The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-06
TANNER MAY OPPOSE MASON.
,,rICIANs BELIEVE HE WILL.
RUN FOR THE SENATE.

NAT There Is NO Opposition to Sem
+or CuIIom-TeIIeI Thinks the Re-
,nlicans May Get wyoming.
s.a,vart Denounces RumOrs That
No VIII Vote for Republican FL
Man. Says Allen.
washington. Jan. 5.-Peop.e here, who
boon a close watch on Illinois politics, seem
- think that the action of Gov. John r.
manner in announcing that he will not be
candidate for reelection means that he
&c ant after the Senate seat now held by
Senator Mason.
They say there is no Republican opposi-
Non 10 Senator Cullom, and that the man
who looks like Lincoln" can keep coming
n the Senate as long as he desires. Cul-
lom's third term expires next year. He
p.os elected 10 the Senate while Governor
of his state 30 succeed David Davis, and
FIRST took his seat as a member of the
Senate in 1888 He was elected in 1888
and again in 1894.
There is a great deal more to Senator
Culrom that the talk of likeness to Lin
ooln would indicate. AS a rule, the man
whose principal stock in trade is like
mss TO somebody else never amounts to
ANYTHING. but Senator Cullom has made
an individual place for himself by hard
and faithful work. He isn't a talker, but
there are few men in the Senate so faith
fII in all the details of a senator's work.
Mason seems to be out with the machine
of his state. He may or may not be
candidate for reelection, but whether he
is or not. his chances for another term are
not good.
Illinois has several strong men in its
House delegation, any one of whom would
make excellent senatorial timber. OF
these, Joe Cannon is the most prominent.
Perhaps Mr.. Hit, chairman of the For
eign Relations Committee. is the ablest,
but it isn't the ablest man who always
wins Hopkins and Warner are two other
prominent members of the House, who
might become senatorial material. The
man of the delegation who is really strong
at home, the man who has more influence
al Springfield than any other man, and
who will come very near debating who
shall succeed Mason, is BILLY" Lorimer
he of the sun-kiSsed hair. Iorimer is sell
dom in his seat, and few people here know
him. but he is the strongest man in Hi
nois when it comes to the manipulation
of the Republican machine, which runs
the legislature at Springfield. He may
not want to be senator himself, but Who
ever he does want viii win in a walk.
Teller, stewart and silver.
Senator Teller, who keeps as close watch
Of political conditions in the Western
states as any man can, is of the opinion
that the only one of the states which
went for Bryan in 1896 in which there will
be a change this year is Wyoming. The
Colorado Senator expresses the opinion
tha. the Republicans, have things fixed
in that state so they can buy it and
he will advise the Democratic party man
ayers to pay very little attention to wy
oming in this years campaign, reservlDg
their ammunition for more favorable To-
cates.
Among the rumors rife in Washington
during the past few days has been one
to the effect that Senator Stewart of Ne
va1a would vote in favor of the Repub
can currency bill Senator Stewart has
been absent from the city until to-day,
when that report reached him.
Don't even tell me that anybody has
ever suggested such a thing" said he in
talking with me about it, why, moth
ing could be more preposterous. 1 con-
slider that bill the worst that has ever
been seriously presented to the Senate. l
propose not only to vote against the bill |
but to make the strongest speech 1 know
how against IT,"
The idea that Senator Stewart would
vote with the Republicans doubtless arose
from the fact that the Republican Steer |
ing Committee saw to it that Senator
Stewart retained the same committee
places that he had under the organiza-
lion Of last session; took care of him, in
other words, and he was not counted with
che opposition The Republicans made the
same proposition to Senator Teller and
senator Jones of Nevada, but they de-
ehned- They were afraid their action
would be msconstrued, just as it seems
senator Stewards he's been.
Senator Stewart will doubtless vote with
tne administration forces in support of the
aammlstration policy in the Philippines,
Ior he is an ardent expansionist; but he
pesents the suggestion that he has flop
pea on the money question, or that he be-
longs TO the Republicans in anything
Allen ON Nebraska.
An effort has been made to create di- |
vision among the fusionists of Nebraska
over the appointment of Allen to the Sen
ale' Editor Hitchcock of the Omaha
world Herald, Democrat, was a candi- |
qa'e for the appointment which Gov.
foynter gave TO Allen. The story current
mere was that Hitchcock was very sore
over the result which he attributed to
hryans influence. Senator Allen evidently
axes little stock in that story. In re-
Spouse to the suggestion that there is dis |
senson in Nebraska, he said:
did not ask Mr.. Bryan, directly or in
directly, to aid me in securing my APP
continent to the Senate, nor did he aid
me 10 my knowledge. Mr.. Bryan knew
nothing of my appointment until it had
petn determined on by the Governor. The
leIatlons between Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Hitch !
eocA and myself are of the most harmo-
nous character. and will continue So"
Mr Allen also denies that he has presi- |
uenual aspirations He says that Bryan
THI be the candidate of the Democratic |
IbDulSt and SilOar- Rannbiipan voarti0S and |