New-York tribune., 1900-12-07

W11le this statement IS thouRht some
what Inflated II is conceded that about fty of the
1tty-sevea necessary 70 elect are safe for CuUon-
OF The rsuaainder. some thirty or forty are con-
Irollec BY Tanner ana the Republican machine.
lied upon This feature makes the csndidacy IN
Ger the secret auspices OF the Tannerites Of Con-
C3overnor-eect TsichsrS Ysfes Who r5aT|,eS ris
70 the man who VII have The dispensing Of the
Mr. Yates chooses to take a hand IN the fight str
saEnon WI 3e, from the CuIlom point Of view.
clans are confident for II Is largely Mr.. Cannon
M Yates Wss fot.rtb choice sf re rC-ri-s-i-r p
convention, and after a long deadlock the delega-
&c sJamPede. for Yates. IN which it was quickly
Cannon's Congress district, and which resulted n
be name being placed on the Republican ticket
Thus. Ear Mr.. Yates has taken no part IN ths fght
The subject but the Tannerites hope and. II would
seem, with some reason. that be VII eventually
ssPouse the cause OF the man who befr1eaded him
Governor Tanner IS keeping his own candidacy
prominently before The public. and. should he see
hated enerny. viii doubtless make The raos I'm.
SET Meanwhile the machine is casting about for
an eligible substitute for IN the event OF Yatess
rtgs@l 70 ssogss the cause OF c22noa 5hs other
snd ne has succeeded n making - many enemies
during MS tenancy Of his present once. thanks 70
measures that many OF the members OF the Legs
vsrrS-fs - fsT as rbe- t1eT Po,itloSl p Gea5a
nv u,.s IAs seI q voting ior nm for senator.
lions ~ both parties 70 the feud a seublancs q
E0oc feeling has been kept Up extent that nas
become ridiculous The two men who are now
rivals for the next six years terra IN the Federal
senate have seldom met since the outbreak their
political differences The first meeting occurred
about year REO, when both were slated 10 Spes <
az gathering IN Springfield. Senator CulIorn- had
Just finished speaking and he turned leave the
platform ne met Governor Tanner face 10 face The
latter was The next speaker and had lust mounted
70 The speakers stand The two enemies bowed
and sc-areG. and apparently for the few
within esrshot exchanged the friendlest of greet
trEs- As matter q fact. neither uttered syI-
liable. and The by-pEy merely for the benefit OF
the masses
just who the next DEVELOPMENT in the line AZ
Senatorial candidates viii be is subject of general
speculation Illinois is noted as much for dark
horses" Tor the bitterness OF her political feuds
ard a new Richard Is likely 10 enter the field AT any
time That such candidate VIII be returned
The United States Senate Is the confident eNpecra-
zion q NAM Wei posted political observers. who
--r'lTe 70 the belief that when CE0Verner-elerr
Yates does finally throw or his reserve ne viii come
0-r il favor n Cannon. and thus bring about
deadlock that can only be broken IN their opinion.
hv srampediue the caucus for some thus far un-
talked n candidate. in this view they point 10 the
Senatorial qualifications 0f Robert ". Patter-
son Editor ~ The Chicago Tribune" who has
thus FAR scarcely even limited al the modest ambi-
zion ~ succeed senator William r Mason himself
p dark horse when elected, whose term expires
Two wears hence