New-York tribune., 1900-08-19

only State that is doing big things THIS harvest
time Illinois is getting in the largest wheat crop
since 1905 and "a now making much fuss about It.
Over 22OOOOO0 bushels is the size of the Yield ana
with prices ranging they do this should mean
plenty money for the farmers ana g9oG s s@er f
vote for the continuation OF prosperity lol .'U'
years.
MIDSUMMER MADNEss.-The suggestion that
| John w Gates may aspire to be United States Sen
ator from Illinois to succeed Senator Cullom Is, In
the opinion of THE Chicago Record, piece OF
midsummer madness. Says THE Record
Gates is not politician. He is not even public
man and has taken position and lett no marx,
at least for good in public affairs. The fact that
may lead him indulge the fancy that , he may nay
be United States Senator from Illinois % m pgt enatn 9hS
sent by it to Washington has been suspected OF OBJ
pnrobase of votes in the General Assembly At
tempts have been made to lntroduSe tne esmt EN-
! instead of being successful such endeavors have
| to he benefited by them.
NOT THE TINE TO swoP HORsEs-"The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer' doubts If anything IN
Mr. Bryan's record will cost him as much as
transformation of attitude that is explainable only
by attributng him personal and political insln-
cerity. All the loss that the silver issue could
bring TO him he had already suffered. He Is the
embodiment of the idea. He cannot now persuade
any friend Of honest money that he is safe on the
f, financial question A few people, who were pre-
too arnest to trihe with his own convictions will
and an the hosts of the silver people themselves see
ing the withdrawal of Towne and the abandonment
! by Bryan of his fixed idea viii wonder Where they
come in.
! DELAWARE POLITICS.-An unusual number of
persistent rumors engaging the attention of
the Republican politicians of Delaware The anti
Addicks talking about nominating
Union Republican for Congress and indorsing Her
J bert H Ward for Attorney-General 1t is said
: that DR., Caleb R Layton, Addicks,s nominee for for
( Congress. may give TO the interests harmony The
Wsie pT p e sbortdge Martin B. B1rrs or
DIR, L. H. Ball for Governor.
! RIVAIRIEs IN KANSAs-Senator Lucien
Baker and J. Ralph Burton. who wants to sue
ceed Mr.. Baker in the Senate. are having hard
| tlssle and The Leavenworth Times. Senator
| Bakers organ. recently had article in which
| IT said some harsh things of Mr., Burton and his
methods The Kansas City Times which. it is
| needless to say is not authority on Republican
! politics says that:
M 6g Burton ana has nxgSe n sed
feeling the Baker CROWD makes no no such hypo5
and the stuffed club at every opportunity.
COUNTING CHICKENS AGAIN.-The following
cheerful estimate as the result in November
next of the elections for Congress is made at the
Democratic Congress Committees headquarters in
| Washington;
Democrats will hold their own in New York, will
gain one member in New-Jersey and perhaps Con-
| necticut and will lose two and maybe three mem
bers in Pennsylvania. But all losses in the East
J VIII be more than counterbalanced in the West;
1t is almost certain that two seats Will be gained
in Iowa, two in wisconsin two in Virginia, one in
Alabama and one in North Carolina. This will
with Congress- - '''7
WHY TOWNE WAS THROWN DowN.-A curl
Gus story told to a correspondent of THE
! Chicago Record" in St. Paul which sounded as
/ II It might have been true. It was brought from
| Kansas City by a member of the Minnesota delega-
| no for
/ prevented Towne's nomina ton. The Tammany
/ Ross is said 10 have responded that he had moth
| ing against Towne. and would have voted for him
with a great deal of pleasure but for the fact that
the boys thought they could do up both Bryan
| and Hill by nominating the latter for Vice-Presi-
dent. They that Hill did not want the nomi-
! nation, and they knew that Bryan did not want
him to have II. hence they were determined to put
/ his name on the ticket Furthermore he explained
! that Towne never In il for a minute. As soon
as 1t understood that Bryan wanted Towne
! the latter doomed defeat.
How was that?" was asked.
! 'Weu,' said the Tiger there is a big dago
| down in New-York who lot of hand organs
and monkeys and hires them to little dagos who
! haven't the stuff TO buy outfit for themselves,
and this big dago is mighty hard his customers.
| He treats them rough, and when they can't pay he
kicks them and cuffs them and beats them in
/ most brutal manner. A house agent who was
going around collecting rents noticed this one day
reame6 The little ago reped lie HE'S P the bos
! he beat me; have 10 do what he says; but when
!
! that, Croker said, was the reason Towne was
! thrown down.
! SHOULD EDIT \ NEW DICTIONARY.-A new
definition Of treason Is supplied by 1.-THE Spring
field Republican" II is different from that sup
/ piled by the American Constitution, which de-
clares treason be giving aid and comfort to the
| enemies of the United States. The letter which
i Leverson wrote Aguinado's obviously gave
aid comfort to the enemies Of the United States
and it plainly within the constitutional
! definition of treason. And yet The Republican,
! describes Leversons reasonable utterance i'm
J petuous and doubtless honest folly" So while the
Constitution regards extension of aid and comfort
! to the enemies of the United States treason.
! 1.-The Republican" regards II honest folly"
/ Under the Springfield doctrine of paiation, piracy
! would be defined as misht amusement. murder as
| mistaken but sincere forcing OF the obituary
! column, and arson an honest but unscientifc
| method of getting warm
/ THE TANNER -CULLOM FEUD-The Repub-
lican State ticket in Illinois. with the single excep-
ton Of the candidate for Governor will run, It is
believed closely with the Presidential ticket Thus
| 1t is practically certain that the Republicans Will
retain control of the Legislature and that
cessor to Senator Culom will belong to that party
although IT may not be Mr.. Cullom himself. Herein
lies peculiar phase of the political situation in
Illinois. Members of the lower house of the Iegfs-
! lature elected. by counties but by State
Senate districts The divided into districts
for State Senate purposes by statutory enactment
not constitutional provision, and thus may be GER
rymandered. just in other States there is re-
arrangement of the counties composing Congress
districts for political purposes. From each Of these
Senate districts there are elected three ReDresenta
tives. well Senator
The situation is complicated by the fact that tho
cumulative voting plan is in operation That is an
elector may vote three times for one candidate for