The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19
TANNERS TACTICS
STIR CuLICM Mem,
Fear That The WEI Net Get
Fair Treatment From the
Committee.
SENATOR NEEDED AT HONE.
Tclrcrams Sent t" Washington De
mandin. His PrcS"n"" in I'LL
uojs-GonIcSt for Control
,irnWS Bitter.

ErTCrLI' SrECitI-
Spr.u--eI@. III. Web. iS--If" s'n'', -
!. tween Cu.l,m aud Tanner f-r control -
, IN. Republican STAT, Convention rr'"f ~
l.;ter:,-~. I., tcgtrGOrS tactic 10 off
1arirs ,.rt.,.nr delegations from a!
c~luu,rs wh.r- tac Cu,lun forces control
She County Convention y giving tho V"--
.:abl- Senator's friends hog. some c"u"'F".
Trey have littI" 90 expect from I'll" State
samr-tt-.. and when the Teit 90 sit ,Ts
DELEGATES Il maG' uo ~ Is}'ia they df'
/. afraid that Secretary Nan 'l'a,- ar
Chairman RlnnclI+ WI '- H7rF't by t-@
.r.m!,tsa in sortis- uurIr-;aiy d.i--af"f
from couuti,s that iai.Iy were caul-t "y
tn.ir side
The policy q tE" Tanner ma.ls;-" t. .~-
dirI'"i n tH" manner il which t.2 St.
Journal If Springfield. tE. T.ar"g orefa-
This morning treated the EiGtr C"Hu'v
primaries yesterday. IN" claim was NIL
ina. CuIlom an: Hitch were utterly rou-r'!
IN The county AMI Tanners friends girG~"i
2 good round majority Of Jhc '.-''%ates 70
the County Convention. and Ti"-!.. Ct ti''t
tie culln:n crowd would Sa4t .t HrltiF-
5.le-at.-! {" IA. state '0Ev"rt;'u- A. O
. matter ~ fact. T.uuar'S friends cTrri'i
enc township. SvInmrs. With f2lr dai"sato'
and hay" a cnnroStia- delegation fr"-u Kai--
s4s. The Tanner element vii: hc The bol;cls
in Edgar
The same WIS fr1e a .rurl" of weeks ago
down IN Edwards county where 'ullom-
| Reeves carried the county and the TEun"r-
ties selected a boiling delegation. The pr
mari.- IN Logan County yesterday were OK
! c-ediEgly close. Tar.,r carried the city 0f
Lincoln and must scare some twenty dele
. Sa,cs from the country 40 control the c":i-
! NcajIon. The other side say this viii 20
impossible. Each IS ctar-:u= the other with
: wholesale bribery and corruption.
EoItinS Delegation.
! jackson Couut. holds its convention Tues-
| 81 the othcF j. @$>uI''- - To- date the
Culiom faction has los several; counties.
hut SENDS a c"utesJing ueI.c@tion from only
| Governor Tanner IS on the ground. and r.
! directing his forces To Tho best possible al
! gantacc- tn" u.usTap,Is are publishing
taken IN th. story here IN Springfield. HIS
sickness is REGARDED as not dangerous ami
oi q character that yields readily tn treat
mem Inc. tHi91u captains are Gaining
I Tor their chief. Probably Il score Of tsie-
/ grams ard letters have been sent 10 Wash
| ineton demanding his presence in Illinois
IN tie next two months II may bc that
CuliOIa VIII heed the calls. His line of hat
| lie J., sadly in ucC. of re-e.tcTycmtUtS. art
I nothing would ,uihu-e tac rank and file 80
much as NJ CUiiom.
This Thing q c0rtest;r@ allegations from
counties vh.r. no reason FOX Il contest eN-
lists Is t-IUSirE more interest than aUyJLiUr
else that is likely % happen before tn c".-
4 HfAtlFtl- .s.E NAM t''tlF4S lI ''fE
county nave reduced their claims from e
/ solid delegation To tns state Convention To-
-. a drop 81 -ln. mi judge Garter eNr"c[%
L. divide Cock county even witn the can1'-
date Of the machine. Here is another l1ra-
dgX- Hanecy is regarded as the canllft'e
| of the Cook County machine. Vet an that
| there is 20 Carter. so far a. office is con
d.scoy.r14 nv i1e machine. elected 1wi-a
by the machine. ami Is tho close friend of
most Il the machine. Yet III" word has
gone forth that ~ Is ont to down the ma
I, VIe a chanc. to ne heard by SOM. il -
asserted that Judge Carter : not actually
"a candidate. hut really hopes To holi Z" the
chicago. which would otherwise so %
Reeves in the convention.
Cartcrs Candidacy-
| Anyhow. Il Is conceded IN chicago that
Garter viii l." 4 stronger candidate IN thr
J convention at frqria tuan iiauecy. for he
viii have Il number ct big deseEiuous from
Northern Illinois and a great big slice 81
. cool. County.
Judge Haneey. has not gained in pcoru-
!ari,y by his EiiET!mEIaEcs over the State.
carter and Reeves ara not making cN-
! traoTiInary progress. and Mr.. Yates. while
! Le f',,s around and cuts up a great deal ~
ground. doesn't seem 70 secure much honey
IN H." way Of dtteSate[' except IN his own
district. The Tanner crowd tor some Tyl-
son has not invaded Mr.. Nates's territory
with cOut-Stius .icieSdtlpuS, ard when tilt
: convention S,ts together 1t Will be found
that Ny. NatfS'S district will he solid fuc
: him and that h. VIII lie able 10 handle IL a.
= unit 10 any advantage that may come -
him.
The Knox County primaries yesterday
were overwhelming in thu interest of NJ n.
/ williamson tor State Treasurer. Mr.. WI
hanson lives i'll GaIcSbuTs. Tbs only feu-
ture Of the primaries was the an'iiathy
toward all the known friends Of Governor
, Tanner. None of them were permitted to
60 To- the county convention as delegates.
and there Is m expressed determination to
q prevent them from appearing In Springfield
with proxies Otherwise there was Dc'hiuC
Of Interest. .Ge"r-e Prince viii select the