The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-03
CEMENTlNG APARTY
DEMOCRACY OF ILLINOIS HAV
ING A CAT AND DOG TIME.
BRYAN AND HARRISON FLIRT
Politicians Must Have Peace if They
Have to Fight for It-Bryan
Causes the Party Leaders
to Lose Sleep.

Hon. E. A. Miskel Of Chicago is a
guest at the Butte on his way to Seat
tie after making a tour of Yellowstone
park. He is a leading politician of Ill
inois and is numbered among those who
are falling away from the influence of
Bryan in the party councils. Never
theless Mr.. Miskel speaks in a conserv
alive way about matters political and
takes a very impartial view Of the party
he formerly trained with and which he
now sees plainly is sinking to decay.
although there is no national cam
paign in progress at present, and no
democratic headquarters open in the
sense of a campaign meani4g of the
word, the fact that the only headquar-
tiers of the party is to be found in
Chicag go makes that city the center of
the political thought and activity in
that party" said Mr. Miskel. aside
from this, the fact that Carter Harrison
is In conspicuous position on the fence
between tn contending factions in the
party makes him figure sought by
the leaders Of both wings Of the or
SANITATION, in spite of the fact that the
national committeeman of the party in
the state and the chairman of the ILL
inois democrats state committee are
aligned with the eastern wing of the
party. What is we'll recognized Is that
If the power of Harrison remains UNI
broken in Chicago he will be the alb
solute dictator of the action of the Ill
inois convention when it meets next
year for the nomination of a state
ticket. and two years later for the selec-
ton and instruction Of national dele
gates.
'sThis fact makes the mayor a very
DANGEROUS man and one much sought
in party and factional councils. The
fact that he maintains the closest per-
sonal relations with William j. Bryan
and that Bryan is in almost constant
correspondence with him and his pollti-
cal lieutenants. gives much concern TO
the New York element. That element.
which exploited him largely, after the
election last year, as the logical ana
almost inevitable candidate for vice
president, has ceased to discuss him at
all since the horrible suspicion has
found Judgment in it's mind that Har-
rison is a candidate for the presidential
nomination, and that he Is not looking
To the east but to the west for sup
port in the convention. He is playing
to Bryan for the support of that ele-
ment in the party which Bryan I'M
| uuestionably leads, in the event or Bry'
| an himself not being candidate again.
In the event of his withdrawal 1t VIII
| he BRYAN who will dominate the choice
of the convention, and not any OF the
| eastern democrats who are without a
| straight party record
The keen practical politicians in the
Harrison machine, among whom the
| MAYOR himself is not the least have
their man in training and it would be
we'll for the democratic party to un'
! derstand the fact 1t was assumed by
| those who favor the reorganization OF
the party on Cleveland lines. that tine
nolitical destruction of John +. Atgeiu
| relieving the mayor and his caDlhet VI
that menace in Illinois democratic party
notifies. would leave them free 10 Gu
| loose from Organism once ana lot an
Some extensively open bids lot INK
aftiliation of the Harrison streSstn VIII
that of New York have been-maoe' pu
since then it has daWned upon 'h'
amateur politicians who maze 'henl
that while the Chicago Tammahy Is d
hungry and thirsty as that OF NeN
York for the spoils. 1t neither eats ~
drinks in public Besides 1T had oppor
t,,nitw for knowing, or at least suspect
;no that Rryanism was not as dead d
II was believed by shallow observer
to be. -, ;
! .Nowhere else in the country mas
heen nossible to get as good and as ciei
| views of the factienal fight now oe
stroying the democratic party as
Chicago. The fierceness OF that "s"
within the last few months. rlnce III
reorsanizers have been led to hope tina
: they could regain control of the part
machinery. has not been generally ar
preciated because it has not been gen
orally known.
Lately there has been an increase
activity among the reorganizers: WI
insist that the early reorganization