The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-29

a subject Of gossip and speculation among
ONCE holders and Office seekers. Governo.
Yates has finally decided to oppose Dawes
his one-time bosom friend. The Governor
mas enlisted the services Of former Con-
| gresham William Lorimer. the blue, yed
angel OF Chicago. and because Attorney
General Hamlin appears to lean toward
Dawes and his crowd. Lieutenant Governor
Northcott was induced to Join the Govern
or's party.
| Most of the Cullom leaders are already in
| tne Dawes ranks. Speaker Sherman Is at
| ,ne read OF considerable number Of fol-
| lowers who will do his bidding for a time
l until II is definitely known that the people
arc tired Of him. This Sherman contin-
| gent IS on the Dawes side. Iany of them
are Tor Dawes frs; and Sherman second.
put Tor decent appearance they profess to
| De lieutenants OF the Speaker They ate
canvas-backs. diamond terrapin and d nix
champagne during the last session Of ie
legislature. for which luxuries they were
indebted to Sherman. and now they rally
when he whistles. At heart. all of them
are IN the Dawes wagon. and should Sher-
man suggest that they desert Dawes and
join Yates. he world discover his weakness
The sherman whistle blew this week in
Springneid, and behold. Cicero Indy.
one or two others answered
Promised Anything He Wanted.
Mr. Trautmann was one of the aggressive
and LOYALTY stood by the Speaker in the
campaign Of the latter for reelection in
January He was promised anything he
wanted. and there was no secret that he
wanted to be chairman Of Judiciary. He
was disappointed by Speaker Sherman. who
found fo the pressure for Allen. OF Allen bill
Judiciary and Trautmann received a Sec
ond-class committee. Education, and, as a
ana as as oer Leaders
he accepted his punishment with bad grace
until some of the Sherman members
look pleasant and show that he could m grace e.
FULLY relieve Speaker Sherman from smbar-
rassment by making a personal sacrifice.
1900. when the Sherman organization''
would be solidly for Trautmann for Speaker.
The poison took effect. and Mr.. Trautmann
Whatever may be said of Judge Sherman,
1t is certain that personally he Is an hon.
orable man. and. moreover. loves Traut-
mann, who Is young and sanguine. Sher-
man wants to be Governor. To keep him
self in the public eye for three years until
the State Convention. he must run for
Congress or the Legislature. An election to
Congress would eliminate him from Iii
nois State politics. reelection to the
House and another term as Speaker in 1913
exactly nils the Sherman bill, and being an
honorable man. and having a fatherly re-
gard for Mr.. Trautmann. he thought he
ought to acQuaint the young and ardent
statesman from East 81. Louis with his
views.
Indy II Not Satisfied.
The news was gently delivered to Mr..
Trautmann. who accepted the blow with
rather bad grace. but afterwards became
reconciled. Another feature of this little
conference was the appearance Of Cicero J.
Lindly. whose term as Railroad Commis-
sioner under Governor Yates expires next
Sunday. MIR. Indy was disposed to mildly
separated from his job and now he Is
nrmiy hxed on the anti-Yates side of the
fence. This may be little out OF killer
Governor Northcott. but Mr.. Indy is look
ing out fer Cicero while the world wags.
and Mr.. Northcott will not have the able
test OF next year.
am astonisked at the vigor Of the
Dawes faction. The number and extent Of
larry among the former friends Of John n.
Tanner. IT is marvellous. Republicans who
a1sersd eISse nn under n,n ahs wing OF
Yates. have given their allegiance to the
and Smith, and Is striving TO gather other
remnants Of the broken Tanner machine
and weld them with an alloy Of his own
The Governor is late The Dawes fellows
tegan the construction Of their machine
that night last January when all candi-
and left the fed open to Culiom. To-day
the Dawes faction is a compact consolida-
ton of the most aggressive and the best
nois. Already 1t is regarded as invincible.
ard new links are added to the chain every
week.
Are Working In Secret.
Six months after the inception Of this
the field in a limping. haiting way. He will
enter upon the campaign next year as
ton is maintaining the closest secrecy as to
the identity OF Its iieutenants ard high pri-
yates. ana its movements are cloaxed In
1t Is the most powerful and the closest |
I ever witnessed in politics. In |
2 general way I may state that the Dawes
friends Of Speaker Sherman in the last |
House OF Representatives. mean those
friends WHO were willing to stand by sher-
Yates. It embraces all the Campbell Busse
faction Ct State Senator's. who met and |
and in the list are also hciuded several !
Senator's Of the minority Republican fac
ton. It includes the ablest Of the Cullom |
funct Tanner machine. excepting Lorimer. |
Smyth. Handy Jones, Aspin.
wall and Judge hanecy.
ants who at heart are for the new organ- 1
lxation. but who are holding of for the pur- 1
pose OF making better terms with Yates. IL |
Yates's Political Head in Danger.
Governor Yates lost only his fingers when
ne nonkeyed with the buzz saw In House
and Senate organizations last January. The
next time he encounters the instrument he
will lose his head
We are not fighting the Governor" de-
ciared one Of the Dawes people. I'VE are (
for Dawes for Senator In place of Mason.
Yates don't want that place, does he?. He /
has repeatedly said he didn't, and, being an
honest man. We take him at his word. Our l
organization Is for the purpose Of electing
Charles q. Dawes United States Senator.
and II Governor Yates is gi.c he will keep
his hands OF. We are not seeking trouble |
with the Governor. but he cannot make
faces at us without getting q smack. Let 4
him attend to his own AFFAIRS
May ChaAges HIS Mlna.
. Governor Yates has openly allied himself |
with Lorfmer and Northcott. Yet the Gov !:
ernors park appointments In Chicago seem L
10 have pleased nobody. He attempted to
conctliate both factions in Chicago. and in i
lie end disgusted both by choosing a few
Ing entirely new material Of his own selec-
lion rs the balance Of power on each board.
predict that he will make some radical
changes in the Cook County appointments,
and there will be. a revision of tine appoint
nents throughout the State.
The st. Louis WORLDS Fair Commission
Will be changed mat Cially from hts an
Mr.. Trautnann will probably walk the /
plank. and II wouldn't surprise me II
Senator Chapman was left on, when the
are ISSUED. Duncan NJ Funk
IS not certain to be appointed. One author
ty assures me that Governor Yates may
conclude to ignore every member Of the
General Assembly, Democrat and Repubii-
prohibition bars them from appointment.
However. 1 am positively assured that