reorganized by the
friends Of Bryan and Harrison. After the
election scant courtesy was paid Cook by
some OF the machinists. who regard him
as dead one" and. In the first flush
OF victory, were not averse to telling him
so. He has maintained a splendid isolation
since the result of the election put Alt
geld, who Is here regarded as Cooks
sponsor as much as Stone, out of the larger
calculations of things. In the county CEN
trail committee rooms. whittier he some-
times comes, Cook Is known as the gen.
tleman from Missouri"
That ''the gentleman from Missouri Is
thoroughly alarmed at the prospect or
reorganization which will leave him out
of all connection with the new ways and
means committee. Is written in his air.
manner and walk of life, He makes no
plea to the machine for mercy. but he
cultivates Bryan assduously. Bryan's
first visit here for months, just few days
af.er the election, was notable for TWO
things. 1t was the first time he had ever
come to Chicago since his nomination In
1895 without finding Altgeld at the depot.
But there. in lieu OF Altgeld. was Sam
Cook bobbing about in a small sea or
people over whose heads he looked out
over the tracks and caught the first view
Of the anointed. Even then he was cut
off from communication with the candi-
date, beyond the perfunctory handshake.
by the machine men who were there with
n carriage. And during all of Bryan's stay
In the city the fact of Cooks inability to
maintain long communication with his ear
was marked.
The gentleman from Missouri" is doubt
less as well assured as others here that
there has been a change In the Bryan meth
cd. Events in the east and west have
conspired to make Bryan confident ana
aggressive. In every state he has selected
the men upon whom he can rely for lead
ership in the line OF his interest. and Meth
er Stone nor Cook is chosen I'm Missouri.
The antitrust dinner at St Louis Is n peace
offering to Bryan. 1t is mediation for
men who feel themselves out OF line with
party opinion and want to reinstate them
selves. At least 1t Is so regarded here.
At that function there Is to be pressure
brought upon Bryan to prevent the reor-
nm nj inp af W "A commits
tee, which would involve the going OF stone
as we'll as of Cook, and would involve,
as one of it's further consequences, the de-
feat OF Stone for reelection to the national
committee and the defeat OF Cook for
whatever aspirations he may have In Mis-
souri, politics.
Doubtless the gentleman from Mis-
souri, will not be as isolated in st. Louis
as he has been in Chicago. And doubtless
he will make the best possible use of that
fact But one misfortune of the st. Louis
dinner is that II comes so late In the series
that Mr.. Bryan Is already showing signs or
indigestion Chicago Dispatch in st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.