The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-27

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug 26.-Half a dozel
Republicans. specially deputized as Sheriff:
Of Sangamon County. were present at th'
| meeting of the Republican County Commit
tee Saturday afternoon. They were there to
preserve order and prevent a riot COLI
| sion was narrowly averted.
At one point in the proceedings the Yates
| contingent made a rush for the chair with
| the evident intention of throwing him out
| But at the same time an equal number OF
| lusty friends of Chairman Hinman edged
| their shoulders through the crowd to the
| side Of the chairman.
| At the time few knew Of the Deputy
Sheriffs. but they were Immediately behind
Representative Wheeler. City Attorney
Mortimer and Writ Butler OF the insurance
department. who were shaking their
clenched digits in close proximity to Chair
man Humans proboscis, and yelling with
all their might for fair play" and don't
try. to bulldoze us"
Mr.. 'Hinman was cool and collected. and
maintained a firm grip on his gavei. He
promised that no rights would be lost. and
this assurance with the menacing attitl lde
Of his friends. Margraves. Mason. Spotts
and Others who gave evidence Of a desire
for a mix-up, cooled the faction. which ap-
peared to be afraid some Of their sacred
rights would be lost. and the committee re-
solved itself into a semblance of order
again.
Governors Costly. Victory.
The whole trouble is over the appointment
Of a committee to act with a like commit
tee from Morgan County as a senatorial
committee for this legislative district. 1t
was precipitated by the State administra-
fiOp'S IN fnc ha ~
State Senator from this district next year.
At least, that is all there was to fight for
Saturday.
The Governor won out after a hard fight
and at the cost of a good many Offices IL
he pays much to control the organiza-
tion Of every County Committee in the
State. the pay rolls of the State charitable
penal institutions will suffer immensely
And II may after all be a barren victory
for the next County Convention may decide
on a Sangamon County man for State Sem
ator. 1t may also name two candidates for
the House who will refuse to obey orders
from the Governor.
A haunting fear that the Culom- Dawes
faction might attempt to gain control of his
Onn se.iat iai usst.Icl Sangamon auI
Morgan counties. probably induced Governor
Yates TO make a fight for the organization
in Sangamon. which will control the action
Of the district.
OrganixatiOn of Present Committee.
The present Sangamon County committee
was organized last year by the Tanner fac
tion. Its chairman. Hinman, was 4 Tanner
appointee and was selected personally by
Tanner as chairman. To avofd the possible
contingency of any anti-Tanner members
sEeaking into the committee In disguise. a
special committee on ten ''on vacancies"
was ordered. and every member of this spe-
cia' committee was Tanner sta,wart.
rhA ra~ f.,,ll1
tees last year went to law to determine
which was the legal authority OF the rarty
ir Sangamon County. The courts upheld |
the Tannerites. and the Cullomites scbsiGed.
There were eighteen vacancies IN the Tan
Ter committee. and the Cullom crewd hav-
ing quit business. 1t was felt that there was
no need of keeping alive the an!mosi.y Of |
the leaders, and. by common consent, the |
special Committee Of Ten making no cbjec- /
tion. the Tanner chairman of the county or /
ganization selected Republicans for the va |
cancies without regard to their factional |
asdliatio4e- There was no objection TO ary
Of his n n1n1een. and they served with the
eQ1>1Hkff WI lon0noiG2 1nst yune