Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-08-11

still ut sea on the question of tissues"
No one acquainted with the Republic.
an situation, II Is argued. can doubt
that the Republican State Committee
IL having oil kinds of trouble In Its
dealings with the County Committee.
Word has gone out that the local Re-
publican organization Is bent on car
rying the county ticket, II necessary.
tickets.
Congressman Lorlmer, who Is chair.
man and leader of the Cook County Re.
publican organization, Is at outs with
the administration and at outs with
the Cullom- Dawes. Yates- Rowe Field
house contingent. lie very properly
denies any such condition Of affairs,
but II IL the quiet talk Of his friends.
When Governor Tanner fell by the
wayside. "a II was supposed, in the
campaign for the Republican guberna.
tOrial nomination. his mantle fell on
IOrlmer. LOrlmer was the "big fel.
low" In the State organization. and
he was backed by John NJ. Smyth Of
Chicago, who until recently was the
chairman Of the Republican County
Committee.
I.Orimer and Smyth set out with
Judge Hanecy us their candidate ana
with the support OF Governor Tanner,
and sought to control the State cOnven.
tlOn. The Hertz.Pease-Stewart.Bu Busse
bolt caused u deadlock In the Cook
County delegation. and Yates, with n
scant but loyal following Of some 2o0
,delegatcs. stepped into the breach and
captured the nomination. The reor-
ganizatiOn Of the State Committee was
effected by the Cullom men, ana they
to-day control the State organization
beyond dispute.
When the Republican National con-
ventiOn came along Governor Tanner,
Congressman 1.orimer and the rest OF
the old Tanner machine made u pill
grimage to the Quaker City. but when
the smoke had cleared away they
found Graeme Stewart In the saddle as
National Committeeman from Illinois
and later they saw him ascend to the
| exalted position of member Of the EX.
ccutive Committee and II power In the
management OF the national campaign
| There IL little consolation In all this fOi
Tanner ana LOrimer and their political
associates. Still later the Yates mana
gers Incorporated the Yates Illinois Re.
publican club and placed chartered
clubs In every ward In Chicago and
every county In the State. Whatever
may be the facts In the case Democrat
H. politicians ana u few of the Itepubli
cans assert that the purpose OF the
Yates incorporation Is to lay the ground
for CullOm machine In the State and
to keep tab on the expenditure of Yates
campaign funds In Cook county. The
Yates managers deny the accuracy OF
this conclusion with great strenuosity
hut the pOliticlan-made conjecture il
all the other way.
Meantime 1t Is conceded on all hands
that Congressman LOrlmer has little
sympathy with the Republican policy
of Imperialism. The fight he made IN
Congress against the adoption of tho
Porto Rican Is per cent tariff bill Is Il
witness to his opposition to the admin
istratiOn, and the failure of the NatiOna
Committee to recognize him In som,
manner Is cOrrobOratlve evidence of the
suppositlon that he Is persona non
grata with the McKinleyites. Al
though Chairman Rowe and Secretary
| t.lI .,ct l,n Stnt MI, q,
admitted to be excellent men, there 1,
no dlsputlng the fact that they are moi
on the best of terms with the members
Of the Tanner regime. The Old-llne Re
publican politicians say they lack tn,
acquaintance necessary to make an Of
fectlve campaign and che Tanner mel
are chatting because the State head
quarters has become ''parlor' insteat
OF the Old-time rendezvous, where thu
faithful can meet without having 1
definite mission to state and withOu
being met at the door by someone whl
may ask, "What is your name, please?'
The foregoing description suggest,
the difficulties which jeOpardize thu
chances of the State ticket this fall
and, therefore, Mr.. Yates and his ad
v!sers have welcomed the heat ana th'
business pressure of the farmers as ,
preteXt for deferring the campaign.
~GSA
Lloyd j. Smith is still park commits
sioner, and has been reappointed chair
man of the service committee. Is ,
man charged-and morally convicted
OF dishonest commercial conduct fit t
remain q public official? Is II not tim
even for Tanner to take cognizance o
the facts and remove his dlscredite,