The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-08

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I surprising chanGos were reported In the
delegations. For example. If was said thaI
Ear-H'-ccE DEDICATION and instructed 10
= vote IL Il unit. is split in the middle and
iyab:y four #Lti-ilea"CyitCS had been dis
covered il th- Marion delegation: that one
: aatl-Iana'r man haa undoubtedly climbed
( into the Clinton County delegation: that
! Bob M!Hry was .vrrinE in his allegiance.
I that the Saline d"l"Etji"f. Thought to tt
; solid IL: HcCecy. was four to three. and
. that Congressman Eoi"u5,rg h.'.l lost one
{ from -. tig.r County IN the uppnSltion-A.'.
! Horn ot East s.. Louisville was disposed
! tinn iniUre Amos Willuuchhy's chances for
! Secretary of STATE. Will0uShhy has no
/ chance if Hicccy is nominated, ard if Han
! e.y is defeated. his nomination is practical
| y assured.
Reports from other counties were equally
| pleasing to the auti-Tanner forces.
| In reference Ia the f:oh Iabry story.
| noticed that Bot was sh allowed c-erywh here
! he went hy q Tanner HanCcy scout,
AMI could not undtrstand ,Ia1 IL .,,s,
! few friends VINO are apparently anxious for
my safety"
/ Rv far the most interest WAS manifested
| in the project OF thc State Committee, DOM
/ mated 10y Tanner. 10 fix the temporary roll
/ OF delegates This appears 10 nave been
/ the plan Of Clarence Paul. e1irpr Of the
/ State Journal. Tanner organ. Of Springfield.
| who is the member from the Seventeenth
! District. II was opposed by :, few mtnlnefs
/ last night but all got in line for it to-day.
! and the propo sition CARRIED.
CuiIomites Protest.
When th- committee met the following
| notice was formally served upon /, by the
/ Cullom representatives from con'es;ihs
counties:
! coutesting del cations 10 the State Con-
ventioa to present their claims TO your
| committee. ana we, the undersigned cHs cHar-
! men Of the delegations from oar iespecuNr
counties. hereby give notice that Sica dele
| cations claim seats due. legal ana rtGu-
lar delegates from said counties 20 the
J State Convention. and we hereby present
copies of the credentials OF our respective
: delegates. The original credentials VIII he
! presented to the Committee on Credentials
/ when IL is organized to receive them.
I'VE regard it as fundamental that dele
! gates whose seats are in contest can only
Know their status when slch status mas
! been fixed by the action of the unconiest-d
delegates. We deny the right Of the state
| Central Committee TO make any temporary
/ counties or in allowing delegates from such
counties to participate in thc temporary or
canization. Respectfully submitted.
, 90. p HITCH. Edgar County.
II. W. Low, JR.. Edwards County.
.,C. +. MITCHELL Jackson COUNTY
ID. T. I-iTTLER, Sangamon County"
''The protest received scant courtesy
Doctor l. y Jameson. who brought Cover
nor Tanner to Peoria from Springfield this
morning. moved that delegates tickets IN
all counties where contests Were announced
3
State Committee ard that he be authorized
To issue the tickets TO delegates and alter
mates who, III his Judgment We're entitled
t. seats in the convention and that such del
ecates or their alternates tc entitled 10 pay
ticipate In the temporary organization OF
the convention, ana also in the coESTes-!on-
al cdUcuses to select the different members
OF committees and elect members OF the
| State Committee. The m. Zion, prevailed.
Hertz Pcase and Bradford voted no.
Thi. Is "A Cinch for the Tanner faction.
! Clarence Paul is the member for the san
canon District, and OF course b" Will har'
the tickets to the Tanner delegates no
S;nraTnOn. Judge Nunroe of louisville,
Assistant Attorney General. is the member
from the Twentieth District. and he VIII
see that the Tanneri;es set tickets from
Edwards and Jefferson, ana Wabash. also.
if its contests is fled in time. Jgnn NJ
Herbert of MUrphybogO Is representing thn
nty-sECunG. stad tn" Tanner delegates
from! jackson will lee taken care Of ~ him
and also in Union, if the tuliurn fellows
.'Furthrr,nnre." said Mr.. Herbert to rle.
.'if Union files contest. our fellows in
Williams n will do the same. and they will
get the tickets"
P-o..ia L. Crowded.
The town ic cho"k full of pc"plc-;he big
ge=t crowd nn TcyOrd-I am informed. IN.
whore all OF tn, n are To sleep Tonight Is
Il mystery. The pcorianS are hospl:abl
and doing all thcy can 10 tax" care of the
cor.,e hut II is uphill work and they don't
seem TO understand how tn I'LL the bill
However good nature IS manifested on all
sides. except when the Tanner and Culiom
t
a jser. and naughty words "r" spoken in
anger. The gEherndtp:ial matter is on the
a.nn general line. Personal encounters are
narrowly aveTted more than once in the hO-
tel Iobhies between the partiSaus of Hane-
cy and those Of Reeves, Garter and Yates.
There Is a r,!mor for every minute IN the
day about combinations and candidates
forced off the track. II WAS said that Akin
had been pulled down by orders of Tanner.
and II is no secret in inner circles rnat
Akin never was n possibility by the Tanner
machne: IIis name was used 70 secure the
ernor's faction-a successful move. by the
WAY. Pressure was brought To bear
Aspinwal. to quit. but he is still in the race
tonight. Suggestions we're also mad to
Berry ITO Withdraw; in the interests Of hqr-
rnoay' am 70 permit n splid;fyiug of the
Tanner forces. but the overiurcs were re
SS5ihs2't has s'se club T,,ln from Rqsh,ord,
Guartatte. while I:ccves's shouters are
strengthened by tw1 or three singing clubs.
Bands are present. from. from Jacksonv'ile;
hired Peoria music. The Juveniles Of Jack
sonville are easily tho best organization
present. 4 5-ccnt round trip rat" from
jacksonville induced several hundred yell
irg Yates men Ia come up. and a railroad
war from Streatur reduced the round "trip
rate from RCevCs's tovn tn IL cents. The
result Is that the flourishing city f. nearly
dspopulated. and 1,5e9 Lasaile County
voters are down on a sidetraCk waiting for
the rain to cease so they can come up
/ town
The H3necy men have not come down
! from Chicago in any great number yet but
they are expected in the morning one
| deiega ;ion ct sixty arrived soon after noon
to-day. The Southern Illinois contingent
! of Tanner shou.ers Is filling the aching
! void.
| The Republican Women's State Club this
| afternoon by unanimous vote aCreed upon
| Mrs Carrie Alexander of BelieVilIe as the
| woman member of tn. Board OF University
. Trustees. and she will doubtless be selected
| by the convention. Her brother Charles
| W. Thomas. has been selected as the ,'ul-
! lom floor leader in the convention. Mr..
Thomas fought the great battle in the IlI-
| uois convention in 1sS0 when John A. Logan
! sought TO pledge the State to Grant FOR a
! third term.
Late tonight IT Is known Mrs Alexander
will have opposition in the convention to-
morrow in the person OF Mrs. Lucy Flower
| Of Chicago. retiring trustee of the uni
! Verc,i:y.
| The Lorimer-Tdaner-HaEec faction is in
! perfect panic and the fate of Hanecy's
candidacy seems to be effectuaIly settled
| Ior.nner has completely lost his head. He
| is preparing speech in opposition TO the
| Porto Rico policy OF President Mckinley,
and says he will insist or q resolution 10
| that effect in the Platform.
| Governor Tanner is worse tonight and
nobody is permitted to see him.
J. L. PICKERING.